outside the Concord High School gymnasium. some sanders people predicting this is going to be an early night on the democratic side. only one event for the 74yearold vermont senator in concord, he visited the ward 5 polling locations. sanders ran a gauntlet of sign waving volunteers and media and kept right on walking, he ended up leading a parade of cameras and reporters down capitol street and state street before returning to the polls and leaving in his motorcade. sanders is riding a big wave of enthusiasm in this election, but its clear this is a guy who does not like the spotlight that brightly. lets head over to amy coveno in manchester. reporter the s and h field house is primary headquarters for the Hillary Clinton campaign. tonight this campaign is hoping history will repeat itself. New Hampshire voters have handed the clintons some great primary moments, one in 1992 earning moniker, although he did come in second. and a win to Hillary Clinton in 2008 who came into the New Hampshire primary trailing barack obama. senator Bernie Sanders has a sizable lead tonight, according to the polls, but those undecided voters that New Hampshire is so very famous for could be a real game changer. clinton has been tempered in her optimism, but regardless of the result she says she loves New Hampshire and has Great Respect for the primary process. thats the latest from the field house at snhu, back to you. tom thank you. turning our attention now to the republican race, there has been a clear leader on this ballot. jennifer with plenty of candidates to choose from, it is expected to be an exciting night. our live coverage continues now with the trump campaign. reporter after more than seven months on the campaign trail, here in New Hampshire, it all wraps up tonight at the donald trump primary watch party here at the executive court in manchester. can you see a screen has been set up outside for any overflow supporters or press. made a stop at the polls, visiting voters and supporters at the Webster Elementary School on elm street. he also dispatched his sons, don jr. And eric to diners and downtown businesses, his daughter ivanka made the round too, thanking volunteers in manchester. trump has told his supporters over and over in New Hampshire he does not want their money, but he is counting on those votes. so that he can retain the frontrunner g. O. P. Status in New Hampshire. now lets go live to jennifer crompton, shes covering marco rubios campaign. reporter senator marco rubio hopes that that bounce he got from iowa translates into a strong finish here in New Hampshire. hes been working hard all day today, trying to get every last bit of face time in. he would hit the poll s bright and early before 8 00, visiting polls in manchester, bedford, salem and derry. senator rubio says his experience on the Senate Intelligence and foreign the best National Defense choice for commander in chief. he also says hes the best bet to take on the democrats, certainly senator ted cruz may take issue with that. tonight wmurs Shelley Walcott with the cruz campaign. shelley jen, thank you very much. senator ted cruz might take issue with that indeed. were here at the alpine Grove Convention center in hollis where senator cruz is holding his watch party tonight. in fact not too long ago they fired up the Country Music in anticipation of the texas senators arrival later tonight. earlier today we caught up with cruz as he spoke to a huge crowd of reporters in manchester, and we asked him how he hopes to win New Hampshire tonight. he won the Iowa Caucuses with the help of evangelical voters, but thats not a huge constituency here. cruz says hes counting on the votes of libertarians and reagan democrats tonight. we also asked the senator about a pretty vulgar term that donald trump used last night in cruz said he would not even dignify that with a response. for now, live the hollis, im Shelley Walcott, wmur news 9. back to you. tom thank you. three republicans are trying to why their leadership experience as governors to set themselves apart in the race for president. jennifer our Live Team Coverage continues at their Campaign Headquarters now, beginning with Heather Hamel who is covering john kasich tonight. reporter governor kasich was out and about this morning going to several polling places, we caught up with him in nashua where he says hes feeling great. the Ohio Governor has put a lot of emphasis on New Hampshire, holding more than 100 town halls, a setting he told us he feels most comfortable in. he says the voters are hungry for authenticity, and his positive genuine approach seems to be resonating with them. kasich says the conservative message is important, but he says theres another element that he focuses on as well, relating to people and letting them know that he cares. kasich is very confident right great time campaigning, and hes already talking about come back more. for now over to governor Chris Christies campaign, where Kristen Carosa is. reporter governor christie is hoping that his recent performance at the g. O. P. Debate land him a win in New Hampshire. we caught up with the governor early this morning, as we hit the campaign trail, he spent the day connecting with people, both voters and his campaign staff. at a stop in salem he thanked people that have worked hard to make his campaign successful in the granite state. christie says hes ready to become president and hes the best candidate to take on the democratic nominee. now lets head