No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] sean off the top this noon , interstate 93 shutdown right at the peak of the morning rush. This was the scene in windham that caused so many headaches for drivers trying to head north. Good afternoon. I m sean mcdonald. All northbound lanes are back open this noon but that was not , the case for 3 hours this morning. Wmur s ray brewer has been on scene and is live with an update. Ray sean you can see where the accident happened, right where those guardrails are damaged, you can also see some of the sand and speedy dry that was put down to improve traction and sop up spilt fuel. The accident was reported around 5 20 this morning. Just as the morning rush hour was getting underway, this box truck rolled over completely blocking 93 northbound. State police say the driver 29yearold joseph va
Close cropped hair and wearing a white tank top. Police are investigating all possible motives because the f. B. I. Is helping police and the a. G. s office it says it cant comment further. One resident told us that on last thursday she signed a consent form to give Police Permission to search her yard. The reward for any information on this case is now more than 42,000. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Josh commitment 2016 now, and Many Republican president ial candidates are demanding greater control when it comes to debates. Representatives from most of the campaigns met behind closed doors last night in washington. Sally kidd has more on the story. Reporter josh, the campaigns have drafted a letter to send to the Media Outlets hosting the upcoming debates, and they say if their demands arent met they may not show up. The draft letter spells out a list of demands from mandatory opening and closing statements to the temperature of the debate hall. The candidates say no more lightning round
Where all the final numbers are, so a recounsel was very necessary today. Theres always anticipation, anything can happen, and we city here and were humbled by the voters that came out and i think its important that we just Pay Attention to whats happening and counting the votes. Reporter again im told that mayor ted gatsas is still ahead in in race and they expect to have a final tally on had this recount about 7 00 tonight. Im shelley walcott, wmur news 9. Josh now to commitment 2016, the state house in concord remained a busy place as president ial candidates file paperwork to get their names on the primar ballot. Former Virginia Governor jim gilmore was among the first there this morning. While there was a large media contingent on hand, they were there awaiting Hillary Clintons arrival. Gilmore though joked that clinton was benefiting from the attention his campaign is getting. Gilmore is a long shot in the republican field, but he also tore into the tv networks and National Repub
Shelley a fiery crash in henniker this afternoon leaves one person dead and sent another person to the hospital by helicopter. Good evening i m shelley , walcott. Route 202 is now open but police shut it down for hours as they try to figure out exactly how the crash happened. Wmur s mike cronin joins us live from henniker with the latest information. Mike Police Spent Hours analyzing the scene. Before they got there several people were trying to help the person who was inside that vehicle on fire. Tonight we spoke with one of them. Witnesses describe a chaotic scene as Good Samaritans tried to help someone trapped in a car on fire. Video shows one man spraying the engine with a fire extinguisher. People were running around, grabbing fire extinguishers, water, anything they could to help. Yeah, there s someone in there. Almost a dozen people pulled over on route 202 in henniker to do what they could before first i just saw a bunch of dirt in the road and then when i came up closer i saw
Im not saying that its a dying town. Im saying that we survived. Like look at all of the damage, all the abuse weve endured, and were still steadfast and existing. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president was by turns tearful and tough today, as he pushed a plan to regulate more gun sales. He said hes targeting transactions at shows and flea markets because congress is afraid to cross the gun lobby. The National Rifle association answered that the proposals are ripe for abuse. Well have the story in full, after the news summary. In the days other news, an american soldier died in a firefight in southern afghanistan. Two other u. S. Service members were wounded, along with several afghan soldiers. Pe