that is new hampshire for you. shelley: we' ve seen problems across the state with frozen in plaistow a pipe burst and flooded a school forcing class to be cancelled for today and tomorrow. wmur' s mike cronin shows us the damage. >> several inches of water were gushing down the hallways of pollard elementary school monday morning. the pipe has been fixed but the work isn' t done yet. the carpet is still drying inside of plaistow' s pollard school after a pipe burst flooded part of the building. all of a sudden we heard like train roaring and the ceiling just totally came in and water came flying everywhere. mike four to five inches of : water filled the hallways and main office as students were arriving for the day. we had 6 buses filled with >> children. we did not empty the buses. mike 400 children were evacuated : to the baptist church next class was cancelled. >>we' ve had failed boilers and schools. this is unique as every emergency can be. mike the pipe was fixed but because the flooding destroyed the fire p

p>> no one covers new hampshire pnow, wmur news 9 tonight. ptom: a man from laconia is in pcustody in belmont despite an psurveillance video shows ryan pbooking room, but he didn' t get pgood evening, i' m tom griffith. pshelley: i' m shelley walcott. pwmur' s suzanne roantree explains phow police caught up with him pand why he was in custody in the pfirst place. psuzanne it was on tuesday night p: on route 106 in belmont when olice arrested p35-year-old-year-old ryan pstreitenberger of laconia. olice say they pulled pstreitenberger over for a false pinspection sticker and false ptemporary plates on the car he pwas driving. p>> when the officer was speaking pwith the gentlemen he determined pthere were some objects in the pcar he was concerned with. pit looks like drug paraphernalia pin the car. psuzanne that officer says he p: found a loaded .22 caliber phandgun, a double edged knife pand a substantial amount of pnarcotic drugs. ponce at the police station, an pofficer stepped out of the pbooking room to gather some parrest paperwork. pstrei

pshe has spent about fifty days pcampaigning in new hampshire. pformer virginia governor jim pgilmore campaigned in the pgranite state today with stops pin manchester and portsmouth. phe also did not meet the pcriteria for tomorrow' s debate. pgilmore says he' ll continue pcampaigning despite that, with phampshire through the primary. pben carson plans to spend ptomorrow morning in manchester. pafter saying hello to campaign pvolunteers, he' ll meet voters at pthe airport diner. ptom: we' re less than 24 hours pfrom tomorrow night' s republican pdebate. pthe last one before the new phampshire primary. pit gets underway at st. anselm pcollege. pthat is tomorrow night at 8:00. pspecial coverage kicks off at p5:00 right here on wmur. pand on our website and mobile papp. pand then on sunday morning, join pus for a special lineup of rogramming, breaking down the pdebate and setting the stage for pthe primary coming up. pa special edition of news 9 this pmorning begins at 6:00 a.m. pfollowed by good morning pamerica. pat 10:00, we have a live phour-lon

mike: after a day of record warmth, that classic winter chill is on its way back to new hampshire. how much colder it gets. shelley: incredible video of an ice jam in franconia. how it forced people from their homes before breaking free. tom: plus, the last 5 republican presidential candidates battling in another debate. the lasting impressions left just days before super tuesday. shelley: controversy in portsmouth. why some people say a new development project would ruin the historic charm of the city. quick there is not really a system in place to help people in place to deal with this tom: and, the obstacles one recovering heroin addict and his family faced to try and get him the help he need. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. tom: tonight, it is very different in portsmouth and concord. temperatures today. good evening, i' m tom griffith. shelley: and i' m shelley walcott. it was so unbelievably warm today. the warm up is causing problems with ice jams and flooding in parts of the state. right now in lisbon, u.s. 302 is closed due to flooding. these are pictures from e

