Transcripts For WMUR News 9 At Five 20160927

The driver was killed. State police say it started in salem where the driver was involved in another accident, apparently swiping two other cars. As the trooper chased him, police say he drove erratically until the deadly ending. The troopers took immediate action, in removing the operator from the immediate area. Pulling him up the embankment, and administering first aid. I saw a pickup highway, had his flashers on. Nearly crashed several times. Reporter after the fiery crash, it took firefighters several minutes to put out the flames as they also dealt with angry hornets. It appears that the truck came to a stop near several nests and some of the firefighters were stung. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Jean thanks, mike. We now know the man who died in during a confrontation with police. That comes from the autopsy results released today on 25yearold cody lafont. Officers responded to congress street sunday morning after receiving a 911 call. Lafont was shot during a confrontation with those officers. The Attorney Generals Office and state police are still investigating the circumstances that led to the confrontation. Josh state Police Investigating a crash in chester that sent four people to the 51yearold woman crossed over the center line and hit a pickup truck head on. She was air lifted to mass. General hospital. The people in the pickup truck were brought to park land medical center. We dont know how serious their injuries are. New developments, police have searched the home of the vermont man rescued after being stranded at sea. Nathan carman is being questioned by the coast guard, his mother presumed dead after their fishing boat sank. So far investigators have removed a modem, a handwritten home. As hiz lur reports, his attorney is requesting to be present at all interviews. Reporter relief and gratitude from family and friends who call this an answer to their prayers. 22yearold Nathan Carman finally back on land after spending a week lost at sea on an inflatable raft. We are ecstatic, were excited. I was thrilled that they found him and i was devastated that the mother and son left for a fishing trip on september 18 and failed to return. The coast guard says rescuers searched for days to no avail. Then this past sunday he was picked up by a chinese freighter off marthas vineyard. The 22yearold told authorities his mother disappeared when their fishing boat sank. When the boat started tanking an water he got his life raft couldnt find her. Reporter despite the search for the mother being suspended, friends are still praying for a miracle. Wcvb is now reporting that nay nan has a form of autism and his attorney has asked coast guard Officials Say their focus now is learning everything they can from nathan to see if any changes in the search and rescue efforts are necessary to make sure this d again. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. Jean tonight the city of rochester is launching a new program attacking the drug crisis, with the help of a hospital, police and the community. Wmurs Jennifer Crompton is live from the Seacoast Bureau with why this is hitting at such a crucial time. Reporter the police chief says Overdose Deaths are up 160 from the same time perfect last year, a magnitude of an issue that his working on together, for well over a year. Well, today they announced tomorrowing of the Rochester Community recovery center. Thats part of a comprehensive plan for access to recovery. Starting october 1, residents wanting to get clean can walk into the Police Department or the frisbee hospital emergency room any hour of any of day and get connected with a certified counselor from southeastern New Hampshire services. They can develop a Program Starting with an in or outpatient c longterm plan. We need choice, we need services. So to take it and to build off the an we build in tending indication component, we work with the ymca to teef them healthy living, nutritional counseling. We want this to be all inclusive. Reporter the Police Department is launching a School Education and how all of this is funded. For now live in portsmouth, Jennifer Crompton, wmur news 9. Josh commitment 2016 now, Hillary Clinton and donald trump are back on the campaign trail after a debate that drew more than 81 Million Viewers on television alone. Wmurs aixa diaz live in washington with a look at how the candidates are approaching the next phase of this campaign. Reporter both candidates are back out campaigning today sharing a debate stage for the first time last night. Did anybody see that debate last night . [cheers and applause] one down, two to go. Reporter Hillary Clinton held a rally in North Carolina after facing off with donald trump during their first of three debates. The winner of the debate is who ever surges ahead in the polls the next couple days. Its too early to have an assessment of who won. It was an interesting evening certainly. Reporter trump who took part in the hispanic town hall in miami complained about his microphone, prompting a response from clinton. I dont want to believe in conspiracy theories, but it was much lower than hers. Reporter Fact Checkers say while the candidate statements during the debate were