some of these guys, not so much. has some of the lowest poll numbers in new hampshire outlined his plan as the primary draws closer. when it comes to campaigning, he won't be changing much. >> i don't need to change the strategy, i just need to get in front of more people and i will be doing that. the key thing is messaging here and always telling the truth and sticking with the issues that are important to america. >> well, with only two days left until the primary, many new hampshire voters say they

. >> yes, it has. that i just listed, are opposed to the raising the minimum wage in new hampshire. why so? >> well, fred, we believe that basically the free market is working. there really isn't any minimum wage workers, very, very few minimum wage workers in the state of new hampshire.

one of the real cries coming from industry in new hampshire, business industry, is we need more employees. we need better trained employees, we need more employees. there's a real problem here. we have an unemployment rate of area, so, there's a need for employees and i think when you default to the federal 7.25, you don't give new hampshire the

that's all. hampshire. the situation, 7.25 reflects the federal minimum wage we have defaulted to that one. wal-mart in new hampshire and the u.s. is now at $14.29. retail trade is now the largest employer in new hampshire and most of those retailers do pay above the minimum wage. with me to talk about this are two people who are intimately state house, state senator lieu d'alessandro d'alessandro, and shane from a group in concord, representing the national federation of businesses and convenience stores and new hampshire restaurant and lodging association, bruce. >> great to be here with you and senator d'alessandro. >> nice to have you. senator, there are a couple of bills in the legislature, 1412 was defeated last week on it to $12. what's the case for that? >> i think the case is this. new hampshire had its own minimum wage, but that was repealed when o'brien was speaker of the house and we now defaulted to the federal wage, the federal wage is low. two things are very important. new hampshire has a tr

much it come up along the coast here, just off the coast and spread snow here in new england and new hampshire as well. highest amounts will be south of austin, cape cod and the islands likely seeing that amount.

wal-mart in new hampshire and the u.s. is now at $14.29. retail trade is now the largest

notice the warmest in northern new hampshire for a change. lower 30's there. meanwhile, everybody else in the teens and 20's out there. so, a chilly start. so highly variable depending upon your location. clouds having a big part to do with why it's so mild in northern new hampshire. the includes lock in warmth at night and there could be a few northern part of the state today as well. the rest of us are going to see a lot of sunshine.

. >> all the republican candidates who took part in the debate will make campaign stops in new hampshire. fellow republicans, carly fiorina and jim gilmore will also be here. on the democratic side, both hillary clinton and bernie

one of the most pressing issues in new hampshire is the opioid crisis. josh touched on that causing some of the presidential hopefuls to get emotional. >> senator cruz, you're a member of that committee and your campaign schedule didn't allow you to attend this, even though the police called it outrageous, and you told a close family member's struggle with addiction. what can you say to law enforcement to convince them

debate was chris christie, the republican presidential hopeful has been polling low in the polls in new hampshire and they say this is what he needed. >> i think he showed he's clearly the strongest person to take on donald trump and take on hillary clinton, the most in command, the most tested and most ready. the rush to coronate other people in this race is over. >> be sure to stay with news 9 following our newscast this

, there's a need for employees and i think when you default to the federal 7.25, you don't give new hampshire the opportunity to do more legislatively. i think that's the problem and taking that away was a very, very bad move. >> bruce, same question. >> well, i think that the legislature has looked at what's happening in the market, and i think that they're seeing that it really isn't necessary to we don't need to put any arbitrary thresholds out there. let the market work and the businesses compete and that's what they're doing. >> not a disadvantage in your mind? >> you have employers paying much more than the minimum wage so they need to compete with those communities.

candidates will be back on the campaign trail hours after facing off in the final debate before the new hampshire primary. >> seven g.o.p. contenders will take the stage addressing a number of topics. ray brewer joins us live in the >> good morning, sean and amy.

p>> that incredible access you ponly get in new hampshire. pjohn kasich has plans before ptonight's debate at noon. p>> marco rubio has picked up panother endorsement, bobby pjindal is endorsing rubio for resident. pjindal was running until he psuspended his campaign in pnovember. pmakes the second 2016 rival to pendorse rubio this week. pformer pennsylvania senator rick psantorum endorsed him on pwednesday. pamy: today, former florida pgovernor jeb bush comes after a pconcord where he encouraged psupporters to stay strong in the prace. p>> thank you all for coming and pwe're getting near decision time pand i'm excited about that. pamy: bush was joined by south pcarolina senator lindsey graham pwho recently dropped out of his pbid for the republican pnomination. pformer first lady barbara bush pjoined him at a handful of pevents. p>> remember that wmur is your psource for latest commitment p2016 coverage, be sure to join pus tonight for the abc news wmur prepublican debate taking place pat st. anselm college and our pown josh mcelveen will be

pshe said she decided to run pafter a rotary club meeting in pnew hampshire. pshe did not meet the network pcriteria for the debate. pshe has spent 50 days pcampaigning in the granite pstate. pand jim gilmore will hit the pdebate trail. phe did not meet the criteria for pthe daeb, but he'll continue on pin new hampshire bee spite that,

p>> good morning, new hampshire. p7:00 on this saturday, february p6th. pi'm amy coveno. pi'm erin fehlau. pwe're hours away from the prepublican debate ap the pcandidates didn't let the snow pinterrupt campaigning. pformer lady barbara bush plowed pthrough the snow with her son pjeb bush, stopping at mary panne's diner in derry. pgetting around in the snow was pnot easy. pit did make for tricky travel.

