Transcripts For WMUR News 9 This Morning 20161001

Overnight. Hanover officials telling it started around midnight in morton hall on east wheelock and quickly grew. Reported seeing fire on the roof of the fourth floor. They upgraded to a first alarm which gets us automatically a response from lebanon, remember nt students were evacuating. When the building is on fire and two of the floors are almost visibility with smoke, kids are getting out. Amy the cause is unknown. 71 students live in the billed ago and temporary housing is available. Its the 1st of october, im amy coveno. Morning. Lets get right over to meteorologist josh judge with a look at the forecast, hi there, yes, its a wet start for many of us this morning, wow, how about that green . Havent seen much of that this year over the state on the radar, so nice to see that. You can see the darker green and yellows and some seeing higher areas than others. Some are seeing 3 10 of an inch or so of rain farther east. We expect the showers to continue off and on through the day today as theres more rain and instability to our south. So far, the amounts are light. You can see some of the areas of western New Hampshire higher. Half an inch in jaffery. Lesser amounts to the east and thats the place with the chance for the best showers today. 50s and lower 40s right now, upper 40s and headed to the lower and mid 50s. Its going to be a cool, raw, at weekend and upcoming week into your forecast coming up. According to a report released by the Attorney Generals Office, not only did former state representative kyle tasker use marijuana at the state house, but it also says he sold it to fellow lawmakers. Wmurs mike cronin has more on explaining allegations made in that report. Tasker has pled not guilty to several felony charges. This report says no further criminal will be made against the lawmakers named. Five elected leaders are named in the attorney generals report, but says none will face charges because the evidence is insufficient to prosecute them. In march, kyle tasker was a arrested for online solicitation of a minor and and that evidence found at his home showed that he concerned about it. I think it is deeply concerning that any elected official would engage in this kind of behavior and i think that voters should hold them accountable. Pamela tucker of greenland the former Deputy Speaker of the house bought marijuana once and an elecixir on another occasion and Joseph Lachance reportedly times to treat his ptsd and brought friends to dot same. The report says Amanda Bolden, also of manchester used pot with tasker in his car and recalled a conversation about a big drug purchase he made in lancaster, that sanborntonville representative bought marijuana to help his wifes battle with breast cancer. And kellogg was named, but died the House Speaker and governor are confidence theyll have their say in november. All elected officials in New Hampshire take an oath of office and this is a very serious transgression. Im deeply concerned about it and hope theyll take it seriously. Amanda bolden says in part, amanda did not buy drugs were tasker, in fact, never inquired about buying drugs from tasker, not once. The other lawmakers did not response to our request for is legal in New Hampshire as long as its obtained through a dispensary. Mike cronin, news 9. Amy a member of the u. S. Coast guard is recovering after he was hit by a van. Durham police say a driver hit 22yearold Richard Davies after 4 00 on friday morning. Officers say that davies was in the westbound lane of arthur grant circle. Hes currently at the portsmouth ship yard. An investigation is underway to are connected. The fires were a few miles apart a few days in a row. The end of one of the piers at prescott park. Monday fire crews put out a fire in some Railroad Ties behind mcdonough street. A neighbor reported flames coming from a trash bin of scrap wood on jones avenue. As you can see, out of the tree, it could have taken the house and things escalate a is. We want to make sure we havent vetted this out and we dont have an issue with the city. Anyone with surveillance cameras in those areas are asked to check them and report anything suspicious. Turning now to New Hampshires drug crisis. Today, a new Recovery Center will open up in rochester. Rochester Community Recovery they can walk into the Police Department or the frisbee emergency room any hour and get a certified counsellor. Somebody presents to the rochester p. D. At 2 00 in the morning, southeastern New Hampshire ser services are going to send us a certified coach to help. Were going all out. Were not cutting corner. And Prevention Program with third, sixth and ninth graders. A warning for residents of newton this morning. Newton police are reporting a couple of bear sightings. Investigators say that bears are not uncommon for the newton area. Official and game Officials Say any bird feeders need to be taken down and your trash is out of reach. More than a thousand motorcyclists will take part in it begins at 11 00 this morning, at seacoast harvey davidson. And a star of the morning buzz, rock 101 on iheart radio, he passed away a year ago from a heart condition, but not before five of his organs were donated to save lives. Immediately after andy passed away last year. I knew that this is what we wanted to do. This was the perfect way to honor his legacy of Organ Donation. We teamed up wh and our goal is to raise as much money for the organizations as we can and to get as many people to be organ donors. Even if you dont ride, you can show up at seacoast Harley Davidson after the ride and register to be an organ donor on the spot. A key piece of evidence discovered from the massive train crash in new jersey. Tracking a massive storm in the atlantic. Kelly you know me. Not from thousands of false, negative ads but as your first female attorney general appointed by republican and democratic governors. As your senator, im fighting for equal pay and against workplace discrimination, to expand access to birth control, strengthen and preserve medicare, and i reached across the aisle to protect access to mammograms. The false, negative ads, im still the kelly ayotte you know i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. I would bomb the [bleep] out of em. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. Get him out of here get him out of here get the hell out of here priorities usa action is responsible good morning, welcome back. Theres those havent seen this a whole lot this year. Nice to see some rain falling this morning, and it continues to fall at times through the day today. Weve got your forecast for not only today, but the entire weekend and week ahead coming up in just a couple of minutes. Another night of protests in el cajon, california after video was released in the Deadly Police shooting of an unarmed black man. The video depicts the final moments before an officer fired the fatal shots that killed and pointed a weapon that later turned out to be a vape smoking device at them. Federal investigators are gathering evidence from the home of a man charged with last months bombings in new york and new jersey. And agents visited the elizabeth, new jersey home of Ahmad Khan Rahami late last night. The september 17th blasts come two years after the fbi initially looked into rahami terrorism. The bombs injured 31 people. A key piece of evidence was found in the train crash . Judge. Despite significant damage one recorder was provided from the back of the train. It could provide information from the speed of the tan at the crash. It slammed into a bumper block and went airborne before hitting hundreds injured. Hurricane matthew, it grew to a category 5 and weakened back to a category 4 with 155 mile per hour winds. Matthew is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through early next week when its on track to approach jamaica and other caribbean islands after tracking over the bahamas. Its not known whether it impacts the u. S. East coast or stays out to sea. I on that, mr. Judge . Ill tell you the forecast track and possibilities coming up in just a couple of minutes. Its really interesting, as is the rain this morning. Amy we need it, right . Three cheers for moisture. Who knew. A new player took the field and 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 st of our students graduate debt free. Cutting student debt should be our goal for all state colleges to create good jobs, and keep our young families here. Theres a reason 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 im Maggie Hassan now, meteorologistos with your storm watch 9 forecast. Good saturday morning, we really need the rain, its unfortunate that its on a saturday. If that has caused maybe some problems for you with your plans today. But here is what were dealing with. The visibility lower in some locations as you can see here. Here is manchester with some fog downtown and thats keeping the visibility low and thats the case in many spots, but not everywhere around the granite state. In terms of rainfall amounts through midnight last night, bit. Midnight through the current time, we saw a little bit more. Still not a whole lot, but half an inch in jaffray and places in southwestern New Hampshire have seen about three 10th of an inch and up to 2 10. Look what rolled through central New Hampshire a short bit our shortterm computer models are generated throughout the day today. Look for them general time and when its not raining it will likely be cloudy, maybe some fog or drizzle or mist, you get the idea, so, a cool, raw type of day out there with occasional showers. The showers this morning, tapers during the mid day, more showers afternoon. Widening the view, this spinning system, thats the culprit or the hero in this case, perhaps. Spinning system with the showers rotating around it and it scoops up moisture and brings it up toward us, and thats why were seeing those bouts about occasional muchneeded showers. Now, to matthew, a major hurricane right now. Overnight, it briefly strengthens to a category 5 weakened back to a 4. This is for a few hours, its very typical for storms like this. And look how far south it is, its down in south america, its about to make a big turn as we go through the day today. It starts to turn first to the northwest and then eventually over the weekend, and early next week, toward, more toward the north and it stays a major storm, category 2, 3 or 4, of florida. From this point on, all of the computer models look at this. From this point on, look at what the spread is. All of a sudden, it could go anywhere, many computer models bring it over us and others keep it out to sea so theres no telling exactly where it will go once it against to that point, well have to watch and see. The upper level storm center will rotate showers toward us. Lock at is well. We need the rain if you have outdoor plans, you may want to consider them making them indoors or duck in between the showers. Theres a look at the highs. 