Transcripts For WMUR News 9 At Five 20160921

If we have a criminal Justice System that says the minute youre victimized everything about your prior sexual history is open for public interpretation, public smear, all of that, then we will have victims who do not come forward. Reporter advocates say what this Court Decides could have National Implications on crime victims rights. The court took this case under advisement. Im Andy Hershberger, wmur news lawsuit filed by the parents of the st. Pauls School Student who was sexually assaulted by owen labrie. Court paperwork says they are seeking in excess of 75,000 in civil damages, claiming the school was negligent. Wmurs amy coveno is live at federal court where lawyers for both sides met this afternoon. Amy . Reporter good evening, jean. This was a closed door session in judges chambers. Telling news 9 it was just a scheduling met. The next step is discovery, that could take a year. After the civil lawsuit was filed against st. Pauls school this year, the school pushed back asking the court to identify the accuser who is making allegations that hurt the schools reputation. Days later, fran chess a prowt appeared on nbc news, prevealing her face, name and story about a boarding school calledded the senior salute. After labrie was convicted of misdemeanor sex assault and a felony computer use charge, prowt parents filedded the lawsuit. The school denies it could have prevented the alleged sexual prowt of francesca prout and any harm suffered are the result of the actions of labrie and not the actions or omissions on the part of the school. Court documents reveal both sides plan to call up to 30 witnesses. Attorneys for the family indicate they will depose numerous students, former students, administrators, faculty and staff, all of whom have knowledge of the senior salute tradition. The jury trial is estimated to be two weeks and right now set to begin march 6 of 2018. Avoiding a jury trial. More on that at 6 00. Live at federal court in concord, amy coveno. Jean a hinsdale man is pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. Investigators say the crimes against Children Task force Hinsdale Police and Homeland Security seized a computer and external hard drive from dwight smiths home. They say they found dozens of videos and hundreds of images of child sexual abuse, smith faces in prison and a fine of up to 250,000. Josh tonight a man from maine has pled guilty to sexually assaulting a young girl in rochester. The assault started when the victim was 5 years old, according to court documents, and took place over four years. Kristen carosa was in the courtroom for the hearing. Reporter it was an emotional day in court as Christopher Loni pleaded guilty, he will serve at leas5 the victims family says theyre glad. 44yearold Christopher Loni of maine pleaded guilty to sex actually assaulting a young girl he knew while living in rochester, hell serve at least 25 years in jail. During the hearing prosecutors say the Sexual Assaults date back to 2003. The victim came forward three years ago when she was 14 years old. Shes now 17. According to prosecutors, he violating his bail just days before jury selection. He was seen trying to obtain a passport in portsmouth last week. The victims mother says this time has been hard to get through, but hopes her daughter can now move forward. Im hoping that i see her grow five inches in every direction and finish her education and fine some hobbies. Reporter a formal sentencing hearing will take place this friday morning. He will also an rained additional criminal charges. In dover, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. Jean city officials in charlotte, North Carolina are bracing for another night of protests after a Deadly Police shooting. This as the family and attorneys of the unarmed man shot by a owes in tulsa, oklahoma are also demanding justice. Ray has the latest. Reporter the city of charlotte now at the center of national now city officials preparing for more protest, and tonight we hear from witnesses of the deadly shooting. I know that gentleman was dead, when i walked up here, they startedded administering c. P. R. Reporter police now sifting through body cam and dash cam footage hoping it will give a clearer picture of what happened. Keith lamont scott was shot by police. Authorities say they were searching for another person with outstanding warrants. Scott was appac his car armedded with a gun. The officers gave loud, clear verbal comndz to drop the weapon. As the officers continued to yell at him to drop it, he stepped out, posing a threat to the officers. Reporter as unrest unfolds in North Carolina, the family of the unarmed man shot by police in tulsa, oklahoma expressing outrage. We know that there was no gun in the car, we know he was unarmed, we knew he didnt we know all of those things, but my brother is dead. Reporter family now demanding to know