At more than 120,000. Adam sexton, wmur news 9. Jennifer an accident is making for a tough drive tonight on 93 north just passed exit 5 in londonderry. Traffic is heavy, slow through that area. We will keep you posted. Also tonight, a manchester man is facing a felony assault charge after allegedly punching another man, fracturing his skull. David mitchell was arraigned by video this morning in Manchester Circuit Court on one count of Second Degree assault. Police say he and the victim were inside a manchester sunday morning when an altercation took place. Police say the two went outside and mitchell threw a single punch, knocking the victim to keefe well, the investigation revealed that one of the subjects that was knocked unconscious allegedly may have spoken to or talked to a girl inside of the bar, and the male half was obviously not happy outside at which point an altercation ensued, and the man was knocked unconscious. Jennifer police say the victim suffered a Skull Fracture and a concussion. Mitchell s bail was set at 10,000. Tom merrimack town officials have given conditional approval to a medical marijuana dispensary. But the location is drawing some controversy tonight. The center would be housed in this former credit union. Town Officials Say it is in a good location to serve hillsborough and merrimack counties. It is near the highway and being a former bank has a safe to lock but it is next door to a business and across the street from a catholic college. Both worry about crime and safety, and the College Thomas more says it will hurt their corporate image. A priority this session dealing with the heroin crisis area. Wmur s Kristen Carosa is lived kristen a priority the session dealing with the heroin epidemic. The house will come to order. Kristen it is back to work for New Hampshire legislators as the 2016 session begins. Rep. Jasper i expect we are going to be very busy between the house and Senate Nearly 1000 bills. Kristen dozens of bills were taken up on day one, including house bill 582 that debates the right to carry a concealed pistol or revolver without a permit. It is something the governor vetoed in the last session. Wednesday, it was passed by the house and now heads to the senate. Among the other major issues being tackled this session the state s drug crisis. Sen. Morse we are going to do that right off the bat, and then we will talk about extending our system that we have here in New Hampshire. Kristen another hot topic, reauthorizing medicaid expansion. Right now, it helps 45,000 granite staters Access Health care. Gov. Hassan we know that we need to come together as quickly as possible and reauthorize our bipartisan New HampshireHealth Protection plan so that we can funds into the state to provide primary Preventive Care but also very importantly Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health coverage. Kristen something, however, that will be heavily debated by republicans. Many say they want more time to analyze how it s working before moving ahead. Medicaid expansion is going to be the hot topic, discussing what our options are there and what the best solution is for the state of New Hampshire. Kristen but three bills dealing with the Opioid Epidemic are expected to be approved soon. They would increase penalties for dealing fentanyl, expand the use of narcan, and enhance drug and Alcohol Education in schools. The governor s desk no later than the 21st of this month. Kristen and all of these important discussions will happen during an election year. President ial candidates have been invited to address tomorrow, republican Carly Fiorina will be speaking at 1 00 p. M. Reporting in concord, Kristen Carosa, wmur news 9. Jennifer a New Hampshire woman who lost her stepdaughter to a heroin overdose is in washington , d. C. Right now. She s there to tell lawmakers about the drug crisis here in the granite state, and what can be done to help. Wmur s Shelley Walcott joins us live in the newsroom with details. Shelley jen, Kriss Blevens lost her stepdaughter to a heroin overdose last year. So today, blevens traveled to washington, d. C. , in the hopes of raising awareness about the heroin crisis here in New Hampshire. Blevens and her husband spoke before congress. Yesterday, blevens joined state leaders, president ial candidates, and treatment advocates at a forum in manchester. Today, she was with congresswoman annie kuster, and spoke about a new Recovery Center she is helping get off the ground. Kriss right now, it s just a living room, for those that want to live, a place where people can be comfortable while our peer recovery coaches can figure out their recovery treatment path. And hopefully it will turn into with the help of collaboration from health care, law enforcement. Shelley the new Recovery Center will be named amber s place in honor of the bleven s stepdaughter. Live in the newsroom, i m Shelley Walcott, wmur news 9. Tom when donald trump arrived for his rally in claremont last night, a few Business Owners were waiting to present him with a gift that put black op arms in the national spotlight. Wmur s amy coveno joins us live in the studio with the special number engraved on the rifle and why mr. Trump can t bring the weapon back to new york yet. Amy tom, the firearm was custom built for trump. 145 was engraved on the side, 45 because the Gun Shop Owners hope trump is the 45th president. 