50 to 55 and a couple of degrees warmer, more clouds and drier and still a passer shower or two at anytime. Amy when are we getting into the leafpeeping . Around. Its starting to push this way. Amy it was a special night for a special boy. Max is fighting leukemia so courageously. He was invited to join the Football Team for the night. Josh wmurs jean mackin has the st story. Jean mighty max mendez number 26 led the merrimack team on the field, an honorary member. Watch out,e coming through. Jean the head coach thrilled with him. Theyve taken him. Jean max is a force to reckon with on and off the field, hes battling lieu keem lukemia. Max has been through a tremendous amount in the past few months, to have everybody aware of Childhood Cancer awareness is amazing. Max helped with the coin toss center field, poised for team pictures and rallied his teammates as they took the f field. Come on, make it happy. Look at this its very overwhelming, merrimack took us in as family and it was just overwhelming. Were going to love it and take this night and just live it up. With priceless memories as souvenirs. In merrimack, news 9. Amy you could help maxs family at a fundraiser today at Reeds Ferry School in merrimack. Our own Kevin Skarupa will be at the raise a paddle for max auction this afternoon at 3 p. M. Coming up next, leftovers with a twist. Well show you how to make a simple potato casserole with ingredients you already have in the fridge. In our next half hour of news 9 this morning, we do bring you what we know now about the investigation. Love, love, love this weeks adoptapet. His name is rufus. A 10yearold bassett Hound Lab Mix at the spca in concord. He has never met a stranger or a cat he didnt love. Rufus is welltrained, lots of energy. Isnt he handsome . Smiling his head off there. For more about and the top job at the family resort. E 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 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. Why . Because ayotte opposes a womans right to choose. In her relentless 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 were in the news 9 kitchen this morning and were making a potato and ham casserole and id like to introduce you to the person responsible for this. I certainly did not make this. Thank you for being here. Thank you. This smells and looks amazing. Tell me how to make this . This is actually really, al potato salad and dont know what to do with it . You make it into a potato and ham casserole. Take up your potato salad and mix it with ham and chunks of cheese whatever in your refrigerator. And make some white sauce and stick it in the oven. That simple. Thats easy. It is easy. Down on the table in just about an hour or left. Its so healthy and no excuses. Its made from local food. Its excellent. And deerfield. You have a presence there. Yes, we do. We have some of our highland cattle there. Were there until sunday and wonderful animals from the farm. Our 4h highland riders are there and people can go over and see them and get to talk with folks about the highland cattle that are there. Ws people . It really does, people can get up close and personal with the cattle, and talk to them, ask a lot of questions. Were not really, other than showing, we have time. We can talk to people and get, answer their questions and were not running around, having to do anything like that, or off to another which we do this time of year. In addition to the fair, you also have a farm day coming up. Yes, annual farm day, a big october 9th, 10 a. M. , 10 to 3. Well have cow riding and hay riding and vendors and our store is going to be open, people can shop and serving lunch. People can buy a nice local burger with some corn and some lemonade and cider, whatever they went for a drunk, a fun day for the family. How many years have you been doing that . Nine years, its our ninth farm day. Its important for you on the farm . It is and we want people to see what we do and how we raise our animals. I think while were on this topic. I think its very important to always talk about buying local and eating local. Absolutely. Thats something you preach, right . Everything in our farm store is local. 200 miles or less, from the usda. Ours is a lot less than 200 miles. Its important for local. Because if the average american it would put 235 Million Dollars back into that community. Wow. Thats some of the statistics. We had an intern who has been working with us all summer putting info graphics together and well have those on display, thats what she found and i was astonished. I knew it made a difference, but thats a great way to support our local community. We wish you luck at the deerfield fair. Thank you. Theresa, thank you so much a realness with us, youre not going to get that with every band. No one covers New Hampshire like we do, now, wmur news 9 this morning. Amy good morning, its 6 30. Im amy coveno. We begin with a live look and its still dark. Here is a look at the top stories on the half hour. Scene of a fouralarm fire at Dartmouth College. The flames broke out. Family and friends gathered last night to remember a man killed by police in claremont. And the officer has been taken off line duty as the ags office continues the investigation. A man is on a high speed chase. Michael all disobeying a police officer. Lets go over to josh judge, lots of rain over lots of the state, right, josh. Josh its such a nice thing to see them over periods of the fall. We need the rain, good to see it. Not the amounts we need, but at least its been all night long and off and on through the day today which allows the small amounts that we do get to sink in and get absorbed by the ground, which is good news. Even northern New Hampshire getting a few passing hours, anyway. More in southern and central New Hampshire. As we go through the day today. Plenty more of the showers will generate. If youre in western New Hampshire, the smallest amount. Eastern New Hampshire the highest amount of showers. Overnight into this morning, weve seen anywhere from half an inch to just a few hundredths of a a raw, chilly day out there with lots of clouds and scattered showers through the day, too. We talk about the rest of the weekend and into the upcoming week in your forecast, a few minutes away. Were continuing to follow breaking news this morning. Crews remain on the scene of the fire in a dormitory. Telling news 9 the fire broke out around midnight and started on the fourth floor in a stairway. The cause, however, is still part of the east wheelock residential community, about 71 stu students. And theyve been relocated for the evening and most are staying with friends and some are in other rooms. Amy as you heard there. Everyone didnt make it out safely. Crew departments away from claremont and vermont and the scene remains active at this hour. Were following this closely and bring you knew information as soon as it comes into our news remembering the life of a claremont man after a shooting. Theyre trying to determine if the shooting was justified. Cherise leclerc are remembering how theyre remembered cody la font. The roar of engines, cory la wheel. What everyone has done for him the race car drivers and families. His friday nights were at the speedway, the first friday since hes been gone. This is where his heart is right here. Its hurt, but thats what hed want, he loved that car. Family and friends were decked out in the number 24, his favorite. This tightknit racing Community Still i the Attorney Generals Office released the identity of the officer who shot la font three times following an altercation. Ian kibby has been taken off line duty. Loved ones hope for more answers soon, friday night was all about the way that la font lived. Night. Cherise leclerc, wmur news 9. Amy Officials Say a womans home was destroyed on mayhew turnpike. The action team says she now has a safe place to sleep, food, clothing and other essentials. A massachusetts man is facing charges after he led Law Enforcement on a high speed chase through the granite state. It started on interstate 93 in thornton after 68yearold Michael Allen failed to stop for authorities. He continued northbound driving at speeds of over 100 Miles Per Hour, according to officials. Officers deployed spike strips near exit 43 forcing the vehicle to stop. Allen was charged with reckless and investigators have searched the home of a mother who disappeared at sea with her son. Her son nathan was rescued after a week on a life raft near marthas vineyard. Investigators searched his vermont home earlier this week. We move on now to the race for the white house. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton going back and forth on twitter as both candidates stump in clinton in florida, trump in michigan. The campaigns releasing new ads, both featuring their opponents in their own words. You could put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. So you treat women with respect . I cant say that either. Amy meanwhile, both vicepresident ial candidates are preparing for tuesday nights debate. The debate will be in virginia. University in farmville at 9 p. M. Homeland security says its uncovered attempted hacks on u. S. Voter registration sites in more than a dozen states. The Department Says more than 20 states have been targeted by hackers in recent months. Last month, the fbi warned state officials to improve Election Security after hackers targeted systems in illinois and arizona. A new case of west nile virus has been confirmed in massachusetts. The latest case comes f this is the sixth confirmed case in massachusetts this year. Two weeks ago, a batch of mosquito in nashua tested positive for west nile virus. If youre looking to enjoy the fall colors this weekend, you may want to head up north where the leaves are already starting to turn. Fall foliage could be seen in several towns along the highway. The Scenic Railroad was buzzing with leaf peepers on friday. It provides three different to crawford notch. Thats where a lot of people are going to see a lot of foliage because were travelling from around 500 feet to over 2000 feet so theres a lot of difference in the topography and also the condition that the trees are in. Amy fall is the railroads busiest season. This morning, the old pedestrian Covered Bridge in bedford is in the new location. The way historic Covered Bridge was facing destruction as the bedford property was cleared for a plaza. So glad they rescued that. The friday night football, you can relive the action here. Highlights and scores coming up. Josh weve got chneeded rain on the maps. Well take a look at how long that lasts as we look at the rest of your weekend forecast. In New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan cut taxes for Small Businesses, protected education. Created jobs. In washington, whats kelly ayotte done . Voted to cut college grants, cut medicare. But kelly ayotte voted to protect tax breaks for millionaires and big oil. Thats what the Koch Brothers and big corporate interests wanted. Theyre spending millions supporting ayotte. Kelly ayottes not working for us. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. 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. Lets take the next step forward, now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. Josh well, good saturday morning and its a wet saturday morning in many parts of the state this morning. So much needed rain. Were not getting what we need, but at least its a start. Degrees. A cool start and guess what . Were only going to add a few degrees onto where we stand right now. Thanks to the showers and some fog, weve got lower visibility in many locations. These are miles of visibility. Two and a half mile visibility in the upper valley. Four miles visibility in manchester. And in terms of rainfall amounts, a couple hundredths of an inch through midnight. From midnight on, a little bit more. This is certa its a start and well see the rain fall at times and it could continue at times through the day today as well. So well keep that going, as long as we can here with the rain showers moving across the state right now, all over. Western New Hampshire, youre going to see youre largely done with most of the rain that stacks up in terms of amounts. You can see a few showers, and the focus is slowly moving eastward. So, gradually through the day, eastward. But you can still see scattered showers at anytime through the day today. And you can kind of see the back edge right here of that system thats transitioning from west to east and its all being pushed along by this. A big upper level spinning system to our west. Meanwhile, were watching a major hurricane well down into the south in the caribbean. It briefly category 5 and it doesnt happen often. Its back down to a category 4 and its expected to remain a major storm, a major storm means category 3 or higher. And thats expected for the next few days before it eventually moves over cuba and starts to lose some of its strength. And youve heard of these categories, plenty of times before. What do they mean . Well, category 1 storm as you can see here in the 70s, 80s than that, and it all has to do with the wind speed and also how much water and storm surge, it can push ashore. Once you get up to category 3, thats what we consider a major storm and category 4, thats when major damage occurs due to storm surge and the winds. Category 5, which it briefly was. Things start to disappear. Heck, even the flag could blow away at any moment, goes. This is a category 4 storm now and it was a 5 briefly overnight. Around here, were not looking for that right now, but well have to wait and see where that storm tracks. Theres a slight chance it comes here. Temperatures today into the 50 to 55 range with scattered showers. Tomorrow, a passing shower, but a lot drier and a couple of degrees warmer. Amy see people posting on facebook