adam sexton is live where bernie sanders held a rally this afternoon. adam: it was a great crowd for senator sanders who to delivered a speech that touched on all the major themes of his campaign. he did discuss how he is going to pay for his ambitious proposals right free college and universal health care. on one hand, he sent things will get done by people demanding they get done. but with a nod to income inequality in america he also said it' s time to redistribute wealth. bernie sanders and we can afford : these programs because we' re going to transfer some of that wealth back into the hands of adam: senator sanders nursing a cough coming off of his appearance last night. this was his only apparent in new hampshire today. he' ll be back on the trail tomorrow. reporting live in portsmouth, adam sexton, wmur news 9. jennifer: hillary clinton is flying back to the granite state after traveling to flint, michigan, to talk about that city' s water crisis. . she was here this morning in manchester. in her absence, her husband hit the campaign trail here.

adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: this weekend the republican candidates will meet on stage the new hampshire one last time before the primary. wmur and abc news are sponsoring saturday night's debate at st. anselm college, it begins at 8:00 here on wmur. we'll have complete coverage beginning with a special edition of news 9 at 5:00 and a full wrapup starting at 11:00. jennifer: this mild stretch of dreaming of spring. let's get a look at live pictures. after a runup to 60's in spots earlier today, cooler air is coming back in. let's get over to chief meteorologist mike haddad for a look at the landscape out there. mike: an aamazing day. if you were outdoors you know the story about the warm weather, certainly felt like spring. even mid to late april with those temperatures up to 60 plus. concord just two shy at 58. and four shy of the record of 62, by the way, that 61 at the coast, five off the record of 66 for the date. to the north still in the 50's, so very warm even along the canadian border. right now begi

adam sexton will explain. reporter: legislators rejected broader version of this bill in the past, given the public the idea of a drug dealer registry is getting a fresh look. at the state house in concord, dealing with new hampshire's heroin and fentanyl epidemic remains a pressing priority. >> not a day goes by without somebody saying to me, you know, my family member or my neighbor is affected, and it's not just kids. reporter: while the state looks for ways to expand treatment options, today the house criminal justice committee took up a bill targeting the people who sell drugs. >> it establishes the definition of habitual drug dealer, which is one that has been convicted for the third time in new hampshire, after this bill passes. reporter: house bill 1603 would put those habitual drug dealers on a registry, similar to the one already in use for sex offenders. but once on the list, chronic dealers could have their names removed after four years of good behavior. >> nobody wants to be branded for life, the

i am adam sexton. the driver said he was trying to avoid a dog in the road when he crashed. wmur' s ray brewer is live in marlborough with our top story. ray: adam, the truck driver said he had to swerved to avoid that dr. you can see utility crews remain hard at work on the scene. we are told it will be several i was before everyone gets their powerback. >> it was a big crash. ray: that is a little bit of an understatement as a tractor-trailer carrying mail wiped out two utility poles and more role before crashing into a stonewall. some residents did not know what it was at first. rebecca: i could see lights coming off, and we called the police. steve: the next thing i know, i heard a boom, then it hit the transformer, and the lights lit up in the sky. ray: the accident knocked out power to some 400 customers. fortunately, no one was injured. the driver of the truck was walking around afterwards and said he swerved to avoid a dog. despite the mascoma steve fortunate. steve: my girlfriend usually parks are here. that would have taken up the car, plus, there is a propane tank

live in hooksett tonight, adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: in court today the man accused of landing the fate blow outside a rochester bar. jennifer: tonight we're learning this wasn't his first fight that day or the first time this man has been charged with assault. jennifer crompton is live with the developments in this case. reporter: what we now know is that eric langlace served time for assaulting a 4-month-old and is under investigation in connection with an altercation outside a dover bar, the same 41-year-old langlace wept in court while the victim's loved ones listened to the state describe what happened to the 44-year-old man. the victim and langlace had a verbal altercation in gary's sports bar, and the defendant and his group were thrown out. bouncers escorted the victim to a car, that's when langlace allegedly delivered a sucker punch, and the man fell, suffering heal injuries that proved fate. >> this was not a fleet of the moment type scenario, this was something they had discussed inside the bar, there was text messages t