largely accurate, clinton understated her position on trade deals and falsely claimed trump has paid nothing in federal taxes. Trump repeated that he opposed the iraq war and that there are people in the middle who dont like either of them but are trying to justify voting for clinton or trump. Reporter clinton and trump meet again in less than two weeks, this time in st. Louis for their be second debate. Aixa diaz, wmur news 9. Josh the candidates will find out first hand this week what granite staters thought of their debate performances. Hillary clinton will be in durham tomorrow for a rally at u. N. H. Then on thursday, donald trump will be in New Hampshire in jean several more communities are nounsing water restrictions because of New Hampshires drought. Concord and deerfield are asking people to voluntarily cut back on outdoor watering, and the hooksett village Water District has issued a ban on outdoor watering. We did get some rain today before the sun peaked out. Live pictures now looking over goffstown. It reached 72 degrees here. Meteorologist josh judge says there are more showers in the forecast. Josh j. yes, there are, were just hopeful. Today helped a little. We saw a quarter to maybe a third of an inch of rain in a lot of locations overnight and into early this morning. Then things cleared out. Were in the lower 70s in a lot of locations in central and southern New Hampshire, upper 60s if youre not there. You can see how things have cleared out fairly nicely and weve had all had a little sunshine and humidity since we saw the rain roll through. Certainly a good start to our situation. Tonight we are going to see the temperatures not quite as chilly and there is the chance of a sprinkle or shower tonight, and tomorrow. But beyond that as we head into the rest of this week into the upcoming weekend the chances increase. Well talk about that more in your full forecast in a few minutes. Jean thanks, josh. Traffic watch time, lets see how its looking out there, live pictures over 293 in manchester, the view from our elliott at rivers edge always with a live look at the road home. Peggy hi, josh and jean. Were off to a good start for the evening commute, no major issues to tell you about so far. 93 north a got ride coming up over the state line. You hit a little slowdown through londonderry through the Construction Zone there. 293 is moving well both north and southbound around the city, and no problems making your way through the hooksett toll others 101 west starting to get busy at the bedford and 114 intersection. And weve got the usual volume in merrimack on the everett 101 looks good to hampton. A lot of company on the spaulding turnpike through newington. Im peggy james for wzid. Jean coming up on news 9 at 5 00, a verdict in the hayride crash that killed a 17yearold girl and injured more than 20 other josh fire chief killed when a suspected drug lab explodes, but he wasnt even in the building. Jean at 5 30, unsetting advertising around the College Campus trying to woo young dates for older men. Josh another town adds safe stations to its fight against New Hampshires drug crisis, im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. She ate like a pig. A person whos flat chested is very hard to be a 10. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat [expletive] . Absolutely. Do you treat women with respect . Jean tonight the wife of a chechen man shot and killed while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is now charged with lying to the f. B. I. According to the indictment, the wife of todashev told investigators that a person she years before the bombing, but investigators say she actually drove that person herself from new york to atlanta. The day after she was questioned her husband was killed by an f. B. I. Agent in florida. Josh a jury just reachedded a verdict in the case of a driver involved in a deadly hayride crash in maine. Today jurors found 56yearold david brown not guilty of reckless conduct in the october 2014 accident. A 17yearold died in the injured. The victims family see we knew it cot go either way, were disappointed with the outcome, but it has to bearing on the civil case. Tonight a fire chief is dead and 15 other First Responders injured after a new york rowhouse exploded. Firefighter were responding to a reported gas leak at the residence when it blew up the 17yearold veteran or 17year veteran of the fdny was directing operations from the falling debris. Authorities are looking into whether the billion was being used to grow marijuana. Jean right now flood walls are protecting newses of homes and businesses from severe flooding in iowa. The sowed car river crested at 22 feet sending rivers through neighborhoods. Abcs Lauren Lyster has the latest on the historic flooding and a wildfire also burning out west. Reporter choppers dousing smoldering hills with water trees below. This fire breaking out monday in the santa cruz mountains. Hundreds of residents told to leave last night. This is it, mandatory evacuation. Reporter this morning they were packing up their belongings. And watching the billowing smoke. There was a huge Mushroom Cloud which was pretty daunting. Horses are visible pacing back and forth, hundreds of fire personnel working to contain