why crutcher was approached with such force. You have a man with his hand up, which is the universal sign for surrender, and then fatally shot, does not make sense. Reporter both officers are on paid administrative leave. Grieving families, meanwhile, are calling for justice and want both officers prosecuted. More massive within the coming days. Josh in the meantime both president ial candidates donald trump and Hillary Clinton are speaking out follow those two shootings, as aixa diaz tells us theyre now releasing their ideas for change. Reporter donald trump says the shootings in tulsa and charlotte are tragic. Hillary clinton says this has got to en. Hillary clinton began a speech in orlando by addressing this weeks police shootings. Killed by Police Officers in these encounters. Its unbearable. And it needs to become intolerable. Reporter her Campaign Says clinton is are posing setting up National Standards for best practices within local Police Departments. During an appearance at a cleveland church, donald trump said hes very troubled by the shooting death of Terrence Crutcher in tulsa. That man went to the car, hands up, put his hand on the car, to me it loo everything youre supposed to do. This young officer, i dont know what she was thinking. Reporter trump says the nation is too divided and claims africanamerican communities have suffered under democratic leadership. Hes starting to slowly put out some things. Reporter the center for American Progress says while trump is focusing more on issues that affect communities of color, he still has a ways to go to earn their support. I dont think his message has really been resonating with the abysmal. Reporter both trump and clinton expressed their support for Law Enforcement as a whole and condemned the violence that injured officers in charlotte. Aixa diaz, wmur news 9. Josh this is the first president ial debate is coming up on monday. Wmur and abc news will carry it live. Clintons Campaign Says shes practicing. Trump has Campaign Events scheduled through saturday. Jean lets talk about this weather. This is the last full day of summer. No surprise to anyone been outside. It was a gorgeous day, we climbed back into the 80s. Its still 79 degrees at Hampton Beach right now. Lets check in with josh judge. Josh j. it definitely feels like summer. How will we start off tomorrow, lets take a look at our temperatures at the moment. Were in the 70s and some lower eight. 80 degrees in concord, upper 70s to mid 70s everywhere yesterday with the 60s it melt more muggy. Today very dry air with dew points in the 40s for the most part. And theres a look at your satellite. Mostly sunny in most of the state. Southern New Hampshire there have been high thin clouds which have dimmed the sun a little bit and perhaps kept the temperature down just a few degrees. But those clouds will be moving on. Look what else is too our west, warmer conditions. So theres another warm day on the w a side with our first day of autumn tomorrow. But look what follows, much much cooler air and some showers in between. Well sort that out, give you the timing for that rain and for the very cool air mass thats heading in our direction. Jean thanks, josh. Just ahead, a new manhunt under way in connection to new yorks most recent terror attack where new England Police department ended up fielding a call from the old world. The second race in nascars chase playoff series goes to green. This upcoming sunday. Well talk about the big race and the events leading up to it on weather wednesday. Plus an apology from dartmouth hitchcock over the timing of its announcement of potential layoffs. What the state will require for the hospitals new contract. Josh and its a new way at 6 00 the volunteer project when i first found out that carl had been using heroin on and off for a year. I immediately thought not my son. I found him in his bathroom with a syringe still in his hand this opioid epidemic. Shes trying to do everything she can to get laws changed. So this doesnt happen again. Shes definitely a leader. I just love annie. Im annie kuster and i approved this message. Vo kelly ayotte says shes on our side, but on our rights, shes squarely with Donald Trump Trump planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. Vo ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that defund planned parenthood. And both oppose our right to safe and legal abortion. Trump . There has to be some form of punishment. Matthews for the woman . Trump yeah, there has to be some form. Vo ayotte and trump wrong for New Hampshire women. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Jean traffic watch time, lets see how live pictures from 293 in manchester. Josh peggy james joins us with a live look at the road home midweek. Peggy hi, josh and jean. Our final commute of the summer is a pleasant one for the most part. Things are easing out on 93 north coming up through windham. We had a little congestion there earlier, but youre getting through without any issues up to 293. There was an earlier accident on 293 northbound before exit 4, still seeing some minor move well up through hooksett and concord. No issues there or further north of concord. 