over to the jeb bush campaign, Andy Hershberger race. reporter not much activity here right now, but that is going to change in the next couple of hours. jeb bush spent the day at polling locations talking to potential voters and thanking volunteers and supporters. bush says he didnt know what to he has fall then love with the process. he says hes glad of the team hes put together, no matter is. bush has always said a win here would be nice, but hes moving on no matter what happens. overall bush says hes comfortable with where his campaign is and hopes to surprise a few people tonight with a strong showing. jennifer thank you. our coverage of the Research Race continues now. tom we go live to manchester where wmurs stephanie woods is covering the Campaign Reporter thats right. right now its pretty quiet at the derryfield restaurant. but in a few hours fiorina will kick off her primary night watch party. after a disappointing 7th place finish in the iowa caucus, shes hoping to gain more votes in the first in the nation primary. the former heul hewlettpackard today. she says she feels good about her chances today. and fiorinas Campaign Says that their candidates name is on the ballot in 26 different, and haul. tom dr. Ben carson toured the southern part of the state today. jennifer he caught up with voters at the red arrow diner in manchester, telling news 9 the number of undecided republican campaign. carson says he believes he will exceed expectations here in New Hampshire, and then will have some momentum heading into south carolina. and republican president ial candidate jim gilmore is holding a primary watch party in manchester. tom it tarts at 7 00, the former Virginia Governor says hes the only veteran running for president and calls himself a mainstream conservative. earlier today he met voters at polling places in manchester, merrimack and bedford. straight ahead on this primary night, lines right from the moment polling places opened which candidate benefits from this turnout and a lotioner look at why. jennifer its all part of our team coverage, and it continues next. mike in weather, the next system means snow showers for some on wed, but all will feel a blast of frigid air before the tom now we continue to follow that breaking news on whats expected to be a record turnout in the New Hampshire primary. right now town officials in merrimack and the secretary of state are discussing the long lines of people still trying to get in to vote. jennifer theyre talking about whether or not to extend voting past the scheduled 7 00 closing time. we do have a crew headed to merrimack right now, well keep in other polling location as cross the state, all night long. tom so the big question, which candidates does this turnout help. jennifer our political director Josh Mcelveen is live to break it all down. josh if youre already in line by the time the polls close, they will keep it open, youll get your ballot. and well see what happens down there. secretary of state gardner projected last week that the turnout for the primary would be in record breaking territory. the final numbers wont be in for a while obviously, but the precincts are reporting numbers that are so heavy that some polls are even worried about running out of ballots. so who benefits from all this . in theory that would be Bernie Sanders. much of his support is the younger firsttime voters and if he can deliver them to the polls he can beat expectations of what the surveys have suggested should be a landslide victory over Hillary Clinton here in New Hampshire to. A lesser degree the same goes for donald trump. it would seem that theres so much interest in the nontraditional candidates this time around. but the republican side has a kasich, bush, rubio, cruz are all closely packed together. so it could be one of those names that emerge could challenge trumps top spot if he underperforms. and also remember one category trump lead in is the number of republican voters, at least according to our latest poll, who say they wont vote for him under any circumstances, so perhaps part of the turnout is driven by voters seeking an alternative to donald trump. one guarantee, theres a lot of interest in this election, and in a cycle unlike any other, even educated speculation amounts to little more than a guess. it is clear that the first in the nation primary state is engaged and taking their responsibility seriously. so good job, New Hampshire. back to you. tom thank you. our coverage of the first in the nation primary is just Getting Started tonight. at 6 30, david muir will host world news live outside Manchester City hall. a special edition of chronicle airs at 7 00, and well be back here at 7 30. make sure to follow the live app, happening right now. and our crews are posting live updates from all the Campaign Headquarters that youve been seeing throughout the night tonight. big night tonight. jennifer did you have to climb over a snow bank to get to your polling place . tom oh, boy, good sized crowds. mike it really dried up nicely mid morning on, so fairly pleasant on this primary day. but weve got the coldest air so far of the season on the way. tom the man serving a life sentence for killing a university of New Hampshire student will not get parole for another charge associated with that crime. Jennifer Seth mazzaglia is serving a life sentence for the murder of 19yearold lizzi marriott. today he asked the state parole board for parole on the lesser charge of witness tampering. the