their first fire of the season. That cooloff is here, isnt it . Year. Amy thanks, josh. 6 45, an update on our top stories. Breaking news out of hanover this morning. Multiple Fire Departments are on the scene at Dartmouth College. A four alarm fire ignited in a dormitory, 71 students live in the morton hall dorm and everyone got out safely. Family and friends gathered to remember the man killed in a police shooting. The Attorney Generals Office, whether shooting last weekend. And fire officials are investigating whether a string of fires are connected. Now, jason king and news 9 sp sports. All right, as usual, this is your abbreviated version of the friday night football report. Week number five. Good names on the schedule, 31 merrimack hosted undefeated some room. But tyler comes up from the safety position and takes the big hit in the back field for the loss. First play from scrimmage for merrimack, and its to eichmann and he makes a tackle, miss turns it into a 46 yard gain that led to his own five yard touchdown run and merrimack led 70. He completed 28 passes for 468 yards and three touchdowns. Eichmann scored three times ande teams are 41 this season. Bedford put their perfect record on the line. Playing against the pinkerton astros. Its 216 in the start of the second half. Pinkerton tries the onsidekick and theyre there to recover for the astros. That drive didnt last long. Aiden is picked off by bedfords connor collins. Bedford keeps winning and they go on 3714 so theyre 50 on the year. Concord at londonderry. And jake stevens on the night. Timberlane, 295 yards and fouf touchdowns for the howls and Jeremiah Rivera had three rushing touchdowns and a receiving score from go they were playing at the stadium against the nashua south panthers. Purple panthers in purple. Early third quarter, a short touchdown run by miles johnson and south took a 276 lead. And they would go on to win, alvern and spaulding. Both teams looking for win number one on the year. The first offensive play for spaulding and its jonathan, breaks free and nobody is going to catch him. 70 yards for the red raiders, touchdown made it 60, the pat was blocked. Alvern responds. Mason miller a huge play, picks up 45 yards deep into touchdown. Mason miller ran for a touchdown, threw for another. Portsmouth at exeter, 2114. Undefeated interlakes molenboro at undefeated monadnock. The huskies had not allowed a single point through the first games. Yard run. Interlakes looking to answer. Brothers is going to rip off a 39yard run. Hed be taken down to the twoyard line. The first points allowed by the huskies. With the huskies, they go on to win, 2712 the final last night. Newport at fall mountain. The tigers win big, 488. And unbeaten in division three. Theyre hosting kearsarge at barns park. Cougars in white. And running back bryce bowen. And theres a catch in and the touchdown. The parker smith makes the catch and goes through the end zone. And bourke with two touchdown passes for smith and steens, they win, 4432. Threw for over 400 yards and touchdowns and two went to Noah Armstrong and the blue devils win big, 6014. In division two. Big win for the raiders at home. 2720. Both teams now 32 in the north conference. Milford and souhegan, zack king threw a pair of touchdown pass toss ryan cameron. . 31, they played at night against the trinity pioneers. Third quarter. Cougars up. Trinity cuts into the lead and theres a touchdown run and finding isaac bacon, who makes at that great grab for 25 yards. A few place later. Hell dump it off to danny parker, and he scored. Parker also had two interceptions and returned one the indian and sanborn wins a close one 76. Kingswood and bow, bow wins 307. Weston pembroke looking for the first win. Spartans get it. Hannah had two rushing touchdowns for pembroke. Six games on the stel today. Which are also Collection Sites for New Hampshire tackles hunger. More are on the Collection Sites. The teams are windham, brady, and hillsboro and if youre going to one of the games, youre encouraged to bring cash or food donation. Reminder, you can watch your friday night football reports in their entirety on our website, wmur. Com fnf and also follow us on twitter, use the hash tag fnfwmur. Good luck to the students taking its a sure sign of fall in the granite during vietnam i served 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. Means a lot to me. And i want to say, thank you, annie. New hampshire, of course, famous for fall foliage. A growing part of the color show for tourists are the scarecrow and pumpkin people greeting visitors. This mornings escape closer look at the creative tradition. At least 10 New Hampshire communities have made the colorful characters an autumn tradition. Setting up in front of businesses and churches and civic clubs and homes. The idea began more than 30 years ago as a Community Building event and fundraiser. Towns like jackson and plainfield were among the first. October 1st is the start date for many displays. But jaffray has a october 8th. Make your own scarecrow. Team jaffery will provide the clothes and decorations for your scarecrow. Last weeks event, crowds with more than 300 scarecrows. Go to the escape outside section of wmur. Com. Paula tracy, news 9. Youre saying they do this in your town . I think its creative and fun to see the way that people decorate them. I havent seen them myself yet. You know. Youre looking for a josh judge scarecrow . I think so. Come on. Ok, thats a challenge. Other people like zombies chasing me because everybody chases the weather guy. Here is a look at the rain showers at times around today. Scattered showers are possible through the day today. Really, at any time and school, raw feel, too. 50 to 55 degrees, drier tomorrow chance. Our director rick reminds me there has been a ray brewer scarecrow, just putting it out there. The news continues at the top of the hour, todays top stories next. Were continuing to track that developing situation in hanover. A four alarm fire at a Dartmouth College dormitory. What firefighters are scene are saying about the investigation. Rallying behind one of their own. How a local high school helped a in New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan cut taxes for Small Businesses, protected education. Created jobs. In washington, whats kelly ayotte done . Voted to cut college grants, cut medicare. But kelly ayotte voted to protect tax breaks for millionaires and big oil. And big corporate interests wanted. Theyre spending millions supporting ayotte. Kelly ayottes not working for us. Breaking overnight. A four alarm fire breaks out at Dartmouth College. What weve learned about this developing situation. Plus a new report now says a former state rep accused of selling drugs sold to other lawmakers. Why the attorney general is not pressing charges. Morning. A look how long its expected to stick around. And more questions as loved ones gathered to remember a man killed in an officerinvolved shooting. The new details in this investigation. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 this morning. We begin this 7 00 hour with breaking news. A fouralarm fire ignited in a Dartmouth College dormitory hanover fire officials telling news 9 the fire started at midnight in norman hall in east wheelock street and quickly crew. Reported seeing fire on the roof of the fourth floor. They upgraded to a first alarm, which gets us automatically a response from lebanon, New Hampshire and hartford, vermont. Upon arrival all crews are working. The students really were the upper floors are almost zero visibility with smoke, the kids are getting out. Amy the cause is still unknown. Were told 71 students live in the building. Temporary housing is available for impacted students. Were following this developing story and we will bring you n information as soon as we get it. Good morning, everybody, its 7 00 on the 1st of october. Im amy coveno. Parts of the granite state, lets head to the Weather Center josh absolutely. Its october 1st, therefore, since were getting rain right away. We are for the first time in a long time not below average for rainfall for this month. Which just began. All right, here is a look at the rain as weve seen the scattered showers roll across the state. Its been anywhere from a couple hundredths of an inch to as much as half an inch to western New Hampshire. I think the heaviest rain for you is almost done as the access day today. Scattered showers possible at anytime, but i think it will be drier this afternoon at times with lulls in the action. You can see whats going on with rain showers all over the northeast. And the amounts that weve seen since midnight are quite varied, all over the state. Upper 40s and lower 50s right now and only headed for 50 to 55, most spots. Maybe a couple of degrees warmer than that. In the north country, another look at the rest of your weekend and could Hurricane Matthew affect us here . The tra according to a report released by the Attorney Generals Office, not only did former state representative kyle tasker use marijuana at the state house, but it also says he sold it to fellow lawmakers. Wmurs mike cronin joins us to explain the allegations made in that report. Tasker has pled not guilty to several felony charges. This report says no further lawmakers named. Five elected leaders are named in the attorney generals report, but it says none will face charges because the evidence is insufficient to prosecute them. In march, kyle tasker was arrested for online st. Louistation of a miner and potential with intent to distribute controlled drugs. Wmur first reported that evidence found at his home, showed he had sold drugs to other members of the house. Im just really, really co i think it is deeply concerning that any elected official would engage in in kind of behavior and i think the voters should hold them accountable. The Attorney Generals Office says Pamela Tucker of greenland, the former Deputy Speaker of the house, bought marijuana once and marijuana elixir on another occasion. The report says she told investigators they were for medicinal reasons. Joseph lachance allegedly brought marijuana from tasker same. The report says Amanda Bolden, also of manchester, used pot with tasker in his car and recalled the conversation about a big drug purchase he made in legislature. Investigators say sanbornville representative ted wright bought marijuana to help with his wifes battle with breast cancer. And plaistow representative was named, but he died of cancer in june and never interviewed. The housepe are confident they will have their say. All the officials take an oath of office and this is a very serious transgression and im very deeply concerned about it and i hope the voters will take this very seriously. The lawyer for state representative amanda golden says in part, amanda did not buy drugs from tasker. In fact, she never inquired about buying drugs from tasker, not once. The other lawmakers didnt respond to our request for comment. Obtained through a dispensary. