reporter: the initial cause of in glen, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: another great day today, and boy i guess we got one more tomorrow. mike: we're going to hold onto every little built we can of early spring weather in november. then big changes start to move in starting on sunday. you've probably heard about them, we'll have more coming up. jennifer: check out this view which was taken en route to the tom: an 87-year-old veteran of three wars and his wife are in for awe huge surprise this weekend. jennifer: while they're away, volunteers are making much neededai home. changes that will allow them to remain there. wmur's jennifer crompton has their story tonight. reporter: volunteers are hard at work inside and out of this house in raymond. except the home's owner doesn't know it. >> we had him and his wife go to relatives in lawrence, mass for the weeken, so that they'd be surprised when they came back. reporter: 87-year-old john and his wife margaret have lived here since they retired from the their toll on his health and the house. when his da

andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: talk of the town now, got the big motorcycle ride. diswhraryp was excellent. tom: good day for him and for mom too i'm sure. mike: a little breeze here or there today, b ready as gusts out of the northwest take over, how strong tom: in tonight's spirit of giving, two town councilors in derry are trying to help homeless veterans. josh j.: joshua and richard are trying to fill this garage with winter clothing for theom at 11 village brook lane in derry on saturday from 11:00 to 2:00, looking for new or generally worn clothing, everything from boots, hats, gloves, socks, winter coats and t 30's. >> if we can make their lives a little easier by providing them the minimum necessities to get through a cold winter, then i can look myself in the mirror. jennifer: all the donations will be given to veterans through the mike: here we go with some sunshine, time lapse photos in warner today where it was clear a good part of this thursday, leading into veterans day tomorrow. we'll see a fair amount of sun by afternoon as well. but tomorrow the bi

andy hershberger is live at the scene now. reporter: neighbors say they heard a woman screaming that she couldn't breathe and saw her hanging from a a second floor apartment window. the fire broke out after 6:00 this morning at 8284 south state street. four apartments and the downstairs appliance business in the building. the fire went to two alarms and took about 20 minutes to bring under control. witnesses say there was a woman hanging from a second floor bathroom screaming for help as neighbors rushed to her aid she jumped to the sidewalk below. >> i just asked her to please try to calm down and jump to see if she could get onto that awning. and she just jumped and fell on her back. condition is not life threatening. and doesn't seem to be some serious at this point. reporter: all of the other residents were able to get out safely, but will be unable to return to their homes. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. reporting live in concord i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. reporter: happening right now up in c

andy hershberger is also standing by. andy, described the mood behind you. john: you just heard heather's headquarters for trump and a lot more energy seems to be spilled over there at that headquarters. we are at the madison in manchester which is a hillary clinton watch party and colin van ostern's election night headquarters. we have been watching the hillary clin cheers when we heard some of the western returns from california and oregon, those sort of areas. largely tonight it has been a quiet and tense mood as people have continued to watch to see those electoral college numbers going up and down, up and down. we had ray buckley speak to the crowd maybe an hour or so ago, their support, encouraging them to stick around, which is expected to be a very long night. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: another critical race tonight is the u.s. senate race. a close contest between kelly ayotte and maggie hass on. -- aggie hassan. adam: a buoyant mood where it is a joint party ayotte and chris sununu. things looking good at the moment. she has a 15,000-vote l

in bethlehem, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. mike: great work by all there. weather wise we are entering the season, we're starting to get a little wintery scene from time to time. you look at the time lapse photos up there in kearsarge and warner, a little snow cap early and then it melted. temperatures well above freezing during the late morning and afternoon. but right now those temra clear skies, winds much lighter than they were. and right now we're sub freezing in many parts of new hampshire, well below atop mount washington and just a little bit above downtown manchester and also right along the coast. speaking of the coast, notice the water temperature, still in the upper 40's and lower 50's. soon as the winds kick on shove during tomorrow morning we'll start to see a rapid warmup along the coast and eventually through the merrimack valley during the mid to late morning. tries to develop during the morning commute will quickly go over to rain. but we have to get through that icy mix in some parts of new hampshire first. and the reason why, temperature

