This is the first time that weve seen drug abuse rise as the most important issue, anywhere near this level. For the last 15 years its been at about 1 mrs, 2 . Josh but now a full area of the state sees the heroin issue as the most important problem facing New Hampshire, ahead of jobs, economy, education and health care. And this poll also reveals theres a good chance that you know someone using heroin. Nearly half of the state says they know someone personally who has abused heroin in the last five years. Josh a number that jumps higher for those under the age of 35. 60 say they know someone personally who has abused heroin in the last five years, so this is a wide, wide ranging crisis thats touching people across the state. Josh governor hassan has already called the crisis of addiction the most pressing safety issue facing New Hampshire. What i would like your an all hand on deck moment for New Hampshire. Josh many believe the heroin epidemic is sparked by the abuse of Prescription Drugs and as part of the states response a Prescription Drug monitoring s system has been put in place, as well as increased availability of the life saving drug narcan. Governor hassan also called increased Treatment Options a critical need, but those who try to get help say that finding it is nearly impossible. Jennifer Heather Hamel continues our come now, reporting that the waiting lists are long and time is of the essence. Reporter yes, it could be five hours, could be five minutes, but the window of time is short for people trying to seek help. Many turn on their heels and go right back down that dangerous path. The volunteers take calls and see people dealing with the lack of Clinical Services every day. They say only a small percentage of beds at Treatment Centers are used for the uninsured or medicaid patients. Waiting lists run four to eight weeks to get a bed and paying out of pocket can cost thousands a week. Last week a man came in looking for help for his son and after three hours of making calls he left empty handed. His father put his face in his hands and started bawling and said dont these people know that im going to bury my son . And thats the reality we live in. Reporter despite the states efforts problem, more need to be done and more Recovery Centers like theirs is a starting point. Heather hamel, wmur news 9. Josh because of the issues about treatment there is a growing movement at the grass roots level to help provide it. Jennifer the owner of common man Family Restaurants has pledged to match every dollar of donations that come into the Farnum Center for the rest of this month. Ray says he will match those contributions up to 100,000. Easter seals which runs the center says it already had 40,000 in donations, it will use the money to increase the number of treatment beds available. All donations big or small will be helpful, theyll all be matched by alex. If someone has knows someone who is struggle with addiction or has lost a loved one to substance abuse, make a gift in their honor. And all donations, s hundred or more 100 or more will be listed on a plaque at farnum north. Jennifer this is in franklin, farnum north will add another 62 beds. People are also looking for answers at the local level. Tonight in derry a special forum on heroin will be held at the town boys and girls club, parents, teachers and social Service Providers have all been asked to attend. It runs from 6 00 to 8 00 p. M. On the crisis, at 5 30 well be joined by two of the people on the front lines, the states drug czar and Manchester Police chief, well be getting s some hard facts about heroin in the Granite State and what is being done to fight the crisis. Jennifer crews are expected to be on the seen of a major water main break in manchester through tomorrow him the pipe burst this morning, quickly shutting down a busy intersection. Andy hershberger is live where the update for us. Reporter you can see behind me that the work continues here with this front end loader, ripping up asphalt and putting it into the dump truck, theyre hauling it away, trying to repair this roadway. This is a major intersection in manchester, and Officials Say it will be shut down until at least early tomorrow morning after a water main break buckled this road, making it impassable. Officials say the 10inch pipe burst around 9 00 this morning, sending tens of thousands of gallons of water rushing down brown avenue. The intersection at south beech street was closed and traffic devirted from several sidestreets. The exit 2 on and off ramps at 293 were also briefly closed, mostly for cleanup. At the peak several hundred residents were without water, but by afternoon that number was down to less than 100. Neighborhood. I went down to do my laundry and there was no water in the house. So my neighbor called me, oh, there must have been a water main break, so i came down to see with a was going on and there it is. Reporter this intersection and several surrounding streets will be closed through the night. But we understand the Highway Department hopes to have it open by the morning commute. Live in manchester, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. Josh turning now to commitment 2016, the president ial candidates are taking their message to the critical voting states, while one group is pushing another big name to jump into the race. Bureau with details on a new ad thats urging Vice President biden to run. Reporter josh, the draft biden super pac launched its First Television ad as candidates in the race. With the Iowa Caucuses less than four months away, president ial candidates are focusing on the hawkeye state. Ive never lived in washington, never been part of washington, i just