tide brought minor flooding to spots in seabrook and hampton. mike haddad is here now with what to expect over the next few hours. mike: had this rain moving in great news for all of new hampshire, putting another dent in the drought. take a look at doppler radar, rain continues to pivot in from the south and some fall at a mod toter heavy clip, on average light to moderate and we'll see it at varying intensities through the course of the night. right now steadiest around peterborough and poi just west of manchester, also another band around nashua towards seabrook and a few more pockets of moderate rain in and around the heart of the lakes region of in terms of rain tallies so far, very little to the north, much more to the south. just over an inch in parts of central massachusetts. so by the time all is said and done we could see up to an inch plus in parts of the granite state. later on this evening the rain will wind down, so early tomorrow morning just a few lingering clouds and light showers for some. rest of the week? plenty of changes mo

both vehicles ended up off the side of route 286 in seabrook this morning. state police say the public works employee tried to make a left turn and the officer the public works employee was not hurt. and an overnight fire it a manchester restaurant does not appear to be suspicious. the fire started at la fiesta mexican restaurant on south willow after 3:00 a.m., took about 40 minutes to put out the fire. damage was limited to the front entryway in the building. no one was in the restaurant at the time, and no one was hurt. tom: police in claremont are reminding people that defacing political signs can cost you money. officers in that removed or damaged. new hampshire law allows civil penalties of up to $1,000 for destroying political signs on public property. officials say if anyone has concerns about where signs have been placed, they should call police or the attorney general's office. jean: back to commitment 2016 coverage, tonight's granite state debate will feature three candidates, hoping to represent new hampshire's first congressional district. race

jean: a seabrook woman remains in jail after she allegedly hit an epping officer with her truck. police say pamela reynolds was upset that she wouldn't get a phone upgrade at a verizon store and refused to leave. officers say when they arrived, she was belligerent. >> she had a lot of comments to make about verizon, she wasn't happy that she was asked to leave, they tried calming her down, that didn't work. truck up into one of the officers, striking his elbow. jean: reynolds was arrested. a police affidavit says she vandalized the patrol car while being taken to jail and during that trip told officers in the car that they deserved to be shot. a maine farm charged in a deadly hayride crash has pleaded guilty, after reaching a plea agreement. today harvest hill farms pled guilty to one count of driving to endanger in exchange for the state dropping a charge. the october 2014 accident killed cassidy sherett and injured 22 others. >> not only do we lose a bright talented girl, but we lost a part of our -- >> my thoughts and prayers continue to be with the family. that has been and w

a seabrook woman remains in jail after allegedly striking an epping officer with her truck. police say that pamela reynolds was upset that verizon wouldn't give her an upgrade to her phone and was asked to leave the store. police say she an officer in the elbow. she was arrested and taken to the jail where she allegedly told the officers they deserved to be shot. new at noon, manchester police are investigating a stabbing. police say the 18-year-old victim entered the elliot hospital for a serious stab wound just before 7:30 last night. the victim told police he had union streets when he was stabbed. it's unclear if police have a suspect. the victim is expected to be ok. testimony continues today in the trial of a strafford man accused of stabbing and biting another person. prosecutors say 52-year-old kevin hinrichsen spotted his daughter and her ex-boyfriend together in northwood last year despite a restraining order. the state says that's when hinrichson yelled and attacked. but hinrichson's laywer says the ex-boyfriend actually attacked was the boyfriend's. new this noon,

we still have a road closure in seabrook. route 286 closed in both directions between south main and route one a, due to an overnight crash with downed pulls and wires. a serious crash in massachusetts on route three south at the 495 connector in lowell. the left lane is blocked and traffic is significantly backed up to north of north chelmsford. allow extra ti c this report is being brought to you by minuteman health. from the wzid traffic network, i am dead davidson for 5.7 wzid. sean: believe it or not we are , now just one week from the elections, but it seems the candidates still have a lot of work to do in order to secure votes. erin: according to our latest wmur granite state poll, half of likely voters in new hampshire don't know yet who they will vote for in the governor's race, and 40% haven't decided in the race for senate. wmur's ray brewer is live at saint anselm college this voters one more chance to hear from the candidates. good morning, ray. ray: good morning, aaron. -- erin. the first two debates feature tho

