democratic congresswoman kuster has a commanding lead of 28 points over her challenger, republican jim lawrence. and our granite state debate series is coming up in less than race for governor. invited candidates are republican chris sununu and democrat colin van ostern. november 2, u.s. senate debate, kelly ayotte, maggie hassan. november 3, invited candidates are republican frank guinta, i believe sean o'connor and democrat carol shea-porter. and rounding up the series, the second congress that district, kuster and they will also be live streamed on wmur.com and our app as well.

jim lawrence, this is your second time running. how is it going? mr. lawrence: things are going great. i'm still making my rounds through the second congressional district here. i am proud to say the voters are still receiving my. message positively. josh: how are you competing paid in terms of funding, you are outmatched, and the national party might be thinking let's invest elsewhere. mr. lawrence: not paying attention to the war the resources. my focus is on the voters of the second cd and making sure i touch each and every voter, letting them know i am fighting for their priorities important to them. dealing with our stale economy. dealing with our failed for an economy. fighting for a solution for social security. all other issues people are worried about, concerned about, talking around the kitchen about what she sees as her success, whether it was her work with veterans, the agriculture committee, the hair win -- the harrow in crisis -- the heroin crisis. mr. lawrence: the case is clear. we have a more than $19 trillion national debt. we are sti

, coming up -- shelley: we follow up with the candidate for the second congressional district, jim lawrence. tom: tonight, we continue are on the road series with candidates in our area. shelley: jennifer crompton has the questions that voters want answered. jennifer: norton's plays host to a lot of political candidates. on this day, customers were served up a taste of the second congressional district race with republican jim lawrence. >> i am a proud family man. i could not look my children in the eye knowing i jennifer: stood by and did nothing. at this table -- i could not look my children in the eye knowing i stood by and did nothing. jennifer: he served three terms as a state representative. >> you look like an honest politician. >> is that an oxymoron? jennifer: he wants people to know what he stands for. handing out pamphlets that lists what he wants to accomplish. >> dealing with government overregulation. being a small business owner, i know firsthand the challenges that the federal government, the roadblocks and the barriers they throw up in the face of small business owners. sup

candidate for the second congressional district, jim lawrence. >> it is a chilly night tonight. the difference... always putting people first. maggie hassan helped energize our economy by focusing on families, innovation and education. the same approach maggie will take as us senator: a detailed plan to make college more affordable. lower cost prescription drugs for everyday families. and an approach to leadership that puts new hampshire families and small businesses ahead of the corporate special interests. always will be. i'm maggie hassan and i approve this message. the road series with the candidates in our area. shelley: jennifer crompton has the questions that voters want answered. jennifer: norton's plays host to a lot of political candidates. on this day, customers were served up a taste of the second congressional district race with republican jim lawrence. >> i have eight wonderful children. i could not look my children in the eye knowing i jennifer: stood by and did nothing. at this table -- i could not look my children in the eye knowing i stood by and did nothing. j

congressional candidate jim lawrence joined us today for a facebook live conversation. the questions he faced from our viewers. jean: plus the launch of a new program with the goal to make sure teenagers and their families don't go hungry on the meteorologist: hurricane matthew still causing big issues now in the southeastern part of the u.s. it won't come anywhere near us. we do get some showers. latest on that after the break. reporter: friday night football. a new hampshire legend returns to gill stadium where the field will be named after him. it's a great view from the top. just ask chris sununu. chris inherited a famous name and was given the top job at his family's resort, where, over the years, chris cut jobs and cut employees' hours to avoid giving them health insurance. so it's no surprise chris opposes the minimum wage because he never had to work for anything. and has not been authorized by any candidate. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she's a slob. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat che

her challenger republican jim lawrence says the government should start by targeting the banking regulatory hurdles that affect access to student loans. chris sununu has proposed a program that would reduce debt for students who graduate from new hampshire colleges and enter a high demand job in the granite state. that would include nurses, teachers. his opponent democrat colin van ostern calls for more state funding for the state university system saying it shouldn't be funded at prerecession levels. you can read the indepth version of checking the record in the politics section at wmur.com. jennifer: the new hampshire charitable foundation is pledging $100 million to youth in the granite state. today the organization announced its 10-year plan to help thousands of children achieve childhood development, youth support, preventing drug abuse and affordable education. mike: some beneficial rain already in parts of new hampshire. concord with a third of an inch of rain so far today and there's much more to come, as we'll show you in a moment. right now we are locked in with the clouds and fog