board said mazzaglia needs to be reclassified to a lower security level and be on Good Behavior for six months before that parole would be granted. lizzies father says mazzaglia needs to stay where he is. p the underlying crimes that led to witness tampering were severe, disturbing, and showed a disdain for the basic rights of other people. jennifer mazzaglia could be classified to a lower security level this month, and this order will have no effect on his life mike a general two to fiveinch snowfall yesterday and last evening. a couple spots, especially near the coast, up to a half foot. you see some of that fresh fallen snow up there in the big lake at the weirs and a couple snow showers moving through around 10 00. more dry air building in during the afternoon and now into the early evening with the clouds breaking and making for beautiful sky cover in some parts of New Hampshire. thicker cloud cover moving in means a few flurries up north. tonight. as we move into the next couple days, however, no organized storm. but there will be bands of snow showers, flurries, even a brief squall, you see them setting up shop back to the west. this is fairly ill organized here. you see the breaks, then bands of snow, more breaks, and the same story extends back into the midwest and this has to move through tomorrow and thursday. so at times well see periods of snow showers and even a brief snow squall. as for temperatures right now, theyre lining up very close to of the evening and this time of year, maybe a notch or two below the norm. overnight tonight not a big temperature fall. well hold several degrees above normal overnight lows. and tomorrow we get back into 30s. so not all that bad in terms of wednesday. notice cold air ben traiting all south. big trough of cold air setting up shop in the eastern part of the country right now, and eventually that will lead to a surge of arctic air that is north of the border. that moves in by friday, saturday and sunday with the coldest air so far of the season. but up until that point, couple of transitions marking cooler air for thursday, the first one comes in tomorrow with snow showers and a few squalls. another repeat performance on thursday with snow showers and squalls before it turns colder friday, and then temperatures even lower by the weekend. in terms of the timeline and snow, just a few flurries early tomorrow morning for the morning commute, then scattered snow during the afternoon and early evening. then dry air builds in later tonight except for up north where more showers move in. then focus after that on the bitterly cold air. be the not that bad, light winds. days. notice were slightly above normal tomorrow. watch out for that snow shower or brief squall, could make it slick on area roads and drop visibility for a short period of time. same story thursday. then the coldest air so far of the season friday, and especially over the weekend. notice the highs, thats in southern New Hampshire, a struggle to hit zero up north. win chills subzero all weekend long. then it warms up slightly early next week with another system likely on tuesday. tom sports . p a couple more candidates and i might have had day off, but we jamie 25 years ago on this day in 1991 the celtics d brown won the slam dunk contest and did it with a signature dunk. he covered his eyes with his right hand, threw it down with the left hand, no look, a couple of extra pumps in his rebuck only knee pump sneakers, boston sports moment. recently he was an assistant coach with the sacramento kings. celtics have two games before the allstar break, tonight at the Milwaukee Bucks at 8 00. host the l. A. Clippers tomorrow night. u. N. H. Basketball team picked up another nice one last night, they beat the maine black bears. it was a whiteout event for the crowd. jordan came up big. wild cats are 149. they play thursday at home against albany. also in action tonight, the boston bruins, they skate against the l. A. Kings at td garden at 7 00. there are all kinds of former manchester monarchs on the kings roster including leading scorer tyler, and the garden will love this, milan lucic will be back on the ice at td garden, even if it is with the visiting los angeles kings. he scored 139 goals with the bruins, nearly 800 penalty minutes, a fan favorite for sure, especially on that Stanley Cup Winning team. and we leave you with this, its and they had a rally there, peyton was in his glory. didnt say if hes coming back next year or not. big parade through downtown denver. jennifer thanks for that. tom more on that breaking news out of merrimack, town officials and the secretary of state are discussing the long lines of people waiting to vote. jennifer what they are working to decide right now is whether or not to sten voting past 7 00. well keep you updated on that. and weve also just learned from the city clerk in keene that they are making copies of democratic ballots there, as well. tom our coverage of the New Hampshire primary continues on wmur. Com. get live updates from polling places and the campaigns on our live wire. jennifer were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first in the nation primary, you can take a look back at some of the moments from elections past the our primary vault. tom tune in for a special primary Night Edition of New Hampshire chronicle, immediately following world news, which is coming to you live from manchester tonight. bringing you the results from the first in the nation primary