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. news nine tonight areas shelley: from north to south it' s a bitter cold night across the granite state. " greek -- in colebrook, it is one degree. good evening, i' m shelley walcott. tom: i' m tom griffith. we' re in the coldest stretch we' ve seen yet this season and temperatures will turn dangerous this weekend. let' s go to chief meteorologist mike haddad. mike: we are tracking those dangerously cold readings. right now, it is a little warmer than at this hour last night. these are the high temperatures for the day. right now, even though it is much colder, it is a little warmer than last night. subzero of north. from concord, south and east, between 10-20. twins very light out of the southwest. no major windchill to worry about. the windchill warning does kick we could see windchill as much as 40 below zero. frost i can occur in as quickly as 10 minutes. 20 below zero. hampshire. we will take a look at when it gets that cold and when we warm up again if we see snow. and massachus

can be done alone in new hampshire? treatment is something you are focusing on. is there enough help? >> there are people across party lines. i' m glad to see washington is beginning to recognize. disappointed -- they are continuing to revoke medicaid expansion. >> how likely is it you are going to face real opposition when it comes to expanding medicaid. certainly there is a group that doesn' t want anything to do with the affordable care act. there are others who say the horse is already out to the barn. >> i' m pleased we have a bipartisan new hampshire health protection program we enacted about two years ago. we did make progress to reauthorize expansion forward. i will continue to work with members of both parties. >> no mention of expanded gambling. >> i think we have had that debate and i think we need to focus on where we can continue to make progress together. i' two fiscally responsible budgets . we ended fiscal year 2015 with a surplus. we need to continue to move forward. one of the things on the opioid cris

new hampshire planning to use insurance. there is a positive impact on new hampshire businesses, because these folks get sick. they show up in the emergency the hospitals then cost shifted to everyone else with private insurance and that is one of the reasons we have one of the highest health insurance costs in the nation. we have put together a new hampshire plan that has no new taxes, no increase taxes, no impact on the states general fund, it will be funded with voluntary contributions from hospitals and insurance companies, the small state share that has to be a part of it, and lastly we just talked about the fact that 40,000 people, 6000 of whom ask of substance abuse benefits, is licensing. -- is life-saving. >> do you support the work >> it has to be more workable so people get the benefits and move on. a story that hasn' t been told is the people moving through the program. you either move up and make more money or you die. new hampshire should be proud, senator bradley as the architect. there is only one reason to b

people in new hampshire do not care about money. you can' t buy a vote in new hampshire. they want to see you, they want to touch you. you know that joke about a guy in concord, what do you think about most udall for president, and he said, i don' t know. i only met him twice. the reason that is funny is it is true. what percent are still saying they are undecided? 30%, 40%, something like that? josh: on the republican side, 55% now, senator. you got that right. washington, d.c., we have a couple candidate saying there are voices in washington though that do what new hampshire to not have two disproportionate a say in this. what are you hearing outside of the borders of the state? senator mccain: i just don' t see it happening. i would think there would be an like this system as it is. we have not done a bad job picking nominees. we are going through a process that only new hampshire can do. i love the united states of america. i love my own state. the fact is this has become a national tradition and one that -- as i said, money plays too great a role in politics today. i

and i' m glad that my guy finish second in new hampshire. can i put in a plug -- flanaganfornh.com is the website. if you have any questions or inquiries. josh: or you want to donate. rep. flanagan: or donate. press the red button. josh: welcome back. this week, and intense political battle started after the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia appear. in public and saying this is an election year, no one should be nominated, the president saying it is his duty to nominate someone. let' started. guest: i was, to be honest. whether you agreed with his philosophy or not, he applied it pretty consistently and i felt badly that we could not give him talking about what would happen. and i think the country should m not sure that' s going to happen. josh: he was on the bench for a very long time. what kind of legacy do you think he will have? justice broderick: justice khalil was an originalist, as he describes it -- justice scalia was originalist, as he describes it. he was always trying to think of framers. he was at the center. -- he

every candidate on the republican side said i get a betty -- a better hearing in new hampshire than any other place josh: let me ask about the parties -- this is happening both sides -- is there too much involvement, they are trying to orchestrate everything? is that a matter of the ring such a large field? steve: in 2012, everyone said, do not call them on a weeks notice, do not concentrate them in three states, spread them out geographically, and cut the number down. we did that. in addition, we have done them in front of larger audiences, we had conservative voices, we had input on which networks get them based on their performance and how they are treated -- it has been a success. is it perfect? i argued long and hard, in the early ones, have the candidates divided into two lots. but we have to work with the networks. it' s a big improvement. it could get better.