less than an hour from now, join us on the wmur session with republican candidate for congress jim lawrence. you ask the questions as he makes his bid for the second district in new hampshire. that is at the wmur facebook page at 1:00 today. nearly 75 years later, officials have identified the remains of a u.s. serviceman as a man from keene. edwin hopkins was 19 years old when he was assigned to the uss oklahoma in pearl harbor. hopkins was one of 429 people killed when the japanese attacked on december 7, 1941. over the past year, scientists used dna records to identify hopkins. he will be buried next saturday in keene with full military honors. turning now to sports, big papi and the sox take on the cleveland indians in game two of the alds today. cleveland leads the series 1-0. first pitch is at 4:38 in getting a new name in honor of retiring red sox slugger david ortiz. governor charlie baker signed a spending bill yesterday that includes legislation to rename the bridge that carries brookline avenue over the massachusetts turnpike. the span will be renamed as the david ortiz big papi

during the national anthem, but i don't have to like josh: up next, second congressional candidate jim lawrence on facebook live happening friday at 1:00 p.m. jennifer: a lot to watch. mike, yes, in politics and also in the tropics. this is some storm down there, fortunately for new hampshire we're going to dodge wind. unfortunately we're not going to get much of any rain over the next several days. we'll take a look at our weekend when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. during vietnam i served on an aircraft carrier in the gulf of tonkin. after i lost my job, i slept out here with other vets. ts with affordable housing. and she's helped connect vets with jobs

reporter: jim lawrence says he is also revoltedded by the language but thinks it's a so you can tabbed what he said, but you still endorse him? >> well, i've said this time and time again. i'm running a campaign for congress in c.d.2 in new hampshire, i'm not on the trump campaign. i'm going to let donald trump deal with the issues of the statements that he makes. reporter: lawrence says he never publicly endorsed trump but told news 9 he will stand with him. >> i don't support the statement that he made. i can tell you this, i certainly don't support hillary clinton. reporter: congressman guinta is running to keep his seat in the first c.d., he guinta denounces trump's language on the tape but says the clinton alternative is unsendable. >> i think both candidates unfortunately fall short in terms of the role model perspective. and i think most americans feel that. i think most americans are disappointed with the choices that they have, but at some point you look at the two choices and you have to make a decision. reporter: a growing list of republican senators, governors and u.s. reps

jim lawrence at the live desk. >>> on the was trump lease last big chance to make a jump in the polls especially in those all important battleground states. virginia was once a battleground state but now polls show clinton with a double digit lead. >> shomari stone talked to supporters and voters for both candidates in virginia tonight to find out what they thought about the debate. what did you learn. at two different watch parties. we are here at northern virginia community university. a lot of folks here tell me they are still undecide. many are trying to figure out what to do next. tonight at a watch party at trump national golf club republican party he leaders and the trump campaign insist they are stepping up efforts in the commonwealth after reports last week that the trump campaign was scaling back in virginia. the louden county's gop party chair and trump supporters say >> we are not pulling out at all, anywhere. a lot of our people are going to help north carolina. they are coming right back. we plan on winning virginia. >> reporter: zpooit clinton's lead the democrat party

will be the second congressional district debate between democrat annie kuster and republican jim lawrence. the debates start at 7:00 p.m. they will be live streamed on wmur.com and our app. cherise: looking forward to cherise: looking forward to those. breast cancer today. still to come on news 9, what's inspiring them to keep walking and keep fighting. adam: and crazy weather atop new england's highest peak. how fast the winds were blowing on mount washington. hayley: it looks like they got some snow, a couple of inches. the rest of us watching clouds getting closer and maybe a few darien: why have the latest smartphone if you can't use it wherever you go? switch to u.s. cellular for our best plan yet: 7 gigs of data per line for only $49. n or video chat at your secret fishing spot... all for just $49. the best part? we put towers in places the other guys don't. because u.s. cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. switch to u.s. cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line for only $49. andrew crossley: new hampshire has a senator who works just as hard

will be the second congressional district debate between democrat annie kuster and republican jim lawrence on november 4. all of the debates start at 7:00 p.m. and they will be live streamed on wmur.com and on our mobile app. an attempted traffic stop ends in gunfire. car at the time. and tragedy on a california highway. how 13 people were killed in a weekend crash. kevin: winds out of the west gusting this afternoon, turning to the northwest. you can see the air mass it is bringing in. amy: plus, in today's "cook's corner," we're making a delicious fall meal. celebrations kitchen joins us to cook up some butternut squash i'm frank guinta and i approve this message. narrator: new hampshire has one of the worst opiate epidemics in the nation. and frank guinta is leading the charge to fight it. erin canterbury: when i met congressman guinta, it was like a breath of fresh air. he said to me "what can i do?" "how can i help?" narrator: frank guinta founded and chairs the bipartisan task force to combat the heroin epidemic. canterbury: frank guinta understands this is not a democratic issue nor

