but supporters of this new jail in belknap county say its benefits will be invaluable. the county delegation unanimously approved this project monday night between new construction and renovation of some existing buildings, designers say it will change the >> the goal is to cut down on recidivism and give life skills to those that never received it. some individuals just don't have the skill set or were never decisions. and the programming that goes on here teaches life skills and decision making. reporter: this facility is based on a model opened five years ago in sullivan county where officials say the recidivism rate has dropped by about 65%. belknap county delegation chairman says almost three quarters of these inmates have been here before. >> they got to be going through programs and we're going to change their attitudes and behaviors when we are them in custody. fine them a beyond and then let them out. reporter: when completed the jail will go from 87 to 124 total beds, five new corrections officers will be hired and counseling services will be contracted. the po

s office wouldn't be allowed to prosecute this case. attorneys, nathaniel kibby entered belknap county superior court. kibby is accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old north conway girl in 2013, holding her for months and sexually assaulting her. up first a motion by the defense to get the a.g.'s office and associate attorney general jane young recused. the defense citing a separate case in which kibby is being charged with making threats against young. the defense claiming that taints young's participation. >> can you not be a lead prosecutor and a victim at the same time and keep those two interests separate. reporter: however, the a.g.'s office said they had nothing to do with bringing those charges and the burden lies with the defense and they failed to meet it. >> they produced no evidence that the a.g.'s office has any influence over the prosecution of that case. they chose not to do so, instead they just made baseless assertions. reporter: the judge agreed, saying one test is that if it appears that normal procedures were altered, and that did not appear to have happened. >> i don't

deputy belknap county attorney carley ahern says watson has had possible co-defendant, teanna bryson. family of the victim in this case were in court today. judy tilton: he and his attorney are playing the game. and they are playing the system. but in the meantime, people' s lives are being impacted. erin: the hearing has been postponed until november 16 so the court can hear from bryson. senator shaheen got a first hand look today at a front in the war on drugs that the state is losing. the state lab continues to get more requests for analysis than it can handle. so far, no prosecutions have suffered, but it does require wmur' s ray brewer toured the lab with the senator and gives us a view of the problem technicians ray: at one point, there were some 50 people working in the lab. now that number is down to 47. because of that another number , is growing. this is the backlog of cases in the state lab, some 3800 folders. and each month, that number grows. senator jeanne shaheen toured the lab friday to get a look at the problem. currently, the lab is getting about 750 requests each mo

will be taken up this coming tuesday, wednesday and thursday during scheduled hearings out of belknap county superior court. year. still to come tonight, senator rand paul on the new hampshire primary ballot, and we find out what the presidential hopeful's hobbies are in candidate cafe. jennifer: we'll tell you how two store explerks a customer fought off a man suspected of stealing. mike: a bright and blustery saturday to kick off the weekend tomorrow with a few changes by sunday. the forecast is coming up. >> the long red line, a big meet tomorrow for the pinkerton cross the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street funded by over a million tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free people are sick and tired of

amy zach brown is doing time at : the belknap county jail. he can' t see his son, doesn' t have a job and wrestles with his addiction every day. >> as soon as i started using needles i wasn' t taking no for not gettting high. i was willing to do some pretty crazy things. amy zach says he' s a lucky man : for a number of reasons. he could be in prison on a much longer sentence. he could be dead. withdrawal symptoms. he credits his mom. >> i don' t know who she talked to down there but she said to talk to officer adams and he' ll help me. and i was skeptical. police have never been my friends in the past. >> i want to make sure that they' re ok. amy officer eric adams is taking : on the heroin crisis, and winning. his weapon of choice? a flip phone that he answers any time of the day or night, every single day of the week. >> you stay on the phone. you keep talking to them. you keep telling them that you can make it. amy laconia. : population 18,000. the city has racked up close to 100 overdose calls so far this year. 6 were fatal. it' s clear