andy: andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: two vermont men are going to prison after pleading guilty to drug charges in connection to a deadly overdose last year. prosecutors say daniel fogg was dealing the drug out of a fogg sold some heroin to francis mayhle who then gave it to 23-year-old dakota kilburn who died from an overdose. today fogg pleaded guilty to selling heroin with death resulting and mayhle pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell heroin and dispensing the drug with death resulting. shelley: switching gears to talk about the weather. a cold, rainy day in the granite state, even starting with north. live look tonight in meredith and hampton beach. temperatures are well above freezing. chief meteorologist mike haddad is here. mike: we are tracking more rain. beneficial rain as the ground is not frozen in southern new hampshire yet. good news for those traveling out and about. many parts of the lakes region and points south. that is right around freezing in showers are falling onto a relatively solid surface. no

wmurs andy hershberger live now with that story. reporter: police say it started when they got a phone call this morning from a woman who said she had been assaulted and was being held against her will at a house on weirs boulevard. when police arrived, they say they were able to keep the woman on the phone and pull her out of a rear bedroom window. times to make contact with james cunningham, who they say was inside the home but were unsuccessful. police say the woman told them cunningham had access to guns and knives, and the regional swat team was called in. weirs boulevard was shut down for about two hours. police say cunningham came out of the home. >> we were able to make contact with him and he came out of the residence, at which time he was not cooperative with custody. reporter: cunningham faces several charges including criminal threatening, he's being held at the belknap county jail and is expected in court tomorrow. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: tonight the u.s. drug enforcement administration has announced manches

andy hershberger, wmur news 9. sean: new at noon, hooksett police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a bottle of vodka. it happened monday afternoon. police were called to coaker avenue after someone saw a man going through a car and a mailbox before going into new england brace company. police say 29-year-old michael murphy allegedly walked out a short time later with a bottle of pinnacle vodka. murphy was arrested for burglary, loitering, and prowling. nashua police say the trucks were stolen from the u-haul on northwest boulevard in two separate incidents back in september. police arrested 35-year-old michael nadworny for allegedly stealing both. they say 26-year-old chelsea osterman helped him out. she is expected to make a court appearance later today. a plane crash leaves at least 75 people dead. coming up, who was onboard the flight when it crashed in colombia, and what we know about the investigation. and, the man allegedly behind crash faces a judge today. what he's charged with. kevin: wintry mix

i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: thank you. with that type of could be a long night for some candidates. jennifer: we are your election night headquarters here in new hampshire, so let's check in with all the campaigns now, beginning with the bid for u.s. senate. our team coverage kicks off with wmur's adam sexton in concord at ayotte headquarters. reporter: jen, what andy was talking about, the margin tess top of the ticket between donald trump and hillary clinton could go a long way to deciding how this u.s. senate race turns out. that is if democrats have a very strong day today and get a lot will lift all of them to victory. but if it's a closer race, kelly ayotte could have a good chance of retaining the senate seat she first won in 2010. ayotte has been campaigning at a break neck pace, more than 24 stops in 24 hours leading up to her vote this morning in nashua in her homeward of ward two. many of saying this doing a long night, and ayotte is no stranger to electoral cli having won her 2010 primary but 1600 votes out of

reporting live andy hershberger, , wmur news 9. tom: new hampshire's drug crisis is creating an extra burden for a popular holiday program. the annual toy drive operation santa claus still has 248 children without sponsors. they range from infants to teenagers and organizers say most are from families struggling because of drug abuse. >> there's a great need every year. there is about annually 3000 chosen we help out throughout the state of new hampshire. having an impact on children of need. so there's always need. tom: organizers say older children are often the hardest to find help for. you'll find more information on wmur.com. for the first time in years, republicans control the corner office and both branches of new hampshire's legislature. jennifer: straight ahead at 6:00, what that means for the next legislative session. >> wednesday. we get to talk to nobody else but santa claus to preview the big peterborough annual holiday stroll this saturday. jennifer: it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in downtown concord. the

