hooksett with how this mild winter is saving the state some cash. reporter take a look at all of the salt they have here at the d. O. T. Shed in hooksett. they are a long way from scraping the bottom of the barrel here. in fact salt could be where some of the current surplus ends up going. so far this winter season the stay has plowed through 24. 5 million of its snow budget. at the same time lastier they had already spent 36. 5 million. right now things are on track for a surplus coming out of the cold weather months and thats something the state hasnt had in that particular line item since 2012. p we certainly havent had the luxury of surpluses in recent years, but thats something wed have to take a look at. we have an aging fleet and thats one area weve already been talking about. reporter in addition to much needed repairs the state also spent some of the possible surplus on buying salt in the than buying it in the fall. but the state does tell us not so fast, there is potentially a lot. plowing that can still be done in march, april and yes may. tom a somersworth man behind bars facing charges related to a hole invasion in hudson. police found several items in Matthew Feltons backpack when he was arrested including duct tape and a knife. Andy Hershberger was in court when he was arraigned and joins reporter prosecutors say the target of the breakin appears to be the suspects father, but police say a motive is still under investigation. 36yearold Matthew Felton faces charges of burglary and criminal threatening after Authorities Say he broke into his estranged fathers home tuesday in hudson. police say james felton was home with his wife when his son came in through the rear. mask and carrying a firearm. p theyre inside the house, the female encountered a male inside the house, wearing a mask and the male had pointed a silver firearm at her head or at her face. Reporter Police say the man and woman were able to run to safety. the swat team was called and the house was surrounded for about two hours, they found felton hiding in a bedroom closet. p they took custody of the defendant and they also found his personal belongings a backpack containing duct tape, ropes, zip ties, electrical tape and a knife. reporter there were in yurs and police say the firearm used turned out to be a spell it gun. police later interviewed felton. p he also mentioned to detectives that his intent of breaking in was to tie up his father, james, to make him listen to him. reporter felton is being held on 100,000 cash only bail. Ride Sharing Services are how in the spotlight after the arrest of an uber driver following a michigan. state and local lawmakers are considering new rules for the service. but as Heather Hamel reports now, uber feels that its service is already a safer approach. reporter uber points to background checks and technology. they are agreeable to screening but say since many of the New Hampshire drivers only work about 0 hours a week, the entry process shouldnt be too stringent. since arriving in manchester about a year and a half ago, ubers Ride Sharing Service now has about 500 drivers in New Hampshire. p theres no anonymity, youre not hailing a car late at night. you know who the driver is through their license plate, the driver knows who the rider is, the entire ride is tracked by g. P. S. reporter although driver jason dalton has been linked to a deadly shooting spree in michigan, he stand by their p like so many of these instances we see around the country in terms of this heinous gun violence, its a deranged individual and you cannot predict future behavioral. p you can get get a 100 secure safe ride. however i believe the city should do their Due Diligence. reporter ed aer man long would like drug and Alcohol Testing for drivers, its included in an ordinance that the city is working on. while he passed the background check, he says it wasnt clear what it covered. p i understand theyre saying that theyre doing their Due Diligence on background checks, but im not 100 confident that that is happening. reporter a bill pending in the house would include local and National Back brownld checks and registered sex offenders would be denied. but long says cities and towns should have input too, much like they do for taxis. p the Business Model is go into get our own drivers and everybody lives happily ever after. unfortunately thats not where manchester is coming from. reporter manchesters ordinance still has two committees to go through and then should be ready by april. but if the state law passes, then long says it would be moot. Heather Hamel, wmur news 9. jennifer a warning from derry police tonight. lock your car. officers are investigating a series of car thefts. thieves appear to be targeting cars with loose change, cell phone chargers, and imvment p. S. devices. yesterday alone, 17 cars were targeted. derry police are asking residents to report any suspicious activity. are the tonight senator shaheen is are urging her Senate Colleagues to do their duty and hear president