Were deeply sorry, our condolences to steven andrades family, and we concerned for sue hutchinsons safety. I hope shes still alive, but it doesnt sound very good. Ive never talked to her before, but ive seen her outside a lot. Jennifer police say andrade had been dating hutchinsons daughter, although the two broke up they say there were no reported problems between hutchinson and andrade. If you have any information, call Manchester Police. Josh quite the scene on the seacoast as several Fire Departments responded to a fire at a hotel near Hampton Beach today. Shelley walcott is here with the story. Reporter the fire shut down ocean boulevard for a while this afternoon. It happened at the beach view inn, near jay street. Smoke could be seen billowing from the hotel. Hotel guests and others staying nearby were evacuated. Cars were redirected around the fire through the beach parking lot. The hampton fire chief gave us more details on where the fire may have started in that hotel. The main damage was to the third floor and attic, primarily, and water damage below. Reporter the good news is that no one was hurt and crews were able to contain that fire. Live in the studio, shelley walcott. Jennifer prosecutors have filed their response to a request by lawyers for owen labrie to have his felony conviction set aside. The former st. Paul School Student was convict in august of several charges related to the assault of a 15yearold freshman during a tradition called the senior salute. Andy hershberger has more. Reporter the states response to the defense motion to set aside the guilty verdict basically says the laws were written a certain way for a reason and should be followed to the letter. Labrie was found guilty of file charges related to the Sexual Assault of a teenager at a concord prep school, the most serious crime was a felony of certain uses of computer he used a computer to lure a 15yearold into the Sexual Assault. Defense lawyers argue that the law wasnt meant to apply to two teenagers who knew each other. They also say the fact that labrie will have to register for life as a sex offender is too harsh. The states response says the law isnt limited to strangers who meet online and that the statute is clear about the registration requirements. No timetable has been given for the judges ruling. Andy hershberger, wmur news 9. Josh a man accused of assaulting a chide in merrimack has pleaded guilty. Police say the 20yearold chase march dropped the baby onto the floor. He was sentenced to eight days and must attend parenting classes. The good news is the baby is expected to be okay. Jennifer the president of new englands largest family owned funeral home is speaking out about tin crease in heroin related deaths that theyve been seeing. Buddy fanuf says theyve responded to 50 opioid death this is year, most of them heroin overdoses, the average age 32, the majority have been women. He says families have also been using obituaries and social media to tell others about the dangers of the drug. Families are using a really tragic event as a way to educate the public and saying this is what happened to my son, this is what happened to my dad, we dont want it to happen again. Jennifer a recent poll listed hayley as the number one problem facing the state. Knocking the economy from the top of the list for the first time in nearly a decade. News 9 is committed to continuing coverage of the heroin epidemic here in New Hampshire. You can track the issue right along with us on the air and online. Follow us on facebook and twitter for the efforts under stories too. Josh in washington, New Hampshires members of congress submitted legislation call for the creation of a task force focused on the heroin epidemic. Begin that and kuster coauthored the bill which would also reauthorize federal funding geared to Addiction Treatment and education. But this also comes as new poll numbers show that both guinta and kuster each have problems within their districts. Twoterm congresswoman kuster hell best policy numbers have been on election day and thats a good thing, because the rest of the year has been a struggle. Kuster is still not popular in the second district. She has been under water in terms of her favorability year. Josh once again that is the case as kuster is four points under water weather a 29 favorable rating, 33 unfavorable. But unlike her counterpart in no declared challengers or the baggage of an Illegal Campaign contribution scandal, something guinta is trying to work through. Guinta has been campaigning for the 2016 election as if this was going to go away, but its not. Josh its gotten worse since july. Now a full half of the electorate agrees with senator ayotte that guinta should resign now as a result of the scandal. That is six points higher than july. And theres more evidence that would seem to make a guinta turn around a long shot at best. 56 say they would definitely vote for some other candidate. Josh so far a pair of democratic challengers have emerged for guinta, former congresswoman carol sheaporter is back and seven points on the plus side. Newcomer sean oconnor is still voters. Far as the republican primary goes and the challengers there for frank guinta, a pair of play, 2014 candidate dan innis appears to be all but in, while former b. A. Executive is also receiving encouragement to run. Jennifer a shakeup on the hill, the g. O. P. Race for House Speaker goes into a tail spin after the frontrunner abruptly drops out. Aixa diaz in our Washington Bureau to tell us how this sets up a showdown between moderate republicans and hard line conservatives. Reporter House Republicans were ready to nominate their candidate for speaker today, when the man many believed to be chosen made a surprising announcement. If we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. Reporter House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy shocked washington when he announced hes withdrawing from the race for speaker. I think the best thing for our party right now is to have 