you get from seabrook to derry, points south and west, that's where the rainfall deficit is greater than 30 to 35%. but concord, take a look at this, 28.40 inches of rain so far since the first of the year, 35.70 is the average, that puts us about 20% below the average rainfall, and none in our near future. but there is a system back to snow. what about the big pattern change that develops by the end of the weekend, that's ahead. jennifer: from the climate prediction center, even if we do have a snowy winter, our current drought conditions will persist until at least march. jennifer crompton will explain. reporter: it means that our current situation is effectively frozen in time. because the latest map from the national association predicts that current conditions will persist through at least the end of february. the state climatologist says once the ground freezes, any precipitation, whether it's rain, ice or snow, stays on the surface. that means no replenishing the deeper ground water supply that's already in distress. so conservation is key. >> for areas where ground water levels a

norman seabrook had numerous power in protecting his members are the members of his union from any kindf charges against the nd of brutality that is so rampant at rikers. >> absolutely. it is one of the issues that officials are struggling with now. i think they have made some progress. there was a trial recently were a number of officers were convicted for abuses come as you said, seabrook himself has been indicted. it is a struggle because the irony is, many of the corrections officers are from the same communities, sometimes they know or are related to, as in our film "rikers" talks about his relatives were corrections officers and how used to wink and height he was related to people. it is a complex situation but there is no doubt changing the coulter of violence means changing how corrections officers are trained and disciplined. amy: what is the history of rikers? >> it is a landfill. amy: from the east river? >> exactly. that is the big question right now, is the history so cursed in the karma of this place just so dark that it can't be changed and it has to be closed down? certa

i don't know the circumstances at seabrook, although at one time i knew it pretty well. but i don't know it any more. but those questions in concrete is a big deal. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. dr. deutch, you've been terrific witness, and it's good to have your experience and your straightforwardness here. i think i'm speaking for all of us. we thank you and your committee for your time and work and secretary moniz for impanelling you. if you have additional comments that you'd like for us to consider, why, we'd welcome your sending those to us after you leave. i think it's time now to go to the second panel. so, we'll excuse you and ask dr. mckinzie and dr. icenhour, who i introduced earlier, to come forward. dr. icenhour is the associate director of nuclear science at oak ridge national laboratory. and dr. mckinzie, senior scientist at national resources defense council. dr. icenhour, we'll start with you, if we may, and i'll ask each of you to summarize your testimony in about five minutes, if you will, which will give us time to consider, to

this one north of seabrook. everything is moving quickly. yellow weather alert for tomorrow. morning commute, i think it's going to be impacted moderately if not high by showers. not expecting thunder until later in the day. afternoon commute, i've lowered it a little bit from the morning. it depends on what time the storms begin. they could be here for the afternoon. they may hold off to the evening. flooding not really a concern. windy, little bit of a concern. any thunderstorms tomorrow could have some gusty winds with them. right now we're looking at temps in humidity way high at 97%. with that high humidity, fog is forming in a few spots. especially where it's colder. still have the warm air from the south coming over the cold air. meanwhile, 68 at the naval air station. they got the warm air today. tomorrow i think we can make the low 70s. right now the fog -- half mile visibility culpeper. those are the bigger problems. more widespread fog as the night wears on. to this thing going on in the dakotas and minnesota with the trailing cold front. energy driving up the fron