101 weve got our typical stop and go volume between manchester and bedford making your way west bound. The everett turnpike starting to fill in with a few slowdowns through merrimack between exits 10 and 11. No trouble to and from the seacoast. But the spaulding turnpike has slowdowns. Im peggy james for skiing for help finding two more men in connection to this weekends bombings in new york city. Agents released this surveillance image of those men. They were seen saturday night removing a bomb that did not explode in a suitcase. And then they walked away. Also tonight investigators are reviewing a handwritten journal from the suspect, ahmad kahn rahami, he said bombs would be martyred. Jean an emergency drill held today at the airport is critical to make sure staff and First Responders are ready for a real emergency. The exercise involved 75 agencies, 80 volunteers, and took about three hours to complete. This scenario involved a departing passenger jet with a simulated explosion on board, filling the cabin with smoke. The f. A. A. Requires these drills every three years. We had 80 volunteers that showed up at volunteered as victims. So the scenario today is that a recent fall jet was exiting out to runway 35, experienced some sort of incident on the airplane that turned into an explosion. Reporter while the drill did not interrupt flights or daily operations at the airport today. You may notice extra traffic heading up 93 this week, race weekend kicking off tonight. Josh since it is weather wednesday, chief meteorologist mike were way up here at the top of the main grand stand, what a view of New Hampshire motor speedway. Its a big weekend, the general manager, david mcgrath, thank you for joining us for weather wednesday. Thanks for having me, this is great. Welcome to the beautiful New Hampshire motor speedway. Mike it is a great view. This is an amazing view because you get to see not only the entire track, you see tin field and everything else. Tell us about the importance of this race this weekend, because we know theyre all importa, significance. Absolutely. This is a playoff race, this is the chase. So the bad boy off road 300 is going to be the second ration of a chase, and in new england we know the importance of playoffs. And this is a playoff nascar style. So these guys and gal are going to go after it extremely hard soon as they take the green flag, its going to be an amazing race. Mike if one of them win theyre automatically into the second bracket. So if you want to get onto the next one, its important. Mike there are so many other events starting tomorrow and friday and saturday, tell us about those. Absolutely, weve got an entire week load of fun for fans, behind the scene tours, tomorrow the parade, then the fanfest in the fan zone. Friday at 8 00 in the morning engines starts running on the track and its all day qualifying and practice, and of course we have our three races on saturday, race, we have a modified and then the Bond Auto Parts invitational after that. So weve got three races on saturday and the big race on sunday. Mike were going to come back live. Youve also got some great food items new on the list in year. Tell us about this scrumptious dish here. What we decided to do was to create this new event called taste of the speedways where we feature foods from all the different speedways around all the smi Properties Around the the, and the bush brothers nachos, they are fantastic. Mike have a great weekend. The weather is going to be fantastic for the weekend, maybe cool, but you know what, weve got some great stuff leading up to it as well with maybe one shower chance between now and monday. Josh . Josh thats right. What a dry spell we have, so much more of what weve seen so much of one chance for rain and warm conditions for now. But that will be changing. Lets take you through it with a quick look at your current temperatures, were in the 70s to near 80 in most parts of the state. 