i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer an arrest warrant issued today for a salem, new hampshire mother who suffered an apparent drug overdose, in a lawrence, massachusetts dollar want's young gawrt frantically trying to wake her. mcgowan did not show up for a hearing last week. also a portsmouth woman being held without bail accused of selling methadone to a dover man who died. he was found unresponsive in his home back in may. at the time police said his death did not appear to be a crime, but today police selling methadone to lossberg which they say caused his death. tom: in february, governor elect sununu will present his proposed two-year state spending plan. the process of developing that plan already under way tonight. josh mcelveen reports budget writers say funding for state agencies will be based on what's best for the state. after 16 weeks of instruction, these recruits will soon hit the streets. and whether it's the use of learn here has never been more -- >> it's vital that these officers receive as m

live in manchester, andy hershberger. jennifer: today a lawsuit against phillips was back in federal court. a jury found that the academy wrongfully expelled a student after a sexual encounter with another student. today a judge ordered john doe back to the school, pending a hearing on january 13th. that hearing will decide whether monetary damages would be adequate relief. tom: tonight new numbers are offering hope in fighting the opioid crisis. the prescription drug monitoring program started in the state back in 2014, it requires for a patient, and requires them to check a patient's history before giving out a new prescription. according to the annual report, 5 million fewer doses of highly addictive opioids were prescribed this year compared to last. >> we've seen a significant change in the past year and it is very gratifying. >> they're taking this really seriously. i think the prescribers in our state are going to be very much a big role in changing this crisis in tom: a new law goes into effect in january that req

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 th

in manchester, andy hershberger. jean: coming up on newsnight tonight, deadly shootings after youth football games in kentucky. the search tonight for the suspects. found save 22 days after she went missing. where this california mother was found after disappearing while jogging. josh: includes somewhere showers. will there be rain or snow showers? jean: to our u-local hotshot. teddy bear the chipmunk is saying happy chips-giving. submit your pictures and video. jean: we have developing news out of kentucky. two people are dead and several are injured after multiple shootings at a park in louisville. authorities say a youth football game had just finishedhe four others have been taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> when officers did arrive, they located to black males that had been shot and fatally wounded. it is a day to be thankful and we are thankful that moore did not get her. jean: police are looking for suspects. tonight, a california mother who found alive. authorities say they are now s

andy hershberger, news 9. amy: love, love that has people talking. police are searching for a man >> we are going to put a little spice into your holiday. we're in the news 9 kitchen today with helen ryba from you have packages that you mail out to people every month, they have a subscription and you send them a different spice recipe or spices with a recipe. >> correct. this is november's box and we made, the recipe in there is a lavender short bread cookies. >> and there's some lavender there, every month you could get a new spice. >> it's a surprise you don't know what you'll get, but good sized samples for them and a kitchen tester recipe. >> you're using are recipe to create fancy cocktails for thanksgiving. tell us what you have here. >> first of all, over here i made it's a cranberry marguarit and we'll have these recipes on our website, which is spiced up.rocks. it's rimmed with our bourbon barrel sugar and it has tequila and triple sec and juice. >> wow. >> and then this? what is this sugar, which is aged in a barrel. cocoa from france, it's

in glen, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jean: tonight manchester police are trying to accused of sell opioids to a person who then died. 30-year-old heather flattery has very distinctive tattoos on her chest, right calf and back. she's five foot five with dark hair and hazel eyes. police say she also goes by the name heather kowak and was last known to be living in manchester. she has already been indicted on a felony charge of selling fentanyl to someone who then died of an overdose. >> based on the picture and her identifiable tattoos, if you know her or if you've seen her, not to approach but to notify the manchester police department. jean: you can keep any tips anonymous. police are just hoping to track her down quickly. tom: raymond police need your help to find the people who broke into dozens of campers at pine acres campground. 43 campers were targeted, although it's unclear exactly what was stolen. so far containedded to the one property. >> we are reaching out to other communities to see if they've had similar in