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Amy a member of the u. S. Coast guard is recovering after he was hit by a van. Durham police say a driver hit 22yearold Richard Davies just after 4 00 on friday morning. Investigators say davies was standing in the westbound lane of the circle when he was struck. Davies is currently stationed the a the Portsmouth Naval ship yard. An investigation is underway to see connected. They were miles apart, three days in a row. The most recent the end of a pier at prescott park. And monday firefighters put out a fire in Railroad Ties on mcdonough. And the first was when there was a fire in scrap wood on jones avenue. As you can see just out of the tree, could have taken out the house and escalated as dry as it is. Its ridiculous. Sure theyre vetted out and that we dont have an issue with the city. Amy anyone with surveillance cameras are asked to check them and report anything suspicious. We turn now to New Hampshires drug crisis. A new Recovery Center will open in rochester. Rochester community Recovery Center, people wanting to tacken the substance hour of any day, get connected with a certified counsellor from southeastern New Hampshire services. So, somebody presents to the rochester p. D. At 2 00 in the morning, southeastern New Hampshire services are going to send us a certified coach to help them through their trouble. We are going allout with this. We are not cutting corners. The rochester Police Department is also launching a program with third, sixth and ninth graders. Happening today, more than a thousand motorcyclists will take a ride to honor the memory of andy blacksmith. The ride for life begins at 11 30 this morning and beginning with the seacoast. Andy was on iheart radio, he died a year ago from a heart condition, but not before five of his organs were donated to save other away last year, i knew that this is what we wanted to do. This was the perfect way to honor his memory and his legacy of Organ Donation and we team up with a bank in new england. And our goal is to raise as much for those organizations as we can and to get as many people to be organ donors. Even if you dont ride. You can show up at seacoast Harley Davidson, and register to be an organ donor right on the officers looking a little shaggy the next few weeks. The second beards for bucks fundraiser, kicks off today. Facial hair is against apartment policy in manchester so officers pay 35 to participate and recruit sponsors. All the money goes to the Child Advocacy center of hillsboro county, which helps young crime victims. We ask that they kind of educate the public, when the public asks. How come you have a beard or a goatee. You know, they that were raising money for the Child Advocacy center, and let them know what they have done and donate as well. 30 other departments across the state are also participating. Coming up on news news this morning, a key piece of evidence discovered from the wreckage of the massive train crash in new 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, 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. Lets take the next step forward, welcome back. Its a wet i93, as you can see from your windham in the rain a whole lot this past summer and early fall, but here we are this morning, and talk about how long the rain sticks around in a couple of minutes. Amy another night of protests in el cajon after video was released in the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man. The video depicts the final moments before the officer filed olongo. And what caused a commuter train to crash in new jersey this week. Despite significant damage, one recorder was retrieved from the back of the train. This could provide information about the speed of the train at the time of the crash. Packed with passenger, the train slammed into a bumper block and went airborne before hitting the concourse on thursday morning. One woman was killed more than Hurricane Matthew continues to be a major hurricane in the caribbean this morning. The storm grew to a category five hurricane and weakened slightly this morning, back to a category 4 with 155 mile per hour winds. And matthew is expect today remain a powerful hurricane through into early next week. And when its on track to approach jamaica and other caribbean islands after tracking over the bahamas. Its not known whether it impacts the u. S. East coast or i mean, i just the caribbean, its not going to get to jamaica until next week . Jamaica, yeah, right around monday. Sunday night into monday, it will be making the turn. Ill show you the track coming up actually on the other side of the break, how about that. Amy ill Pay Attention is what hes saying. Josh will be right back with his forecast. Then, a new player took the field for merrimack high school, whats for dinner tonight . Wegmans ez meals. [mmmm] we made it for you. Like this favorite. Scallops with garlic pesto sauce made fresh every day. Its ready to cook. Just pop it in the oven put it on your plate. No prep. No cleanup. Delicious, fresh, easy. Wegmans ez meals. Now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. On a saturday morning, its a wet start to our day. Havent seen that happen a whole lot lately so we will take it in and enjoy it out there. The visibility is on the lower side this morning, thanks to extra low clouds, fog, and a little bit of rain as well. So, take it easy out there on the roads. Were not used to driving with wet roads and a few puddles here and there, as well as this the lower visibility. Here is your now. Notice those lines moving across the screen. That is the wind direction, and its out of the northeast, bringing down the cooler air and because of that, we continue to see the cooler weather today cool, raw type of feel out there. Temperatures today are not going to max out much higher than where they are right now. And maybe we add another 3 to 5 a cool day for the entire day. So far the high in concord has been 53. Nowhere near the average of 66 and look at that, the record is 87 degrees from way back in 1922. Obviously, were not coming anywhere near that, but you see the other end of the scale here, it can get down into the 20s this time of year and we wont be doing that either. Here is a look at Doppler Radar. You can see the rain showers have been off and o that way through the day and gradually shifting eastward a little bit. Western New Hampshire, you had some decent downpours overnight. As we go through the day. There will be times of lulls and then you can see a shower pop up at anytime through the day and well take all the rain we can, and the nice thing is, since its lasted all night and off and on through the day today. Even though these arent huge rainfall amounts, at least its now to the caribbean. We were just talking about this, here is major Hurricane Matthew. It was briefly a hurricane five, weakened this morning back to hurricane four north of aruba and south american and making that turn and headed up to jamaica, hispanola and cuba and perhaps do some big time damage as it moves across the islands and right over the bahamas. All of our computer pretty much agree on that. And what they dont agree on after that. A lot and some keep it out to sea and some of it move it over us. Obviously, we need to Pay Attention to what happens. The next few days is the upper low that spins and smalls eastward and that continues to bring the chance of showers off and on right through the day today. As you see here, really, there could be lulls and more showers through the day into the shower or two tomorrow and the same thing can be said about monday. So highs 50 to 55 for today. Tomorrow, a couple of degrees higher, but not much. Its still another cool day, but cloudy and just a passing shower or drizzle tomorrow. Same with monday before tuesday starts to bring clearing skies and the middle of the week looks nice. Any impact from matthew if it does come here will be nex weekend at some point. Taking a while to travel. Yeah, its slow movi in their forward speed. Amy thanks, josh. A special night for a special boy in merrimack. Max is fighting lukemia so courageously, he was insighted to the Football Team for night. Josh jean mackin has his story. Mighty max mendez, number 26, led the merrimack tomahawks onto watch out, weve got a captain coming through here. The head catch thrilled with the recruit. The kids adropted him as one of their brothers, its cool. Sevenyearold max is a force to reckon with, on and off the field. His family says hes battling lieu teama like a super hero, so inspiring, he was invited to lead the team as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month wraps up. Max has been through a everybody come out and support him and be aware of Childhood Cancer awareness is amazing. Max helped with the coin toss center field, poised for team pictures and rallied his teammates as they took the field. Everybody, come on, good luck. Got your bracelet on, buddy. Look at this. Its very overwhelming, merrimack took us in as family and it was just overwhelming. Were going to love it and take this night and just live it up. In merrimack, jean mackin, wmur, news 9. You can help maxs family at a fundraiser today at Reeds Ferry School, and meteorologist Kevin Skarupa will be at the raise a paddle for max auction. It starts at 3 00 this afternoon. Coming up next on news 9 this morning, its no secret New Hampshire is in a drought and it can have longterm affects on your plants. How you can protect your trees and and we bring you coverage of the four alarm four at dartmouth. What we know now about this investigation. Love, love, love this weeks adoptapet, a bassset lab mix. Never met a stranger or a cat he didnt love. For information on him and other Chris Sununus family gave him a famous name and the top job at the family resort. But then things went, well, downhill. Over the years, chris cut jobs. Chris cut workers hours to deny them health insurance. 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. Everybody knows that goodwill helps people. But what not Everybody Knows is how. Basically, you give us the stuff youre not using. Vroom screech then, we use the money to educate and employ people. Because at goodwill we see potential everywhere welcome to todays grow it green. Im joined by Margaret Hagan from unh cooperative. And this demonstrates, this has been kind of a rough year. Shrubs and especially since towns have issued water bans. What do we need to do now in terms of this drought situation. I guess were down about 50 for the water year unh climatologists. Moving into october, your leaves will begin falling, but the root system goes for quite a white. If at all possible, you want to try and water your trees for a month after the leaves fall. This is showing signs of stress. Drought has longterm effect and this is a shortterm effect on the japanese maple. Youll get the wilting and also get shorter growth for the year and the leaves tend to turn color and drop earlier. If youre worried about your trees and shrubs, what you want to do, im going to put this up against the shirt. You want to go out and see they have new buds for the following youre in pretty good shape. You dont want to cut something down because you dont know if its going to come back. What about fertilizer in the fall. Do i want to do that . Know the this year, just an additional stressor on the tree. What you can do, if youre worried about your well or anything else, is to use things like weeping hoses, possibly on a timer, or this, and remember the roots g the leaf tips. You want to cover that space as much as possible. If we get rain and things are loosened up a little bit. Use a sprinkler and run it until you get an inch of water in the bottom of the can. Ok. Normally in television, when somebody leaves, theyre there one day and gone. This is not normal. Margaret hagan has been bringing us information for, i wont embarrass her by saying how many years, but a few. On behalf of the viewers, much for your information. Thank you very much for your friendship and taking me along and guiding me and hopefully a lot of people have learned something for you, and i do have something on behalf of your friends here at wmur. Oh. Thank you. Geez, im going to miss doing this, it was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun for us, too. Thats it for grow it green with Margaret Hagan, from the cooperative extension. Amy margaret to miss you so much and learned so much over the year. Friday was Margaret Hagan day in the state of New Hampshire. Do proclaim september 30th, 2016, as Margaret Hagan grow it green day. In the state of New Hampshire, and encourage all residents to recognize the numerous contributions Margaret Hagan has mated to the university of New Hampshire cooperative extension, education center, and the state of New Hampshire. The university of New Hampshire cooperative extension more than 29 years. Shes been a familiar face with quite a following here at wmur, with her segment called, of course, as we just saw it grow it green, its aired here at wmur for 16 years. We wish margaret all the best in her retirement and know that we will miss you so much, and thank you for information about good advice for our guardens. Be sure to stay with us. Including whats for dinner tonight . Wegmans ez meals. Dinners not just delicious, its done. [mmmm] we made it for you. Like this favorite. Scallops with garlic pesto sauce made fresh every day. Its ready to cook. Just pop it in the oven put it on your plate. No prep. No cleanup. Delicious, fresh, easy. Wegmans ez meals. 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. Why . Because ayotte opposes a womans right to choose. In her relentless 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. When i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. I dont want a president who makes fun of me. I want a president who inspires me, and thats not donald trump. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 this morning. Amy good morning, everybody. Its 7 30. We begin with a live look at the big lake in meredith. 52 degrees there and gray this morning. Here is a look at top stories on the half hour. Right now, fire crews are on the Dartmouth College. Fire broke out at wheelock street. No injuries reported. Family and friends remember had a man killed by a police officer. The officer has been taken off line pending investigation. A man accused of taking police on a high speed chase, Michael Allen is we need the rain. Will we see the sun at all this weekend, josh . Probably not much. Maybe a little bit to the north later today or tomorrow, a chance. Its going to be a pretty gray weekend for sure and cooling, cloudy, raw. 51 degrees right now in parts mouth and believe it or not, only add a couple more degrees to that temperature right there to the highs. It will be cool out there. We need the rain and some people wishing it didnt happen on the theres a look at showers rolling through the state all week long and slowly dropping a little bit more rain right now as well. Especially in parts of central New Hampshire as well as southeastern New Hampshire which needs it the most desperately and thats with are we could see more rain lasting a little bit longer today. Especially as the access of the rain moves from west to east. A look at some of the numbers since midnight. Some areas have seen as much as half an jaffray. Upper 40s and lower 50s. Currently topping off in the low and mid 50s. Where do we go from here. The weekend and weekend forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. We continue to track that breaking news out of dartmouth where crews remain on the scene of a four alarm fire at Dartmouth College. The fire started around midnight and the cause is unknown. Part of the east wheelock residential. And theyve been evacuated and theyve been relocated for the evening. And most are staying with friends and some are in other rooms. Everyone did make it out safely. Crews from departments as far away as claremont were fighting the fire. Were bring you updates as we get them. Family and friends are remembering the shooting. The Attorney Generals Office is trying to determine if that shooting was justified. Wmurs Cherise Leclerc has more on how loved ones are honoring cody la font. The roar of engines followed by a moment of silence. Cory la fonts tell tale mini cooper part of the race cars its overwhelming what everyone has done for him. The track owners the race car drivers and their families and their crews. La fonts friday nights were spent here at twin state speedway, the first friday since hes been gone. This is where his heart is right here. It hurts, but, thats what hed want. He loved takhar. Family and friends were decked out in the number 24, la fonts favorite. The night the Attorney Generals Office revealed the identity of the officer who shot lafont three times following a confrontation. Ian kibby has been taken out of line duty while the ag office investigators. He was the only officer on the scene when the shoe the were fired. While loved ones hope for more answers soon. Friday night was about the way that he lived. Friday night. Wmur news 9. Amy the red cross says its helping a bridge water woman displaced from fire. The house destroyed this house. And she now has a place to sleep, food, clothing and ten essentials. And a man allegedly led Law Enforcement on high speed chase through parts of New Hampshire yesterday. The chase started around 6 p. M. Thornton after 68yearold Michael Allen is accused of failing to stop for authorities. He continued northbound, driving at speeds over 100 Miles Per Hour. Officers deployed spike strips near exit 43, forcing the car to stop and allen was charged with reckless driving and disobeying a police officer. Now to that mystery at sea. Police searched the home of a trip with her son. Authorities were seen removing items from her connecticut home. Her son nathan was rescued after a week on a life raft near marthas vineyard. Authorities searched his vermont home earlier this week. We turn now to the race for the white house. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton going back and forth on twitter. As we both stumped in states, clinton in florida, trump in michigan. And they released new adsot words. You can put half of trumps supporters into what i call the basket much redeplorables. So you treat women with respect . I cant say that either. And both are preparing for tuesday nights debate. It will be in virginia senator kaines home turf. Its the first and only of the vicepresident ial election. And it kicks off in farmville at 9 00. Homeland Security Officials registration sites. More than 20 states have been targeted by hackers in recent months. Last month, theyve warned after targeted systems in illinois and arizona. A new case of west nile virus has been confirmed. Two weeks ago a batch of positive for west nile virus. A lab in maine is looking to create a faster zika test. It generates antibodies and just as though people create naturally. The company has looked at something evaluated by medical companies. The goal is to have a 20 minute test to confirm if someone has prototype test with our antibodies, they have to do at least a small field trial, if not a full Clinical Trial to develop the data that says, you know, these are working and working well. Amy if any of those companies decide to use viro stats, millions would begin production in maine. If youre looking to enjoy the fall colors this weekend. The leaves are starting to turn. Fall and the scenic highway was buzzing, and three different train rides around conway and up to crawford notch. Thats where a lot of people are going to see a lot of foliage because were travelling from around 500 feet to over 2000 feet. So theres a lot in the topography and also, the condition that the trees are in. Amy fall is the railroads busiest season. Youre looking for something fun to do with the family, we have a list of what to do. Whats happening, New Hampshire. David ortiz was the story for the red sox last night both with his bat and the way he was honored. Jason king will take us there. Thats next in sports. Josh and our weather story involves rain for the first time in a while. Much over the granite state. We take a look how long it lasts. If youll get in your weekend activities. Its 7 41. Chris sununus family gave him a famous name and the top job at the family resort. 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 now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. Josh lets get to it here and show you the temperatures, the rainfall amounts, the visibility. Stuff to talk about in terms of rainfall this morning, which we havent had a whole lot of this year. And your visibility, as i mentioned, is a little b in some spots thanks to some fog and rain falling in some locations. So, keep that in mind if youre out and about. And were not used to wet roadways so keep in mind there could be puddles out there, especially on the highways and take it easy out there this morning. Weve got temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s and guess what . Its not going to change a whole lot going through the day today. These temperatures will you see here are only going up maybe anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees were not going to have the warmest day. Its a cool, raw feel and that will be the case all day long as well. The wind out of the northeast and they are right now as well. Were not looking for strong gusty winds, really, just breezy conditions perhaps, at times. But its that cool wind that will keep it feeling chilly and sort of raw out there. You need to bundle up. The rain gear and also some of that fall gear to keep you warmer. Overnight. Even parts of New Hampshire up to a third to half inch of rainfall. Weve had lesser amounts here, because it took longer to start, but it will last longer in southeastern New Hampshire as well. A closer look right here at Doppler Radar showing some embedded heavier downpours through portsmouth there and pulling away and a couple more here, in the Merrimack Valley, salem eastward and parts of and theres more to our south here, which will be pushing through. So its southeastern New Hampshire that needs the rain, thats the core of the extreme drought and at least theres some more on the way for you there. This upper level spinning system continues to full eastward slowly and that will continue to deliver scattered showers chances the next couple of days. Today is the day with most of us. Here is matthew. We have to watch this closely. Its a category 4 stm, the trend here is for it to turn and start heading north over some of your favorite tropical islands. Including jamaica and perhaps somewhere around haiti. Cube yeah, bahamas, and then ber bermuda. And the models are here, agreeing, and then over here. Theyre overhead some computer for today around here, 50s most everywhere. Low and mid 50s for highs. Its going to be a cool, raw day with periods of rain at times. Social security, but there will be some breaks, especially later today through the mid day and afternoon hours, some breaks in the action at times. Tomorrow, a drier day, but still, the passing shower chance here and there. And the same with monday, we start to warm up this upcoming week. The middle part of the week looks actually pretty nice. Attic and get the coats down. Onwhere they are. Amy its the time. Its time. From chili to chowder, apple pies, and plenty to eat in the granite state. Here is a look at whats happening, New Hampshire. Bring a furry friend to merrimack for the wags to whiskers festival. Its a day jam packed with fun for your dog and family. All the proceeds benefit the its an attempt to break the world record for the most dogs brushing their teeth at the same time. It starts at 11 a. M. Admission is 10 per person with a family cap of 20. Head to downtown dover for apple harvest day. A five k road race kicks off at 8 30 a. M. The festival features 400 crafters, plenty of food and live entertainment. Walk for a cause this morning, in concord as the new england Epilepsy Foundation hosts its 8th annual walk for epilepsy. The threemile walk kicks 0 of at rollins park and 10 a. M. Head to derry for Delicious Food this morning as the 7th annual Salvation Army chili cookoff kicks off. Thats whats happening, im shelley walcott, wmur news 9. Now, jason king and news 9 sports. Hey, everyone, well start regular season at home this weekend with the toronto blue jays. Game one of the final three series at fenway and david ortiz being honored with the unveiling of this painting. A thousand of them will be auctioned off to the david ortiz childrens funds. And they hosted the blue jays and ortiz went right to work. A rib single and put the red sox in front 10. How about the final appearance for rick sixth inning, Jose Bautista and the jays took a lead. And this time he delivers bigger. A two run home run. 37th of the year, 127 rbis for him and sox win it 5 3. In and the red sox trail the rangers and lead the indians by a half game. Maryland county. Good night for the home town, 3zip. And winninghams pesci made four saves and five straight shutouts and our Hometown Hero scored one of the goals. This was the first time in seven years that unh beat unbc, wildcats are 71 this season. How about Ivy League College football. Home against penn. The big green still unbeaten on the open Christian Pierson for the 28yard touchdown. Late in the half, 283 for the second quarter, rather. Ryder stone takes it in for dartmouths first touchdown. 