wmur political reporter adam sexton joins us now live from the state house with a wrapup of her remarks and the republican reaction. adam? reporter: governor hassan is running for u.s. snot here and like it or not that's going to be intertwined as a story line with her final year in the corner office. but she does have some unfinished business here in terms of priorities. she'd like to see passed. >> this week, more than ever, the eyes of our nation are upon new hampshire. reporter: a detour from the first in the nation campaign trail thursday. governor hassan delivering her final state of the state address. the headline issue, new hampshire's heroin and fentanyl abuse crisis. >> drug overdoses are now the second most common cause of death in new hampshire. reporter: with the senate just passing drug court legislation touted the state's response and said there's more to be done. >> that's one of the many reasons why we must reauthorize the bipartisan new hampshire health protection program without delay. reporter: senate president morse is confident a medicaid expansion compromise will

wmur's adam sexton live in concord tonight, covering the sanders campaign. adam? reporter: tom, we're live on airport road in front of the ibew hall where senator sanders just spoke, and this was about the transpacific partnership. obviously senator sanders very opposed to that. he was backed by a number of union members who were applauding his stance on that issue. he's definitely trying to draw contrasts with secretary clinton as we head toward the final few days of campaigning here. certainly the contrast was there on the t.p.p., but the reporters were also asking him about when he thinks about her record in terms of what she's been saying on the campaign trail in terms of trying to downplay expectations and saying that he's got a home field advantage here being from vermont, senator had, he started to complain about what he sees as the clinton campaign ability to spin things in their direction. >> they are fantastic spinners. they can spin anything. and somebody from the clinton campaign was going bernie sanders has run the most negative campaign in the histor

i' m adam sexton. the rain is gone. and right now, temperatures are soaring into the 60' s in parts of the state. but a cold on -- but a cool down is not far off. we have live team coverage beginning this noon with meteorologist kevin skarupa. he is calling this weather absurd. kevin: record temperatures in concord and portsmouth, both before lunch hour. report smith setting a record before 5:00 this morning, 58 degrees. concord went up to 62 at 10:00 -- portsmouth setting a record before 5:00 this morning, 58 degrees. concord went up to 62 at 10:00. it is cold enough for snow, so the cooler air will start diving and later on today and in the form of light snow in the northern half of the state, during the evening and overnight hours tonight. much more on this big change that will come in for the weekend forecast coming up. adam: thanks, kevin. right now, eversource says there are only scattered power outages , but at one point, 000 people were in the dark due to downed trees like this one in londonderry. and some roads

adam sexton from our sister-station wmur has the story. adam: health officials thought they had a case of mumps on their hands earlier this week. tests came back negative. >> we have teed up members of the men' s hockey team who came in with the same symptoms, low grade fever and swollen glands. >> that is when they reordered more intensive tests and confirmed teed of cases of mumps, with three other classified as suspected cases pre-at all of them, students with routine contact with the hockey team. dr. benjamin chan says even though the mast majority -- the vast majority are immunized, -- >> the act -- the vaccine is estimated at 88% effective. doctors want to be proactive to detect more vulnerable populations on campus. >> we want to prevent this from spreading to other individuals who may not be totally immune. that includes pregnant women or immunocompromised, it can be more series can that -- it can cause more serious infections. >> any spread is expected to be plugged by the fact that everyone is now gone on vacation. in manchester n

wmur political reporter adam sexton joins us now to explain. adam: at serenity place they estimate 70% of the people who come in the door seeking treatment started their path to addiction with a prescription from a doctor. they say it makes sense to focus more attention on that part of the problem. while first responders and the treatment community are working harder than ever to combat the heroin and fentanyl epidemic progress remains hard to come by. >> it' s getting worse here in new hampshire, more specifically right here in manchester. but stephanie bergeron of serenity place in manchester is encouraged by consensus coming association winter meetings in washington. that' s where the top leaders of the states are backing the adoption of national standards for the prescription of opioid painkillers. >> we know that this is probably one of the main sources of the epidemic we' re seeing right now is the overprescription of opioids and to take a step like this could really make a difference. adam in a phone interview from : washington governor m

adam sexton, wmur news 9. shelley: while those 3 republicans are already in new hampshire get ready for the rest of the pack to start their final primary pushes. many are taking overnight flights to get here. as jean mackin reports their sights are now set on new hampshire. jean for more than a year, new : hampshire has shared the spotlight with iowa now, the entire focus shifts right here . get ready for the political primary storm that hits every 4 years. >> a hurricane, a tornado, this is now the center, unshared with anyone else, the center of the political universe. jean the first campaign events : start in new hampshire, exactly 12 hours after the caucusing began in iowa. bright and early, chris christie speaks at a groundhog day breakfast in nashua, 1 of 5 events across southern new ted cruz plans a lunchtime town hall in windham. marco rubio hosts one in exeter. john kasich plans 3 more town halls in newbury, claremont and plymouth on his quest to hit 100. jeb bush has 4 campaign stops on the calendar