the blaze amid a heat wave across the state. And further east in the middle of the country its water forcing people out of their homes. In iowa the cedar river cresting today at 22 feet. Floodwaters turning neighborhoods into rivers, inundating homes, residents trying to reach them by canoe. This is the second largest and cedar rapids. Reporter officials believe close to 3,000 properties are evacuated and the river expected to be in major flood stage all week. There are flood warnings across the state. Here in california, good news for crews battling wildfires. The heat is easing, cooler temperatures are expected to move in by the middle and end of the week. In los angeles, im lauren josh j. a tuesday that began with some rain, even some downpours and actually turned pretty nice this afternoon in most locations. Lets take a look at where we stand at the moment with those temperatures in the upper 60s. Winds lightly coming in out of the east, keeps us cooler near the coast, but gradually a little warmer farther inland. And take a look at the rain that we saw, not it a ton, but certainry everything is helpful this time of year and this time of drought thats going on. We have a good chance of adding more to these tallies, so hopefully well chip away at this drought over the next week or so. You can see these amounts here a little over a quarter inch in most parts of New Hampshire this morning the clouds have been pulling sunshine in most part of the state, still some clouds hovering around parts of southeastern New Hampshire right now. But even there weve seen some sun. A look at that rain as it pulls on through, quick moving, so we cleared out afterwards quickly with just a few stray sprinkles that kind of stayed behind. But now were seeing clearing skies for the nighttime hours, but the cloud bank up again as we go through the overnight and team. But this but this big upper revel low dropping down out of canada will be in our future. Lets take a look at future cast and show you how it does so, its one of these very low moving upper level spinning areas of low pressure. It just very slowly moves and that could be good news for our drought situation later this week and into the weekend. Because it could sit over us for a little while, delivering oh off and on scattered showers. Lets take a closer look at drizzle or sprinkles tonight and through the day tomorrow as well. In the afternoon there could be breaks of sunshine around, but certainly in the morning dont be surprised if you have drizzle at times. A lot dryer on thursday as we have a break in the action. Only the slightest chance of a spot sprinkle in southern New Hampshire on thursday. Then we get into friday and things start to turn wet again from that low pressure that begins to bring in some rain from down south, during the day on friday and into friday or saturday, this weekend has as well. So the high temperatures today were in the 70s, but for tonight were down into the 50s, some 40s to the north and west and look at the difference for tomorrow, it will be noticeably cooler, thanks to a northeast win coming in off the ocean, either side of 60 degrees. So a much cooler feel tomorrow, damp and a little more dreary as well, with the chance at least of some sprinkles or drizzle at times. Theres your extended forecast and theres a lot of unsettled day, every other day for the most part, at least the chance through about sunday or monday. Some much needed rain showers. Jean thanks, josh. Josh many people are struggling with this election year, but has it actually caused a new psychological condition . Jean, dont answer that. But one doctor says yes. Is congress on a collision course that could lead to a Government Shutdown . Colin van ostern im colin van ostern. You can go online and read our plan to create good jobs and keep young families in New Hampshire. First, we should cut inefficient state spending, just like a business. No sales tax, no income tax. We need to help Small Businesses and startups grow with less red tape. Lower College Costs and cut student debt. And expand clean energy. We are one 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. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Josh theres a therapist outside of washington d. C. Is that treating patients for what he has dubbed election stress disorder. Apparently hes not loan in noticing peoples stress in year. A survey says that 25 of u. S. More stressed on the job, because of political discussions. At any rate, the therapist who named election industries disorder says it often looks like iri that billity and resentment as people try to cover up anxiety and the feel that they have no control over whats happening. So, could a roller coaster ride be a new, quick and painless stone . Jean researchers tested it after people reported passing kidneys stones after riding big Thunder Mountain at disneyworld so they used artificial kidneys to try it out and researchers found even the biggest stones passed after two or three rides, but they still dont recommend roller coaster therapy as a means of treatment. A new report from the c. D. C. Shows most americans admit to binge drinking, heres dr. Timothy johnson. A beer with the game, a cock tame after work, a glass of wine with friends. An