today to military families, saying they shoulder as many burdens as the servicemen and i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: a lot of raw emotion. jennifer: we thank every last one of them for their service and commitment. tom: up next, sharing solutions in new hampshire's drug crisis, this group talks about what's working and what should be done next. jennifer: and the project under taken by a 13-year-old to make sure that local families have food on their tables. mike we have the classic november chill and it kicks off the weekend tomorro tom: state police responded to what they thought was a truck fire on the everett turnpike in nashua this morning and actually found a semi trailer broken in half. it was hauling recycled magazines at the time. investigators are now trying to determine if there was something wrong with the truck or it simply wasn't loaded properly. and now onto new hampshire's drug crisis, hundreds of health care providers from across the state gathered to share solutions in this jennifer: they talked about the great strides made, more than 740 people have shown up at f

live in manchester, andy hershberger. jennifer: another homicide under investigation tonight, the death of a 2-year-old girl in berlin. authorities say the autopsy shows the little girl, madison dana, died from blunt impact injuries. emergency crews were called to madison's home on york street sunday afternoon. she was rushed to the hospital, where she died. now the attorney general's office is trying to determine how she suffered those fatal injuries. tom: merrimack police track down bernardo -- allegedly caused that accident. he lost control of his car, left the road, hitting a parked car at the dunkin' donuts and was arrested. he's due in court in january. jennifer: also authorities are investigating a big apartment building fire in lawrence, massachusetts, the smoke could be seen from miles away. right now the structures deemed a total loss. crews managed to rescue a family from the didn't even know the fire had started. >> there was just banging, banging on doors, we heard fire. i'm glad everybody came out safe. ever

andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jean: tonight the u.s. drug enforcement administration has launched an initiative called the 360-degree strategy to manchester is the first city in new england to be part of this new collaboration. wmur's jennifer crompton is live with with why manchester was chosen. reporter: the d. e.a. has done this in just four other u.s. cities. manchester was chosen not just because of the drug crisis here, but because there's a strong infrastructure in place to build upon. >> st. louis, pittsburgh, milwaukee, and louisville. now we turn our focus to manchester. reporter: unveiled at the and girls club of manchester, the d.e.a. announcing its 360-degree strategy to hit the drug crisis from all angles. >> law enforcement targeting drug traffickers and violent gangs. diversion control, which includes engaging the medical community to educate about opioids and prescriptions and such. and probably the most important thing of all is community outreach. reporter: the d.e.a. stepping out of the shadows of law enforcement to

andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jean: thanks, andy. tonight a wakefield man is facing several child pornography possession charges. investigation. reporter: police say the 18-year-old man from wakefield recently was in court facing charges of possessing child pornography. following a lengthy investigation, wakefield police say they arrested charles turcotte last week, he was arraigned in the ossipee district court last friday and faces 10 class a felony charges of possession of child pornography. the state's criminal code says if convicted each count could carry turcotte was released on $25,000 personal recognizance bail. the 18-year-old is scheduled to be back in court for a hearing on december 15. suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. josh: commitment 2016 coverage now. by tomorrow the 2016 election in new hampshire is expected to officially come to a close. that's when the secretary of state's office hopes to finish its recounts in several state reviewing the ballots in 14 house races and one senate race. so far the outcomes are unchanged.

live, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. josh: turns out that presidential elections can be up next twitter is being called the real winner of 2016. jean: just two weeks from thanksgiving, more retailers are rethinking their strategies for holiday shopping. josh j.: after yesterday's beautiful weather we're watching cooler air stream in. josh: and new hampshire senators win a campaign to protect our josh: all eyes on wall street today to see how investors would react to the results of the presidential election. jean: futures tumbled last night, but there was a big rebound today the dow closing up 256 points to 18,589. the s&p picking up 23, the nasdaq up by 57. josh: no matter who you cast yourot during this election was twitter. social media platform dominated yesterday's coverage and at 3:0e morning, more than 75 million election related tweets were in play. one of them was mine. that smashed the 2012 election day high of 31 million tweets. jean: i think i was in there somewhere too. some retailers arery thinking opening o