plive in manchester, adam sexton, pwmur news 9. ptom: hillary clinton had company pon the campaign trail today her phusband and former president pbill clinton, and her daughter pchelsea. p>> wmur' s amy coveno was at pclinton' s final campaign event ptonight and reports from hudson. pamy: as if on cue after a nearly pnon existant winter a psignificant storm is making ptravel tricky on this primary peve. pbut clearly a little snow didn' t pkeep supporters from packing the pgym here at alvirne high school pfor hillary clinton. p>> thank you for coming out in pthe snow. p: the primary season was star pstudded and high energy. pword spread of a probable shake pup in the clinton campaign after pnew hampshire just as campaign psurrogates like senator shaheen pwere modifying expectations to p' send hillary clinton' out of pnew hampshire with a surge of pmomentum' actually winning here pthis time is seeming out of preach. pin a one on one with news 9, pclinton reflected on the many ptrips to new hampshire over the plong primary season, lea

adam sexton joins us now with reaction from local tech experts. adam: they are siding with apple on this one. they say the minute an entry point insecurity is created the , bad guys will find a way to exploit it. gary miliefsky is a cyber security expert and the ceo of nashua. he says if the fbi succeeds in forcing apple to create special backdoor access for its devices it will cause immediate problems. >> hackers will find those backdoors the same day they' re put into the equipment. adam: in addition to compromising the photos, videos and personal information on every iphone miliefsky says apple will hurt its business. >> so apple will lose revenues. cyber criminals and cyber terrorists will gain access to the same backdoors that the government wants. adam: at tech startup adored in manchester ceo cory von wallenstein is watching this case closely. >> privacy comes first and we' re glad that apple is holding the line. adam: von wallenstein says once a backdoor and encryption keys exist that can access anyone' s iphone they can be used repeatedly.

plive in hooksett, adam sexton, pwmur news 9. pshelley: the meredith rotary ice pfishing derby is a go. pbut after some unseasonably warm pweather, organizers and fish and pgame officials are asking panglers to be even more cautious pthan usual this year. p>> we' re looking forward to a pgreat derby. pshelley: organizers of the pmeredith rotary ice fishing pderby re thrilled the annual pevent is finally a go this pweekend. pbut they' re warning anglers to pbe cautious. p>> they have to pay attention, pknow their surroundings. pwe want everyone to be safe. pshelley: warm weather forced porganizers to deep six the pderby' s original date. pand fish and game officials are pstill concerned spots on pwinnipesaukee and other lakes pthat they say just aren' t pfrozen. p>> we can' t stress enough, while pwe may have water bodies that plook covered with ice, pstatewide, both large and small, pthe conditions on those water pbodies can vary greatly. pshelley: captain jim juneau says eople venturing out need to pkeep a close eye on the depth

adam sexton, wmur news 9. josh: straight ahead, the you expect,. mike: a tricky morning commute on the way as snow takes over in many spots. how much to expect, plus when it clears again. jennifer: at 5:30 tonight a nun charge forward what police say she did after a hit-and-run accident. josh: at 6:00, firearms taken from a local gunshop, police now they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's riggedt by wall street. and that's the problem. is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy sanders: i'm bernie sanders, jennifer: let's get a look at how traffic is moving around the state tonight. josh: peggy james joins us now with a live look at the road home on a thursday. peggy: good evening, josh and jen. drivers are enjoying pretty good can bees tonight,

and adam sexton has the details. >> health officials at st. anselm college thought they had a case of mumps on their hands earlier this week. the symptoms matched, but came >> wield two other members of the men's hockey team that came in with the same symptoms, low grade fever and swollen glands. >> they ran tests and cases of mumps and all of them with routine contact through the hockey team. state epidemiologist benjamin chan says even though the majority on campus are immunized, that vaccine is not a brick wall. >> with two doses of the vaccine it's 88% effective of getting mumps. any future cases are expected to be mild, but doctors want to be proactive to protect more vulnerable populations on campus. we do want to prevent this from spreading to other individuals that may not be totally immune. people that may not be able to get the vaccine, that includes pregnant women or immuno compromised and so we want to prevent that from spreading. spread of mumps expected to be blunted now that everyone is gone on vacation. >> typically the mumps i