occasional drink or two can be a great way to wind down. But when when one drink becomes four or five, or maybe more, its binge drinking, and that can be a huge problem socially and medically. Now a new report from the c. D. C. Shows the number of American Adults who admit to drinking that heavily is significantly higher than it was data and found that nearly one in three men and nearly one in five women admit to having at least one heavy drinking day within the past year. These findings are important since binge drinking is linked to problems including accidents, injuries, Liver Disease and neurological damage. Whats causing this spike in heavy drinking . Thats unclear. But pointing it out provides an opportunity to remind anyone who likes an occasional drink that moderation is key. Because knowing when to say when is something that we can all raise a glass to. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Josh okay. Fall flavors have hit stores shelves, but one of the most traditional tastes of the season is struggling this year. Jean straight ahead, whats causing new englands cranberry crisis . Josh and they look like any other apple picking family, but criminal goal at one orchard. Jean now to our u local hot shot, jess in moultonborough spotted these eagles on blueberry island, he got right up close to snap this picture. 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. 49. The best part . We put towers in places the other guys dont. 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. One in eight women will face breast cancer. Early detection can mean the difference between life and death. Planned parenthood gives New Hampshire women access to life saving cancer screenings. But ayotte voted to defund planned parenthood six times. Elentless effort to overturn roe v. Wade, ayotte puts critical cancer screenings at risk, hurting New Hampshire women. Kelly ayotte putting her personal interests ahead of your health care. Senate majority pac is responsible this is a fake ad and this is legit . Jean now at 5 30 an unusual Advertising Campaign has one College Campus buzzing, and police on edge. Josh Phillips Exeter Academy Responds to angry alumni over its approach to after todays gloomy start, things turned around to a pretty nice day. Ive got a look at when things go back downhill. Jean and a Massive Development project has Broken Ground at one ski resort. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 at 5 30. Josh we have new information on that breaking news coming out of andover at this hour that it was a kit helicopter that crashed late this afternoon, in a statement the agency says the pilot took off from a nearby home just before 4 00 before crashing. Jean the pilot was the only person on board and was being treated at the scene. We dont know the severity of the pilots injuries. News 9 has a crew at the scene, well be bringing you updates as soon as they come in. Welcome back. Im jean mackin. Jean im josh mcelveen. A wmur. Com a website trying to attract young men to date exchange for cash has police on alert. Jean fliers advertising a dating site have been popping up around the university and the town. Naoko funayama is live. Reporter the website has been posting fliers on Bulletin Boards and other Public Places around town, and police tell us theyve taken down as many as they, can but the ads keep popping up, keeping both the town and u. N. H. On alert. Its terrible. Around durham a couple of weeks ago. The ad begins with how was that last tinder hookup and solicits 18 to 20yearold females to be dinner companions for older men. In exchange for the date the women could receive cash. It a little disturbing honestly, its kind of scary that somebody would put that flier out. I would hope that it was a joke maybe. Reporter when one of the fliers showed up on a took it down and flew it out. But it didnt take long for another one to get posted. The frequency of it concerns me, so i decided that wed call to inform them so they can be on the alert. Reporter sharp is a Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program at u. N. H. , the school says it hasnt received any reports of students actually using the website. It is aware of the situation. Todays youth and the students here at u. N. H. , which i think is fantastic, is that theyre smarter consumers than sometimes we think they are. Reporter students we spoke to say this is no tinder. Typically youre not going to be matching up with someone with older men, people my dads age. I mean, ug. Reporter while it may be offensive to some, it is not eye on the Bulletin Boards around town. Naoko funayama, wmur news 9. Josh tonight Phillips Exeter academy is responding to criticism of its response to Sexual Misconduct allegations. Reports of abuse surfaced last march, now they date back all the way to the 1940s. Jennifer vaughn is here now with the letter issued to the school community. Jennifer the principal and trustee president issued this joint letter on friday in signed by dozens of graduates all critical of the schools handling of the abuse allegations the letter says in part that over the summer Phillips Exeter developed an action plan for how to handle Sexual Misconduct and ways to promote healthy relationships. They explained