drought. d.e.s. is now urging all residents to conserve water will you live in a drought area or not. >> don't water your rain at this point. -- don't water your lawn. take short showers. spread out your water use during the day. reporter: they also recommend repairing leaking toilets, replacing washing machines if they are 10 years or older to more efficient models. in exeter there's a mandatory water restriction in place and the town is working on implementing fines for those who don' main water sources, is down five feet. >> the first violation is a written violation. second violation would be a $100 fine, and a third violation would be a $500 fine and water shutoff. reporter: fines in exeter will start being issueded in about four weeks, the drought management team will be met again next month. kristen carosa, wmur news 9. cascade mountain. crews from the state and federal forest service are pumping water out of an old reservoir, to try to put out the flames. almost two acres of woods have burned. we're told the fire is under control. but firefighters are busy checking for hot spots. red cross is providing firefighters with treats and snacks to help out. jennifer: we need a lot of rain to improve the extreme drought conditions. hayley lapoint is here now, any relieve hayley: any little bit helps, but these cold fronts that pass through, they drop a minuscule amount of rain. we need a tropical system or low pressure system that parks itself over us for days on end. i don't see that happening. we also need a big pattern change, that doesn't seem to be happening. in the meantime we will get some showers, not tomorrow but on sunday and they'll be scattered. but look at those numbers, we need 10 inches or more of rain, and a quarter inch ain't going to do it. bit helps. i'll have the extended forecast ahead. josh: right now three adults and two children are recovering after they were involved in a crash in loudon on 106 just before one this afternoon and it shut down the road for hours. mike cronin is live at state police headquarters with the latest details. reporter: this was not the first serious crash in that area of loudon this summer and neighbors there would like to see somethg police say three cars were involved in a crash on route 106, which shut down the road for three hours. three adults and two children were hurt, but it unclear how they're doing. loudon's police chief says the children are very young and were sitting in car seats. the trauma team was alerted and five ambulances were called to the scene. state police say 64-year-old sidney brock of loudon was turning left into the camp by 63-year-old william marshall of belmont, the impact caused brock's car to cross the center line and hit a subaru outback being driven by 53-year-old car sit happen it on the of -- darcy hamilton of. this is the third serious crash in this area of 106 in recent months. in july i was at the same scene when two cars were involin sent two people to the hospital. then in june a motorcycle and car collided. meanwhile, anyone with information on today's crash is asked to call state police. mike cronin, wmur news 9. jennifer: police are investigating a burglary at a long-time diner in goffstown. the owners of cody's diner say a burglar used a crowbar to break in overnight. money was stolen from an atm and a cash register. authorities now are looking for possession of child sexual abuse images was in court this afternoon. christopher murphy was arrested after a warrant was executed at his home on wednesday. andy hershberger was in court today and joins us now live with more. reporter: the court entered a not guilty plea for christopher murphy today to six felony level charges of possession of child sexual abuse images. he was arrested at his east kingston home after an investigation that officials say lasted for several months. authorities say he possessed images and videos that show young people in sexually explicit situations. bail was set today at $25,000 and prosecutors say the investigation is still ongoing. >> we're still investigating, so forensic evidence is still being examined so i can't comment specifically on what the evidence we have and with a additional evidence may or may of the wmur sales department and has been suspended pending the outcome of this case. his lawyer says he plans to defend these charges. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer: u.n.h. is facing a lot questions tonight about how it paid for its new million there are scoreboard. the point came from a former librarian who donated his estate to the school. wmur's jennifer crompton is live now to explain how top lawmakers are among those this comes across as an extravagant expenditure at a time when the university has pressing budget needs and will be asking the state for many more millions. robert morin left a wonderful gift, having worked at the university library for nearly 50 years, the quiet frugal man gave his entire $4 million estate to u.n.h. >> he did leave a small portion to the library, but beyond this announcing that 2.5 million will go to an expanded centrally located student career and professional success center. and a million towards a giant