rounding out this series will be the second congressional district debate between annie kuster and jim lawrence. the debate will begin at 7:00 p.m. they will be live streamed and also will appear on our app. 13 people are dead after a california tour bus crashed into a semi truck this morning. a semi truck this morning. investigators say the impact feet into the freight truck. 31 people were hurt in the crash. it was heading back to los angeles. a security square on a boston down flight forced passengers to change lanes today. american airlines say to people boarded the flight in philadelphia without authorization. the jetway door was open overnight and a language barrier increased confusion. officials say they discovered the couple at boarding. >> someone opened they just followed that person. >> there are cracks that open. cherise: the father and daughter apologized for the delay. jack-o'-lanterns are lighting up at the laconia festival. organizers say that the weather is still holding that record with over 30,000 pumpkins. coming up tonight, a look at the issues that are important to voters.

and annie kuster is leading jim lawrence, 51 to 23%. several v school football team have been dismissed. the superintendent says they were drinking while travelling back to the school after an away game in keen last weekend. she says they were in a separate vehicle from the head coach and students, but were still on duty. the superintendent says she understands that not everyone will agree with her decision to dismiss the coaches. >> as long as they're not being irresponsible about not drinking or driving or giving it to minors, it shouldn't be an issue. >> the school board policy talks events, whether it's on and off site and talks about not using it when you are on duty. >> the superintendent says several qualified people will be helping the coach staffs so the season can move on. >> an army reserve officer who nearly died a year ago during a physical fitness test says he's buried upped thousands of medical bills and wants the public to know how the army treated a war veteran. now their case is getting a co done, i collapsed on the fl

congressman frank guinta, congressional hopeful jim lawrence, and candidate for governor chris sununu all say they are disgusted by the video of trump's comments about women, but say they can't support hillary clinton either. many republicans, including senator ayotte, have said they plan to write in mike pence for president. there are two levels of dissappointment for red sox fans this morning. not only did boston lose last that also means that the career of david ortiz is over. the sox fell behind in the fourth and could never climb all the way back in. they put the winning run on base in the bottom of the ninth, but travis shaw hit a fly ball to right to end the season. big papi returned to the field after the game to say goodbye to the fans. >> i realize it was going to be over. a crowd. the emotion came out again. like i say, i am happy. sean: is number 34 will be retired i the red sox next season. cleveland will take on toronto in the american league championship series. the southeast u.s. and haiti. it appears zika is causing new problems, the health issues that doctors are now

will be the second congressional district debate between democrat annie kuster and republican jim lawrence on november fourth. all of the debates start at 7 mobile app. a ribbon cutting ceremony is being held in nashua today for a new care center for the homeless. the peggy and david gilmour respite center is a new service of harbor care health and wellness. the center will offer services to those suffering from mental and behavioral health problems as well those dealing with substance abuse issues. the ribbon cutting ceremony gets underway at four this afternoon. new hampshire biologists are preparing to have the american marten removed from the state's list of threatened and endangered species. of the weasel family. kevin: temperatures anywhere from the to upper 30's to the showers later this afternoon. another system arriving on day with your forecast coming up. sean: the university of maine is mourning the death of a professor. the school says 50-year-old gordon hamilton died on saturday while conducting research in antarctica. he was riding a snowmobile when he hit a crevasse and fell

the second congressional district between incumbent democrat annie kuster and her challenger, jim lawrence. we speak with both to get their take on the race. what about that top of the ticket? what is the wife of vp nominee tim kaine think about the political atmosphere and where the presidential campaign is going. good morning. thanks for joining us. i am josh mcelveen. much of the focus has been on the presidential campaign, but there are other key races in new hampshire. one is in the second congressional district, where incumbent annie kuster is running for reelection. she is my first guest.