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

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

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

. >> 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.

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

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

. >> 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

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

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

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

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

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,

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.

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

p>> no one covers new hampshire plike we do. ptom: donald trump and bernie psanders being declared the pwinner' s of the 2016 new phampshire primary. pboth have led in new hampshire olls for months. pbut there are some surprises in pthe latest results. pthanks for joining us, i' m tom pgriffith. pjennifer i' m jennifer vaughn. p:as polls present -- predicted, pwinter bernie sanders, 39% to phillary clinton. ptom: doll trunk came out the pindicating but the surprise in pthe crowded race is who came in psecond. pohio governor john kasich. pted cruz' s third followed pclosely by former florida pgovernor jeb bush. pthey are followed by florida psenator marco rubio, is pchristie, carly fiorina and dr. pben carson. pjennifer: we have a team of preporters covering all the major pcampaigns tonight. pwe begin with donald trump. ptom: wmur' s jean mackin is at ptrump' s primary night pcelebration in manchester. p pjean: donald trump wins, coming pon stage with his family and ptelling new hampshire you pstarted it, remember, you pstarted i

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

. >> 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

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.

he has been campaigning in new hampshire since last night. tomorrow he plans to host town hall meetings in new london and laconia. >> and vermont senator bernie sanders is in second place. today in new hampshire he said he is not accepting defeat just yet. wmur' s mike cronin explains. mike: riding his momentum from iowa, senator bernie sanders rallied supporters in keene and here in claremont as he turns his attention back to the first in the nation primary. senator bernie sanders opened his speech at the claremont opera house by calling his narrow defeat in iowa an important step in his campaign. >> we showed that working people and lower income people and young people are prepared to stand up and fight for fundamental changes in the way politics and economics is done in america. the iowa caucus. earlier at the colonial theater in keene, he said his campaign will look at the results. >> i don' t want to misspeak here, but it may be the case that some delegates were selected based on a flip of a coin. not the best way to do democracy. mike:

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

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. tom: bernie sanders and hillary clinton took questions from local voters in a town hall meeting aired on cnn tonight. the democratic candidates d carry them out. m tom griffith. shelley: i' m shelley walcott. wmur political reporter adam sexton has a wrap up of tonight' s discussion. adam: one of the great things about this last week of campaigning here in new hampshire is that there are literally so many events for these candidates to squeeze into each day. by the time they get around to having a nationally televised town hall at 9:00 or 10:00 at night, the gloves are starting to come off. the get a little tired and the answers get very candid. the focus of the number -- democratic primary race turned to downtown dairy. -- downtown derry. >> of course we are an underdog. retaking on the most powerful political organization in the country. adam: he took questions on health care and homeless vets. >> to date, we have not heard from any democrats. have you seated the support of veterans

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 tonight. >> right now, all the candidates are finalized in the last 48 campaign. i'm tom griffith. shelley: and i'm shelley walcott. at this moment, the crowd is filing out of saint anselm college where seven run candidates faced off tonight for the last time before new hampshire's primary. tom: josh mcelveen was part of the panel with that debate, with jennifer vaughn. jennifer: one of the candidates is here, we say thanks ohio governor john kasich, fresh off the stage coming to talk to us. governor for you. how did it feel? governor kasich: i felt like i'm home. 100 town hall meetings. i've met people everywhere and i've fallen in love with the people of this state. i felt i had home-field the town halls are fantastic. people can see who you are. the debates are difficult because you're so short but i felt maybe they got a better glimpse of john kasich with the national audience. hopefully the people of new hampshire appreciated what i had to say. >> is there a part

he has been to new hampshire 21 times this past year. he says that it is a pleasure to travel to the granite state because people are so engaged in politics. hayley: good evening, everyone. here is a live look. we have temperatures below freezing in some spots. any melting we had going on today could have refrozen the roadways. be careful of some patchy black ice tonight. this is all part of a big storm system to our south that will have huge impacts on us in the next 24 hours. the temperatures are quite mild 45 degrees in concord and manchester. the average high for this time, about 33 degrees. tomorrow will be a different story. much colder temperatures, well below the average highs. that means snow across the area. the get the temperatures now. low freezing just about everywhere. the low freezing in portsmouth. 20' s up in plymouth and white smith as well. here are the clouds. southern new england. that will end soon as this big storm starts to make its way. look at the spin on this thing. you can almost make out an i. it is not tropi

