. >> reporter: she draws on that experience when she portrays meredith gray, who also lost her mother. >> you're anything but ordinary, meredith. >> reporter: and it even shapes the way she parents. >> i'm probably a little overbearing. i tell my daughter how amazing she is probably a little too much. >> reporter: she and her husband, music producer chris ivory, are raising two children. >> i'm raising biracial kids. >> as am i. >> as are you. what, if any, special lesson do you impart to your children? >> i don't necessarily speak to my children about race. i just make sure that they have friends of all ethnicities. >> mommy? sex? >> how does your parenting differ from meredith's parenting? >> i don't think meredith is really a parent, i think meredith is like, i don't know, the kids are in the basement or something, i don't know where they are. couldn't be more different. >> in what way? i don't drink. very rarely. i might have a margarita once in a while. but yeah, i don't drink the way meredith --fy drank, i wouldn't drink out of the bottle. i think i'd pour it in a glass. >> you

meredith gray. you have to be mcsteam y yicste. what do you have to say? >> i may have got my cold from hillary. i was -- what is the truth? i wanted -- i thought you were building toe ining towards the . >> let's find out. >> you don't know the truth. but -- >> here is the truth. her campaign is in free fall. >> get out of town. let me say this. i think that what the real issue is the lack of transparency by the campaign. on friday, she did a lot of stuff. you saw it right here on the five. we had her meeting with the national security advisors. then she has a press conference. then she went on and did an interview with cnn. she was doing a lot of stuff even as she had -- we know people working through a cold. i can tell you i was doing that friday. >> you said it was allergy. >> i don't know what it was. i went home and i was taking claritin. i was asking dr. greg for advise. the reality is that she and her staff i think reacting to people like rudy giuliani saying, she has a concussion. or she's got low stamina. she can't do it. they were overly protect

you are looking live at the big lake in meredith, gray and cloudy there on this sunday morning. josh judge is here with your >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. hampton beach where another day of delicious seafood festival is about to get underway. 73 degrees there. you're encouraged to take the shuttle if you plan to go. here is a look at our top stories on the half hour. law enforcement officials, policy makers and treatment experts gather to discuss new hampshire's drug crisis in concord, saturday. the group talks about possible solutions to the problem. a pizza delivery person recovered after being injured in a robbery in manchester on saturday. it's injuries are. the nation remembers. today marks the 15th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. several are in the granite state today. we'll get to those stories and more in a few minutes. first, check with josh judge for a look at the forecast. >> hi there, we did have some showers overnight. nothing compared to what's about to roll through. some parts of new hampshire. hooksett

gray nbc news, new york. >> these fast moving developments are also forcing the presidential campaigns to pivot to the issue of terror both here at home and abroad. our national correspondent mark meredith is tracking all the latest developments joining live at 5:02 from washington. mark? >> jenn, good evening. as you were just talking about this, the 28-year-old suspect is recovering in the hospital with still so many unanswered questions. but maybe one of the most important ones going forward is what is this going to do for voters opinions when they have to decide going into the ballot box in some states in just a matter of days? we've got the first debate just a week away. the question is will this terror concern now overshadow the presidential election? nation remain on edge. this weekend's bombing in the manhattan neighborhood mixed with the discovery of several unexploded twices in new jersey. once again bringing the fight against terror front and center. late this morning a major break caught on camera. this is video just moments after police arrested the 28- year-old ahmad rahami. his arrest came just hours after police blasted his picture across the country. >> based on the inf