2810 at halftime. Dartmouth loses their ivy league opener, and they play at yale the next saturday. More games, homecoming against aic. And its homecoming in durham. Unh will host william and mary at 3 30. They have a lot of good backs. Theyre physical upfront. Were going to have to come out and play pretty hard this week. They look really good on film. Were going to have to come out and execute well. I think well have a pretty good game plan and just come out and execute. Some Good College Football games for you here on wmur. Today at noon time. Youve gotex number 8 wisconsin at number four michigan. The nightcap, louisville, taking on fifth ranked clemson on the road and good games for you here on channel 9 today. Looking for High School Football scores and highlights find them on our website, wmur. Com fnf. Thats sports. Thank you. Protecting journalists around and now, to our u local hot shot, a super special u local hot shot. Look at those newlyweds. That beautiful bride is our producer here on news 9 this morning on the weekends. Thats anna nolan. Shes now anna saboto. I got to attend that wedding. Her dog brought the rings down the aisle. It was a like she had an in with the meteorologist. Many happy years, anna and tony. Whats for dinner tonight . Wegmans ez meals. Dinners not just delicious, its done. [mmmm] we made it for you. To sauce made fresh every day. Its ready to cook. Just pop it in the oven put it on your plate. No prep. No cleanup. Delicious, fresh, easy. Wegmans ez meals. [alright] in New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan cut taxes for Small Businesses, protected education. Created jobs. In washington, whats kelly ayotte done . But kelly ayotte voted to protect tax breaks for millionaires and big oil. Thats what the Koch Brothers and big corporate interests wanted. Theyre spending millions supporting ayotte. Kelly ayottes not working for us. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Theres a reason cnbc named New Hampshire the most business friendly state in the nation Maggie Hassans approach to innovation and business development. Controlling spending. 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 and i approved this message. The life of International Journalist james foley remembered in a 5k run. Josh it will raise money for the james foley legacy foundation. Journalist james foley died in 2014. Since then his parents made it their mission to help protect other journalists. Something his mom diane says would make him proud. Nearly a thousand people crossed the finish line at the rochester fairgrounds in october of 2015. The first annual run to foley. Jim wanted to make a difference in his life. He really wanted to give voice to those who dont have a voice. In august, 2014, foley was murdered by isis in syria after being held hostage more than 600 days. I felt compelled to continue his legacy of wanting to make a difference. The run makes money for the james foley foundation, that works to protect hoss conflict journalists. Weve brought together the stake holders to keep journalism alive and well in the world. I truly believe that protects our democracy. And a chief is preparing for this years event. Weve sent shirts so far this year to london, paris, hong kong, iraq, all place weve sent shirts to as well as all over the country. While the run is based in rochester, people from all over run. Because jim had people who knew his story all offense the year they couldnt come to rochester. It will take place three days foleys birthday in rochester. Last year, 75,000 was raised. Weve got a difficult world out there and the freelancers and journalists are out there and its not getting safer. People can sign up for the 5k up the day of. Reporting in rochester, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. Amy the news continues at the top of the hour with todays top stories. And we continue with a developing situation out of hanover. A fire in a Dartmouth College dormitory. What firefighters are saying about the investigation. Rallying behind one of their own. How a local high school helped a young boy have the best day during vietnam i served 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 jobs so they can get back on track. That means a lot to me. And i want to say, thank you, annie. When i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition makes fun of me. I want a president who inspires me, and thats not donald trump. Breaking overnight. A four alarm fire breaks out at Dartmouth College. What weve learned about this developing situation. Plus, a new report now says a former state rep accused of selling drugs sold to other lawmakers. Why the attorney general is not pressing charges. Josh finally, some muchneeded rain into the granite state. Around. Remembering a man killed in an officer involved shooting. The new details in this investigation. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 this morning. We begin this hour with breaking news. A four alarm fire ignited in a Dartmouth College dormitory overnight. Hanover officials telling it started around midnight in morton hall and east wheelock street and quickly grew. Reported seeing fire on the roof of the fourth floor. They upgraded to a first alarm which gets us automatically a response from lebanon, New Hampshire and hartford, vermont, and upon arrival, all crews were working. The students really were evacuating and when the building is on fire and theres two of are getting out. The cause is still unclear, were told 71 students live in the building temporary housing was made available for those impacted students. Were following this developing story. We will bring you updates as soon as they come into our news room. With that, we wish you a good morning, New Hampshire. 8 00 on this sunday, the 1st of october already. Im amy coveno. The people seeing much needed rain and lets head over to the Weather Center and josh judge. Washout, . Theres certainly been much needed rain across almost all parts of New Hampshire tonight and this morning and you can see that the focus is beginning to shift farther east and that will be the case as western New Hampshire will see lesser amounts of rain, and there will be some breaks, too, especially as we head into the mid day hours and into this afternoon. More showers could pop up, but, there should be some breaks, at least, in the action. As i mentioned, its shifting toward the east so western new level storm system thats to our west. So, rainfall amounts, notice now western New Hampshire already you had a couple of higher amounts, head farther east and its lower and more rain to go. Temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s right now. Headed for the lower and mid 50s through the day, so, a cool, raw feel to our day today. Feeling a lot more like october out there and by the way, happy october 1st. Well talk about the rest of your weekend forecast c released by the Attorney Generals Office, not only did former state representative kyle tasker use marijuana at the state house. It says he sold it to fellow law makers. Mike cronin joins us to explain the allegations made in that report. Tasker has pled not guilty to several felony charges. This report says no further criminal charges will be brought against tasker, and no charges will be made against the lawmakers named. Report, but says none will face charges because the evidence is insufficient to prosecute them. In march, kyle tasker was arrested for online solicitation of a minor and possession with intent to control drugs. Wmur first reported found that evidence at the home and he sold to other members of the house. Im just really, really concerned about it. I think its deeply concerning that any elected official would and i think the voters should hold them accountable. The Attorney Generals Office says Pamela Tucker of greenland the former Deputy Speaker of the house bought marijuana once and a marijuana elixir on another occasion. She told investigators they were for medicinal reasons. Joseph lachance reportedly bought to treat ptsd and a number of his friends did the used marijuana in his car and a conversation about a big drug purchase he made in lancaster. They say sanbornton representative bought it for his wife who had breast cancer. And kellogg died and never was interviewed. Theyll have their stay in november. All elected officials in New Hampshire take an oh and this is a very serious transgression and im very deeply concerned about it and hope the voters will take it seriously. The lawyer for state representative Amanda Bolden said in part, amanda did not buy drugs from tasker. In fact, she did not inquire about buying, not once. The others did not respond to our requests for comments. Medical marijuana is legal in New Hampshire as long as its guard is recovering after being struck by a van. A driver hit 22yearold Richard Davies just after 4 00 friday morning. Officers say he was standing in the westbound lane of arthur grand circle when he was struck. Hes currently stationed at the Portsmouth Naval ship yard. Looking into whether fires are connected. One was at the e press could the part. And monday, Railroad Ties at mcdonough street. The first was a pile full of scrap wood on jones avenue. Its just at the tree and ignited the house and escalated as dry as its. Its ridiculous. We want to take time and make sure we thoroughly vet these out and dont have an issue in the city. Amy anyone with surveillance to check them and to report anything suspicious. We turn now to New Hampshires drug crisis. Today, a new Recovery Center will open in rochester. Rochester community Recovery Center is an effort between police and frisbee hospital. Beginning today, people who want to attack their Substance Abuse disorder, walk into the emergency room any hour of any day and get connected with a certified counsellor from southeastern New Hampshire services. So if somebody presents to the rochester p. D. At 2 00 in the morning, southeastern New Hampshire services are going to send us a certified coach to help them through their trouble. We are going allout with this. We are not cutting corners. Amy the rochester Police Department is also launching a School Education and Prevention Program with third, sixth and ninth graders. A warning for residents of newton this morning. Newton police are reporting a investigators say bears are uncommon for the newton area, but people should not be overly concerned. Fish and game officials urging people to pull in bird feeders and make sure the trash is out of reach. Happening today. More than a thousand motorcyclists will take part in a ride to honor the memory of andy blacksmith. Blacksmiths ride for life begins at 11 00 this morning, starting and finishing at seacoast Harley Davidson. He was a he passed away a year ago from a heart condition, but not before five of his organs were donated to save lives. Immediately after andy passed away, i knew this is what i wanted to do. The perfect way to honor his memory and legacy of Organ Donation. We teamed up with the new England Organ Bank and our goal is to raise as much for the organizations as we can and get donors. Even if you dont ride. You can show up at seacoast Harley Davidson after the ride and register to be an organ donor or the spot. A key piece of evidence from the massive train crash in new jersey. And tracking a massive storm. Good morning. Welcome back. Here is look at goffstown as we look across the state and its a cool, raw feel on the chilly side and that will be the case throughout the entire day. Weve got your weekend outlook coming up in your forecast a few minutes away. Video was released in the deadly shooting of an unarmed blackman. The video depicting the final moments before officer fired the fatal shots that killed alfred olongo. Police say that he pointed a vape smoking device at them. Federal investigators are gathering evidence from the home of a man charged with last months bombings in new york and new jersey. Agents visited the elizabeth, new jersey home of rahami late last night. The september 17th blasts come two years after the fbi initially looked into rahami and found nothing tying him to terrorism. The bombs injured 31. Hurricane matthew continues to be a major hurricane in the caribbean this morning. The storm grew to a category 5 hurricane last night and weakened slightly this morning, back to category 4 with 155 mile per hour winds. Matthew is expected to remain a powerful hurricane into early approach jamaica and other caribbean islands. After tracking over the bahamas, its not known whether it impacts the east coast or stays out to sea. So, we rely on you. Yeah, theres still some question marks about it, as most hurricanes will do. Especially if it was around here, it would be next weekend. Thats an entire week away. Sure. Josh whether or not is makes it here or not. Well show you the track where its headed and the latest observation and its a amy sure. Josh will be right back with his forecast and a new player took the field from merrimack. Colin van ostern i know from my own life the difference a College Education can make. 