adam sexton joins us live from kingston to explain why the school is allowing students to stay home on friday. adam: students have the option of not showing up at the end of the week, but police and administrators say the threat has been dealt with. unsettling news for parents, administrators say a student at recently made threatening comments against the upcoming winter carnival pep rally. the school district says the boy made the comments to a group of friends while in exeter, and another student reported what he said. >> we notified the police and a threat assessment was conducted. police both in kingston and exeter are conducting an the student is very cooperative with the police at this point. adam: however, the superintendent says that student is no longer in school here. this afternoon informing them of the threat and action taken. >> as a parent it scares me. me and her dad are still considering what to do. option of staying home now on friday kerri botelho says her daughter wants to treat it like a regular day. >> she felt ok about going to school. adam: the superintendent say

we go live now to adam sexton at the statehouse with a preview. adam: a busy day in new hampshire. we have a cameo appearance by state politics as the governor gives her final state of the state address as governor. two of the big topics rapidly intertwining is the opioid abuse crisis and medicaid expansion. republicans of late try to keep those to issue separate. democrats and the governor tried to lump them in together using momentum on one side to get some progress on the other. the governor is also expected to touch on jobs and the economy here in new hampshire. the subtext to all of this is the fact that governor hassan is running for u.s. senate. here in the state house come a have a couple of people, including a couple of senators with an eye on the open -- a couple of state senators with an eye on the open governor seat. we await her remarks at 1:30. jamie: happening right now, republican frontrunner donald trump is holding a town hall in exeter which he will follow up with a business stop in town. this afternoon he will be stopping at the manchester police department befor

good afternoon, i' m adam sexton. stephanie: and i' m stephanie woods. the cold temperatures with the gusty winds tonight can cause frostbite in only a few minutes. for a better look at these dangerous wind chills lets check in with meteorologist hayley lapoint. hayley: the temperatures for manchester and portsmouth not that cold when you consider we could easily be below zero in those places now. the wind is what is making it worse. up north, temperatures are already below zero. when you factor in these winds and gusts near 30 and 40 miles per hour, here is how it really feels on the skin. 12 below in portsmouth. feels more like nine below in concord in manchester. s below the wind chill toward littleton and whitefield. here is what you can plan on tonight if you have plans to go dinner tonight. bundle up. temperatures easily going below 9:00 tonight. with the winds, you can take off 10, 20, maybe 30 degrees. that is how it will feel. i will talk about the rest of the weekend forecast and when we might get warmer air, i ahead. stephanie: thanks to the b

that' s where wmur political reporter adam sexton is live tonight. adam: an estimated 1200 people here today at the community college. that is approaching barack obama 2008 levels in terms of numbers and enthusiasm. bernie' s bernie sanders can see the first in the nation finish line and he is looking for a win. it' s time for closing arguments in new hampshire, and while bernie sanders has burning enthusiasm behind him, he' s still facing questions about how he will pay for things like free college and universal healthcare. bernie sanders: we will get them done because people will demand adam: on top of putting pressure on washington, sanders said it' s time for a redistribution of wealth. bernie sanders: and we can afford these programs because we' re going to transfer some of that wealth back into the hands -- adam: the vermont senator stands on the cusp of an historic primary victory. former new hampshire state senator burt cohen was one of the first to endorse sanders. >> he came to portsmouth may 27 and i introduced him then, and we were worried

good evening, i' m adam sexton. stephanie: and i' m stephanie woods. campus and state health officials first became concerned earlier this week when a member of the men' s hockey team at st. anselm reported to the health center with low-grade fever and swollen salivary glands. doctors tested the hockey team and found two other players have the monks -- mumps and three are showing symptoms. all of those cases are described as mild. while nearly all college students are vaccinated for mumps the vaccine is only 88% effective, so it' s still possible to get sick. while it' s possible there will be additional cases, the academic calendar is helping to stymie the spread of the virus. incubation is 25 days, so we are in that window. our students now are on spring break, so hopefully that will decrease the risk as far as the close contact goes. stephanie: the state epidemiologist urges anyone on campus who begins experiencing symptoms to contact the college health center. adam: this week indiana , university offered free vaccinations to students and staff afte

i' m adam sexton. stephanie: i am stephanie woods. with the latest. mike: as you said, there were two cars involved, 48 people in all. 41 people in the first and seven in the other. i want to direct your attention to one of those cars. it is still suspended. all people are safe. they have been successfully rescued and brought to the ground. many taken inside, given blankets and a hot meal after being suspended. some people are saying they were up there for an hour and a half. frightening moments. people say there was no panic. they knew people would come to get them. i want to bring in paula tracy who was one of the people on board. talk to us about those moments. paula: it was harrowing, especially to be lowered from the floor of the tram on a cable. there were 41 of us onboard. there was an eight-month-old baby and her family that were most everybody else was in the car and dressed for a frigid cold day. it was -4 outside the car when it came to an abrupt stop. there was not panic. there was a bit of screaming. but everybody was very calm. we went f

