past the state house and back to the polling location. he refused to take questions from anyone other than the national media, but sounded optimistic about tonight. p well, what i think is if there is a large voter turnout, if a lot of folks come out to vote, were going to do just fine, and it looks like there is going to be a lot of turnout. reporter we tried to ask senator sanders about the journey here, going from 3 in the polls to being again on the cusp of what could be an incredible victory in New Hampshire. he didnt really respond to any local questions. in many ways the senator is treating like like any other election, but he could very well be on the stage tonight declaring victory. lets go over to amy with the clinton campaign. reporter thank you, tight security here. secret service is inside that building doing a sweep before allowing the crush of media and Hillary Clinton supporters clinton saw her 40point lead in New Hampshire last april vanish to what she calls the back y
hooksett with how this mild winter is saving the state some cash. reporter take a look at all of the salt they have here at the d. O. T. Shed in hooksett. they are a long way from scraping the bottom of the barrel here. in fact salt could be where some of the current surplus ends up going. so far this winter season the stay has plowed through 24. 5 million of its snow budget. at the same time lastier they had already spent 36. 5 million. right now things are on track for a surplus coming out of the cold weather months and thats something the state hasnt had in that particular line item since 2012. p we certainly havent had the luxury of surpluses in recent years, but thats something wed have to take a look at. we have an aging fleet and thats one area weve already been talking about. reporter in addition to much needed repairs the state also spent some of the possible surplus on buying salt in the than buying it in the fall. but the state does tell us not so fast, there is potentially
Stage in washington today as the nation s governors try to rein in rampant heroin and fentanyl abuse. Good evening, i m tom giffith. Shelley and i m shelley walcott. Chief executives from all 50 states are endorsing a plan to boost Prescription Drug monitoring programs to prevent overprescription. Tom that move getting a thumbs up tonight from local treatment providers. Wmur political reporter adam sexton joins us now to explain. Adam at Serenity Place they estimate 70 of the people who come in the door seeking treatment started their path to addiction with a prescription from a doctor. They say it makes sense to focus more attention on that part of the problem. While First Responders and the Treatment Community are working harder than ever to combat the heroin and fentanyl epidemic progress remains hard to come by. It s getting worse here in new hampshire, more specifically right here in manchester. But Stephanie Bergeron of Serenity Place in manchester is encouraged by consensus comi
once that batch of rain moves through by mid evening take a look at those tropical downpours developing in the mid atlantic state, approaching d. C. , some embedded thunderstorms in there and they are moving in our direction. cant rule out a rare february thunderstorm, as we go through late this evening and overnight. but that will be accompanied by spring warmth. how warm does it get overnight into early tomorrow and how about more changes for the rest of the the week, thats ahead. tom and this mild weather means that not only are snowmobile trace closed, memberships are dropping. New Hampshire shares the money from snowmobile registrations with clubs so they can buy things like grooming equipment. but it also means that the year. the d. O. T. Says its crews are still hard at work treating the highways, even with relatively adam sexton is in hooksett tonight and this relatively mild winter could result in a snow budget surplus, i guess. reporter thats right, tom. we dont want to jinx
February 28th, im amy coveno. We go on the air at this hour virginia. A Police Officer with ties to New Hampshire has been killed in the line of duty. Prince William County officer Ashley Guindon and two other officers were responding to a domesticrelated incident when they arrived at the address. Three officers were shot, guindon died from her injuries. News 9 confirmed Merrimack Police were called upon to notify her family in merrimack of her passing. Officer guindon was just sworn into the Police Department this friday, this was her very first solo shift. The suspect was taken into custody. Well bring you new developments as they happen. Now, lets get a check of the forecast and youre talking another warmup, josh. Josh yes, its certainly going temperatures will be. On the seacoast, a milder start than the last couple of days, were in the 30s, as high as 36 and 37 in some warmer locations. You can see some breaks in the clouds already and youll continue it see that through the day to