80 in concord, mid up ander 70s everywhere else, and certainly still feel like summer, and it is still summer technically, the last day of summer. As fall begins tomorrow at 10 21 in the morning. Heres a look at the dew points air feel that we had today. Yesterday the same dew points were in the low and mid 60s. Today near in the 40s to low 50s, thats why you notice such a big change out there today. And that will, looks like, stay that way right through the night tonight. Kind of bombing out in the 40s and lower 50s, which means it doesnt allow the temperatures to get too chilly tonight, but certainly on the cool side. For tomorrow the dew points come back only a little bit. So another dry day for tomorrow, but another warm day the first day of autumn tomorrow, and of course it will still feel like summer, how about that. Weve had high thin clouds in southern New Hampshire, thin enough to allow the sun through and dimming it a bit. A front will be righting on friday, it does bring some rain chances, its our only rain chance and its not a lot. For tomorrow, warm weather, but look whats waiting in the wings these temperatures are headed in this direction, so it will be a big difference in temperatures over the weekend and into next week. Its going to be very noticeable as we shift to a falllike feel. Temperatures tonight will be on the cool and comfortable side with plenty of clear skies, a few clouds rolling through overnight and through the day tomorrow. Then heres friday, with that front, especially in northern New Hampshire in the morning, youve got a good chance of downpours and thunderstorms, and as that front moves notice how future cast tries to dry it out. I think theres a 50 chance in southern New Hampshire of passing showers, but certainly not a lot. Look at the clearing that rolls in for saturday, the weekend, get ready for this, a big difference. So tomorrow another warm day, summerlike feel. Friday scattered showers, clouds, and cooler in the 70s, and then look at this. The weekend will be sunny, it will be beautiful, but it will 60s and those are the high temperatures. How about that. Jean thats a big change. Josh j. i think it latest start to bring some foliage our way too. Jean thanks, josh. A high speed chase becomes more dangerous when the driver takes aim at a police cruiser. Josh and thats not the only time the driver ran into that trooper, that story next. Public outcry over the rising cost of the epi pen has landed the companys c. E. O. In hot water on capitol hill. Will the price change . Ne nation under god. That black and white, we are one nation indivisible. That republican and democrat, we are all americans. Id like to punch him in the face. You know what they used to do to guys like that . Theyd be carried out in a stretcher, folks. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Priorities usa action is responsible jean frightening moments for a utah state trooper who just pulled over an erratic driver. Josh straight for the patrol car. I can get out of the way, hes going to hit me. Josh the trooper says the driver then jumped out of the truck with a knife. After a few moments he climbed back behind the wheel and took off again. But after getting off the freeway the driver turned around in a parking lot and hit the trooper again, he tried to runaway but didnt get far, the man is now facing, as you might imagine, several different charges. A womans call to police missed transatlantic confusion. Jean while trying to report a crash to police in barnstable, england, she reached barnstable, massachusetts. Youve called the barnstable Police Department in massachusetts. Massachusetts . Yes, massachusetts. Theres no way you can help me then, is there . Jean it seems the woman googled the phone number, she didnt realize the difference in the spelling or area codes, but she and the dispatc h in touch now. Across the pond. Josh an unexpected discovery by manchester police, straight ahead well tell you what they were doing when they found an alleged meth lab. Jean did you know New Hampshire has carnipherous plants . Where you can see them yourself. Now sam taking one last swim in grandpas pool before it closes for the season, oh, the joyce of Colin Van Ostern i know from my own life the difference a College Education can make. Narrator Colin Van Ostern. The son of a single mom, he went to college on student loans, became a stonyfield Business Manager responsible for a hundred Million Dollars in revenue. Then, a Top Executive at southern New Hampshire universitys college for america. Colin van ostern most of our students graduate debt free. Cutting student debt should be our goal for all state colleges josh demanding answers on a dramatic price hike. Defends its decision to congress. Jean dartmouth hitchcock hospital is agreeing to increased oversight. Josh j. a look at how much longer the warmer temperatures last before a cooler blast of air moves in and makes it feel much more like fall. Josh today marks the anniversary of a devastating hurricane in New Hampshire. The Lessons Learned from 1938. No now wmur news 9 at 5 30. Many people incorrectly assume that we make hundred off of each pen. Its simply not true. Josh the makers of a life saving treatment defended a dramatic price hike to angry lawmakers on capitol hill. Welcome back, im josh mcelveen. Jean im jean mackin. The c. E. O. Of the epi pen manufacturer was called to a congressional hearing today. Especially parents, around the country. Reporter thats right, josh and jean. The cost of the each i pen has shot up hundreds of dollars over the past few years. A lot of insurance plans