jim lawrence says we need to secure the border to stop drugs from coming into the state and that new hampshire needs adequate treatment facility. van ostern says he will work to, supports parity in insurance coverage for the substance abuse and mental health treatment. beginning in the fifth grade, he's also calling for an expedited regulatory path to approve recovery centers. want me to repeat that? for a more indepth look at where the candidates stand on this and other issues, head to the politics section on wmur.com and our mobile app. mike: when i get back with the seven day i want to hear you repeat what you said. take a look what's been going on out there today. we did have the clouds all day, in dublin the overcast skies, the breeze kicking up, feels raw and damp and chilly. but this rain certainly welcome and beneficial, one to two plus inches of rain did fall out of the storm and that means another little dent in the drought. although of course the drought does continue. look at doppler radar, the storm winding down, rain and snow in the white mountains, but scattered rain s

race for the second congressional district between incumbent an any kuster and hudson republican jim lawrence might be the closest thing there is to a sure thing in new hampshire. election were held today, 45 to 31%. in the first district however an i believe candidate is muddling things. >> o'connor's entrance into the race has shaken it up a bit. josh: shea porter holds a five-point lead over guinta, with o'connor getting 13% if the election were held today. but the election is not today. and 23% of first district voters have yet t night's granite state debate critical for all of them. >> i went won't be the first time that voters have seen shea porter and guinta. it will probably be the first time anyone sees sean o'connor and it's really an opportunity for him to make his case. josh: with only a week to go before voters head to the polls, time leaves very little marriage infor error for any candidate on the ballot. tom: ahead of the election one group is making sure candidates aarp in new hampshire has been traveling the state for months to bring attention to social security reform. membe

her challenger, former state rep jim lawrence, opposedded the state's participation in rent i, saying if he's in congress he would support it. power plan, quote, an unconstitutional executive maneuver that would raise electricity costs. guinta favoredded the keystone xl pipeline project. his opponent, shea-porter wants to get rid of subsidies for oil companies, she cosponsored a 2007 bill which became law requiring the first increase in fuel economy standards in more than 30 years. colin van ostern is a two-term pass project due to concerns about transmission towers, he has supported renewable energy projects like turbines and solar arrays. republican chris sununu voted against numerous renewable energy contracts as a councilor, sununu has been supportive of the northern pass project saying it is unrealistic to expect the spire line to be buried. mike: changing leaves and changing time sun set, we're now down to 6:05 and it becomes earlier and earlier. but still a little daylight to be had had out there in dublin where temperatures are beginning to coast back off of the highs for the

and the debate between kuster and jim lawrence. the debates will be live-streamed on wmur.com and our app. we hope you stay with us. coming up next, the issues on the minds of voters. how student debt is taking a toll on granite staters. >> and it's chilly, especially in northern new hampshire and meshry fallen snow this morning. we take a look at that, plus the week ahead in your forecast. >> commitment 2016. mind and emptying out their bank accounts. granite staters have some of the biggest student debt. in general, a drag on the economy. political reporter adam sexton takes a closer look. >> the pressure and expectations that come with attending college are well-known to anyone seeking higher education. for almost two decades there's been an added burden on those working toward a ee >> my sister is paying almost $500 and she just graduated from keene state. >> what are you looking at? >> probably roughly the same. >> like so many others on campus at university of new hampshire, nicholas craig is worried. >> it just makes me so n

tonight, the football field at lawrence high school is unusable tonight after a weekend festival left it an absolute mess and it won't be easy to cleanup. >> vanessa: fox 25's jim morelli live in lawrence and the city was left holding the garbage bag on this one. >> the reporter: yeah. insult to injury, vanessa. first they had to provide the garbage bags because the trash was strewn all over the field. big question here is, why on earth did they have a festival at this field in the first place? look over here. the following items are prohibited. any synthetic field you'll see this, food, drinks, except water and i can tell sermentio was more than water on this field. it still smells of beer and by report, there were beer bottles here. regardless of why the city rented it out, the mayor tonight is furious. >> anybody that uses this has to leave it clean, it's part of the contract and that was the expectation. >> the reporter: well, to say the least, expectation not met. in the case of this weekend's brazilian festival, held on the turf field at lawrence high. left hyped for the city to clean -- behind for the city to you see an orange flag, damage. >> we are sho

fox 25's jim morelli in lawrence tonight gathering reaction. a live report on fox 25 news at 6:30 p.m. >> kevin: all right. let talk about the showers that have popped up this afternoon. you wanted sunshine, got you some, but that sun hitting that cool air that's spinning through new england. now, the last of that same giving us all the cloud i didn't weather, finally making a move and producing the showers over us. lime storm tracker radar, the showers stretch if manchester and concord, new hampshire, they've been drifting offer to the southwest. the only one with thunder and lightning with it is in the lime area near interstate 95 and 395 and southeastern connecticut right now. closer up to worcester county, you'll see downpours. this one had thunder and lightning when it came through warren, which is up in here in now drifted southward to munson, palmer and brim field, the heaviest coming through munson. off to the quabbin reservoir, shrewsbury, heavy vein, southward to belcher town as well. northward, royalston, gardener and back here towar