Obamas Supreme Court nominee. one seat on the court is now vacant, following the death of conservative justice antonin scalia. stephanie woods is live with more. reporter on the Senate Floor Today shaheen had strong words aisle, including fellow New Hampshire senator kelly ayotte who insists that the next elected president should nominate the next justice. this as sources they that obama is considering nominating nevada governor brian sandoval, a republican, as a concession to the g. O. P. but on tuesday Senate Majority leader mcconnell said the 54 republican senators will not hold confirmation hearings or vote on obamas pick regardless of whom that may be. shaheen today argued that article 2 of the constitution spells it out. p every senator here has sworn to support and defend the constitution, full stop, thats the oath that we have taken. and our oath doesnt say uphold the constitution most of the time, or only when its not a president ial election year, or only when its convenient for us, or only when we like the ideology thats being presented reporter in response, ayottes spokeswoman says senator ayotte believes the people of New Hampshire deserve an opportunity to weigh in on the next Supreme Court nominee, and that the confirmation process should wait until after the American People have spoken in the president ial election. as for nevada governor sandoval, he says he hasnt been contacted about any potential nomination. tom a manchester restaurant is closed after a pipe burst, forcing people to evacuate. new tonight, how other local restaurants are helping the wait staff while theyre out of work. p im not breaking even, im losing money. jennifer local fishermen say a new fee could mean the end of ground fishing, an industry that has already taken a big hit. hayley im Hayley Lapoint for weather wednesday im live in soggy meredith previewing the big ice fishing derby thats going on up here over the weekend. what officials are saying about this rain and warm weather. jamie and the red sox owner josh several local restaurants are pulling together to help the staff of mits bistro because theyve been out of business since a pipe burst. the owner is holding a drawing for would baskets with the proceeds going to two employees. the pee stro hopes to reopen the bistro hopes to reopen but march 7. tonight New Hampshire fishermen vowing to fight a looming cost shift they believe could mean the end of ground fishing. tom the industry is heavily 2000 the quotas have reduced the number of ground fishermen in New Hampshire from about 100 to just about 9 people and as of march 1, the National MarineFisheries Service is making them pick up the 600 tab for a sea machine for. p as i like to tell people, imagine that when you go to work this the morning you had to pay 600 for your own private state trooper to ride along with you on 95 to make sure you dont go 66 miles per hour, and thats essentially when all this is. tom a judge recently denied a request to stop the action, but a motion has been filed in response. meantime New Hampshires governor and the delegation continue to fight on behalf of our fishermen. wet and soggy out there tonight. mike in parts of the state right now just cold enough for a little icing to continue. were talking about big changes jennifer warm temperatures originally postponed the rotary ice fishing derby, but organizers say it us a go for this weekend. tom thats where we find meteorologist Hayley Lapoint for this weeks weather wednesday. haley, how are they preparing for the big derby up there . hayley good evening, theyre tonight, because it is absolutely pouring. but were outside, they have actually got the rack set up behind me ready for the boards, friday. im joined by ted, hes from the rotary club here in meredith. and can you tell us a little about the preparation and whats been going in to prepare the ice. p we hope the ice will be here safe. but we start preparing really as soon as the derby is over we start preparing for next year. theres a lot to be done between closing out the current derby and getting ready for next year. hayley what are you hoping for this year . p this year we just hope for a good turnout, they hope that everybody is cautious, know their surroundings and take care of themselves. hayley we want to show you a few tips for when youre going out on the ice, because of how mild it will be tomorrow and certainly with this rain on top you want to definitely pay they say that about 6 inches of ice is the best amount for at least foot traffic. you need more than that for say an ice shack or to bring any type of vehicle like a snowmobile out there. and they also say if you do happen to fall into the ice not to panic, of course, to go over to where the ice is still solid and give it a big bear hug and then try to use your legs to kick you out. those are the tips that theyre providing tonight. thank you, ted, for your time and we wish you luck for the big ice derby this weekend. live in meredith. mike all right, get dry. its amazing to