wmur's andy hershberger explains why the teen chose to recognize the men and women in blue. andy: it's a delivery that's direct from the heart, something dreamed up by a manchester teenager to show respect and give back. officer thank you very much. : lot. andy: aj masse is a junior at memorial high school. as part of his curiculum, he needed to do some volunteer service. >> he couldn't find an organization he wanted to work with, so he says, mom, how about if we make a thanksgiving day meal for the guys who have to work at the manchester police department? andy: so for three days, aj and his mom cooked and baked a thanksgiving feast. aj: they always give back to the community. they're always out there. i figured, why not just do something for them? andy: aj paid for everything little help with the preparation, this is truly his creation. officer: we don't always get this, so it means a lot. i mean a lot going on in the , world, and for someone to take time out of their day and show appreciation for what we do -- priceless. aj: i'm helping give back to them for everything th

andy hershberger, wmur news 9. sean: a woman spent the night trapped inside her car after it rolled over last night on route 27 in epping and came to rest against some trees. it wasn't until this morning somebody discovered it. wmur's ray brewer is live outside the epping fire department, with more on the rescue. good afternoon, ray. ray: good afternoon, sean. the fire department telling us that the woman wasrt this morning. the car went off the road on route 27 in epping, near new england dragway. the fire chief says that the car was about 75 feet off the road, just far enough so that headlights wouldn't pick up any reflection. the fire chief says it appears the woman rolled the car at about 10:00 last night, and the car wasn't spotted until the sun came up around 6:30 in the morning. after at least eight hours trapped in the car the woman was cold, and getting her out was >> she was trapped inside so after we cut her out they removed her through the roof and on a backboard. ray: she was taken to the hospital. the

i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: tonight the air force is moving forward with plans to clean up and protect drinking water over at pease. higher than acceptable levels of pfc's were discovered in a well there in may of 2014. as reports, while monitoring will continue for those already exposed, people say making sure future water is safe is good news. >> anything cooking, anything that's given to the children is from the bubblers until they can tell us that there's no pfc's in the water, which they're working on right now. reporter: the owner of the day care on the pease trade port switched to bottled water two and a half years ago when one of three wells on the former air force base was shut down because of higher than recommended the air force nunesing plans for two large scale treatment systems coming as good news. >> i'm glad they're taking even more steps in treating for the future of the water, so i think it's great. reporter: one system will treat a former firefighter training area. the other will treat gr

i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer: thank you. problems at one polling place in manchester, the ballot machine stopped working in ward two this morning. so the city clerk said the machine jammed for about 20 minutes, so voters had to leave procedure. >> i have to trust that you're going to put them in later and our vote will count? jennifer: by 9:00 a.m. the machine was working again and poll workers started feeding all the ballots into the machine. and now we move to the race for the state's corner office, democrat colin van ostern and republican chris sununu crisscrossing new hampshire today trying to earn any last minute votes. josh: we are live with both campaigns, but let's begin in concord with at headquarters for sununu. reporter: sununu is a third term executive councilor, he launched his bid for the corner office 14 months ago, he says he is glad election day is finally here. sununu waited in a long line in new field this is morning to cast his vote. he said he's never waited in line to vote before and thinks that secreta

andy hershberger explains why he chose to recognize law enforcement. andy: a delivery direct from the heart. something dreamed up by manchester teenager to show respect and give back. andy: aj massey is a junior at memorial high school. as part of his curriculum he needs to do some volunteer service. >> he could not find one organization he wanted to work with so he said what if we make thanksgiving day meal for the guys that have to work at manchester pd. andy: aj and his mom cooked and baked the thanks giving feast which they presented to the officers this morning. himself. while he did have help with preparation this is truly his creation. >> it means a lot. a lot going on of the world. for some to take time out of the data show appreciation for we do, priceless. >> for him to think of this on his own really says a lot about today's. and he is one of them. andy: aj says he has given a little thought his future plans but he says one possible career path is law enforcement. jen: the public turning out to give thanks a fire departments all across the s