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 to create good jobs, and keep our young families here. Kelly you know me. Not from thousands of false, negative ads but as your first female attorney general appointed by republican and democratic governors. Equal pay and against workplace discrimination, to expand access to birth control, strengthen and preserve medicare, and i reached across the aisle to protect access to mammograms. I approve this message because after all the false, negative ads, im still the kelly ayotte you know . . Cozy up this fall with dunkins coffee and espresso flavors. And sweet with our new salted caramel macchiato or drink in the season with the classic taste of pumpkin. Now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. Josh yes, its a saturday morning and were starting off with wet roadways out there and wet conditions after showers have been around, as well as clouds and fog limiting the visibility a little bit as well. There is your temperatures, upper 40s and lower 50s right now and were not going to see the temperatures go much higher today. Ill tell you what, its going to be in the low and mid 50s pretty much everywhere around the state. So, thats going to feel quite chilly, a raw feel because of those winds, you see them there out of the northeast. And that keeps the temperatures theres the cooler winds, theyre light and comes out of the northeast and keeps feeling coolerment now onto the showers and you can see theyve been off and on throughout the state. But beginning to shift eastward. So, the higher rainfall apartments are probably go done in western New Hampshire. Were continuing to see them push eastward and more to the south coming up. Southeastern New Hampshire that needs the most in the state, we all need it, but the highest nom. Some good downpours, this pulled through the portsmouth area and down to the south. A few more, slightly heavier downpours are south to north and roll through the southeastern part of the state as well. Thats good news there. Once we get those through here, theres breaks in the action today at times, but there still could be afternoon showers. The pressure, slowly pushes eastward. As it does so the next couple of days, theres the chance for occasional showers and today is category 4 storm. It was a five briefly overnight and back down to four south of america and making the turn over the caribbean islands in the next several days, especially the second half of the weekend and early next week, it will be over jamaica, cuba, the bahamas, and then where it goes interest there is anybodys guess. How do they know about the winds and the current winds . Well, they estimate it based on satellite data and they t through in the last hour and it flew downtown and it went and did some crisscrosses back and no through the storm. They reported the winds, flying around and relaying the information back. The first pass through they found winds of 131 Miles Per Hour and a central minimum pressure of 943 millibars. So its a very strong storm and strengthening. Currently, a category 4. Here is a look at what the different categories mean in terms of winds. You see, as we go along here. Category 1, category 2, the winds strengthen and the amount of storm surge, also, increases and more damage and more damage is possible. By the time you get to a category 3, 4 or 5, these are the major hurricanes and major damage can be done, in fact, houses can even disappear with the category 4 or 5. We have to watch that b could be in our neighborhood next weekend and greatly reduced form or stay out to sea. Not quite sure. A look at rainfall today. Scattered showers still a possibility off and on through the day and tonight. Tomorrow, a largely drier day, but still drizzle or a sprinkle or shower a possibility. Highs today, low to mid 50s out there. Cool and raw feel. And then for tomorrow, as i mentioned, drier, but still a chance of a shower or two and still cool, 55 to 60 for to around 70 this upcoming week. Amy we could use a wood burning stove in the studio, cold in here. Josh youll have to use your snuggie instead. Amy have to break that out. 7yearold max is fighting lukemia so courageously. He was invited to join the merrimack Football Team for the night. Wmurs jean mackin has that inspiring story mighty max mendez, number 26, led the merrimack tomahawks onto the field, an honorary captain of the team. Watch out, weve got a captain coming through here. The head coach thrilled with the recruit. The kids adopted him as their brother. Sevenyearold max is a force to reckon be on and off the field. His family says hes battling so inspiring, he was leading the team. To have everybody coming out to sport him and be aware of Childhood Cancer is amazing. Max was at center field, rally his teammates as they took the field. Got your bracelet on, buddy. Make it happen. Look at merrimack took us in as family and overwhelming. Were going to love it and take this night and just live it up. With priceless memories as souvenirs. In merrimack, jean mackin, wmur, news 9. And you can help maxs family at a fundraiser at reeds ferry. Meteorologist Kevin Skarupa will be at the raise a paddle for max auction starting at 3 00. Coming up next, leftovers with a twist. Ingredients you likely already have in the fridge. And coming up in our next half hour of news 9 this morning. Well continue that coverage of our four alarm fire at Dartmouth College overnight. What we now know about the investigation right now. Pretty hard to resist adoptapet this morning. His name is rufus. Hes a 10yearold bassett Hound Lab Mix at the spca in concord. Never met a stranger or a cat he didnt love. Rufus is well trained. Adoptable animals, head to our in New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan cut taxes for Small Businesses, adoptable animals, head to our protected education. Created jobs. In washington, whats kelly ayotte done . Voted to cut college grants, cut medicare. But kelly ayotte voted to protect tax breaks for millionaires and big oil. Thats what the Koch Brothers and big corporate interests wanted. Theyre spending millions supporting ayotte. 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. Why . Because ayotte opposes a womans right to choose. In her relentless 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. Were in the news 9 kitchen and making a ham and potato casserole. Well introduce you to who made this. Theresa, good morning to you. Good morning to you. Thanks for being here. This smells and looks amazing. Tell me how to m simple. You know how you have left over potato salad and dont know what to do with it. Take the potato salad and take the cured ham and chunks of cheese whatever is in your refrigerator. Make a simple white sauce in five minutes, top it and particular stick it in the oven. You can get home and put your stuff down have dinner on the table in an hour or less. Simple. The big deal for you guys, the fair is this weekend. We have some of our highland cattle there. Were there until sunday, wonderful animals from the farm, 4h highland riders are there and people can go over and see them and talk to folks about the highland cattle that are the fair to really connect with people . It does. People can get up close and personal with the cattle and talk to them, ask a the lot of questions. Other than showing, we have time, we can talk to people and get, answer their questions, were not running around, having to do feeding or things like that. Or off moving cattle from one pasture to another, we do this time of year. Yes. In addition to the fair, you also have a farm day coming up. October 9th starting 10 00 to 3 00 and well have cow riding an hay riding and vendors and our store is going to be open so people can come on shop. Were serving lunch so people can come and buy a nice local burger with some corn and you know, some lemonade and cider and whenever they went for a drink. It will be a fun day for the family. How many years have you been doing that . Nine years. Nine years. This is our ninth farm day. So its very important to you on the farm . It is, its really important that we open ourar community. We want people to come and we want them to see what we do. How we raise our animals. Yes. I think while were on this topic, i think its very important to always talk about buying local and eating local. Absolutely. And thats something you preach, right . Absolutely, everything in our farm store is local. It comes from 200 miles or less according to the usda. Ours comes from a lot less than 200 miles, but its really important for local because if the average American City were and buy local, it would put 235 Million Dollars back into that community. Wow. That is some of the statistics. We had an intern putting some info graphics together and have them on display on farm day. Thats one of the things she found and i was astonished. A great way to support our local community. We wish you luck at the deerfield fair. Thanks. Theres a reason 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. New hampshire work for us. Im Maggie Hassan no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 this morning. Amy good morning, everybody, its 8 30. Im amy coveno. We begin with a live rainy look gotten cooler. Firefighters are on the scene of a fouralarm fire at wheelock street. No one was injured. And family and friends remember a man shot by police. Cory lafont is remembered. And a New Hampshire man is accused of taking police on a with disobeying a police officer. Well get to those stories, but first to josh judge with a look at the forecast. Hi, josh. Josh yeah hi there, yeah, its a chilly start there. 3 to. 4 inches of rain this morning, thats very welcomed news for the seacoast, which is one of the areas in the most extreme drought, and you can see those showers continuing at this hour. However, theyre shifting eastward, at least for now. And these showers here are about to move up into parts of the Merrimack Valley in southeastern New Hampshire quite soon. So youll soot rain picking back up there. Western New Hampshire will stay a little drier. More showers could regenerate at times through the day today. Here is what weve seen so far. Anywhere from almost nothing, just very light amounts, to as much as half of inch of rain is falling. Upper 50s and headed only into the cool raw day out there and wet and breaks in between, lulls in the action. Well have an update in a couple of minutes. Amy crews remain on the scene of a four alarm fire. Hanover fire officials telling news 9 the fire broke out about midnight and started on the fourth floor in a stairway. The cause though is still unclear. And this is morton hall and which is part of the east wheelock residential community, east wheelock. Theyve been evacuated and some have been relocated and others in other rooms. Amy everyone made it out safely. Departments were called in to help fight the fire. The scene remains active, well continue to follow this developing story on the air and online, well bring you new information as we get it. Family and friends are remembering the life of a claremont man police shooting, theyre trying to determine if the shooting was justified. How loved ones are honoring cody lafont. The roar of engines volumed by a moment of silence. Cory lafonts detailed mini cooper part of race cars that paused to honor him, his mom behind the wheel. Its very overwhelming to see what everybody here has done for and their crews. Lafonts friday nights were spend here at the twin speedway, the first friday since hes been gone. This is where his heart is right here. It hurts, but thats what hed want, he loved that car. Family and friends were decked out at number 24, his favorite. The tightknit racing Community Still in shock. On the same day he was laid to rest. The Attorney Generals Office him and kibby has been taken out of line duty while the ags office investigates. The two and a half year veteran of the claremont Police Department was the only officer on the scene when shots were fired. Loved ones hope answers are found soon, friday night was a tribute to the way he lived. This was a wonderful tribute amy the red cross says its helping it bridgewater woman displaced from her home by fire. Officials say the fire destroyed her home on mayhew turnpike. The Disaster Team says she has a place to sleep, food, clothing and essentials. A massachusetts man is facing charges after he allegedly led Law Enforcement agency through parts of New Hampshire yesterday. The chase started around 6 p. M. On interstate 93 northbound in thornton after 68yearold Michael Allen allegedly he continued northbound, driving at speeds of over 100 Miles Per Hour. Officers deployed spike strips near exit 43. Allen was charged with reckless driving and disobeying a police officer. Now to the mystery at sea. Police searched the home of the mother presumed dead after disappearing after a fishing trip with her son. Investigators were seen removing multiple items from linda night. His son nathan was rescued after a week on a life raft at marthas vineyard. Investigators searched his vermont home earlier this week. We turn now to the race for the white house. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton going back and forth on twitter. As both candidates stump in swing states, clinton in florida, trump in michigan. Their campaigns released new ads, both featuring their opponents both in their own words. You can put half of Trump Supporters into wha basket of deplorables. So you treat women with respect . I cant say that either. Amy meanwhile, both vicepresident candidates are preparing for tuesday nights debate, it will be in virginia, senator kaines home turf. It kicks off at longview. Theyve uncovered attempted hacks on u. S. Voter registration sites in more than a dozen states. The Department Says more than 20 last month the fbi warned state officials to improve Election Security after hackers targeted systems in illinois and arizona. A new case of west nile virus has been confirmed in the bay state. The latest from middlesex county, massachusetts, the sixth confirmed hume case in massachusetts this year. Two weeks ago, a batch of mosquitos in nashua tested positive for west nile. A lab in westbrook maine now working test. Viro state generates antibodies for diseases much like people create for illness. And its for the zika virus, the goal to create a 20 minute test to confirm if someone has zika. Once they put together their prototype test with their antibodies, they have to do at least a small field trial, if these are working and working well. Amy if any of those companies decide to use viro stats antibodies, millions of the rapid tests would get underway in maine. If youre looking to enjoy the fall colors this weekend, you may want to head up north where the leaves are already starting to turn. Fall foliage can be seen in several towns along the highway. The conway scenic provides three different train rides up along crawford notch. Thats where a lot of people are going to see a lot of foliage, because were travelling from around 500 feet to over 2000 feet. So theres a lot of difference in the topography and the condition that the trees are in. Fall is the railroads busiest season. This morning, the old pedestrian Covered Bridge, its now in wentworth and will be there. Historic 50yearold wooden Covered Bridge was at the way fair and the property was cleared for a new plaza. Coming up this morning. Weekend five the football action. Highlights and scores ahead. Our history does not include a lot of rain lately, but thats changing today. Mainly this morning, weve seen some rain, heavy in southeastern New Hampshire, we all saw some overnight and its 8 40, and im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. 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 . Now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. Josh its a cool start and wet out there in so many parts of the state. Havent seen that a whole lot this year. Will take a look at how much longer it lasts over the next couple of days. Upper 40s and lower 50s is what the temperatures are reading right now. And guess what, they are not going to go up a whole lot more. So if youre going out for anything today, you can step outside right now and have a pretty good idea what the temperature will be feeling like much of the day, as were only going to see the temperatures rise a few more degrees from where they are at the moment. Low to mid 50s for the highs for the most part. Because the winds coming down out of the things cooler and capping in those clouds quite a bit as well. So far weve maxed out at 53 in concord. The average is 66, but as you heard me say, we are only going to top off in the low to mid 50s. No word on the record of 87 degrees. Theres a look at the rain showers, theyve been at times, all over the granite state. Thats the good news. Everybody at least seeing a little drink for the plant life and hopefully some of it down heaviest rain is, its over in southeastern New Hampshire, some downpours rolled through the seacoast region which needs the rain so desperately and a little bit more upstream in massachusetts moving through west of boston and about to head into the Merrimack Valley areas and southeastern New Hampshire as well. So more showers are on the way. This upper level spinning system will stay there for the next couple of days and gradually drifting in our direction. That keeps the chance of showers here and there bot monday as well. Today, the most rain, sunday and monday, a passing shower or two. Now to the latest on major Hurricane Matthew, which is way down in the Caribbean Sea right now just off the coast of south america. It just went past aruba, about to turn and head up toward places like jamaica, cuba, sort of grazing by hispanola which has haiti and Dominican Republic will be seeing footage in the next week or so of damage and flooding to those locations. After that, where does it go. All of our commuter models agree. Look what happens after that. The lines are the various different computer models and you dont know where its going. Some are very good computer models and put it over us next weekend and many of them keep it out to sea as well. Theres no telling right now, the odds favoring it out and a real chance here as well. Keep watching this week as we track it. On again, off again rain showers in southeastern New Hampshire and then a bit of a break and more scattered showers popping up at times through the day today. And into tonight. And then tomorrow, a drier day, but still the chance of a couple of showers here and there, the same goes for monday. With lots of clouds on monday and a couple of showers a possibility. The rain chances then for today, pretty high. Tomorrow, a little lower, but still there. For the rest of the week as things dry out. Low to mid 50s, cool, raw, occasional showers and breaks in between and theres your extended forecast. By the time you get to tuesday, sun starts returning and so do the warmer temperatures. Now we check out your scores. Now, jason king and news 9 sports. All right. Everyone, as usual, this is your abbreviated version of the friday football report. Week number five. Good games o one. 31, hosting undefeated salem at student memorial field. Pick it up and matt soldana, merrimack, to eichmann, he makes a few tacklers miss into a gain. Merrimack led 70. Completed 28 pasts, 468 yards and three touchdowns. Eichmann scored three times and merrimack wins 3920. So both teams are 41 now this season. Bed ford put their perfect record on the line. Playing in derry against the pinkerton astros. 216 bedford. The start of the second half and tries the onsidekick and again and fast is there to recover from the astros. But tha aiden is picked off by bedfords connor collins. A good return, but that drive would stall. Bedford just keeps on winning, they go on to beat the astros 3714, so, they are 50 on the year. Concord at london derry. The lancers get the first win, 3413. Four touchdown passes for lancers quarterback, jake stevens on the night. 295 yards and five touchdowns for the owls and three returning touchdowns and a receiving score for central and central wins it 4234. Go, go black birds were playing at the stelos stadium. The panthers in purple. Third quarter, short touchdown run took a 276 lead and they would go on to win, 4114. So nashua south improves to 32. On the season. Alvern as spaulding. Both teams looking for win number one on the year. The first offensive play for spaulding and its jonathan spelts, breaks free and nobodys going to catch him. About 70 yards for the red alvern responds. And picked up 45 yards in spaulding territory. A miller touchdown. Mason miller ran for four touchdowns and threw for another. And alverns first win. Portsmouth of exeter, huge win for the clippers. Both teams now 41 is in the east conference. All right, big game in division three. Undefeated, interlakes monadnock. The huskies had not allowed a single point through the first games. And gared redfield with a tough 9yard run. 80 after the two point conversion. Interlakes looking to answer. Andrew brothers is going to rip off a 39 yard run and taken down to the twoyard line and set up an interlakes touchdown which was the first points allowed by unbeaten 2712 the final last night. The tigers win big, 488. And elsewhere, stevens also unbeaten in division 3. Theyre hosting kearsarge at warns park, cougars in white, direct snap to runningback bowen and he throws to Emmerson Tyler who makes a diving catch in the end zone for the touchdown. And henry throws one at us, parker smith makes the catch and goes for and bourke threw two touchdown passes to smith and richard bell for over 100 yards and two scores and stevens win, and theyre 50. Eppington and farmington, they threw for 400 yards and four touchdowns. The blue devils win big, 6 of 6014. Big win or raiders at home. And both teams 32 in the north zack king threw a pair of touchdown passes to ryan cameron. . 31 convail. Cougars up. Trinity, and hes going to find isaac bacon who makes a great grab. And hell parker. He had returned one for a touchdown. and home withstand born, thrash er, and sanborn wins a close one. Mooney scored three times for the falcons and bow wins. And western and pembroke looking for the first win, spartans get it, 2212, nick hannah had two which are also Collection Sites for New Hampshire tackles hunger. There are more on the schedule, but six are Collection Sites. The teams are wind many had, plymouth, bishon brady, hillsboro, deering, huffington. If youre going, reminded to bring a donation. And watch this in entirety on our website, and on fnfwmur. Good luck to the teams in, an and good luck to the students taking sats this saturday. Amy a sure sign of fall in the granite state. You can make your own scarecrow. New to our u local hotshot. The pumpkin people are taking over plainfield. The tradition continues every fall when they have a change. Chris sununus family gave him a famous name and the top job at the family resort. But then things went, well, downhill. Over the years, chris cut jobs. 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 New Hampshire famous for foliage. A colorful start for shows for tourists are the scarecrows and pumpkin people that greet our visitors. Paula tracy takes a closer look at the creative tradition. At least 10 New Hampshire communities have made these colorful characters an autumn of businesses, churches, civic clubs and homes. The idea began more than 30 years ago as a Community Building event and fundraiser. Towns like jackson and plainfield were among the first, but the idea quickly spread. October 1st is the start date for many displays. But jaffray has a special offer for first timers on october 8th, you can make your own scarecrow for just 5. Team jaffray will provide the frame work, you bring the clothes and scarecrow. Last years event drew people from more than 20 towns, building close to 300 scarecrows. For information on that and other displays around New Hampshire. Go to the escape outside section of wmur. Com. Paula tracy, wmur news 9. Amy i hear youre giving a sneak peek to low temperatures on facebook or something . Absolutely, we are. Amy is it getting some attention . We are, i dont know. Temperatures laughter . Josh temperatures are going to be in the 50s today. 50 to 55 for today and its a cool, raw day out there and with those occasional showers and sprinkles and drizzle. We saw them overnight and were seeing them at times today. There will be some breaks in between as well, but a cool one out there for sure. Cool, like us. Amy some of us. [laughter] thanks for joining us, Good Morning America is next. Josh and i will be back in about 25 minutes with more local news and weather. Kelly you know me. Not from thousands of false, negative ads but as your first female attorney general appointed by republican and democratic governors. 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