adam sexton from our sister station wmur explains. reporter: edward snowden, the man who has been praised for bringing shut away surveillance systems to light and criticized for harming american national security. at the new hampshire liberty forum, he' >> the government was spying on billions of people around the world and millions of people in america, and he let people know. reporter: snowden appeared via skype from russia. wmur was not allowed to record his marks. we were allowed to watch and listen. in a q&a session, snowden revealed that while some of his former colleagues at the cia and nsa were sympathetic to his values, there were others who said, quote, the constitution really doesn' t matter, who would say literally, who cares. >> you would hear him say, in his own department they said the fourth amendment is irrelevant. we have to catch the bad guys. reporter: snowden also said he would accept extradition to the united states, saying quote, i have told the government i would return if they would guarantee a fair trial wher

adam sexton joins us now with a live preview. reporter: well, certainly the atmosphere here is that something big is going to happen tonight. we do know that donald trump will be picking up a big endorse not, that being scott brown, the former massachusetts senator turned new hampshire resident who ran against jeanne shaheen in 2014, he will be endorsing donald trump here tonight. again it's expected to be a very large event. they've got a lot of space here that they expect to fill and there are a lot of people lined up outside waiting to get in. of course mr. trump finished second in iowa last night, underperforming in the polls. he gave a very short speech at the end of that campaign, very short by his standards, just a couple minutes, talking about how the election at this point is going to shift to new hampshire. and that will be something special, it going to be a great week and we're going to be up here next week and i think we're going to be proclaiming victory, i hope. we will go onto get the republican nomination and we

adam: there will be an added police detail for the pep rally on live in kingston, adam friday. sexton, wmur news 9. tom: the aerial tram at cannon mountain is closed tonight and will remain closed for a few days after two cars got stuck yesterday. 48 people were on the two cars most of them in the car that was closer to the base of the ski patrol and firefighters evacuated the cars by having passengers repel down. workers at the ski area say repairs to the tram are underway, and the summit can still be reached by chairlift. mechanics don' t believe the cold temperatures were to blame. >> we' ve determined that there was an issue within the engine brakes to come on and stay on. tom: a cannon mountain employee was one of the people in the lower car. she gave her jacket to a family that had a baby with them to help keep the child warm. everyone got down safely. shelley: fish and game officers are investigating a deadly snowmobile accident this afternoon. police say a man was snowmobiling in pittsburg with friends when he hit a tree and was thrown. other riders tried to help him, but he d

adam: i am adam sexton. i aixa diaz has the latest. reporter: the u.s. marshal service in washington has confirmed his death at a private residence in southwest texas. the chief justice of the supreme court, john roberts, issued a to report the death of his ordinary individual and jurist. robert says his passing is a loss to the court and country he loyally served. the conservative justice was appointed to the court by this year would have marked 30 years he served on the bench. adam: right now, almost the entire state is under a wind chill warning. temperatures tonight will drop well below zero with the wind making it feel much colder than that. stephanie: wmur has live team coverage of the frigid temperatures tonight, and we begin with meteorologist hayley lapoint. hayley: the wind is making it feel bitterly cold on your skin when you step outside this evening. we have dropped into the single digits. this is the actual air temperature. four degrees in concord. zero in laconia. below zero in lebanon and plymouth. now let' s factor in the winds. there gu

adam: i am adam sexton. mike cronin is live from the scene with new details. mike: firefighters are still here at this hour. you can see they are going through the garage sifting through the debris and taking pictures. that is where this fire started. it spread upstairs and damaged the outside of the home. a neighbor' s cellphone video shows the smoke rising from the fire just before 4:00 this afternoon. the homeowners called 911 after noticing smoke coming from the garage. six or seven minutes to get here. luckily, no one was injured. a man, woman, and her dog are displaced tonight. there is about $100,000 worth of damage to the house. but firefighters say it is fixable. >> smoke and water damage and some fire damage. the garage is destroyed. >> it is a nice community here. everybody watches out for everybody else. i' m sure everyone will be asking them if they need help. mike: the cause of the fire is under investigation. firefighters say it is not suspicious. mike cronin, wmur news 9. adam: thank you. in commitment 2016 hillary clinton declaring victory in

