Staffing, since march reports of possible child abuse and neglect have increased by 33 . One of the things we should look at with the review is case loads and how we measure them, we certainly do monitor case loads. But its really going to be important that we get to input from people on the front lines, as well as from an expert about what that appropriate balance is. Reporter the a. G. Says most likely training, how vigorously caseworkers follow up on cases and whether laws need to change will all be reviewed. Certainly there are situations where we can work to reunify families. But the physical safety and wellbeing of our children is our first and most important obligation as a society and thats what we need to focus on with this review. Reporter manchester chief willard tweeted after the revow was announced saying i applaud governor hassans strength of character and leadership, its cheer shes committed to protecting children. The commissioner of health and Human Services says they support all efforts to strengthen the Child Protection system. Heather hamel, wmur news 9. Josh a former Catholic Priest convicted of Sexual Assault will be released from prison. Ronald paquin spent more than a decade behind bars for assaults that occurred across new england including New Hampshire. Shelley walcott explains why prosecutors say they cannot stop his release. Reporter josh, experts who examined paquin say the former priest is no longer dangerous. Because of this, prosecutors cannot stand in the way of his prison release. In 2002 paquin pleaded guilty to seaks actually assaulting a 12yearold altar boy, he admitted to assaults in massachusetts, maine and New Hampshire. At the time paquin was an associate pastor and took the boy on out of state shopping and camping trips. Essex county prosecutors tried to have him committed as a sexually dangerous person. But today the d. A. Said he had no choice but to withdraw that petition, and its not clear when paquin will be released from prison. Im shelley walcott, wmur news 9. Jennifer Hurricane Joaquin is shifting east toward the open ocean, its now also downgraded to a category 3, but it has caused flooding in the bahamas. Meteorologist Hayley Lapoint is here now. Hayley the good news is it looks like it latest stay away from the mainland, still causing huge problems in the bahamas, its basically right on top of the central bahamas at the moment, bringing lots of heavy rain and gusty winds. The winds are still up near 125 miles per hour, that is a little bit weaker than where it was yesterday, but its now a category 3 hurricane and heres the latest track that came out at 5 00 this evening. It will maintain its hurricane characteristics all the way up the east coast. But it takes a big turn to the east away from us. Some showers across Southern New Hampshire tonight, and over the weekend its going to be cool, of some showers for our saturday. Ill break down the full weekend forecast in a couple minutes. Josh you can track Hurricane Joaquins path and get the latest forecast in your area at wmur. Com, or download the wmur weather app to see storm watch 9s forecast on the go. Jennifer a second batch of mosquitoes has tested positive for the triple e virus here in New Hampshire. This group of mosquitoes was found in candia. So far three batches of mosquitoes have tested positive for west nile virus. Thankfully there have not been any humid than cases of west nile or triple e reported in New Hampshire this season, though the department of health is reminding you all to wear bug spray until theres a hard frost. Josh commitment 2016 now, republican president ial candidate john kasich was in New Hampshire today, calling on the current president and congress to deal with the humanitarian crisis in syria by creating sanctuaries for refugee and protecting them with u. S. Enforced nofly zones. Serious business for sure. But the talk was much lighter during our taping of candidate cafe. Around the lunch table kasich joined undecided voters who the New Hampshire institute of politics helped choose, by the way, to offer more of a clims of the person rather than just the candidate. Let me tell you how i met my wife. Reporter for john kasich to do that requires a little dinner theater. Shoes sitting there with a photographer, i come in and i say hi, how are you, and she says good. And i kept walking, i walked right out through the door to where my top yaid was and i said i have just seen the most beautiful woman in my life, you have to make an excuse. Josh then the discussion turned to his faith. My parents were killed by a drunk driver, and so how old were you . I was 35. And it was very, very difficult for me, because i had always worried that they would be killed in a car accident, and then they were. Life is hard, you know. But im pretty happy. And im very, very comfortable with myself and this has been a big part of it. Reporter clearly so are his daughters who are reaching the age that every dad dreads. Theyre going to be 16 in january, so theyre getting really close. And one of them has a boyfriend, this just started. Uhhuh. Reporter there were several lighter moments including when he talked about his resume. Balance the budget. Did you know that . I balanced the federal budget, i was like the head guy on that. I heard you say that. Josh kasich will also be