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.

p>> we are new hampshire. pthese are tough people. p>> up to eight inches could fall pover the seacoast overnight. palthough some worry the snow pcould affect voter turnout, eople in portsmouth say, pgranite resolve is harder than owder. p>> this is a live free or die pstate. pvery very serious people. pand this little snow, it' s only pgoing to have like 4 or 5 pinches. pnothing. pthey' re going to all vote. pi hope. pand i hope they all vote for jeb pbush. p>> everything is going as usual, pi don' t think it' s going to paffect i mean we' re new penglanders, right? p: roads are messy which others psay could discourage some voters pfrom driving to the polls. p>> i hope not. pi always look forward to voting, pand this only happens once every p4 years. p>> i think older people have a pconcern. ptheir reaction times, maybe they pfeel like it will be too pdifficult so if people know polder people, you get out there pand you drive them to the polls. pstephanie: new hampshire dot has pmore than 700 crews salting and lowing overnight and sa

coming off a second-place finish hampshire. tuesday night in milford, he picked up the endorsement of former massachusetts senator, scott brown. >> one person who has the independence and can be the change agent to get washington working again, it was clear to me that was donald trump. >> everybody wanted his endorsement, and i' m very honored that he' s giving it to me. adam: donald trump trying to put things in perspective. >> i didn' t expect to do so well. one poll came out that maybe be built up a false expectation for some people. adam: he let a little new york slip into his vocabulary in his stump speech, swearing twice. once talking about russia. >> let them use some of their weapons at cost billions and billions of dollars. cruz. >> the democrats have already said they are going to sue him. adam: but the crowd ended up with their unconventional candidate sounding nothing like they are not worried at all about what happened and i will. t win. i think second is pretty good in iowa. adam: so we have all these candidates p

, 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.

at the university of new hampshire. new wmur-cnn poll numbers are tracking the race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. despite the close result in iowa, sanders is expanding his large lead in new hampshire picking up three percentage points since the caucuses, while clinton lost 3. the two met in their first one-on-one debate tonight. wmur' s jean mackin is live at campus. jean: and then there were two. this was the first time just hillary clinton and bernie sanders shared the spotlight on the debate stage but that' s about all they shared here at unh tonight. the two democrats left standing wasted no time drawing the differences. >> yes, secretary clinton represents the establishment, but i represent ordinary americans. >> i think senator sanders is the only one characterizing me as woman running for president as exemplifying the establishment. jean the vermont senator and : former secretary of state sparred over campaign contributions, super pac support and clinton' s paid speeches. >> end the artful smear, y

>> it' s great to be back in new hampshire. we' ve had such wonderful times you have the values and the believes that we believe in. >> for the first time tonight, former first lady barbara bush hit the campaign trail to support her son jeb bush. the former florida governor said that she' s all first-in-the-nation voters have been talking about. >> she' s not as great as everyone thinks she is, i' ll tell you that one. stephanie: barbara then made the case to elect a third man in her family president. >> jeb is the nicest, wisest, most caring, loyal, disciplined not by me. , >> i jokingly say that when we were growing up in midland in houston, that mom was fortunate not to have a child abuse hotline available, because the discipline of learning right and wrong was her doing. my dad was this perfect idyllic man who to this day is the greatest man alive. stephanie: although jeb lavished praise on his family he attacked his rivals. >> i' s dogged determination to leave iraq secure. while fragile, it was secure when he left. i know

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.