wmur's andy hershberger joins us live with more. reporter: lawyers for seth mazzaglia are asking the supreme court to consider whether he was given a full and fair trial for the murder of lizzy marriott. mazzaglia was convicted of first degree m student. prosecutors say he lured the teenager to his apartment and strangled her, then threw her body in the ocean never to be found. defense lawyers claim marriott may have died during a consensual sexual encounter and her sexual history should have been explored at trial. prosecutors say that type of evidence is covered by the state's rape shield law and that the case against mazzaglia was powerful based largely on eyewitness testimony. have directly benefited his defense. >> it's just common sense that a person's sexual personality has some correlation wit the public personality they project. >> what they were really saying this is crazy even if you accepted that she on the time in question that she engaged in this the idea that she would , have died without the defendant knowing that wa

in derry, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. amy: those are some imposing friends. josh: yeah, guaranteed that that would move us and you came through that time. i guaranteed something and on there at the high temperature so far today. not very high, but where will th they be headed. anywhere from 40 to 50 degrees depending where you are. lots of sunshine and milder, it will be breezy today and tomorrow, but nothing like the wind of yesterday. amy: good, bye-bye wind of yesterday. josh: i like that, got rid of my leaves. amy: i bet your neighbors are loving that. josh: hey, hopefully they're not watching. amy: thanks for joining us, good morning america is next. >>> good morning, america. new overnight -- the post-election protests, demonstrations now turning ugly. police launching tear gas as president-elect donald trump shakes up his transition team. who's in charge now and is he changing his tune on baimcare. >>> the states of emergency. dozens of fires now burning across the southeast. the reward to catch the arsonists around the health conference for millions o

in manchester, andy hershberger. jean: tonight, deadly shootings after youth football games in kentucky. the search tonight for the suspects. found save 22 days after she went missing. where this california mother was found after disappearing while jogging. josh: the black friday forecast includes somewhere showers. will there be rain or snow showers? jean: to our u-local hotshot. teddy bear the chipmunk is you can join thousands of ulocal afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. jean: we have developing news out of kentucky. authorities say a youth football game had just finished when shots rang out. four others have been taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> when officers did arrive, they located to black males that had been shot and fatally wounded. it is a day to be thankful and we are thankful that moore did not get her. jean:

wmur's andy hershberger is live in the newsroom with our top story. reporter: state officials say they want to get the word out to health care providers and to drug treatment centers to be on the lookout for this four men, all heroin users, with invasive group a strep infections in the last 10 days. official says they were all in a clusser in the southern central part of the state. authorities say this is the same bacteria that causes strep throat, but the problem is that it's being injected directly into the blood stream where it attacks muscles and organize -- organs. without hospitalization it can be fatal. authorities say while the general public is not in any users became sick. >> it is possible that these people may have had some social contact as well, we're investigating that. maybe they have had close contact to one another. but we are also concerned about whether the drugs themselves were contaminated at some point. reporter: state officials say they want health care providers to be aware that this infection is out there, and to please repor

in bath, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. announcer: now chief meteorologist mike haddad with your storm watch 9 forecast. mike: we did see brighter skies during the afternoon. a little bit on the gusty side. slightly above average. here is an update on your sunrise times tomorrow morning. tomorrow, the latest sunrise of the year at 7:26 a.m. your sunrise on sunday is at 620 7 a.m. your earliest sunrise of the 15 at 5:05 a.m. in the morning. by daybreak. then you get into the 40's elsewhere, close to 50 in manchester. even though it is chilly, look at the warm air to our west, 50's turn into 60's, then 70's, way down south 80's. we will get temperatures well above the average monday and election day tuesday when we couldn't see many spots 60 plus during the afternoon. system out of eastern canada will rotate to the south and east, and that gives us a shot of scattered snow showers anywhere in the state, some through the weekend, clear this evening up until midnight, then clouds will increase through the night, then they work