you have to get south of manchester around derry, londonderry, over towards seabrook, severe drought still intact there. the moderate drought through the heart of the white mountains into southern parts of the great north woods, abnormally dry, farther to the north. look at over concord, we've seen a bit of a bulge in that deficit over the last three, four or five days compared to last week. we're now 7.23 inches of rain below average since january 1st. last week at this time was about 6.5 inches below, that means we're about 20% below the average rainfall since january 1st. so we could use more rain, only a shower chance at best tomorrow morning, then it's mainly dry as very cool tonight, as for the shower chances they'll be mixed in the mountains and great north woods tomorrow morning, as it will be quite chilly. and gusty winds will be the big story for your friday, heading outdoors on friday, get ready to hold onto the hat, two hands on the steering wheel because winds could gust over 35 to 40 miles per hour, and that may lead to a few scattered power outages. but the weekend loo

on election day tattoo artist of seabrook, new hampshire, did something he had never done before in his 48 years. he voted. >> i walked in there, it was awkward, i didn't know where to go, what to do, i looked lost obviously because someone talked to me. told me what line to get into and i went behind the curtain and voted and took a picture and posted it on facebook that i voted for donald trump. >> how is it going? >> he earns notoriety during the campaign by offering free tattoos of trump. >> trump wins 2016. >> on election eve he stayed up all night watching. >> this is us. our country. it's real. >> how do we explain how this is possible? >> i don't know that he really has a plan. >> i love the fact that the media and the anchors were freaking out. >> he switched on fox news at 2:40 in the morning when we made the call: donald trump will be the 45th president of united states. >> i don't think i've been that excited since i was probably 12 when i get up for christmas. that literally was the feeling i had. >> bob holmes was one of millions who contributed to a shockwave still rattli

a seabrook police officer suffered minor injuries when his cruiser collided with a public works pickup truck. the accident happened shortly before eight yesterday morning on route 286. state police say a lebanon public works truck was trying to make a left turn when the cruiser hit it, causing both vehicles to go off the road. erin: tonight, a rochester spotlight in a big way. 14-year-old kacie grenon will open for country singer scotty mccreery at the hampton beach casino ballroom. we caught up with the st. thomas aquinas high school freshman at her volleyball game last night. she says she's been singing and playing her guitar and ukelele all her life, including at town events and farmer's markets. this time she'll have 30 minutes to showcase her talent and meet the american idol winner. >> if i do meet him i'll probably just be like, hey, it's stuff. erin: tickets are still available for tonight's show. you can get them by heading to casinoballroom.com. sean: maybe the next big star. erin: attention, teachers and students. you are getting a chance to win a share of $2 million in sams

there was a trial recently were a number of officers were convicted for abuses come as you said, seabrookimself has been indicted. it is a struggle because the irony i is, many of the corrections officers are from the same communities, sometimes they know or are related to, as in our film "rikers" talks about his relatives were corrections officers and how used to wink and height he was related to people. it is a complex x situation but there is no dououbt changing the coulter of violence means changing how corrections officers are trained and discipiplined. amy: what is the history of rikers? >> it is a landfill. amy: from the east river? >> exactly. that is the big question rigight now,w, is the history so cursedn the karma of this place just so dark that it can't be changed and it has to be closed down? certainly, a lot of adadvocates feel that way. or can it be -- can we reduce the number of detainees there so much that it does not make financial sense anymore to run an institution? juan: there has been a sharp reduction. at one point, there were around 16,000. >> the people thomas 18

as we talk about relicensing, taking seabrook, maybe from four years to 60 years or taking some of the existing reactors from 60 years to 80 years which the nuclear regulatory commission is considering, how can the supercomputers you work with help with determining whether it's safe and appropriate to do that? >> one example of that senator is of course the consortium for advanced simulation, light water reactors. which has developed a very high fidelity model of nuclear reactors and as we are able to understand that clearly, what's happening with the reactor as changes occur and so it's the use of advanced modeling simulations coupled with experimental data that can help enable the understanding and help inform the basis for moving forward for life extension. >> doctor mckinzie, you worked for a recognized group, the national resources defense council. i would assume you and the council are concerned about climate change. >> yes we are. >> 's committee was unanimous that we didn't take some action that by 2030 we wouldn't have a nuclear power option going forward. you could lose 20 pe