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jim morelli has more. >> reporter: mark, we've learned that this was basically a hoax. we got the word about quarter to 10:00 or so we were over in lawrence and came over here. it counseed comical a clown walking -- did it it sounded almost comical a clown walking around with a weapon. the students were outside for 30 minutes, 45 minutes while police searched inside the building. then they were all let back in. but even after that, even after they were given the all clear students here were very nervous. unfortunately, this is the way it is in the social media age. >> we're going to be about this. it's just irresponsible. it's a fire alarm on social media. >> so again the all clear given. people still a little bit nervous and the spokesperson tells us they're going to be in touch with twitter to see what can be done about jim morelli, fox 25 news. >> shortly after being fired gloucester's former police chief logged on to twitter to say thank you to everyone who believed in him. fox 25's malini basu has been on this story all night. and the chief lost his job because she caught him lying about text messages sent from his work phone to a wo

lawrence surveying the mess from a weekend festival. as you can see beer and liquor bottles and even tents were left behind and greeted students as they returned to school yesterday. fox25's jim morelli reports that the city is not happy about the situation. anybody that use it is has to leave it as part of the contract. >> reporter: to say the least, case of this weekend's brazilian festival held on the turf field of lawrence high. left behind for the city to clean up, piles of garage, shards of glass and every place you see an orange flag damaged. >> we are shocked and disney maid at the level of cleancallyness they left it. and as much damage. we will make sure that they are held responsible. >> reporter: of more immediate concern, getting field back in shape so it can be used by student ale taken care of and beiously it is not being taken care of. >> reporter: those infuriated is head football coach. >> people don't have to come to school and see bottles all over their property. >> reporter: their prayers shouldn't have to practice somewhere else but that's exactly what they are doing as workers clean and disinfect the field. lawrenceville high school students disgusted.

talk it out with edward lawrence in minutes and dramatic video shows the moment a shark goes through a diving cage. the diver is alive and well and talking on "the today show." jim childs: one of the ways criminals avoid background checks is by going online and connecting with strangers to buy guns. as someone in law enforcement, i think that's dangerous. the law requires background checks in gun stores; why don't we require them online? a few clicks of the mouse, now a bad guy is armed - and potentially dangerous. and that's a threat to all of us. >> tom: one accident right now out on the mountain, up on mt. charleston just before you get before decatur. >> kelly: as you are stepping out the door, be prepared for breezy conditions, a few clouds out there as well. current conditions 65 at liberty high school. we've had gusts 55 miles per hour. >> dana: dramatic video of a moment when people come together >> kim: we have a dramatic rescue that takes us underneath over in san diego. there is a popular park below. a man over the weekend active duty navy fell 60 feet off of that bridge hitting all of the people below. the driver identified as 24 years old charged wi

lawrence issa. and monday night at 8:00, republican senator rand paul and jim gray debate the kentucky senate seat. now until election day, watch key debates on the c-span networks, c-span.org, and listen on the c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. >> now, the european commission president and european council president discuss brexit. migration issues, and relations with russia. these remarks follow the conclusion of the european summit this week. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> i officially open the meeting. ladies and gentlemen, at the beginning of today's meetings, after having spoken to the president of the european council, and the president of the european commission, and given the fact that all three institutions are present this morning, i have decided to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the uprising of the people of hungry against the soviet dictatorship. 60 years ago on monday, the uprising began and lasted many weeks. and cost many lives. the people of hungry rose up against the dictatorship of a brutal and oppressive foreign regime, unrivaled in its violence. th

lawrence high school. as you can see it was trashed. beer cans, liquor bottles even tents after a weekend festival turned into a big mess. fox 25's jim morelli went to the high school found and out what the city's mayor plans to do about it. >> anybody that uses it has to leave it clean it's part of the contract. >> repoer least expectation not met in the case of this weekend's brazilian festival held on the turf field at lawrence high. left behind for the city to clean up piles of garbage, shards of glass and every place you see an orange flag, damage. >> we are shocked and dismayed at the level of uncleanliness they left it the amount of damage they made. we're going to make sure that they're held responsible. >> reporter: of more immediate concern getting athletes. >> we have a beautiful facility it needs to be taken care of. obviously this was not taken care of properly. >> reporter: among those infuriated by the field's condition the head football coach. kids shouldn't have to come to school and see this. >> reporter: his player shouldn't have to practice somewhere else this week but that's exactly what they're doing as workers