on closeup this sunday to answer more questions. Jennifer and candidate ted cruz kicked off a twoday swing through New Hampshire this morning in nashua. The texas senator spoke at a Christian Faith conference. This week by the chairman of the Republican National committee to change the current primary process. There is Something Wonderful about our democratic system that Anyone Running for president has to come from living room to living room and diner to diner and look in the eyes of men and women, who ask you questions, they press you. If we went to some system where we started in big states, expensive states, wed have the selection of our president decided by a bunch of slick hollywood tv ads. Jennifer this afternoon senator cruz made a stop at the deerfield fair. He will also attend a house Party Tonight the salem. Josh still to come tonight, heroin needles discovered at a small towns Elementary School, well tell what you the community is doing to try to keep drugs away from kids. Jennifer and a new teaching contract means the start and end manchester. Well tell you when it goes into effect, coming up. Hayley a lot. Will it make it up into our area over the weekend or do we see a little sun . Ill have the forecast coming up. Friday night football, week five, the fourth ranked team in the state, exeter, here to play tt2watv `84 bt qd tt2watv `84 a qtrd tt2watv `84 bm q yh tt4watv `84 dztq cd\ tt4watv `84 entq 3 < tt4watv `84 gzt gd tt4watv `84 hnt i tt4watv `84 iztq p p tt4watv `84 jntq bp0 tt4watv `84 lzt z l josh starting november 30, manchester students will go to school at a different time. Jennifer the School District is changing hours, base on its new contract with the manchester education association. Elementary schools now will begin at 8 45, they will end at 2 50. Middle school will start at high school will begin at 745 and end at 2. 53. The calendar also builds in three snow days. Josh more evidence that the heroin epidemic is everywhere. Leaders in wakefield are holding a forum monday night to address concerns about Elementary School students discovering used syringes on their playground. Jennifer crompton has details. Reporter the growing heroin epidemic knows no age limits or borders in New Hampshire, and sarn bornville is a case in point, with needles found on the grounds of the local Elementary School. The paul Elementary School is tucked away on a quiet road in sanbornville, a village in the small town of wakefield. Its principal sent letters home this week about a for him planned after students discovered needles discarded in the parking lot and playground during and after school. From that point forward we and the playground prior to any students either coming across the parking lot or coming out on the playground for recess. Reporter a mother who didnt want to be interviewed on camera called it very scary, the first reaction from many others, shock. Its horrifying and terrible, and who ever is doing it we need to find out. Were still only 5,000 people and maybe 400 students, and its amazing to think that that kind of thing can be happening here. Reporter First Responders here have seen a spike in overdoses, especially last month. Those on the front line including School Leaders acknowledge the heroin problem is hitting very close to home. Unfortunately we have students that are experiencing parents that are users, and that ultimately turns into potential negative impact on their education. Proactive. The Upcoming Forum involving stake holders, parents and the community to work together. Come and hear about whats been happening and to make people more aware of that it account happen in wakefield. Report theres lots of interest building in the forum, people have been calling to see how they can help. It will be held monday night from 6 30 to 8 00 at the paul school. Jennifer so we catch a break when it comes to joaquin. Hayley yes, were getting lucky on this one, its going way out to sea, which is great news. But the weekend is kind of cold out, and we do have showers on the way too. Ill have the full forecast coming up. If you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to but the republicans. V they want to go back to letting v the super wealthy call the shots. They dont stand up for equal pay for women. They dont support paid family leave. They dont even really support refinancing student debt. Weve got to get this economy working for the vast majority of americans, not just for those at the top. Thats what i intend to do as president. Im Hillary Clinton and tt2watv `84 bt qd tt2watv `84 a qtrd tt2watv `84 bm q yh tt4watv `84 dztq cd\ tt4watv `84 entq 3 < tt4watv `84 gzt gd tt4watv `84 hnt i tt4watv `84 iztq p p tt4watv `84 jntq bp0 jennifer looking for something to do, the circus is in town this weekend. Josh the real one, the ringling brothers circus arrived in manchester today. There are performances tonight until sunday. Can you see jugglers, clowns, acrobats, trap ease artists. Shows are at the Verizon Wireless arena. Ticket prices range from 15 to 70. I am so excited because the greatest show on earth is in town. If you look behind me we have one of our eight aerialists, she been practicing what we call since she was four years old. Hayley actually not a bad weekend ahead to the circus, because when you see here in portsmouth is what were going to