have the skill sets to disrupt the beast. Im going to have a plan to refinance student debt. Politicians are all talk and no action. The push is onto win support in the early states including New Hampshire, where marco rubio campaigned today. The difference between early child care and early child education. Reporter a new poll shows voters in the swing states of florida, ohio and pennsylvania prefer Hillary Clinton and donald trump. But the same survey also shows g. O. P. Candidate ben carson gaining ground. The story here is not that trump is going down a few ticks, the story is its october and donald trump still has a commanding lead. Things can change in a heart beat. I know. Reporter a new 90 second tv ad urges Vice President biden to enter the race. The draft biden super pac includes audio from a speech the Vice President gave in may and shows photos of his late wife daughter who were killed in a car crash in 1972. I dont know that the super pac has a huge impact. They are trying to be as encouraging as possible. Reporter even if biden decides to run before the debates, cnn says it will allow him on stage that night. Aixa diaz, wmur news 9. Josh lets get a look at the candidates heading to the Granite State. New jersey governor christie will be holding four town halls over the next three days, while South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham started a 10day trip in New Hampshire in manchester this morning. Jennifer lets get a look at state, this is 293 north in manchester. Josh peggy james joins us now with a live look at the road home midweek. Hi, josh and jen. Weve got great weather and a good ride if youre taking 93 northbound up from the massachusetts border, will take you about 21 minutes to get from salem up to manchester. No problems around 293 north or south, although as you mentioned at exit 2 you will not be able to travel north. You can travel south towards the airport and litchfield, but that water main break causing some delays in that area. Moving north, hooksett tolls are busy but going right on up to concord. No major backups on 89 or 93 through concord. Everett turnpike some slight delays northbound between 10 and 11 in merrimack. 101 west busy from 114 until wallace road. 101 east a speed limit ride to the coast. 95 no major backups at the hampton tolls. From the wzid traffic network, im peggy james. Josh thank you. Up next the coast guard will end its search tonight for survivors of that ship that disappeared in hurricane joaquin. But crews will still try to retrieve the data recorder. Jennifer the future of portsmouths police chief remains up in the air. Im Jennifer Crompton with whats behind the ever increasing frustrations, just ahead. Hayley and beautiful weather this week with lots of sunshine, dry conditions, but we have some cooler weather and rain in the forecast too. Jennifer at 5 30, continuing coverage of todays new information on New Hampshires heroin crisis, one of the most vocal voicethis threat will join us live. Josh and that coverage will from people personally welcome to subway, what can i make for you . How about one of our reuben sandwiches . Choose from tender corned beef or oven roasted turkey breast, topped with sauerkraut, melty swiss cheese and thousand island dressing. Enjoy one while theyre here jennifer Prescription Drugs are at the center of an investigation in berlin. Josh Kristen Carosa explains the yearlong investigation that led to the arrest of a man from maine. Reporter authorities made the arrest on tuesday night on grafton street. A short time later police came here to russos business on main street after searching his car and his business. Police uncovered large amounts of cash and prescription pills. You understand the complaints against you, sir . Yes. Reporter ry car day russo of maine faced a judge by video, charged with four counts of selling a controlled drug and one count of conspiracy to sell, all class b felonies. The defendant sold a controlled drug, that being cocaine, to a cooperative individual, for 300, and not having the authority to do so. Reporter and rt riendo says there were other incidents where russo sold other types of drugs. Police have been investigating him for a year. It was very involved and several different officers involved, investigators involved. Reporter police say they took russo into custody after a traffic stop tuesday night, then searched his silk screen business on main street. We seized cash, prescription medication, along with drug paraphernalia. Reporter the lieutenant says russo has a prior criminal history including possession of drugs and receiving stolen property. Russos defense Attorney Says hes a father and Business Owner and setting him a high pale would unfairly keep him in jail. Mr. Russo, prior to any kind of information or charge reporter the judge settled on 50,000 cash bail. Russ zoo could face additional charges as Police Continue to investigate. Kristen carosa, wmur news 9. Josh the future of Portsmouth Police chief remains in the air tonight, the latest attempt to decide how steven did you boies will end his career. Jennifer crompton has the story from portsmouth. Reporter confusing, legally complicated and frustrating. Those are some of the ways people are describing how long the matter of the Portsmouth Police chiefs future is taking. One for, one against, and one abstaining. Thats how the Portsmouth PoliceCommission Voted on the latest possible separation agreement between the city and police chief steven dubois. This one keeping him in the job for three months insaid of the six initially proposed. We are more divided than ever and its unfortunate and the only way it will be resolvedes with public input. Reporter