dont cover it. Today the company is standing by its price hike. The message to epi pen users, dont expect a price drop. This is an epi pen. Reporter manufacturer mile land under fire for raising the price of its emergency it now costs 600 for a two pack. We put an improved epi pen device on the market in 2009. We now reach 80 more patients. You have five executives in five years that earned nearly 300 million in compensation. Reporter members of the house mylans c. E. O. After mylan takes our punles, theyll fly back to their mansions in their private jets and laugh all the way to the bank, while our constituent suffer, file for bankruptcy and watch their children get sicker or die. Reporter the c. E. O. Says the company has had to spend significantly, in order to expand access to the drug. Many people incorrectly assume that we make 600 off of each pen. Its simply not true. Reporter she s only 50 per pen. The company says it will soon begin selling a generic version for 300 a pair. Mylan also says it has increased its Savings Card Program and doubled the number of eligible patients receiving free pens. Back to you. Jean a lot of people asking why doesnt this company have more competition which might drive down the price. Jean, and the f. D. A. Says its working with another company thats producing a generic version of the epi pen, but this wont be out in the market until 2017 or later. The agency is also trying to entice a couple of other companies to get involved in the market. Jean thanks, sally kidd. Josh despite outrage from the executive council, it appears the states ctr State Hospital will stay in place. But after word of mass potential playoffs and accusation of back room deals, the path forward will include plenty of oversight. Before the executive council on wednesday officials from dartmouth hitchcock apologized for the sequence of events that led some to question their Colin Van Ostern appreciates the gesture. What matters more than an apolicy is action, national why start giving weekly public updates on staffing, how many folks are there, how many are on the way what their requirements are. Reporter for chris sununu, though, oversight isnt good enough. We have six red flags over the past few months and this administration has done literally nothing. Reporter the deal is set to start in november, sununu said dartmouth hitchcock should have disclosed the potential for layoffs before the Council Approved the contract. By theres no reason they cant come back, make sure we have all of the information, weigh all of our oceans. Reporter but with a contract in hand, dartmouth hitchcock would have to agree to tear it up and start over. Instead the health care giant is accepting the microscope moving forward and reiterating the plenty that patient care will not be impacted. We will fulfill the terms of this contract, any discussion about potential layoffs, a plan developed, has absolutely no connection to care at New Hampshire hospital. Josh governor hassans Office Released a statement saying the apolicy from dartmouth hitchcock was appropriate and that the state will ensure that dartmouth hitchcock is held accountable to their responsibilities under this contract. Jean tonight officials are giving the all clear at Keene High School after Hazardous Materials crews were called in there, a teacher was doing a demonstration with a radioactive element thats used for demonstration purposes. It gave higher than expected readings. Students were evacuated as a precaution, and more tests were done. Were told all readings including the initial one were within safe levels. Josh dover police are looking for a suspect accused of stealing a car and credit cards. Police say these surveillance those stolen cards. The victim says they are were in her car at Planet Fitness in dover. Jean a manchester man is facing a meth charge for the second time. Police discovered a meth lab when detectived arrive arrived at an apartment on grove street for an unrelated investigation. They arrested 42yearold anthony manufacturing methamphetamine. Hes currently on probation for an earlier meth conviction. Josh massachusetts farmers will now qualify for Disaster Assistance under current drought. Most of the state has been designated a primary Natural Disaster area because of the drought conditions. Several areas in New Hampshire are already primary disaster areas. The last day of summer also marks the 78th anniversary of a major hurricane here in new hayley this was one monster storm. It caused massive amounts of devastation as it moved up through long island and made landfall on the northern end of the Long Island Sound there up into connecticut, eventually right up the Connecticut River valley. Thats a look at some of the damage that happened up in the wolfeboro area. Remember, this is from the 1930s, but look at the damage across the northeast, the problem was the track of this storm typically where