joining me now wmur political reporter adam sexton with more on how the voters really seem towns thee this of process. >> there is tradition here but at the core of that are voters themselves. steeped in a political culture of town meetings and driven by the belief that government should be as close to the eople as possible. >> the granite state. they got to come here. >> the road to the white house begins on new hampshire's main streets. but why? why is it that a small, new england state plays such an outsized role in deciding who becomes president? we decided to ask the voters, themselves. >> i think we're leaders within the nation and i really enjoy the fact that we bring up the uestions and the points that really need to be discussed. >> granite staters want more than just bumper stickers. they want access to the candidates. >> there are jokes about if i haven't met them three times how die know if i should vote for them? but really it gives really need to be you an inside window to how candidates act. >> for many in new hampshire automated phone calls and campaign ads are just b

adam sexton, wmur news 9. josh: tonight a husband and wife are facing charges in connection to the theft of nearly $100,000 worth of jewelry and coins from an elderly neighbor. suzanne roantree live with more happened. reporter: in court today prosecutors told the judge that jacob and lauren stibs lived with her parents next-door to the 70-year-old victim. the victim told police that for about a month jacobsten did odd jobs for her, giving him access to the home, during that time she noticed some cash and nearly $# 100,000 worth of jewelry and coins were missing. police were able to trace him through local pawnshops. >> he had over 20 charges today, 10 charges of receive organize possessing stolen property as well as theft by deception. reporter: court documents say that his wife, who was not in court today, admitted that both of them are drug addicts and that he sold the jewelry. jean: new details about the suspect in a deadly attack outside a rochester bar, including his past criminal 4 #-year-old eric langu

adam: and i' m adam sexton. meteorologist hayley lapoint tells us about another warm-up on the way. hayley: it is amazing. it has been this way all winter. today, temperatures were about average. tomorrow, we will have high temperatures getting close to 50 in a lot of spots. this is the forecast for tomorrow. if you have plans to fish, mostly cloudy skies in the morning. a mix of sun and clouds in the afternoon. look at the high temperatures in meredith. they will get close to 50 tomorrow afternoon. a big precaution about ice conditions across the state. 35 in concord now. 36 in manchester. s up north. we do have clouds starting to stream in in northern new hampshire. there will be a few snow showers. you see those in vermont and new york. those will move across northern new hampshire tonight. the rest of us will have clear skies overnight. i will have more on your sunday forecast and a look toward next week ahead. stephanie: thanks so much. these mild temperatures mean there' s still open water on many of new hampshire' s lakes. you can see last year on the left and today on the ri

@adam sexton, wmur news 9. @josh: hillary clinton is trying @to close that gap in the polls @with just hours until the @primary begins. @and there with her today her @husband, former president bill @clinton and daughter chelsea. @amy coveno is following the @clinton campaign in hudson @tonight. @reporter: hey, josh. @heavy pace for secretary clinton @today, this is her final get out @the vote event, it begins at @alvirne high school in hudson. @yesterday that some had to be @turned away, spilling out into @the hallway to watch the clinton @family stump for hillary to a @riled up crowd. @polls show clinton trailing @sanders by double digits. @hillary clinton touched on those @buzz topics for this largely @friendly crowd, health care, @blocking the privatization of @social security and equal pay @for women. @here's what she had to say about @the incoming snowstorm. @p>> i think granite staters are @pretty hardy. @obviously if their roads are @slick people have to be careful. @i hope we'll be able to help @anybody

pwmur' s adam sexton is live poutside the debate hall. padam, how did the candidates pthe primary? padam: you know as well as they pdid this is a big night on a big pstage. pmost of them spent the day pgetting ready. pbut two of the top-five prepublicans spent the day going pall out on the campaign trail. phis dad talked about the big mo, pmomentum, and it looks like jeb pbush might be getting some in pthe final days before the new phampshire primary. pthe florida governor drew an poverflow crowd to the mckelvie pschool in bedford. pjeb bush: you' re looking at a pguy -- i don' t give a pyou-know-what about whether i' m opular or not. pthat is fleeting. roblems for people. padam: after yet another question pabout how he' d be different in poffice from the other presidents pin his family, bush said, yet pagain, he' s his own man. pjeb bush: the bush thing? eople are just going to have to pget over it. p[laughter] p[applause] pjeb bush i am who i am, you p: know? padam: a few miles away in pmanchester, john kasich greeted pthe lunch crowd at the puritan pbackroom. phe says he' s read