video board at the newly renovated wildcat stadium. what might he think? >> i think he would have been pleased with it. reporter: but some in governmen% call the video board funding perplexing, when the university is about to ask the legislature for millions. >> sometimes i think the university system loses perspective of how much a million dollars is t out there and how far that can go on other things. >> that money could go towards lowering the cost of education or to their capital drive for new stem buildings. report the university issuing a statement saying while it's her from people who disagree, it doesn't change its decision saying in part, a facility like wild cat stadium is transformative to our campus experience in helping u.n.h. to recruit the best and brightest students, build our campus and alumni community pride and host one would expect from a flagship state university. jasper thinks the university should reconsider putting that million dollars towards the video screen and instead go back to their original idea of fundraising for it. jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. josh: still to come tonight, the race for governor heating up now after the primary. the one issue both candidates say they do agree on. jennifer: a horse rescue shelter they're about to get some help thanks to a national tv show. hayley: did you feel the autumn chill this morning? a lot us did. tonight it will be cool, not quite as cold as this morning. i'll have more coming up after the break. >> it's week three of the friday night football schedule, we're live in win ham where thousands are expected to show up for josh: commitment 2016, whether it's 41-year-old republican chris sununu or the 37-year-old democrat colin van ostern, come next year there will be a bit of a youthful infusion in the governor's office. after winning their respective primaries the general election matchup now set, and for the next several weeks case to voters. one of them will be the next governor of new hampshire. and on the surface vis sununu and colin van ostern offer similar messages. >> what people care about are the results that matter to their lives, good schools, good jobs, low taxes, an efficient state government with less red tape. >> we believe in things like low taxes, limited government, local control, personal responsibility. these are the fundamental new hampshire values that we try to reporter: both of them are sitting executive councilors who say they are outraged that dartmouth hitchcock will layoff as many as 460 people, an announcement made just two days after the council approved a 36 million state contract with the hospital. >> that's obviously critical information that was withheld from us. it was withheld from the council, from the governor and commissioner. again, i we need to rebid this contract. >> we need to make sure that they're held to the letter of the law and the letter of the contract that they are patients get good care. reporter: on the issue of health care, van ostern says making the expansion of medicaid permanent is a critical component. sununu wants to reshape it into a model that protects taxpayers and is more tailored to the state's needs. another difference centers on the prospect of a commuter rail project running from the state's southern tier into boston. >> there's no question it will help businesses grow and help responsible because most of the funding can come from grants from washington. >> that's not going to drive our economy forward. a 300 million train to help a couple thousand people get to work in boston? that doesn't make sense to anybody i don't think. josh: you can hear more from both candidates for new hampshire governor this sunday as sununu and van ostern - hayley: on sunday, if you do have outdoor plans, they should be okay, just have a backup plan. but this weekend 50-50, some sun i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know mogenerals do. then the john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... those are sacrifices? i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. jennifer: tonight a portsmouth nonprofit involved in the animal version of extreme home makeover audience. josh: project positive, spell paw, featured a series on animal planet called pet nation renovation of they've renovated several shelters on the verge of collapse and hidden pond farm equine rescue in breent wood needs some help. >> project positive goes in, we've designed, we build, we do everything we need to do in order to give these places a great renovation. >> it will keep us alive. because without the buildings we can't do anything. josh: project positive is hoping to raise funds to help the equine rescue center stay in business. hayley: good evening, everybody, it's a nice evening to be out on the back deck enjoying a nice glass of a cold beverage and striking up the barbecue. temperatures in the 60's. 70's in the needed a jacket or a hoodie on because it was chilly. look at these temperatures, 32 degrees in errol way up north, jefferson 34 degrees, allenstown got to 36. our weather spotter in wilmoft reported 37 degrees. about 39 even in concord. but we recovered moistly with all this bright