you have the strongest winds, is on the eastern side, especially on that northeastern side of the storm. As you see, the track of the storm went right up through central new england into vermont, which left New Hampshire on that windy side. Thats what caused the biggest problems with this storm, it was the wind. There was sustained winds of upwards of 121 miles per hour. Get this, really listen to this one of one out of every three trees was toppled in new england with that storm. So some taller trees that you still see around the area probably were the only ones in the area that actually survived. Pretty incredible stuff. Thankfully no hurricanes in our forecast right now, though we sure could use the rain. Josh will have more on the forecast coming up. Josh thanks, incredible pictures. Jean many drive d the short falls in g. P. S. As soon as they drive into a tunnel. Josh how one Company Plans to keep your maps connected. Jean repliesments are now available for the samsung phones with those defective batteries that can catch fire. How you can tell if your model is safe. Josh how would you like it if your smart phone could pick up on your emotions . That technology has arrived. Darien why have the latest smartphone if you cant use it wherever you go . Switch to u. S. Cellular for our best plan yet 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. To share more photos at your cabin or video chat at your secret fishing spot. All for just 49. The best part . We put towers in places the other guys dont. Because u. S. Cellular thinks you deserve a signal switch to u. S. Cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. Well i dont believe thats how you get things done in our country. It takes democrats and republicans working together. Thats how we got health care for 8 million kids. Rebuilt new york city after 9 11. Thats how you solve problems and thats what jean heres a look at the days close on wall street. The dow picking up 163 points. The s p gained 23, and the nasdaq up by 53 points. As for your average gas prices nationally, were at 2. 21. In New Hampshire, 2. 13 a gallon. Traffic at waze wants drivers to stop getting lost in tunnels. Josh the company is installing keep g. P. S. Signals strong. A lot of people lose those signals when they go through tunnels, sometimes causing confusion about if and when to exit. Waze will test the beacons in pittsburgh, one in israel, where the company was founded. And samsungs new galaxy note 7 phones are now available in stores. The original model under recall because its batteries could catch fire. The new safe models should show a green battery icon to avoid any confusion. Samsung is or refunds for anyone who got a defective device. Jean m. I. T. Scientists say theyve created a device that can read emotions, they say it uses wireless signals to measure heart beats and is 87 in picking up anger, joy, pleasure and sadness. The team behind the emotion detector says it could be used for everything from advertising to health care. If youre looking for a job or a career change, the office of Employment Security is holding a to 2 00 p. M. At the steeple gate mall, and will include employers offering jobs, hundreds of jobs in areas like construction, Health Care Technology and manufacturing, just to name a few. Josh the future finally will arrive on november 28, that is the day that those self tying shoes that weve been waiting for since back to the future two came out, remember those . Theyre going to hit store shelves, and it wont be easy to get your hands on them, stores, and you have to make an appointment. Whats going on with that . Nike has not said how much theyre going to cost either. Theyre battery operated, but you need an appointment. Jean they have a cool blinking light on the bottom too. A tasty tribute to big papi taking shape on bostons greenway. Josh can you guess what this portrait is made out of . Well tell you after the break. Jean in sports well hear from the u. N. H. Soccer team as the team gets ready to host jennifer ahead at 6 00, a plea for privacy before the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The family of murder victim Lizzi Marriott making a case to keep her sexual past sealed, as the man convicted of kill her seeks an appeal. And both sides in the st. Paul school civil suit in court today. The family of a Sexual Assault victim suing while the school denies any responsibility for the crime. Pam griffin our daughter courtney got caught in a web of opiate and heroin addiction. Doug griffin our Insurance Company indicated that courtneys problem wasnt a matter of life and death so she wasnt eligible for treatment. Pam griffin she told me that she didnt want to live like this anymore. Doug griffin our familys tragedy could happen to any family. Pam griffin we knew we had to save other families from losing their children. Kelly reached out to us. Doug griffin she came to my family to learn