northern pass transmission report, backed by eversource. wmur confirmed sununu received nearly $19,000 in contributions from 25 of the utility company's employees. >> in the last two weeks, he's been talking like he's got sound bites from eversource. i'm going to stand with the rate payers every single day of the week. >> counselor sununu declined our request for an interview but a spokesperson released a statement that reads in read, low for anything to distract voters from his record of failing the people of manchester. >> and the secretary of state has just released its voter turnout predictions for tuesday. they expect 126,000 republicans to vote and expects democrats will have about 86,000 voters. gardner says those are on the higher end for a state primary compared to the last two to three decades. >> on the democratic side, the highest turnout that 91,000. the highest turnout republicans have had was 155,000. >> gardner says, in the last three years, the highest number of republican voters was 147,000. >> and, of course, we will have

bites from eversource. i'm going to stand with the rate payers every single day of the week. >> counselor sununu declined our request for an interview but a spokesperson released a statement that reads in read, the mayor is searching high and low for anything to distract voters from his record of failing the people of manchester. >> and the secretary of state has just released its voter turnout predictions for tuesday. they expect 126,000 to vote and expects democrats will have about 86,000 voters. gardner says those are on the higher end for a state primary compared to the last two to three decades. >> on the democratic side, the highest turnout that the democrats ever have had was 91,000. the highest turnout republicans have had was 155,000. >> gardner says, in the last three years, the highest number all the information you need to learn about the candidates online. plus, we are focusing on some of the biggest issues in the campaign that is also on our website, wmur.com. >> guilty verdict for a salem man

. >>> eversource is ready to deal with the storm. the company says extra crews and support staff are already in place and ready to respond to power outages or damage. eversource also alerted all of its employees to be on standby. sea. still, some threats from hermine remain, as wendy gillette reports. >> the dog days of summer are still hanging around in belmar, despite hermine lingering a few hundred miles offshore. the storm is bringing crashing waves to the jersey shore and as far south as virginia. only perfect conditions for surfers. >> you can be up to your knees. if a wave knocks you off your fite -- feet and you get caught in a rip, you can be troublesome. >> that's day, warning of the dangers. life guards are patrolling the beach along with uniform police officers. swimming is not allowed. edgar rivera is only allowing his five-year-old daughter, sophia, to wade up to her niece. >> do you feel the pull of the water when you're in? >> yeah, you do. you actually feel it. you got to be careful. >> the storm could also cause sev

eversource crews have been trimming truce for weeks trying to keep them away from power lines. they've put extra crews and support staff in place for this storm. but they're all urging customers to be ready, including charging of course, we'll bring you updates on air and online and on our mobile app. we're live down here in westport this morning. doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. >> thank you. you can track hermine's every move on our wcvb mobile news app. that includes an hour-by-hour forecast where you live. erica keeping an eye on the traffic for us. >> luckily, it's been quiet so far, emily. if you're up and trying to head out, maybe now is the time to do nice and quiet on route 6. both brings looking fine. route 3 smooth sailing. traffic moving along nicely north heading closer to the city. it's, again, 11 minutes from braintree to boston. up north heading down from new hampshire, route 3, route 93, south, both looking good. closer in here to 128, again, looking like smooth sailing. route 2, 93, route 1 all looking good. heading out west to sturbridge along fine as well. th

eversource says more than 23,000 customers were without power this morning. most should be back on by the end of the day. live in windham, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. adam: thank you. earlier today, more than 20,000 earlier today, more than 20,000 homes across the state w 2000 outages. cherise: crews are still trying to clean up the damage in many parts of the state. strong winds knocked down several trees on west north street in manchester. and a pine tree fell on a home in barrington. meteorologist hayley lapoint tells us if we're in the clear tonight. hayley: absolutely we are. those storms are long gone. it was a line that went across the state. nobody was left out of this one. within that line, there were easily wind gusts near 50, maybe 60 miles per hour. that is why there were so many wind damage reports. the circles indicate where there was wind damage. we did hear a very strong wind and damage in the epsom area. it looks like this was very strong wind that moved across the state. it is still breezy. we have gusts near 20 miles per hour in spots. it

