mike cronin joins us with more on the story. mike: a grassroots group is helping to get this new organization going with the goal of helping more people affected by addiction. jennifer paone has been caring for her 7-year-old niece emma. >> she has lost her father to addiction and her mother is no longer in her life because of her own struggles with her addiction. mike: her story is the inspiration for a new support group called emma' s circle which s parents struggle or have died from addiction. >> there is definitely a growing need for these families and the children. mike: the group' s first meeting was tonight at keene serenity it' ll get together every other week to provide a judgement free environment for those who are s children. >> the people that are raising them don' t have a lot of resources and don' t have a lot i' ve been through this and if i can offer some help to other families, that makes what i' ve gone through a little easier to cope with. mike: in a new wmur granite state poll more than half of new hampshire r

wmur's mike cronin is here now with more. and one territory are going to the polls on super tuesday. it's the biggest voting day till the general election. candidates who are trying to learn last minute votes across the country, on the republican side frontrunner donald trump is already looking past super tuesday. he held a rally in ohio, a state that doesn't even vote today. governor kasich campaigned in virginia, senator cruz voted in his home state of texas. senator marco rubio is in minnesota. and dr. ben carson met with voters in alabama. on the democratic side, bernie sanders cast his ballot in vermont, while hillary clinton was in minnesota. and so far voter turnout has been high. >> the question i had was whether the democratic turnout would meet the 2008 high water mark of 1.2 million. i'm encouraged and believe that it will. so we're seeing very high turnouts, we're seeing a lot of young people vote. reporter: and former president bill clinton was stumping for his wife in massachusetts today. some candidates are already looking ahead to florida's rubio will watch the result

wmur's mike cronin joins us live from manchester. mike? mike: mayor ted gatsas is frustrated appoint a new drug czar. governor maggie hassan's office says she's interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. this morning manchester set a troubling record. there have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. american medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. >> i've been doing this my whole life. i've never seen it like this before. mike: monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor maggie hassan for not filling the drug czar position. and start challenging this at the top. mike: the state's former drug left his role earlier this while on the job, he faced criticism over his performance. gatsas who is considering a run leadership is needed in the statehouse. >> we need to start telling people that if you are caught dealing fentanyl in the state of new hampshire, you will be arrested for attempted murder. we need to make that loud and clear fo

mike: you have a five-year-old right? sheree: he better visit our house. he has been good. i do not know about the second part. is mick cronin rolling the dice, and heading to vegas? mike: the latest on unlv, and potential job talks with uc' s george george: there' s a lot of speculation but one fact remains, mick cronin is still the head basketball coach at uc . welcome back everyone a report from a las vegas newspaper says the board of regents at unlv is considering a contract that would pay over 2 million a year. mick said last night he had not talked with any other schools we have a couple of sources on the recruiting trail who feel mick will be staying put. brandon bender deals with a lot of canadian players, including potential uc recruit marcus ottey, and bender says he is convinced mick will stay put, but that is about all we have to go on right now. meanwhile sean miller is not interest in the job at pitt. miller is the former xavier coach who is now the head man at arizona. sean played college ball at pitt and seemed like a natural fit one report out of pittsburgh said the panthers were making a that talk down imme

cronin and the open job at unlv... and that this isn't a leverage play to get more money. more on that story later in this show. attorney general mike dewine has rejected yet the scary warning to parents... if you're planning an easter egg hunt this year.. plus - new developments as unlock a terrorist's iphone... and the new products rolled out by apple... ahead of that possible battle .. with the fbi. steve chroma the battle between leads have surfaced... on how to access information on the i-phone, belonging to one of the suspects, in the san berna-dino shootings... without forcing apple to create software to hack into the device.. apple says, this puts all apple appear in court tomorrow... but the fbi has asked tomorrow's hearing to be cancelled in light of new information. there has been some movement in the case of a cincinnati man locked up in north korea. some are starting a movement to set him free but will it work. our michael baldwin has been looking into the case. michael what did you find? well

mike means for the legalization of marijuana in ohio. and an exciting game that ultimately ended with controversy and a loss. we'll explain u.c.'s position and what mick cronin had to say about the loss. and your live look outside. stay with us. this is what i came home for -- turning schools after hours into centers for healthcare and safe spaces for our kids. i'm p.g. sittenfeld. after princeton i turned down a job at google now i'm running for the senate to offer new ideas -- cut college loan rates in half, pass common sense gun safety laws. i approve this message want a different way to cleanse? try new all-in-1 micellar water from garnier. the micelles attract dirt like a magnet. to 1. remove makeup 2. cleanse and 3. soothe. no harsh rubbing, no rinsing. jonathan: welcome back. 6:11 in the commitment 2016 coverage. sharonville, where john kasich is attending a pancake breakfast this morning. it's the final push for votes before the tuesday primaries and it's now ohio's turn to weigh in on the conversation. news 5's john london is up there, live in sharonville for us this morning. he will speak exclusively with kasich coming up later in the day. we'll he