more. Pam griffin she listened to what we had to say, who we were she cared about us. She didnt know us. Pam griffin we talked about the ways to remove the stigma of addiction so parents can get help. Doug Griffin Kelly coauthored the comprehensive addiction and recovery act this act will save kids lives. Doug griffin we dont want courtney to be remembered for her substance abuse, but rather for her struggle to achieve recovery. Pam Griffin Kelly believes recovery is possible. Kelly im kelly ayotte and i approved this message. Vo kelly ayotte says shes on our side, but on our rights, shes squarely with Donald Trump Trump planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. Vo ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that defund planned parenthood. Be some form of punishment. Matthews for the woman . Trump yeah, there has to be some form. Vo ayotte and trump wrong for New Hampshire women. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. This city is it. Great food, gorgeous scenery, friendly people. And whats better than doing something awesome in manchester . Doing it for free. We hear you. Thats why aarp is hosting fun, free, informative events. Like wine tours and movie premieres. Plus, were offering resources to help you and were finding ways to make manchester even more livable. So if you dont think, this is right for me when you think aarp then you dont know aarp. Josh in boston, Dunkin Donuts paying a pretty sweet tribute to big papis last season. And doing it in a big okay. Theyve created a mosaic of david ortiz made completely out of, what else, donuts. On the greenway. For each donut used to create the portrait, Dunkin Donuts is also donating 34 cents to the Greater Boston food bank to support its work within the community. Winwin. Of ants now on the greenway as well. With a fourgame read in their division and 11 games to go in the regular season, red sox are looking great for the playoffs. Theyll try to take another step the that direction a win owe oriole tonight. The wildcats Mens Soccer Team off to a great start, six wins in their first seven games. Its really impressive when you beat cornell, they are home tonight with northeastern. Its good to be at home, obviously youve got all the home fans and its good getting a win. We had a long stretch of away games, so it i think for us its how well can we recover from the last game and stay true to the Little Things youve been working on over the past week that have reporter dartmouth and snhu also home tonight, highlights at 11 00. Things heat up tomorrow at the New Hampshire motor speedway, some of the highlights for thursday and friday including the hauler parade, thats a fan favorite, when nascar trucks move into the garage area on friday, qualifying for the truck series and also the sprint cup guys. Josh thanks very much. New hampshire obviously famous for its fall foliage, but some of our other colorful plant life uses a different strategy to outside, paula tracey explored a bog filled with car niverous plants. Reporter this quaking bog doesnt have many nutrients to over plants, but that doesnt matter for the varieties that trap and eat insects. Youll fine pitcher plants which trap bugs inside their water centers, and sun dews who grab their food thanks to sticky tentacle tips. Can you see them up close tha through the bog. The area used to be open to water thousands of years ago. Now moss has covered the surface, but under the green is dark, sometimes deep water. The land is owned by the town and open during the day light hours for anyone to explore, just remember to stay on the boards and probably leave your dog at home for this adventure. For direction to the bog and more about its unusual plant life, go to the escape outside paula tracey, wmur news 9. Josh j. well be talking with mike soon, hes out at the New Hampshire motor speedway for weather wednesday. Today was the last full day of summer and weve got temperatures that resemble that. Highs between 75 and 80 degrees all around the granite state. A Little Something for everybody, because it was drying out there of summer. Tomorrow the autumnal equinox gets going, and what does that mean . Tomorrow morning at 10 21 thats when fall officially begins. What does that mean, why do we say fall officially begins . It all has to do with the tilt in our axis of our earth and how its aimed at the sun, as the earth revolves around the sun at but right now its lined up so the direct race of the sun are right on the equateor, and that means roughly equal days and nights. Thats why its the equinox and its roughly the same amount of light versus darkness tomorrow, and thats then we start to go the other way. Then the sun angle starts to go farther and farther south, and thats why we start to get cooler each of the next sev 40s right now. Theyre going to go up a little tomorrow and a little friday, but not really all that much. Theyll stay fairly