1 because he is their number one choice for the republican nomination. Mr. Trump the Second Amendment is so important. They are trying amy a large, enthusisatic crowd jammed into the claremont high but something happened backstage before trump emerged that no one here knew about. Jon stone it was very nice to meet mr. Trump. Amy mark limoges, jon stone, and their partner greg belisle presented the president ial hopeful with a custom made ar15 rifle, just for him. Mark limoges we just wanted to present mr. Trump with a rifle from claremont, New Hampshire made by our shop, black op arms, and it s turned into more than that, it s kind of nice. The handgun, as i said, is inscribed with the state motto live free or die. With the American Flag also laser etched in. Amy it took jon stone about four hours to build the rifle. The Business Partners say the gift presentation, but the secret service, well amy the secret service Team Assigned to protect donald trump had very specific requirements they came to the gun store yesterday. They removed the bolt from the weapon so it was inoperable. They may took possession of the weapon for the day. Then brought it into the room when we presented it to mr. Trump last night. Amy the rifle, which looks just like this one, is back at the black op arms store, where it will be modified to comply with the laws in whichever state trump plans to register the weapon. He is a very proSecond Amendment candidate, which is one of the reasons we support him so much. He understands the importance of the right to bear arms. Amy the Gun Shop Owners say their Facebook Page racked up 9,000 hits after the gift presentation, and that any time government makes moves to change gun laws their sales skyrocket. Amy coveno, wmur news 9. Jennifer well it was an honor , decades in the making. Still ahead tonight at 6 00, the surprise today for a world war ii veteran from belmont. Tom you still have a few more hours to buy your tickets for tonight s powerball drawing. Mike it s a weather wednesday at Mcintyre Ski Area in manchester where the skiing has just begun. We ll talk about the Upcoming Season coming up. Jamie get those feet together. You got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Im bernie sanders, john kasichs an impatient rascal. Paces, pushes. But, unlike some, his state is now booming. John kasich has proven he can do the job. Brought back jobs from mexico and china. Keep us safe, make us boom. Because hes done it before. Only an impatient rascal can bring america back. New day for america is this advertising. Jennifer huge honors today for a world war ii veteran from belmont. Senator kelly ayotte presented private first class Rosario Cadorette with several commendations for his service. He received the bronze star medal, the purple heart, and the president ial unit citation. Cadorette was completely surprised by the ceremony honoring him. He was with his daughters and requested the medals. Our thanks for your service, sir. Time to start dreaming the powerball drawing is on for tonight. Tom the jackpot for tonight has increased to half a billion dollars. That is right, just a half 1 billion. It started out at a measly 450 million this morning. It was hard to find a parking spot at bunny s superette in manchester around noon time as people packed the store to get their tickets. One person bought more than 100 tickets for an office pool. Hint, hint. [laughter] it s always fun to think about what you d do with all that cash. I have five grandchildren, and i would put it into a trust for their education. I have two sons, so i would probably give them a little bit. And they rest i would probably just take a trip of two. Ashley i don would do with it. Not sure. Go on vacation. Get away from this cold weather. Tom this jackpot ranks as the sixthlargest ever in north jennifer i can t even wrap my head around that much money. Tom i would like to try. [laughter] josh you would give it a shot, would it to y wouldn t you . It will certainly be a sunny day for whoever w is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level we will. Days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a topsecret briefing on the terrorist threat. Marco rubio was missing fundraising in california instead. Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino. And where was marco . Fundraising again in new orleans. Over the last 3 years, rubio has missed Important National security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. Politics first thats the rubio way. Right to rise usa is responsible for the this epidemic of gun violence knows no boundaries. Hillary clinton has what it takes to stand up to the republicans and the gun lobby. We need to close the loopholes and support universal background checks. How many people have to die before we actually act. Before we come together as a nation . Im Hillary Clinton jennifer well, it has certainly which was a Welcome Change for our weather wednesday host. Tom Mcintyre Ski Area in opening due to lack of snow, but as of tonight, the slopes are chief meteorologist mike haddad is there. They are not throwing any tomatoes on you tonight, that is for sure. [laughter] mike no, but i tell you they have been thinking about it because of the delay. Joining me right now, the Vice President , general manager ross boisvert. It is amazing to see this know because in my backyard, only a couple of inches. A lot of no making in the last few days. Ross our snow makers did an unbelievable job. We made more snow in the last couple of days than we have done all season so far. Mike it is perfect snow out here. There are quite a few people behind us. Ross this is our mighty max ski team right here. Are you ready for the season . Mike it is great to have them ready to go. Tell us but other programs going