. >>> eversource is ready to deal with the storm. they say extra support staff are in place and ready to respond to power outages or damage. eversource alerted all the employees to be on stand by and they are urging customers to make sure their cell phones are fully charged. and our weather team is tracking the toppled stormed and -- storm around the clock you can check out cbs boston weather app facebook page twitter and website cbsboston.com. >>> police in boston investigating reports of a off overnight. officers were seen placing evidence mark he is or -- markers on the ground and searching the area. >>> serious crash on the 128 waltham. one vehicle was involved. an suv was mangled part of the roof was smashed down and no word on injuries. and breaking news overseas. north korea fires three ballistic missiles. military officials in south korea say this is a show of force as world leaders including president obama are economic summit. >>> now to a developing story a framingham state police officer is off the job accused of inapprop

eversource, the electricity supplier for boston insists this is very rare. but acknowledges three cases last year and three cases so far this year. they say it happens less and less as they update the system. >> warning. carbon monoxide. >> the best way to protect yourself. the co detector that massachusetts law requires you install in your home. without one, sarah and paul know they might have died. boston. >> reporter: eversource is working to replace those age underground wires. they are hoping to have it all done by the end of 2019. in the newsroom, i'm hank phillippi ryan. >> nancy: up next, a land rover flipping over in the middle of the street. middle of the street. police say it was stolen. i'm a public school teacher in massachusetts, and i've reviewed question 2. it will make public education even stronger, because question 2 would allow more access to public charter schools, so parents have more choices for their kids' education, and public charter schools don't take funds away from public education. in fact, question 2 will result in more funding

. >>> eversource says extra crews and support taf are in place -- staff are in place to respond to power outages or damage. they have also alerted all the employees to be on stand by. they are urging customers to make sure cell phones are charged. the weather team there's lots of ways to stay up- to-date. check out the weather app facebook page twitter and website cbsboston.com. >>> breaking overnight, north korea fires three ballistic missiles. military officials in south korea saying that this is a show of force as world leaders including president obama are meeting in china for the g-20 economic summit. >>> and now to a developing story a framingham state police officer is off the job accused the officer wilter dormaville is facing list of charges including witness intimidation. university placed him on administrative leave. he is banned from campus while the investigation is underway. >>> in-- in had a statement the school-- in a statement the school official says the situation is isolated and there's no ongoing threat. >>> residents in berlin ordered to stay in as police officers se

. >> hank: eversource tells us they're working to replace those aging underground wires, and they're hoping to have it all done by the end of 2019. in the newsroom, i'm hank phillippi ryan. >> christa: they always say when you set your clocks back or spring forward, check your carbon monoxide detector, check your fire alarm. we're coming up on that. let's make sure we do that after seeing that story, huh? >> sarah: up next on 7news, how bernie sanders is attempting to keep his progressive platform alive even after his presidential campaign has come to an end. >> christa: also, see if the >> one in eight women will face breast cancer. early detection can mean the difference between life and death. planned parenthood gives new hampshire women access to life saving cancer screenings. but ayotte voted to defund planned parenthood six times. why? because ayotte opposes a woman's right to choose. in her relentless effort to overturn roe v. wade, ayotte puts critical cancer screenings at risk, hurting new hampshire women. kelly ayotte: putting her personal interests ahead of your health car

eversource crews have been out trimming trees for weeks now trying to keep them away from power lines. they're putting extra crews and support staff in place for the storm. they are urging all customers to be ready, including charging your cell phones now in case the power does go out. >> and some additional warnings as the storm approaches. hy-line cruises has canceled all monday trips to martha's islands. trips to and from the vineyard on the islands queen from falmouth also canceled. logan airport says check your schedules. travel could be impacted. people say everyone needs to be cautious. >> if you don't take care and be wise, it's your own fault. so stay alert. be >> for the most part, our crew in chatham last night said it was just windy there. and a bit of churned up surf as well on the beach. but it's going to change as the storm gets closer today. >> florida is assessing the impact of hermine. roads in the tampa area of still flooded. the storm was a category one hurricane when it hit florida on friday. on sunday, governor rick scott toured some of the hardest hit and you ca