how the allegations have been investigated, both through the exeter Police Department and a law firm hired by the school. The letter goes rips exeter students are now taking more about the current climate their school, either in student organizations, their dorms or in research projects. And the letter also invites the community to review the schools new action plan and also to track their progress. Live in the studio, jennifer vaughn, wmur news 9. Jean a man charged in connection to a deadly robbery in nashua is expected to plead guilty. Stefan peno filed a notice of role in the murder of benjamin markham. Hes been charged with accomplice to Second Degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and falsifying physical evidence. A hearing is set for next month. Tonight a massachusetts couple is facing theft charges ayou cuesed of stealing apples from a londonderry apple orchard. Police say these two purchased 20 worth of apples from m macks, then filled a baby stroarl and backpack with dozens of worth. Josh if lawmakers on both sides of the aisle dont reach a compromise, the government will run out of borrowed money and shut down this friday. Diane robert is in washington with what Senate Democrats just blocked. Reporter josh, with the clock ticking, Senate Democrats blocked the stop gap bill, increasing the chance of a Government Shutdown friday at midnight. Congress on a collision course, one that could end in a Government Shutdown this help for flood after rajed louisiana, a dresses the opioid ep departmentics and fights the zika virus. Can it really be that Democratic Leaders havele i braced dysfunction so though rowly they they tack a noncontroversial 10week funding bill over what exactly . Reporter democrats say it needs to include money to help the tainted water crisis in flint, michigan. Theyll be deal their lives, this is no joke. What are we supposed to be doing up here if it isnt to protect the most vulnerable people, our kids. Reporter republicans say theyll address funding for flint in another measure. Im not going to negotiate in the media. We think that the proper place for that is in the Water Resources bill. Reporter with no compromise in sight, the collision would happen in days, at the end of the fiscal year. Is anyone surprised that we are four days away from watching our government shut down . The senate this afternoon stalls the bill just for now. It would have funded the government through december 9. In washington, diane roberts, wmur news 9. Jean a new round of warnings from an old data breach. Josh up next how a hacking from two years ago could cause new problems down the road. Jean and you can own a part of a Nuclear Power plant. Whats hitting the Auction Block as part of the Vermont Yankee shutdown. Josh j. and temperatures made it up into the 70 that probably wont happen again for a little while, well check the cooler and wetter weather ahead. It was like whoa, and what would you codo if a bear came charging at you, the story on an Aircraft Carrier in the gulf of tonkin. After i lost my job, i slept out here with other vets. You never think youll end up here, until you do. Annie kuster is working hard to get veterans off the streets with affordable housing. And shes helped connect vets with jobs so they can get back on track. That means a lot to me. And i want to say, thank you, annie. Cnbc named New Hampshire the most business friendly state in the nation Maggie Hassans approach to innovation and business development. Controlling spending. Smart investments in education. And hassans balanced budget was a bipartisan compromise the telegraph said worked. Cutting taxes for Small Businesses. Targeting millions to fight the opioid crisis. All with no income or sales tax. Working across party lines is how Maggie Hassan makes New Hampshire work for us. Im Maggie Hassan josh a good day on wall street. Dow jones picking up 133 points. S p 500 and nasdaq also in positive territory. Security experts say yahoos massive data breach could open the door for more hacks. Jean 500 million accounts may have been compromised in the 2014 hack. Analysts say if the criminals gain access to accounts that use the same password. Its still unclear who hacked yahoos system. 20 million of inventory from the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant will go on the Auction Block. That auction in brattleboro will sell everything from hand tools to equipment and even supplies like more than 400pound of baking soda. More bids will be accepted tomow and famous flavors is struggling. Michael hill talked to new england cranberry growers. Reporter there are big worries in cranberry country. Rising costs and dropping crop values are squeezing berry growers in massachusetts. And the worst drought in decades threatens to make it harder to flood the bogs that just started march vest. If we dont get a good rain harvest. Reporter commercial cranberry production on cape cod and massachusetts is 200 years old, juice and sauce sales have leveled off, but dried cranberries are popular. As harvesting starts in massachusetts, farmers worry about covering costs. Right now were dealing with a prices, so every operation has a different set of challenges. Reporter this grower says he gets about 11 a barrel