as we talk about relicensing and taking seabrook from 40 years - 60 years are taking some of the existing reactors from 60 years - 80 years which the commission is considering, how can the supercomputers you work with help with determining it safe and appropriate to do that or not? >> an example of that is the consortium of advanced simulation of light water reactors or castle. that has developed a high fidelity model of nuclear reactor. we are able to understand that very clearly what is happening with the reactor as change occur. so it it is the use of advanced modeling simulation coupled with experimental data that can help enable the understanding and help them form the basis for moving forward for life extensions. >> doctor mckenzie, you work for a recognized group, the national resource defense council. i would assume you and the counselor concerned about climate change. >> yes, we are. >> doctor deutsch said his committee was unanimous that if we didn't take some action by 2030 we would not have nuclear power option going forward in the united states a we would lose 20% of electric

i don't know the circumstances at seabrook although one time i knew it pretty well but i don't know it anymore. those questions in concrete is a big deal. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> dr. deutsch you've been a terrific witness and it's good to have your experience and your straightforwardness here. i think speaking for all of us we thank you and your committee for your time and work and secretary moneese for impan impanelling you. if you have additional comments we would encourage you to send those to us after you leave. i think it's time now to go to the second panel so we will excuse you and ask dr. mckenzie and dr. eisen hour to come forward. dr. eisenhower is the associate laboratory director of nuclear science at oak ridge laboratory and dr. mckenzie senior scientist at national resources defense council. dr. eisenhower, we will start with you if we may and i will ask each of you to summarize your testimony in about five minutes, if you will, which will give us time to consider -- to ask questions. and senator feinstein has an important appointment at 4:00 so we will

live this morning in seabrook, new hampshire, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: now to the trump campaign. a very busy day for trump who will be in five states. 7's john cuoco live with more on trump's final message. john? >> john: sarah, mikeen night. he'll join donald trump here tonight, continuing a busy stretch for the republican ticket. >> we'll call this the midnight special speech. >> john: midnight madness on the campaign trail. >> this is a marathon today. we're not playing games, right? hillary right now is fast asleep. she's sleeping so beautifully. >> john: trump speaking into the early hours of the morning >> it's up to the american people to deliver the justice. >> john: in pennsylvania. >> hillary clinton is the most corrupt person ever to seek the office of the presidency of the united states. >> john: in iowa. >> if she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. >> john: in minnesota. >> so do you really want a president who doesn't care enough about your vote that she never shows up? >> john: in michigan. >> hillary ha

just coming to the hampton and seabrook area. we're done and sunshine beginning to develop in some parts of new hampshire and the gradual improvement will be in the day. we'll see the next few days and talk about that in our full forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> a mason man is charged with annual cruelty after police say he shot his neighbor's dog with a pistol. he t the dog was running toward him and his son. wmur's mike cronin now with the story. >> the suspect turned himself in to police at the barracks in bedford. we're told the dog is ok after the bullet went through his torso. colten skorupan is charged with it went through the side. >> it's a miracle shot because it missed all the organs. >> a mason woman called her dogs and travis came to her with injuries and she claims shot on her property. >> it turned to its owner and that's amazing. >> according to skorupan, he did i him. skorupan says that he -- the dog was aggressive and had issues in the past. >> he was worried about the safety of himself as well as his si

i don't know the circumstances at seabrook although one time i knew it pretty well but i don't know it anymore. those questions in concrete is a big deal. > thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> dr. deutsch you've been a terrific witness and it's good to have your experience and your straightforwardness here. i think speaking for all of us we thank you and your committee for your time and work and secretary moneese for impanel impanelling you. if you have additional comments we would encourage you to send those to us after you leave. i think it's time now to go to the second panel so we will excuse you and ask dr. mckenzie and dr. eisen hour to come forward. dr. eisenhower is the associate laboratory director of nuclear science at oak ridge laboratory and dr. mckenzie senior scientist at national resources defense council. dr. eisenhower, we will start with you if we may and i will ask each of you to summarize your testimony in about five minutes, if you will, which will give us time to consider -- to ask questions. and senator feinstein has an important appointment at 4:00 so we will