. >> the owner of the art gallery eversource county. he had just closed up when he noticed a man relieving himself on the side of the building. he asked that man to stop in the next thing he knows, he was in the hospital. >> the hub opened in 2013, three half years old. >> tim carmany is the owner of the hub art factory on six street in canton he does very symmetrical creatures. >> as after an art exhibit exhibit that carmen claimed he saturday morning. >> friday night after one of our big events, i closed up at about 1:00 a.m. >> carmany says he saw a man relieving himself on the side of the building so he asked him to stop it words were exchanged and then summary else came around the side of the building, a friend of his and the two of them together just started saying somethingo car in a turnaround and that was it. that's all i remember seth carmany guesses he was unconscious for at least five minutes when he came to someone walking by tim call police at the suspects had managed to slip away unnoticed. >> i did not feel any pain. i d

eversource says more than 23,000 customers were without power this morning. most will be back online by the end of the day. live in windham, kristen carosa, over and the sun came out this afternoon. your taking a live look at hampton beach where rain tried to put a damper on the final day of the seafood festival. for a better look at the forecast and whether or not rain is expected for the work week , let's check in with meteorologist hayley lapoint. hayley: there looks like they are having a grand old time. these storms are way off because line. some of the wind gusts were hour. it is so dry and the trees cannot handle the wind with the ground so dry. that is why we probably had as many ?wind damage reports as we did. the circles are where has been wind damage reported. at 9:40 this morning, there was a report of multiple trees down. here is a look at the temperatures now. better tomorrow. i will show you one the forecast in a few minutes. adam: thank you. there are a lot of busy politicians in new hampshire right now as the clock ticks down to the first bal

eversource sent news 8 this brief statement regarding their storm preparations. "we continue watching the forecast and will be ready needed." if y fety rst.. make sure to ave it outside and awafromany se grills. take everything off the has been dropped for the big island, but the threat remains for a couple of spots on the island chain. hurricane lester weakened to a category 2 to remain a hurricane as it passes to the north this weekend. waves up to 25 feet high are expected to pound the eastern shores of the major islands. we'll take another look at your first alert and women take their own lives, everyday. tonight the parents of brandon ketchum will join the group '22 no more' for a vigil in iowa city to try and cut down that number. brandon took his own life earlier this year after returning from combat and struggling with ptsd. now, a final look at the >>> good morning, america. new overnight, hermine's fury. the tropical storm battering the south. now marching up the east coast. a fallen tree splitting this home in half. the watches and warnings this mornin

. >> this morning we are joined by eversource spokesman mike durant. he tweeted doing to prepare. >> rate preparation prior to the storm and we have, of course, a maintenance program for our equipment that addresses severe weather and also a very effective program. right now we prepositioned line crews, crews ready to go and also have support staff that you need to have the restoration should the time come later on. >> we have had a pretty bad crunchy out there, does it make you more concerned it will come down easily bringing down more power lines? >> it is a possibility. we have added to the tree program looking for that drought stress tree. if they are diseased and dying this takes to another level though because as you mentioned when you have trees that are stressed from the drought, they could be more susceptible to falling and have in case they lose power? >> safety message, if a tree or limb does bring down a power line, we always recommend people stay clear of those lines because you really can't tell if they are live or not and call emergency

. >>> eversource is ready to deal with storm. they say extra crews and support staff are in place and ready to respond. they have alerted all employees to be on stand by. they are urging customers to make sure the cell fully charged. our weather team has been tracking a storm around the clock and there's lot of ways to stay up-to-date. check out the cbs boston weather app and facebook page and twitter accounts and, of course, our website cbsboston.com. >>> breaking overnight one person rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in jamaica plain. eye happened around 2:30 this -- it happened around 2:30 this morning. this was the scene. part of the area was blocked off overnight. officers were seen placing >>> also breaking overnight, police on the scene of a serious crash on 128 in waltham. at least one vehicle was involved and an suv was mangled part of the roof smashed down. no word on injuries. >>> breaking news overseas. north korea fires three ballistic missiles military officials in south korea sa

eversource saying that they have crews in place standby, and they are asking customers, as well, to be prepared. charge up the cell phones in the event that the power does go out. we're live in west port, doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. >> thank you, and a.j., the stronger impact of the storm already has been felt to the south of us, as the wind is whipping up bethany beach here in delaware last night, new jersey, and they could see some serious storm surges during the high tide. that includes an hour-by-hour forecast for where you live. >> breaking overnight, firefighters battled a six-alarm fire in woonsocket, rhode island, that fire was in a triple decker on park avenue, and at this point, we have no reports of any injuries there. also breaking overnight, state police are investigating a serious crash on 128 in waltham. one car rolled over around midnight, and one person was thrown from the vehicle. crash or how badly that person was injured. >> a campus police officer under arrest at framingham state university this morning. that officer was taken into custody over the weekend. fra