for cranberries, but production costs often exceed 0 per 30 per barrel. But he does not want to give up. Its a thought every day whether i should exit or not, but my gut feeling is that if you take a bog out of production, its never coming times ahead on bogs that have sustained farmers for two centuries. Jean when we come back a sneak peek at a local fundraiser getting had help from tom brady and big papi. Josh and the hockey east Preseason Poll is out. Where the wildcats are predicted to finish this season. Tom coming up at 6 00 we do have breaking news out of andover tonight, a pilot crashes shortly after takeoff, condition. And another town adding safe stations, the new place using the incentive to fight the drug but then things went, well, downhill. Over the years, chris cut jobs. Chris cut workers hours to deny them health insurance. And now he opposes the minimum wage. Chris has never had to work for anything. Chris sununu has no business being governor. This advertisement has been paid for by put New Hampshire first and has not been authorized by any candidate. War in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. Jean you do not have to be a baseball fan to be moved by the tribute paid by the Miami Marlins to hose a fernandez. Josh fernandez was one of the brig morning in a boating accident in south florida. Last night his teammates all wore fernandez jerseys bearing the number 16. Many wept openly as the single trumpet played take me out to the ball game, as the scoreboard also showed images of the 24yearold. Dirt on their uniform as the star pitcher had done before every game, and as if pulled from a hollywood script the first batter of the game, d. Brown, one of fernandez closest friends, hit a home run in his first at bat. Jean a beautiful tribute. Josh on a lighter note, the red sox could be in for a big night tonight. Thats the plan, the celebration could be on tonight for the Boston Red Sox in new york if they win the american beat the yankees david price will pitch for the sox. Hockey east media day was held in boston tonight including the announcement of the Preseason Coaches Poll and lets just hope the coaches do not know what they speak of. U. N. H. Picked to finish 10th in the 12team league, ouch. Better only than u. Mass and u. B. C. Picked to finish sixth, probably because they had 14 players leave the team for the nhl after last year. B. U. Tops the poll, they are ahead of northeastern and notre dame. And were sharing photos from some of the action around New Hampshire tackles hunger. Delivering food to the upper valley haven food fan friday yesterday. And tom bank the total equivalent of food donated to the haven by lend month and hanover high schools, 5 ks 200 pounds. Jean thanks, jamie. One of our favorites around here, abby dagostino, are lead a fair in . Her massachusetts hoe town on sunday. Josh the olympian who gained recognition for helping another she was selected to be grand marshal of the topsfield fairs grab parade on sunday. Jean Elliot Hospital is expecting a huge boost in donations at one of its largest annual fundraisers. Josh the gala is friday at Manchester Country club and they are expected to auction off a wild array of Sports Memorabilia including an autographed david ortiz helmet and a tom brady jersey. The money raised will go toward the cancer care and pediatric departments. Were also in the planning phase for a possible 42 milliondollar Cancer Center where well put all our services into one location. More on that in the spring hopefully. On the pediatric side were raiding for a newborn simulator. Josh there will be some period earrings also up for auction. Josh j. how about today. Beneficial rain, got a little bit of it, a quarter inch to a little more. Then we went over to sunshine and temperatures like this, upper 60s and lower 70s out there right now. So thats pretty warm compared to where we were earlier, and were about six, seven, it a degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. But dont get too used to these temperatures, get out and enjoy it if you like. This because theyre not going to be this warm for a little while. The earliest woulde so theres a look at the clouds that have been clearing away all afternoon and bringing in the sunshine. After that theres the rain that pulled through this morning, and you can see it pull away. It was shortlasting, but well take any rain we can get nowadays. But theres a much better chance for the next several days,s a very unsettled weather pattern moves overhead the problem with unsettled weather patterns is you never know exactly where its going to will be in the region. So thats what well be deal with and it all thanks to this. This area of upper level low pressure, meaning way up in the sky, youve got that low Pressure Center and it influences the air below it and keeps the dry weather away, with one exception, that would be thursday. Our latest system, which is not a named storm yet, its actually the technical name for it right now, invest, 97l, kind of its heading in this direction and theres a 90 chance that this becomes a Tropical Storm or a named storm within the next day or two. Where would it go from here . Well, its certainly going to stay in the caribbean for a while. But these lines are