sunshine, and still a strong sun angle. we'll be able to heat up quickly. you can see that was the case plymouth, about 70 in whitefield, a little cooler down toward the seacoast at 73 degrees in portsmouth. and it's also cooler there right now because of the winds that shifted off the ocean, about 66 degrees in portsmouth. still mid 70's concord, manchester, nashua about 73. temperatures more line the low 70's at the moment. and they're going to start to go down because of the sun going down and the cold setting back in. the w per hour in manchester. and that southerly breeze is what kicked in the warmth for today, and we'll also keep the temperatures warmer overnight too. we're not talking 30's, and no threat for frost. you see 40's across the state, maybe a couple of 50's in the southern cities like manchester and portsmouth. it's going to be hard to miss tonight, there will be a huge full moon big and bright out there of it's the full harvest moon. be able to see it out there tonight, especially with with the totally clear skies. we'll have a few passing clouds, that will be about it overnight, some patchy fog possible in the usual spots. then watching closely what's happening off to the west, a couple storm systems at play here which eventually will bring us in some rain showers, it's just going to take its time getting here, that might be good if you have outdoor plans tomorrow. that means we'll squeeze out one more f sunday. this is 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, maybe you're waking up and going doing your morning errands or taking a run in the morning, it looks good. sunshine, temperatures will be cool, but they'll warm up quickly, again a quick rebound with all the sunshine. a fully sunny day tomorrow, clouds will start continue crease late in the day, but it's dry. the rain arrives overnight saturday into sunday. and look at how scattered it is, plans but have a backup plan if one of these showers move through, there could be a few scattered thunderstorms. unfortunately it's not going to add up to much. this is what we're looking at for future rainfal. most locations maybe a quarter to a half inch of rain. that's all we're going to be able to get. tomorrow temperatures in the 70's, a perfect september day again with light winds, there are are scattered showers on sunday, they linger into monday, and then we dry out again, tuesday, heat up near 80 on thursday, a few shower chances at the end of the week. >> busy night in friday night football, 20 games on the schedule. maggie hassan's priorities are working for new hampshire. new hampshire froze tuition. she understands that we need good highway systems. hassan is an advocate for public safety. she's kept spending under control. budget without an income or sales tax. creating a surplus... and by working with anyone and everyone to create a better environment for business innovation. a new senator making fiscal responsibility work for you. i'm maggie hassan >> more magic at fenway last night as the red sox somehow the yeast, they rallied from four runs down and won it on a ramirez three-run walkoff home run, with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. a huge win for the sox who now lead the orioles by two games in the division. yankees fall five games back. it was the third walkoff win for the sox this season. but first time via the home run since 2014. david ortiz also homered last night. the series continues tonight with clay buchholz on the mound, game time 7:10. games on the friday night football schedule. but windham might end up with the biggest crowd tonight. let's take a live look. windham is hosting his where deering hopkinton tonight at 7:00, but it's also a blackout cancer game, football players sell cool blackout t-shirt as they raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer. all of the money raised is donated for cancer r honor of cole stoddard, a form erwin ham resident who died of cancer at the age of 5. in four years the students have raised over $24,000 for the cause. elsewhere in merrimack valley, we'll kick off our fourth annual new hampshire tackles hunger campaign tonight. over the next few weeks high school football teams will be collecting food for their local community pantries. merrimack valley is collecting tonight for the immaculate memorial field this weekend as the u.n.h. and dartmouth football teams square off in hanover for the first time since 2008. they last played in durham in 2014. it was a big win for new hampshire. in fact dartmouth has not beaten u.n.h. in the last 20 meetings and that spans 40 years. >> we've had a competitive game especially starting the season with u.n.h., it's a great tool to test where we are, physically and mentally to see how games on the schedule. >> it means a lot, we got a lot of local guys that are very confident and very prepared for the game. >> a full slate of national college football for you on saturday, beginning at noon and ending with the nightcap between u.s.c. and stanford. jennifer: thank you. that will do it for news # at 6:00. when i first found out that carl had been using heroin on and off for a 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