247 votes on the floor. If we are going to be strong, we got to be 100 united. Reporter the next speaker needs a 218 vote majority to win the job. We need to have a lot more family discussion, because we need to find somebody that our whole body can unite behind and do what we were elected to do. Reporter mccarthy faced opposition from conservative hard liners who said they wont back him during the full house vote october 29. Its not going to be easy for anyone to bring all factions of the Republican Party together. Reporter the political analyst says the g. O. P. Could suffer if it doesnt come together and show solidarity now. For the republicans to somehow shut their doors and get their act together and present, whether its true or not, a united face. Reporter it could cause longer term issues for congress. As long as they continue to be worried about that criticism from the far right, theyre going to struggle to demonstrate to the American People that they actually are suited to govern. Reporter john boehner who announced last mob hed be resigning as speaker at the en of october says hell continue serving in that role until his successor is elected. Aixa diaz, wmur news 9. Josh now that Maggie Hassan has set her sights on the u. S. Senate, a democratic candidate has already emerge forward the governors seat in 2016, thats because this morning in man chest executive counselor van ostren made his candidacy official. He joins republican chris sununu. Well hear from both of them tonight at 6 00. And new jersey governor Chris Christine continues to go full tilt on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, hell have a pair of events in manchester today and will be starting a town hall in belmont within the hour. This is day two of the threeday trip for christie. And christie was not the only republican in New Hampshire today. Lindsey graham is in the middle of a 10day swing through the state, while jim gilmore meet with people in bedford and nashua today. Jennifer now getting a look at traffic, this is 293 north in rivers edge camera. 95. 7s dick lutz joins us now. Hello to everybody at home. Its been a tough ride this afternoon with a couple of accidents slowing you down on your thursday commute. Lets go right to the map ask well start out on the everett turnpike where a twocar crash around exit 5 had you backed up all the way to exit 4 earlier, state police were on the scene and that should be cleared soon if it has not already. Once you get past that you have the usual delays from exit s11 to the bed information tolls. 93, a fender bender in londonderry had traffic backed up to wind ham and that situation should be cleared before too long, an earlier accident on 93 southbound at exit 6, candia road has cleared, as has a twocar crash on the exit 3 off ramp in windham. No problems on 293 or 93 north of the city through the hooksett tolls. Getting out of boston is a mess with heavy traffic from the zakim to 495. A lot of volume on route 3. Lots of volume but no major issues on 101, spaulding turnpike or 95 through the hampton tolls. From the wzid traffic network, im dick lutz. Josh there are new evacuations in South Carolina tonight as the river surges created by record rainfall move farther downstream. That story is next. Like a tsunami, it was just like this wall of brown muck and mud just coming down the valley at us. Jennifer its been exactly 10 years since the start of a storm dealt with washout large parts of alstead. Im meteorologist josh judge, yes, it is haunted thursday and today were at spooky world presents nightmare new england. Im looking around, so far i havent seen anything out of the ordinary. Well see if that continues when we come back. Josh then at 5 30, two guilty, now this man is defending his actions the night a madbury teenager was killed. Jennifer then at 6 00, people trying to help heroin addicts say a key part of the states josh folks on the coast of South Carolina are evacuating as more flooding is expected, overflowing rivers bringing more water to the already soaked coastlines. At least 14 dams have failed and 70 more are close to breaking. Today Governor Haley urged people to leave coastal areas. The governor says the standing weeks. Jennifer here in New Hampshire it was 10 years ago today that rain started to fall in a storm that would lead to the historic alstead flood. For one family this disaster took not only their home but also their livelihood. Determined to stay exactly where they were, they rebuilt. And now a decade later, theyre sharing the kindness and generosity that paved their road back. Reporter it was an alstead mainstay, a business decades old that took care of an entire family. Everyone knew the garage. My fatherinlaw bit it in 1943, i think. So my husband grew up there, it was always part of our family. He worked there forever. Reporter from her home directly across the street, kitty heard the violent crunch of rocks tossed around in the nearby brook, the pounding rain wouldnt stop. Like a tsunami, it was just like this wall of brown muck and mud just coming down the valley at us. So we had had both our cars ready, so my husband and i just jumped in the cars with the kids. Reporter from Higher Ground they watched the water tear through their valley, telephone poles swayed and bobbed, cars floated by. They stopped by the fire station, everyone desperate for news, and when it came, it was devastating. Somebody had had a scanner heard them say the garage is gone. Reporter as for their house just across the street, it was still standing, but they would never live in it again. 