all of our computer models and you can see they have a general idea that its going to reverse and head northward in our general direction. In about a week and a half. So well have to watch that advance, but certainly something to keep our eyes on. For tonight around here, clouds will be thickening back up and some sprinkles or drizzle around at times, theres a look at clouds and a little more possible, especially in the southern half of the state tomorrow, sprinkles, drizzle a possibility, especially in southern New Hampshire, then thursday a pretty dry day for the most part. Then as we head into friday and the rest of the weekend, theres that unsettled weather returning and scattered showers will be around. Overnight lows in the 40s to the n theres tomorrow, a big change in our temperatures. Upper 50s and lower 60s, that continues with the unsettled weather right into the weekend. Jean thanks, josh. A 50 milliondollar Development Project is under way at cranmore mountain. Josh the resort broke ground on a new set of condominiums a first step in a plan that will eventually include a new lodge the first could dons are jean pulling out a camera can be so easy these day we sometimes forget how dangerous it can be. Josh up next, the man whose camera caught a bear charging right at him. Jean then were kicking off my prescription costs keep going up. Its more expensive every year. It would be a lot cheaper to buy my medication from canada. Kelly ayotte voted to block consumers from buying safe medicines from canada. And voted against lower cost generic drugs. Rug industry. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. When you take all that money it just changes you. Kelly ayottes not working for us. Josh a california man says he was so stunned to see this animal in his front yard he just had to make a video of it. The bear didnt agree, and immediately charged after him. He did record it all though. The man blew an air horn and ran inside. He says it was a more startling experience than it was actually scary. I really wasnt frightened, but it was like whoa. To me it was sort of charge. Josh i dont know whats mock about that. And you should be frightened. He doesnt mow if the bear would have continued to chase him, but says he wasnt ready to find out. All right. Officers responding to a possible break in at a california Animal Shelter discovered the alarm was caused by a dog breaking out. Josh surveillance shows the German Shepherd named ginger making a run for it. She not only managed to get out of the her kennel but also got through three doors including be turned. Jean wow. Josh ginger was later found not far from his former home. And a dog named apollo is back with its Florida Owner tonight after somehow traveling tall way to boston. Jean how the dog managed to escape and end up in massachusetts is still a mystery, an animal control officer was able told use apollos microchip who locate his owner who made the 11mile trip to pick him up. Maybe hes a red sox josh thank you for joining us. Bye. 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. 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. She begged. She begged for help, saying mom please help me. Doug griffin our familys tragedy could happen to any family. 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. And enable families to get the help they need. 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. Approved this message. Jennifer breaking right now, a heck crash in andover, were live with the residents information tonight. Tom one man killed in this Early Morning crash, the chase that led to this fiery scene. I saw a pickup truck swerving back and forth. Jennifer and fighting the drug crisis, the first of its kind hampshire hospital. Josh j. after the beneficial rain we saw this morning, things turned out to be quite nice today. A look at when much needed rain could make a comeback. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 at 6 00. Tom at 6 00 we start with breaking news tonight out of andover, New Hampshire. State police say a kit helicopter crashed in the area of rivers edge road late this afternoon. Good evening, everyone, im tom jennifer and im jennifer vaughn. Lets head right out to wmurs Andy Hershberger who is live near the scene with the latest on this. Andy . Reporter jen, Officials Say it was an experimental helicopter that crashed shortly after takeoff from a private helipad. The crash happened in the woods near 12 rivers end road in andover. Authorities say the pilot of the helicopter was able to call 911 himself and was able to get out of the helicopter on his own. Officials say the helicopter when they arrived. They were able to put out the fire in the trees and in the helicopter in a short time, and the pilot was taken to a local hospital for what were described as nonlife threatening injuries. We had a Single Person helicopter type aircraft that had gone down about 100 yards from the house. Crashed into the trees. Arrived. Reporter fire Officials Say the f. A. A. Has been contacted and the state police are on the scene. Im Andy Hershberger, wmur news 9. Tom tonight a driver is dead after a chase with state police ended with a crash. This was the fiery scene this morning after the truck left the highway