pclouds in northern new hampshire pand there will be some snow pflurries in the mountains and oints north as this disturbance pcrosses north. pthe rest of the state stays dry. pmilder tomorrow before we plunge pback down again with some snow

wireless arena, where phillary clinton and senator pbernie sanders made one of their pfinal pitches to new hampshire. pwhen he vowed to make sure that p2010 citizens united ruling gets punderturned. p>> this government of ours pbelongs to all of us, not a

p>> though many new hampshire pvoters remain undecided, the pmajority in this crowd have pchosen their candidate. p>> finally, here is the

over the ocean and it pcould bring enough instability pfor light snow, especially in psouthern new hampshire in the pafternoon or evening, monday pafternoon, monday night, maybe pinto tuesday morning as well. paccumulations from this, and pthen tuesday into wednesday, panother weather system that asses by, again, far out to psea, but if it skirts farther pwest, our data will be tracking pthat this weekend. pwe'll see farther west and it pcould affect us more. pso there's a chance of snow pshowers or light snow on

facing the new hampshire real estate with the new hampshire housing, applied economic research, into the department of resources and economic development. you can pay at the door. anyhow, thank you, david, senior vice-president of the business industry association of new hampshire. if you want to see some of that interview again, you can go to wmur.com, click on news and then click on project economy. >> now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. >> a mixture of clouds and sunshine to start off your sunday, but i guess the biggest yeah, you'll be able to head outside and not to dress quite as fully, take that in the right way. of course. temperatures 34 degrees in samburton samburton. less layers today. starting in the 30's now, a little bit after breeze out of the southwest and check out those temperatures, we're in the 30's. some are mild as temperatures found at the coast and in the mountains to the north. 36 degrees in whitefield, 37 at the seacoast and more temperatures for you. our spotter temperatures showing temperatures southeastern new hampshire, southw

recovery in new hampshire. and gave them a place to go. and recovering addicts died from overdosing on opioids. >> the challenge is that a person who has been through this and lives devastated by this. and once my son died. then what happened it's a whole ripple effect from the family. i lost my house, i got divorced, my daughter had to change schools. there are so many different things that happened. >> manchester american medical response has responded to 51 suspected drug overdoses in february alone. 12 of them deadly. if these deaths are confirmed by the medical examiner, february will be died for the deadliest city history. rocco compares that to last february when amr responded to 38 overdoses and lost five people. >> and we see that trend is the amount of narcan that we're giving some of the patients is where-- we're thinking it's something other than just heroin. >> kelly says her center needs more funding, meaning more beds for kids addicted to heroin and fentanyl. >> it's heartbreaking. you see moms w

in northern new hampshire. above average, highs of 41 to 51 degrees and mild and we'll talk about the upcoming week, there's one rather large storm system that we've got our eye on. that's coming up in a few minutes. amy: we're following breaking news overnight out of michigan. seven people, including a 14-year-old girl are dead in what police are calling a series of random shootings in kalamazoo. the gunfire started around 6:00 last night at a cracker barrel restaurant. a car dealership, and an apartment complex. police have taken a 45-year-old male suspect into custody. they say weapons were found in his vehicle. we are, of course, following this story, but we will continue to bring you updates throughout the morning. >> turning now to commitment 2016 coverage. it was another big night for the race for the white house. nevada. meagan hughes is in columbia, south carolina with a win. >> we're going right to nevada and i think we'll do terrific there and the sec is going to be very, very exciting and we expect

it's snow in northern new hampshire, but rain in central new hampshire and especially as the sunrises and temperatures are warming just a little bit. so this is the last batch of it of eastern new york and once this rolls through then things start to settle down a little bit in areas south of the white mountains. if you're in the mountains and points north, the ski areas and points toward the north from there, you're going to still see the continued chance of on and off rain showers and snow showers at times through the day. the state will see partly sunny skies developing as the breaks push their way in. milder air streaming in as i mentioned and here is a look at it pushing up from the southwest. sticking around through the weekend and then getting a little cooler to begin the upcoming week. the jetstream zonal flow means east to west, there's none of this big curviness that goes on and our weather is calm the next several days and so no major storms in the offing this upcoming week. talk about that in a second. a couple of mixed rain and snow showers this morning, and then turning

new hampshire voters were showing support for the new england patriots during new hampshire' s primary -- tom brady got two write-ins votes on the republican side and two on the democratic side as . -- as well. and coach bill belichick got one democratic write-in. taking love to a whole new level. how one man in indiana is showing his wife just how much he cares. now to our u-local hot shot. our director, rick, wanted to with his wife mary and baby nora a happy valentine' s day. here they are all bundled up to go play in the snow. you can submit your pictures and video, and join the thousands of u-local members, by logging onto amy: a man in indiana gave his wife quite a surprise for valentine' s day. josh: patrick sullivan says his wife only asked for a modest gift like a note or a card. but this year, he had something different in mind. he bought space on a billboard that featured the message pat and patty forever 27 years and counting. you complete me, love pat. i wonder how that went over. amy: i do, too. researchers at the university of california hope to build a seismic network t

. >> good morning, new hampshire. we'll get to our top stories but first josh joins us with a look at your weekend forecast. >> it's going to be getting colder and colder. as you probably heard that wind is going to be a factor too. speaking of which very chilly 6 degrees out there. as you can see there's also some very cold spots in a lot of places this morning in the single digits. there is a chance you can see a flake or two because a cold front is rolling through the state this morning. it may generate a random flurry or two. otherwise we turn increasingly sunny and windy with colder temperatures streaming on in. that means falling temperatures this afternoon. so after highs around these levels teens to single digits from south to north. the temperatures get even colder this afternoon and you know they're getting cold tonight and windy too. timeline for all that coming up in your full forecast. >> ever source energy is preparing for this weekend's temperatures. the company says the cold makes it even more critical