tonight congressman frank guinta says he has repaid the $355,000 he owed as part of an agreement with the federal election commission. jennifer: guinta says he will run for reelevens this year. kristen carosa sat down with guinta today and is live with more. report congressman guinta says he wants to put this all behind him, something that has drawn a lot of attention throughout this past year. congressman frank guinta says he's starting fresh in 2016. >> the settlement agreement is all facets of it are completed. i repaid the personal loan, i paid the fine last year for a mistake that i made five years ago. reporter: last year the federal election commission ruled that guinta violated the law by taking excessive campaign contributions from his parents in 2010. guinta still to this day maintains he had a right to use family fund. >> i have refiled the paperwork, identifying that this is a personal asset of mine. and i'm ready to move forward and focus on the work that we have in congress for 2016. reporter: guinta repaid the $355,000 with money from his current campaign account, somet

maureen said she was unlawfully fired after she reported safety concerns. >> congressman frank guinta says he will run for re-election this year. the fac found him in violation of election laws from taking campaign money from his parents. he claimed the money was his and he announced he repaid that money. >>the iowa caucus is this monday. many of the candidates will spend the weekend in hawkeye >>the derby will be delayed to the last weekend in february. mild temps and ice conditions were top concerns. the derby chairman says while there are coves that are fairly solid, safety remain as top priority. will the ice conditions improve for the weekend? for the definitive answer we go to josh in the weather center. >> that's not going to happen. it's 32. when it's 32 degrees in late january this time of the morning you know something weird is happening because the temperatures are well above where they should be right now and heading up in the 30s to near 40 today and higher in the days to come. there's the clouds thinning out. we have a decent amount of sunshine to the south and off to th

tom: and, a group of high school seniors receive a special nomination from congressman frank guinta. re waiting to be accepted to. tom: the father and son ranchers convicted of setting fire to public lands were in court today. dwight and steven hammond said reduce the growth of evasive plants and protect the property, right prosecutorse sai they set the fire to try to cover up coaching. president obama moving begin head with plans to require background checks for more gun sales. shelley: the checks will include if they' re bought online or at a gun show. the president is coming out with a number of executive steps to curb gun violence despite opposition in congress to new gun laws. tom: the heroin crisis being amplified tonight by numbers out for the states two largest cities. overdoses, most attributed to heroin and other opioids, reached record numbers in nashua and manchester in manchester had 2015. more than 600 overdoses, 69 of them were deadly. its a trend that started at the end of 2014. the spike due to prescription drug abuse and the deadly opioid fentanyl. trouble too in na

tom: tonight congressman frank guinta will run for re-election this year and that he has repaid $355,000 as part of an agreement with the federal election commission. kristen carosa sat down with him today and joins us with more. reporter: congressman guinta says he wants to start fresh in 2016 and put all this behind him, something that drew a lot of attention. last year the f.c.c. ruled that he violated law by taking excessive campaign contributions from his parents the 2010. guinta still maintains the cash came from a shared family pot of money he had the right to use. now he says he's repaid the $355,000 he used in 2010 with cash from his campaign account. guinta says right now after paying back the money he is $12,000 to campaign with to run for a third term. >> we've got plenty of time to create the necessary resources to be competitive. i've always been a grass roots campaigner and more often than not i've been outspent. reporter: at least three other candidates say they are running for guinta's seat. he says he's putting faith in the people of new hampshire to allow him to contin

shelley: frank guinta says the president' s speech shows he did not live up to voters expectations over the last seven in a statement, he said the broken promises and poor results can point us in a better direction to renewed commitment to policies of economic read him and international leadership, and we are still waiting on reaction from democratic representative annie kuster. tom: 10 navy sailors are being held in iran tonight. iranian authorities accused the sailors of trespassing after two small boats drifted into iranian waters. u.s. officials say the boats had a mechanical failure near farsi island, where iranian crews took them into custody. tomorrow morning, the crew is expected to be allowed to transfer to a u.s. boat. shelley: new presidential primary polls are giving us a snapshot of where new hampshire voters stand. coming up on news 9 tonight. the divide between how many republican voters have already decided on their candidate and tom: it' s the biggest lottery prize ever in the u.s. and the challenge stores are facing with so many people taking a chance at the jackpot. m

his victims believe that greig could help sean: several students got to meet with congressman frank guinta after he nominated them for military academies. [applause] >> going to the naval academy, being able to serve afterwards, i want to be an engineer. >> i would like to be a navy seal. >> they represent the best of new hampshire. i wanted to honor them for their hard work and dedication and commitment to the united states. sean: the u.s. military academies include west point and the u.s. naval academy. erin: a boy found crying alone in a school van in massachusetts. his mom is demanding answers. aixa: debating climate change. how the two parties differ on the issue. sean: there is an urgent warning in part of new hampshire about a killing people in western this epidemic of gun violence knows no boundaries. hillary clinton has what it takes to stand up to the republicans and the gun lobby. and support universal how many people before we before we come together as a nation? i'm hillary clinton kevin: it is the coldest start for a lot of folks this season. well below zero in parts of coos

sean: a total of 32 students have been nominated by congressman frank guinta to attend one of the u.s. military academies. if accepted, they will each get a full, four-your scholarship and serve at least five years of active duty. >> going to the naval academy and being able to serve -- i want to be an engineer. >> i would like to be a navy seal. >> they represent the best of new hampshire. i wanted to honor them for their commitment to the united states. sean: the u.s. military academies include west point, the u.s. naval academy, and others. -- some very driven young erin: still to come, a little boy found crying and alone on a school van in massachusetts and his mother' s demand answers. aixa: debating climate change -- how the two parties differ on the issues -- coming up. sean: there is an urgent warning and part of new hampshire about a specific batch of heroin killing people in western mass. is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. my plan

frank and i, mr. guinta, have learned as we traveled around the state meeting with treatment and people in recovery that substance use disorders can often send patients in to relapse and it's vital that proven evidence-based treatment methods are available for patients all across the country. and that's why our conversation today is so important. at the federal and state level, legislators and medical professionals are working to develop the best practices to treating substance use disorders. these decisions need to be guided by the latest research so that those who seek treatment have the best possible chance for a full recovery. i look forward to hearing from our panelists about their work in research. we need to know what works and just as importantly what is not working so that we can make the best decisions in this bipartisan task force. we want to develop best practices and share them across this country. i was proud to introduce the stop abuse act again a bipartisan bill to bring together our federal

. >> well, frank guinta is running for re-election and has paid they ruled he violated a federal