i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: onto commitment 2016 now. candidates for governor republican chris sununu, democrat colin van ostern, are set to face off in the first granite state debate tonight. it all starts in less than an hour from now, right here on wmur. let's go, we have live team coverage starting with josh mcelveen who is live tonight at josh: in night one of the granite state debates will be unique, but these are federal level issues, isis, national security, national debt, things along those lines. but here in new hampshire, obviously there's some very specific issues and problems that we're talking about, the opioid and heroin crisis, public safety, education,. also as we head into the winter, energy costs, people are pocketbooks. all of that will be on the plate of the next chief executive officer of the granite state and we hope to hear some of their plans tonight. talking about the politics of this, though, there are still a lot of voters in play when it comes to this governor's race. according to our poll yesterday, roughly

in bath, andy hershberger, wmur, news 9. amy: true enough. coming up next, comfort food for breakfast. the special idi poached eggs and where you can find this dish. in our next half hour of news 9 this morning, the candidates for the second congressional district squared off in the final debate last night. we have a complete wrap-up. but first, meet buck. this week's adopt-a-pet is a german sheppard and labrador mix. find out more information about buck and adoptable animals by vo: ending funding for planned parenthood. taking away our right to choose. restricting our health care choices. this is senator kelly ayotte's record. ayotte voted six times to end funding for planned parenthood - putting access to birth control and cancer screenings at risk. and she supports overturning roe v. wade. woman 1: kelly ayotte says she's for women. but it's just an act. woman 2: voters definitely cannot trust kelly ayotte. for the content of this advertising. narrator: two kinds of business experience. chris sununu's family handed him a top-rated ski reso

andy hershberger was there. reporter: there was music, prayer, and there was gratitude today at the veterans cemetery more than 6,000 servicemen and women have been laid to rest at the site that is dedicated to honoring the sacrifice of veterans and their families. the new hampshire army national guard band entertained the large crowd, as well as young men and women from the lakes region christian school. but the focus today was clearly on those who serve. since 9/11, 3,000 members of the new hampshire national guard have served overseas fighting terror. today officials also recognize >> the only constant for military families is constant change. they support us and sacrifice so we can protect our state and our country. reporter: governor maggie hassan also see today that we can honor our veterans by taking advantage of the freedoms that they fought for. jean: in washington d.c., president obama honored members of the armed forces at article on the national we have that, and the changes being seen in veterans wh

andy hershberger is live in the newsroom with more on the circumstances. reporter: state police say while they are still looking into exactly what happened, they are calling this crash tragic and sad. state police say the crash happened mere near the top of an on ramp to the spaulding turnpike in rochester where 72-year-old kenneth long of sanbornville and his son were hauling a gas grill in the back of their pickup. >> a gas gri travel lane, or the on ramp rather of the interstate. father and son get out to retrieve the grill and unfortunately the father was struck by a vehicle. reporter: that vehicle was driven by 351-year-old eric grabowski of middleton. they arrested him on one count of driving under the influence, but that's the only charge he's scene. grabows sc i was released on bail, police closed part of route 16 for about four hours while they investigated. >> we're investigating all fact torgs of what caused the accident, obviously the impairment angle on the part of of the driver, we have a pretty good sense of where the crash happened in terms

andy hershberger, wmur news 9. josh: remember our politics page on wmur.com is your resource any time of day, there can you get important information like how to register and the location of polling places. you can compare the candidates on the issues as well and watch videos from our granite state debates last week, and you'll also find an interactive are counted and how each state has voted. we'll also track live results for presidential electoral college votes and the balance of power in congress, not to mention for the state house and senate in concord. jennifer: tonight we're giving the candidates one more chance to speak to voters before tomorrow's election. we continue with the final pitch from republican incumbent first congressional representative frank guinta. >> i'm hoping tomorrow, november 8. ladies and gentlemen, i focused this prior term on getting work done, six piecings of legislation signed into law by this president, working bipartisanly as the chairman of the congressional task force to combat h