10 years later and its still hard to talk about this. Reporter for a year and a half they lived in that trailer, right next to their old house. A new garage went up across the street and eventually they moved higher up the hill, to this house, also built with too many donated items to count. Being homeless would be a good experience for anybody, because it teaches you not to take things for granted, to appreciate what you do have. Jennifer there are so many stories of survival and sacrifice from that historic flood. Join us tonight at 7 00 for a special look back, rising above the alstead flood. And there is no rain falling right now, which makes this a great night to get out and enjoy a hayride. Josh yes, you can choose the haunted option at spooky world this year. Josh judge is on this haunted thursday. Hey there, josh. Hi there, josh. And its a great place, never been here before when it was dressed up for october. This is the time of year spooky world presents nightmare new england, and all the rides are open, all their normal attractions and so much more, one of them is the hayride. And with me is michael who is the coowner here. Tell me, why are people all around me and where are we . Right now were in the spiders den, which is just one of of the scenes over 300 feet long at spooky worlds new hayride this year. How long this is hayride . It a little over one mile long. And when you guys are doing this you really do it up. This is not just a back yard hayride. This is a little of everything. Absolutely. We have a little bit for everyone. We call this University North as far as were concerned. We have pyrotechnics, laser shows and an abun abundance of creatures. Maybe you can help me get out of here. Meanwhile im going to toss to haley, because she looks a lot safer there in the studio. Hayley i would hope so, yeah, get into safety there josh, looks a little creep i, thats the whole point there, of course. A great place to enjoy the spooks of october. We have beautiful october weather and it has been so nice over the past week or so. We had another great day today. Take a look around the region, we still have brian sunshine across the state. Weve had a few fair weather clouds, but thats about it. In the 50s in the area, 59 in the lakes region, 57 at the seacoast. But bright and sunny in the north country, some beautiful foliage on that camera from the littleton area. It 59 now, in laconia, and in 63 in lebanon, 64 in manchester. 57 in portsmouth. So temperatures cooling down over the past couple of hours here. 56 degrees in boston. To the west temperatures very similar to us in albany its about 64 degrees. 63 in binghamton, new york. Completely clear skies across the area today. It was beautiful, you really start to see the foliage popping and the colors just gorgeous. Notice off to the west though there is a storm system on the way for us, weve got some rain that will be moving through. As this system approaches. Tonight well have clouds increasing, this is about 10 00 tonight. So this evening, and even until 10 00 we should be pretty much cloudfree. But then after that is when well start to see the clouds filling in. Tomorrow morning, starting out with cloudy skies, there may be a few showers that get going, especially in the upper valley or the great north woods. But the rest of us will see the rain coming through, about midday and into the afternoon. There could be some steadier heavier downpours around noontime or after. Then into the evening more scattered on and off showers before this system pulls out. And saturday even into sunday of this weekend looks great, with lots more sunshine and temperatures that are going to climb to temperatures in the 60s. Even close to 70 by the time we round out this hold weekend. Heres your forecast for tonight. It wont be as cool because were going to have the clouds moving in. But temperatures in the 30s up north, mainly 40s for the rest of the state, 43 concord, 46 in manchester, with calm winds. Now, tomorrow not the brightest of days. Well have clouds around all day long, rain moves through midday and probably still some scattered showers by 4 00 in the afternoon. Wanted to give you an update on the foliage. We are at peak in the northern portion of the state. But high color across much of central and western New Hampshire. And weve got moderate color across the rest of the state, it is beautiful. For the forecast were checking out the leaves, were doing some apple picking, anything fall outdoors, we couldnt get a better weekend. Lots of sun and temperatures warming up, close to 70 degrees on monday of next week. Then well cool down a little bit. More scattered showers in the forecast for tuesday of next week, and temperatures in the low 60s. Do you guys have any plans to check out the foliage . Jennifer yes, why not. Hayley even just driving around here its gorgeous. Jennifer thank you. Straight ahead, a drug bust at Logan Airport, well tell you where agents say they found 100 pounds of marijuana. Josh at 5 30, a maine woman has she this flu season. Remember this. Your immune system doesnt work the way it did when rock was young. So we made fluzone highdose vaccine. For people 65 . Antigen. Its significantly more effective than fluzone vaccine in preventing flu. Fluzone highdose vaccine is approved for people 65 and older. Its not for anyone whos had a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or to a prior dose of any flu vaccine. Tell your doctor if youve ever had guillainbarr\ syndrome. Side effects include pain swelling and redness at the injection site; muscle aches, fatigue, headache and fever. Other side effects may occur. If you have other symptoms or problems following vaccination, call your doctor immediately. Vaccination may not protect everyone. So, if you hopped around the clock, ask your doctor or pharmacist about fluzone highdose. Jennifer a Drug Task Force at Logan Airport has stopped a man from transporting marijuana from california to massachusetts. State troopers and d. E. A. Agents searched the suitcases of delta passenger frank tram of san jose, they found 100pound of marijuana. Pham was charged with drug trafficking. Josh a florida man is accused of setting up fake job interviews to access applicants personal information. Gerald washington is facing charges of criminal use of personal identification information and organized he allegedly posted online ads for a tallahassee based job and told applicants that they were hired b