dry. Check out how they really drop next week. Guess what, the temperatures do too, through the weekend and upcoming week. If you like the dry air, its here to stay for a while with the exception of slightly higher dew points the next couple days after today. We have a lot of sunshine, high thin clouds in the southern part of the state, theyll be passing the great lakes region, thats the buffer zone between the warm air and the cooler air. So the warm air here tomorrow, then the showers with the cold front on friday, in some spots, and much much, much colder air that rolls in for the weekend and especially into next week, second half of the weekend, sunday, monday, tuesday, much of members week, 50s and 60s for highs. Heres future cast showing mainly clear skies, just a few clouds out there tonight. Tomorrow more sunshine around and as we head into friday, we start off the day with the front showers around, especially in the northern half of the state. Southern half of the state showers could dry up, but some of our computer models are still keeping showers around in that region as well. So theres a 40 or 50 chance of showers in southern New Hampshire on friday as well. Look at the difference behind it. Plenty of sunshine, a beautiful falllike weekend on the way with temperatures much cooler in the 40s and 50s. Josh thank you. If youre dreaming of a White Christmas, youre in luck. Farmers almanac is saying about the upcoming year. Josh and a special project to protect the final resting place narrator over and over its been their agenda anything to defund planned parenthood. Kelly ayotte and Washington Republicans voted 6 different times to defund planned parenthood. Theyre on a crusade to Block Services New Hampshire women and families depend on cancer screenings, birth control, basic womens healthcare. Kelly ayotte and Washington Republicans have put Defunding Planned Parenthood at the top of their agenda. And its time for that to change. Im Maggie Hassan jean the old farmers almanac published in dublin, New Hampshire has issued its outlook for 2017. Josh according to the almanac, this winter will be a traditional new england winter they predict the first snow as soon as midnovember. The forecast also includes a White Christmas followed by more snow. The big news is the blizzard in february, this will make it a winter to remember, this is what people will be talking about for a long time. That snow is going to stay on the ground right through march until the april showers melt it away. Josh we need the rain any way. The almanac studies sun spots, meteorology, history, they say their forecasts are about jean and fun to look at every year. Colin van ostern i know from my own life the difference a College Education can make. Narrator Colin Van Ostern. The son of a single mom, he went to college on student loans, became a stonyfield Business Manager responsible for a hundred Million Dollars in revenue. Then, a Top Executive at southern New Hampshire universitys college for america. Colin van ostern most of our students graduate debt free. Josh now at 6 00 the fight over a victims right to privacy heard by the states highest court. The unprecedented request today ahead of Seth Mazzaglias murder appeal. Jennifer new details about the civil lawsuit against st. Pauls school, how long it could take to hear the case filed by the victim. Guilty, your honor. Josh plus a man about to go on trial for sexually assaulting a child pleads guilty. Josh j. the warmer temperatures that arrive this week arent done yet, when we turn down the thermostat in a big way. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 at 6 00. Josh tonight the New Hampshire Supreme Court is considering an issue that could impact victims rights on thank you for joining us, im josh mcelveen. Jennifer im jennifer vaughn. Lawyers for the family of murder victim Lizzi Marriott want her sexual history kept private during her killers appeals process. They say revealing it could prevent future victims from coming forward. Wmurs Andy Hershberger is here with more. Reporter prosecutors say this is a unique case and historic steps need to be taken to protect a victims privacy. I its a case that could have lawyers for the family of murder victim Lizzi Marriott and state prosecutors are asking the state Supreme Court to keep information about her sexual past private during the appeals process. Just as it was during the trial of Seth Mazzaglia who is serving a life sentence for marriotts death. Shes not gone, she was murdered. Whether the victim was murdered or not makes no difference to victims rights and the privacy and respect that should be to the victims. Reporter marriott, a 19yearold university of New Hampshire student, was killed in 2012 and her body was never found. Mazzaglia was convicted in 2014. Prosecutors are asking the Supreme Court for several things, including close for arguments before the highest court