on. Ross we have a lot of programs. A tuesday night race league, women s program on monday, after school programs, to being will be starting tubing will be starting this week. Mike it is all good now. Have a great season. Ross thank you very much. Thanks for coming over. Mike get out here if you are anywhere in manchester, southern New Hampshire. If you want to hit the slopes and get on some great snow, head what about the forecast . Will the snow hold, and do we have any in our future . Anything today. Our time let s photography it it was beautiful with a few high, thin clouds up there, and temperatures made in the lower 40 s in the southern part of the state from concord to the south and the east. We are still in the 30 s and many locations, temperatures falling quickly in the North Country where you go down into the Single Digits and down near zero again tonight, but not below zero probably like you did the last two nights well below zero. It will be a little milder tonight than it has in. A has been. The winds are calm. That will be the same for tomorrow. Basically if you liked today, you will like tomorrow. It is very similar. There are the clouds in the satellite actually. Now it is clear, and that free much sticks around for tomorrow. Clouds move in slowly on friday, some from the west and some from the east, as i will show you in a moment. Highpressure holding tough for friday before this is all the way down in texas makes a run for us for the weekend. It will drag the warm air much warmer of courts in that part of the country, drags it up to us, and things do look pretty mild for the second half of the weekend, and that means any precipitation that falls will be in the form of rain. Let s take a look at futures cast. Clear skies tonight and tomorrow as well. When the of sunshine. Yesterday. Friday, a few clouds in the afternoon will start to build here. Some coming in off the ocean as the winds shift on shore, but we do look at a pretty good day on friday, a few degrees cooler. Next up, we will watch a very weak system pull through. Maybe a couple snow flurries in the morning. Temperatures anything will digits, upper valley and the North Country, maybe even concord as well. Otherwise, we are in the teens. Another seasonably cold night. Tomorrow very similar. Keep in mind the average high for concord is 33, and we will be well above that. Sunny, bright for tomorrow, very much like for today. Lakes region overnight and into tomorrow, any clouds clearing, and tomorrow, the sun comes up. It looks pretty nice up there s there. Here the next seven days of the temperatures go up tomorrow once again and stay above average, we look to saturday, a couple of spots flurries. Sunday a different story. Plan for this it is looking more and more likely like a warm day, but rainy, to be up to an inch of rain perhaps. Again, it is wednesday, but right now, it looks that we are starting to lock it in. Jamie we will hear from tom brady and the patriots. Cordes most nurses are tough. Theyre problemsolvers. They like making things better. People dont have access to healthcare because they just cant afford it. Bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and Major Medical companies are ripping us off. Bernie tells the truth, and hes been consistent. He understands that the system is rigged, who can bring real change. Im bernie sanders, now, jamie staton and news 9 sports. Jamie tom brady and the patriots were back at the stadium today for practice, with all eyes on tom s sprained right ankle. Number 12 says it is feeling better, and with no game this weekend, he will have plenty of time to prepare for their first tom brady our bye week was a long time ago, so this is the first time we had off for a long time. A lot of guys have been fighting through bumps and bruises through the season, see you try can to feel good because we will saturday to be at the very best. Jamie the green team is on ready to host the Detroit Pistons at 7 30. Season, and boston is a halfgame ahead of detroit and tied with indiana for the 6th playoff spot in the eastern what does it mean to a runner to qualify for the u. S. Olympic trials . Just check out newmarket s keely mcguire, who qualified over the weekend at a Half Marathon in florida. She was a runner at unh. Keely is one of 6 New Hampshire residents that qualified and will be running at the olympic trials on february 13 in la it in los angeles. It will be her first marathon. The former captain about halfway through his first year back in durham as an assistant coach for unh hockey. Summer away from uconn. He is said to be the heir apparent when dick umile retires in a few years. Souza also coached at brown and was captain for unh in the 19992000 season. I m super excited to be back here in durham at the school that i love so much of have this opportunity to work with this you could not ask for anything better. It is interesting at times. Together. Obviously, we understand this place pretty well, and i think we are a good balance for each other. Jamie saturday afternoon, this wildcard playoff game is live on channel nine day. It is the chiefs and the texans. Even though houston is home, kansas city is favored. The chiefs have won 10 games in a row as they enter the postseason. If pittsburgh defeats the bengals on saturday night, then the winner of this kc and houston game will play at the patriots in 2 weeks. And also tonight, manchester monarchs against the adirondack thunder in new york. We will tell you how that turns out. Tom very good. Chronicle immediately following world news we ll see you after american