she says she voted against the latest agreement after listening to public input about a controversy haunting the process. The Geraldine Webber estates, she left most of it to a portsmouth deck, but a judge threw the will out. The department depicted as turning a blind eye when it was going on and dubois was deputy chief at the time. He needs to go today. Reporter but dubois was not formally implicated in the webber case and has two years left on his legal contract. The chief wasnt there, but his brother was. Ive known him all my life, hes one of the finest men i know and i just hope things are resolved in the time and nanner so that his interests and the interests of portsmouth are taken care of. What happened, didnt happen at this point we need to make some resolution and move on because theres other business in in community that needs to take place. Reporter for this to move forward the Police Commission will have to approve something. The chief will have to agree with it. And the city council will have to vote on it too. And the earliest that can happen is november. In portsmouth, Jennifer Crompton, wmur news 9. Jennifer the coast guard is ending its search for crew members aboard a cargo ship that sank during hurricane joaquin. The father of crew member says the search for survivors will end at sundown. The 790foot cargo ship sank thursday after an engine failure in the storm. Crew members have ties to maine and two to massachusetts. The National Transportation safety board says it will try and retrieve the ships data recorder. Family members say they will keep praying for a miracle. The death toll in the southern floods rose to 19 today when divers found the bodies of two people who had disappeared. Deputies say the pairs truck plunged into water when they drove around a barricade. Rivers are still running quite high and bringing more water to the already flooded coast. Drivers are being recruited around a 74mile section of 95 because of flooded rivers. Hayley incredible to see all of that rain down there, easily double digit amounts of rain in South Carolina over the weekend. Thankfully though we havent seen much rain at all, though some of us still need it technically in a small drought or abnormally dry in a lot of the state now. I want to show you a couple of live spots. Its hard to see the camera because weve got bright sunshine, and a very nice evening here. Weirs beach some high clouds and mid level clouds moving through. But it has been an awfully nice october day with temperatures that have been warmer than weve been recently. The average high for this time in october, about 64 degrees and most of us met that or went above that today. 70 degrees in concord was the nashua. Heres where were sitting now, about 70 degrees in manchester and in nashua, 63 in laconia, 65 in plymouth. Low 60s in the northern part of the state where it will again be cooler tonight. But it wont be as cold as the past couple of mornings because we have some clouds that are actually moving through. Color, especially up in the great north woods and the upper valley too. Wouldnt be surprised if a couple of these green areas on radar showing up as a couple light showers, wouldnt be surprised if a couple of these try to sneak in the upper valley or the great north woods during the evening or overnight hours. Clouds will move through during the overnight hours, its part of a weak cold front thats going to slide through, and eventually this will bring in some cooler air. Especially during the day tomorrow. Youd notice a difference compared to where we were today. Heres your forecast, using future cast, can you keep track of the time up here. 9 00 tonight most of us falling into the 50s, a few places to the north in the 40s. Can you see those splotches of green on future cast, so maybe a quick passing sprinkle or light shower, upper valley or northern part of the state. Those clouds, those sprinkles gone by early tomorrow morning, most of us wake up in the 40s, a few 30s in the northern part of the state. Then heres your afternoon. Bright, sunny, temperatures in the 60s from concord southward, other locations. We do need some rain and looks like friday will be the day. By daybreak on friday morning will likely be raining in the North Country and also upper valley and then be showers. The heaviest likely midday, then tapering to on and off showers by the afternoon and evening on friday. Tonight more clouds to the north, otherwise just passing clouds. It will be chilly with temperatures up north in the 30s and then central and southern New Hampshire in the 40s. Tomorrow not a bad looking day, lots of sun, perfect for checking out the peak foliage spots. And if you are planning on checking out the foliage, lots of sunshine over the long Holiday Weekend and temperatures warming up too. By monday well have highs close to 70 degrees, and next week cooling down a little bit. I had a chance today to go to hampton academy, this was the big group that i spoke to earlier today. They actually have a newscast that they do called shark news, a cream akey, or green wall that i was just standing in front of. That was them, they gave me a great shirt, i love the back, the little finn. But i wanted to thank them, they were all great sports about talking weather and geeking out a little bit. Josh good stuff, thanks, haley. One man wasnt about to stand by when he saw a robbery in progress. I dont think he came here for a sandwich, but he got a knuckle sandwich, thats for sure. Jennifer the rest of that story coming up next. I feel like we make mir kepts every day, the emotion that our jennifer a massachusetts driver is facing charges for driving while intoxicated and simple sought i