see the rain out there. unfortunately in some cases its actually freezing on contact, so buildup. none at the coast today, we did see light snow and sleet in the rain. now we have some fog and the rain falling at various intensities, varying intensities, i should say. pink popping up around the Mount Washington valley, great north woods, parts of the lakes region and the newport area, those areas have seen at least a quarter inch of ice. so with more rain building through over the next few hours before temperatures jump overnight, we could see additional ice buildup and scattered power outages. just be aware of that. steady rain lifting into the lakes region as we just saw from that live shot, but it is tapering off a little bit in parts of southern New Hampshire. but to our south and west the scattered showers that are picking up at times really give way to heavier downpours through portions of the mid atlantic region. this line, even though it will weaken just a built later on tonight and during the overnight as it swings on through, that will be moving through during the overnight stretch with gusty win and a big temperature climb during the overnight. so heavy band of rain lifting to the north in the next few hours, a little break. through midnight, then scattered downpours and thunderstorms cannot be ruled out anywhere in the state during the overnight stretch. but its all out of here by Early Morning and the winds turn around to the south and southwest. by later in the afternoon they turn around to the west beginning to cool us down, scattered showers in the afternoon. and then believe it or not it cools down quickly tomorrow night for snow showers in parts of northern and western New Hampshire. in terms of rain tallies, anywhere from an inch to inch and a half statewide and unfortunately that means some ice buildup again in parts of hampshire. so watch out for possibility of scattered outages. notice temperatures, not going to fall tonight, theyre up. how warm does it get . were heading for the 40s and lower, even mid 50s during the overnight stretch. you wake up to springlike weather across New Hampshire and then tomorrow it cools late in the day. rain showers scattered about in the afternoon especially western northern, then snow showers take over tomorrow night, early friday as it cools down and then were dry for most of the weekend in southern and central New Hampshire. a few flurries up north late saturday interest early sunday. monday not that bad, relatively mild, couple snow or mixed showers far north. tonight. jamie bruins and monarchs both play tonight, were going to red sox camp and dartmouth big green will check in on their hockey jamie in case you missed it last night, a great finish to an incredible game. the snhu penn men, came down to the end of double joseph time. the penn men win 7068 in two overtimes. snhu will host aic on friday night. st. As will host st. Rose on sunday afternoon. penguins and browns on the ice tonight in boston. a win has extra value tonight. the bs wont have to deal with star Pittsburgh Center malkin who is out with with an injury. monarchs skate against the game time 7 00. and now we head to south florida for the First Official full squad workout by the boston red sox. the team is together now and will stay that way until the last day of the season. john henry was there as well and talked about his wanting the team to win the a. L. East division in year and the key to getting that done. p the team has got to go out and play and produce, and its very important to get off to a good start because we have one goal and that is to win the division. and thats not an easy thing to do, especially if you, what is it, like 16 of the first 19 games against the American League east, cant afford to get into a hole at the beginning of the season. p dartmouth hockey practice, they have two road games left to finish their regular season and they have a lot to play for. st. Lawrence in fourth place. the top four teams get a buy in the fours round and dartmouth plays at st. Lawrence friday and clarkson saturday. p its a great time for us, its a fun time to be playing hockey with meaningful games coming up, and thats what we like this time of year. now its just a chance to go up and play the best hockey we can. p final weeks always the best week even after playoffs, gives the guys a chance to build momentum going in. p tonight at 11 00 well have highlight as u. N. H. Plays at vermont in mens basketball, two games to go in the regular season, theyre heating up at the right time, nine wins in their last eleven games. they will host a conference tournament game one week from tonight no matter how these last two games go. tom thank you. right now on wmur. Com, social media play is a big role in every day life. find out the 10 ways facebook has changed how we take. countrys oldest quadruplets, p breaking news tonight. Pwere on the scene of a deadly ptornado outbreak. Pseveral states, homes destroyed. 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