adam: i am adam sexton. mike cronin is live with an update on this breaking news. mike: some good news tonight from cannon mountain. the other. tonight. maybe cold, but doing fine. down from the cable trams. two were stuck. knew the top of the mountain. they were all safely evacuated and given blankets and hot food, as were the 41 other people in the other cable tram. witnesses say there was a sudden here is what some had to say. >> it was probably my fourth or fifth tram ride. we got about 150 yards and the brakes came on and that was it. it' s long hard and back -- it swung hard and back. we knew there was a problem. >> i was in a harness. i have never done that before. i looked down and watched everyone helping me get down. i had a comforting feeling i was being saved. mike: the rescuers did a good job? >> they definitely did. mike: certainly tense moments for these folks. they say there was never any panic on board. the mountain says the cars stopped because of a service brake issue. staff say the trams were running earlier when it was colder so they don' t bel

wmur' s adam sexton went to his adam: a big crowd and lots of enthusiasm here at great bay community college, energy reminiscent of what barack obama was able to bring in 2008, but bernie sanders is looking to win. >> we started this campaign at 3% in the polls. we were 30, 40 points down in new hampshire. well a lot has changed. adam: bernie sanders is in the homestretch of what could be a big victory in new hampshire but some of his closest granite state supporters say don' t believe the polls, it' s going to be close. >> oh, of course it' ll be closer . i think the other side is trying to raise expectations. the other side didn' t get many mentions by sanders at his lone event today in portsmouth, but he did draw a sharp contrast on the war in iraq. >> i was right on that issue and hillary clinton was wrong. adam: sanders also addressed persistent questions about how he promises. >> we will get them done because people will demand that they get done. adam: as far as covering costs for things like free college and universal healthcare. sanders calls for a redistribution of >> and w

wmur political reporter adam sexton tells us what to expect. reporter: suddenly this is looking like could it be something of a last stand for the republican establishment. with donald trump racking up a series of victories, his momentum could be hard to stop. could help him lock up the nomination. a texas sized showdown set for this stage tonight in houston. but it remains to be seen if the republican candidates still stand willing be willing to take the fight to frontrunner donald trump, who is riding a big winning streak. >> now we're winning winning winning. reporter: even as the field is narrowed, truch has maintained his dominance, he knows it and is not afraid to talk bit. >> people have not done very well against me, so far everybody that has attacked me has gone down. reporter: with super tuesday rapidly approaching those chasing trump know they need victories. ted cruz is banking on his home state of texas to get him back on track. >> now history has shown nobody has ever won the nomination in modern times without winning one of the f

@we begin our coverage with adam @sexton, live with the sanders @campaign in concord. @reporter: jen and tom, already a @outside the concord high school @gymnasium. @some sanders people predicting @this is going to be an early @night on the democratic side. @only one event for the @74-year-old vermont senator in @concord, he visited the ward 5 @polling locations. @sanders ran a gauntlet of sign @waving volunteers and media and @kept right on walking, he ended @up leading a parade of cameras @and reporters down capitol @street and state street before @returning to the polls and @leaving in his motorcade. @sanders is riding a big wave of @enthusiasm in this election, but @it's clear this is a guy who @does not like the spotlight that @brightly. @let's head over to amy coveno in @manchester. @reporter: the s and h field @house is primary headquarters @for the hillary clinton @campaign. @tonight this campaign is hoping @history will repeat itself. @new hampshire voters have handed @the clintons some great primary @moments, one in 1992 earning @moniker, although he did come

adam sexton joins us live from hampshire mills. reporter: there's always a bit a biz around these donald trump events because the crowds are so enormous typically. notch, you can sense in the atmosphere, you've got ann coulter doing a radio show. the atmosphere is definitely the final week of the new hampshire primary, it's turning into make or break in new hampshire for donald trump. he was a big lead in the polls but now after finishing second in iowa this is kind of a situation where he needs to deliver on what those polls have been saying this entire time. today he's also going to be picking up the endorsement of massachusetts senator scott brown, former massachusetts senator, that is, and former new hampshire. they'll do a joint press conference together in about 45 minutes. we'll bring you the vts from this event on wmur.com with a full wrapup at 11:00. jennifer: right now a crowded exeter is awaiting marco rubio. the candidate will hold a town hall meeting there a few minutes from now. he made a lunch time stop at the purita

adam sexton begins our coverage live from milford. adam: tom and shelley, mr. trump and scott brown held a joint press conference but most of the questions turned out to be about iowa. the national media trying to provoke a response and get him express something about his second-place finish and donald trump trying to not go there. s clear from what he said portrayed is getting under his skin. coming off a second-place finish hampshire. tuesday night in milford, he picked up the endorsement of former massachusetts senator, scott brown. >> one person who has the independence and can be the change agent to get washington working again, it was clear to me that was donald trump. >> everybody wanted his endorsement, and i' m very honored that he' s giving it to me. adam: donald trump trying to put things in perspective. >> i didn' t expect to do so well. one poll came out that maybe be built up a false expectation for some people. adam: he let a little new york slip into his vocabulary in his stump speech, swearing twice. once talking about russia. >> let them use s