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

mike: the coldest air of the season, so far, is on its way to new hampshire. when the bitter blast moves in. shelley: it' that this mass of fur is a live dog. the horrifying conditions police say the dog was left in and the already made. tom: big security changes are coming to the verizon wireless the steps you' next time you' re at a concert or show. shelley: hillary clinton and bernie sanders just finished their first debate since the new hampshire primary. the topics they addressed as the campaigns turn their focus to the south. tom: one group is finding a new use for old campaign signs. the project at unh to re-purpose them. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 tonight. falling right now and some places could drop below zero overnight. you' re looking live at colebrook where it is minus two degrees at this hour. good evening, i' m shelley walcott. tom: i' m tom griffith. the thermometer is going to keep dropping as we approach the weekend. chief meteorologist mike haddad is tracking the dangerously cold temperatures. mike: we talk ab

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. tom: first tonight video of a , rescue you' ll only see on news 9 capturing the moment first responders plucked a woman from the frigid waters of the merrimack river in manchester. tonight she' s recovering at a hospital. good evening, i' m tom griffith. rescuers say she could not have survived much longer in the water. our jean mackin witnessed the rescue and joins us live from the scene. jean? jean: it happened right in the river by arms park. 911 received a call that a woman jumped in the river. first responders say they haven' t confirmed yet if she jumped or fell. when we arrived they had just spotted her head bobbing in the water. it was a desperate race against time to reach a woman washing down the merrimack river. >> anyone see her?? jean: the first challenge, spot water. you can hear rescuers urge her to grab hold of a rope. firefighters lowered ropes and a ladder for her to hold onto , buying an extra minute for the rescue boat to arrive. she was dressed in some dark clothe

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

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. tom: a circus company is now facing 14 serious violations for last summer' s tent collapse in lancaster. two people were killed and dozens injured. good evening, i' m tom griffith. shelley: i' m shelley walcott. federal safety agency osha revealed today that the circus did not build the tent severe weather alerts. wmur' s stephanie woods has our top story from lancaster. stephanie 6 months after the : circus tent collapsed here on the lancaster fair grounds the community is still reeling. now osha has found that the tent company was negligent, but some say it' s no victory. >> it was scary. it was very scary. stephanie: on august 3, -- joann rushed to the scene with her husband, the lancaster county fire chief. >> there were kids crying because their parents were scared. there was still a little bit of wind and rain and it looked unreal. it was like a movie. those things don' t happen in places like this. stephanie: osha released a report thursday saying that the circus operator, walk

candidates will turn their attention to new hampshire this week. mike cronin tells me what canvassers were doing this weekend. mike: even though most of the candidates were not in new hampshire this weekend, their volunteers are campaigning, making phone calls every night, trying to reach as many voters as possible. leaving his competitors in iowa, ohio governor john kasich continued campaigning in new hampshire as he approaches 100 town halls in the state. >> whether i win or not, i believe in this process. i believe the folks in new hampshire are the best screeners america can have. mike: add bow elementary school, tax rates, reduce spending, and address climate change if elected president. >> we don' t have to police the world, and we don' t want to control the world, but just like a good mom or dad, we have to lead as an adult country. that is our destiny is america. mike:mike: after dropping out of the race a month ago, south carolina senator lindsey graham is back supporting jeb bush. he talked to veterans in manchester. graham says bush is b

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

shelley: what does it mean for hampshire? scott: remember the last two i will caucus winners, huckabee and rick santorum could not parlay that into a victory here in new hampshire. it doesn' t necessarily mean crews will do well here. shelley: and a big night for marco rubio. >> he is the establishment pick among the four republicans running. he' s had a very good night and will make a lot of headlines. malley is out along with huckabee tonight. let' s talk about hillary clinton, still too close to call in that race. what does it mean in iowa? scott: they split the state in half and they are still at the starting gate, if you will. new hampshire gets too may be redefined the race. bernie sanders has the lead in the polls right now so we will see what happens. in south carolina, hillary clinton is very strong and not expected to lose their a matter what. shelley: scott spradling, we really appreciate it. it remains to be seen what happens in the general election, but in the last 4 decades, iowa hasn' t had a strong track recor