adam sexton joins us now live from hooksett to explain. adam: still no definitive link between these burglaries. but there are similarities. and if they are connected, police say it is possible one two suspects forcing their way into wicked weaponry in hooksett. once inside, one settles on a display case full of handguns, smashes the glass, takes what he wants and gets out and . that was two weeks ago. this morning, another break in at a gunshot. >> the police were here in just minutes. thank out they were. but apparently, these people were just in and out like you see on tv getting atm machines. mike: while the surveillance system was not working at the time of this burglary, tyngsboro police there say there are similarities. >> similar amount of firearms and types of firearms stolen. mike: ben hopes these develop its could lead to arrests. >> there is potential for them there' s more evidence and more to go on. mike: he has posted every minute of his surveillance video from the break in on youtube for all to see. >> if anybody looks at th

wmur political reporter adam sexton has a wrap up of tonight' s discussion. adam: one of the great things about this last week of campaigning here in new hampshire is that there are literally so many events for these candidates to squeeze into each day. by the time they get around to having a nationally televised town hall at 9:00 or 10:00 at night, the gloves are starting to come off. the get a little tired and the answers get very candid. the focus of the number -- democratic primary race turned to downtown dairy. -- downtown derry. >> of course we are an underdog. retaking on the most powerful political organization in the country. adam: he took questions on health care and homeless vets. >> to date, we have not heard from any democrats. have you seated the support of veterans to the republicans, and if your answer is no, what is your evidence? >> we' ve had some success, still have a way to go. i think if you check my record, it will tell you that i' ve received the highest award from the american legion and vfw. adam: hillary clinton received a question o

products have been backdoors by the nsa, customers took their business elsewhere, resulting in adam sexton, wmur news 9. ,: police are looking for this woman, 25-year-old stacy brasley of manchester. anyone with information should contact bedford police. american high singer don mclean now facing more charges in maine after a domestic violence arrest last month. charges were added including terrorizing, criminal threatening, criminal restraint and criminal mischief. mclean' s attorney says he is pleading not guilty to all charges. a judge will hear his plea on monday. shelley: devastation at a school that has been serving manchester for the last 32 years. sub zero temperatures caused pipes to burst and flood the manchester community music school. now teachers say, they really need the public' s help, to get back on track. at the manchester community the section of the building blocked all. school administrators leaving nothing to chance after devastating flood this week. >> a pipe broke, and it happened down here on the first floor. shelley: mondays freezing temperatures led to two five bu

here's wmur's adam sexton again. are the candid and easiest way to meet people in the granite state is by simply walking down the street. if you get mobbed, that's a good sign. >> put the beans in there. >> style by rubio's country store but don't just want our plan to introduce yourself. jimmy carter did that in 1975, and the rest is history. >> he came up back at me and said good morning, i'm jimmy carter and am running for president of the trinity i turned round and look at it and i said jimmy who speak with you can pop in for some advice and a meet and greet any number of diners were presidential politics is always on the menu. >> that's where the politicians meet the real people. >> you will need to march in a parade and if that doesn't work you can try to make one of your own. be sure to stop by a classroom or a college campus, don't try too hard to impress us. that can very easily go wrong. >> next up, the houseparty. before you can shine on the national stage you've got to do it in somebody's living room. the

@josh: that massive wave of @voters overwhelmingly chose two @adam sexton joins us now to sort @out the meaning of this one-two @punch for political outsiders. @reporter: yesterday was a dark @day for the establishment, both @democratic and republican. @and most voters we spoke to @couldn't be happier about it. @first in the nation new @hampshire delivered huge wins to @these native new yorkers tuesday @night. @political outsiders divvying up @the granite state's wealth of i @believe voters. @p>> i think new hampshire last @night really rocked the whole @country with this vote. @reporter: how did a celebrity @billionaire and a democratic @socialist earn land slide @victories? @while trump and sanders share @little in common on policy, both @claim independence from money @politics, trump by way of his @considerable wealth, bernie @pacs. @p>> i think it's time for a no @nonsense person to be in charge, @and somebody who hopefully will @not be beholden to corporations @and wall street. @and tired of politicians, i @think the whole country is. @reporter: both candidates are @also very clear