get for a lot of the weekend. Cloudy, dismal, and portsmouth you can see the pave mft is wet because there is some rain moving through there. Not wet though at weirs beach, it just kind of cloudy and you get the gray skies. And its also very cool. Temperatures in some spots only in the 50s. You get 52 there in la cone extra and the thing is the wind have not been helping. It continues to feel cool, feels almost like a november day here with the temperatures only in the 50s for highs. Cloud have been inundating the state all day long, even in the northern part of New Hampshire. Right now along the southern tier, thats where we do have showers moving through from portsmouth down into seabrook, a little slow going along the 95 corridor here because of the rainfall. Same thing on 101 from exeter toward raymond. In manchester only the southern part of the city getting in on some of the light rain showers, but it gets heavier if your travels take you toward derry, salem, plaistow. Light to moderate rainfall continuing on there. Here are the temperatures, were stuck in the 50s, these were our highs really through the day. Overnight most of us will fall back into the 40s, but it wont be quite as chilly, because the clouds will actually help us retain some of this heat from the day, although not much heat at all. Winds have been strong, about 6 miles per hour. But we have had gusts stronger than that, although it doesnt look like we have had any of those across the state, but earlier we had some near 20 or 30 miles per hour. This breeze will be relentless. As we go through the weekend, even tomorrow afternoon will likely have gusts up near 20, even 25 miles per hour. Statewide. Finally the winds will start to diminish a little on sunday. But its just going to be a very breezy, cool feel over the weekend here. High pressure up toward our north and west, thats actually doing a squeeze play between the low pressure we have off the coast and that high. And in between where we are we have this wind funneling right through, and thats why the winds continue to be so strong n. The southeastern part of the u. S. , all this rain you see here is going to cause historic flooding, not part of joaquin, because joaquin will move due north and take a big turn east. It was downgraded at 5 00 to a category 3 hurricane and are not affect us here in new england. National some good news. Lots of clouds, maybe some drizzle or showers in the southern part of the state on saturday. You might even see some sun if you live in the northern part of the state. All of us will likely get to see a little sunshine on sunday, that will be the brighter of the the warmest as well with upper 50s, as opposed to tomorrow where well be stuck in the lower 50s. For tonight, mostly cloudy skies, the winds will continue to be breezy, and the temperatures falling into the 40s. And 30s up in the northern part of the state. It is a good weekend for checking out the leaves or heading to the deerfield fair. Yes, it will be cool and a bit cloudy, but not bad conditions to be outdoors, if you dress for it of course. A mix of sun and clouds on sunday, and we warm up a little bit early next week, that will actually feel nice. Its really kind of bone chilling now. Jennifer tonight, enjoy some Football Games, lets check in with jamie down in salem. Jamie thats right, working my way through the salem cheer tt2watv d bt q k, tt2watv d a q1gh tt2watv d bm q ld tt4watv d dztq \< tt4watv d entq px\ tt4watv d gzt i tt4watv d hnt yqh tt4watv d iztq 380 tt4watv d jntq hp tt2watv `84 bt qd tt2watv `84 a qtrd tt2watv `84 bm q yh tt4watv `84 dztq cd\ tt4watv `84 entq 3 < tt4watv `84 gzt gd tt4watv `84 hnt i tt4watv `84 iztq p p tt4watv `84 jntq bp0 jamie we are live at grant field in salem for day heavyweight showdown, its number 4 exeter, number 5 salem. The coach of exeter bill ball is here, robert pike from salem. Is your school ready for this one, coach pike, this is a big game. Yes, the kids are ready, theyre fired up. What do you get with exeter . A great defensive football team, a well coached team and we hit us in the mouth. Coach paul, what does this game mean to you guys . Its another league game and its important for us, salem is a tough, hardnosed football team, they run it, so well have our hands full. You won on a last second field goal last week, its Good Practice for the playoffs. Yeah, every week has didnt bound to the wire except for one, and it speaks to the parity the the league and its awesome. And your first play from scrimmage will be what . 36 trap. No. Jamie there you go, coach, you know whats coming. We know whats coming, its tough. Pike and ball, one of just 19 games on the schedule. These cheerleaders are waiting to do a Little Something for us, lets go. When we say go, say go whos the best, s. H. S. S. H. S. , we are the best. S. H. S. , we are the best. Jamie nice job. If Hayley Lapoint is watching, this one is stormy silver right here. Say hi. Hi. Thats a meteorologist voice right there. It friday night football, 19 games, jason king will have all of your scores and highlights tonight at 11 00. U. N. H. Takes on elon, its homecoming tomorrow and that game is sold out. Elon is a much improved football team, defensively theyve really improved. Size and they look good on defense, theyve got some athletes, theyve josh so theres a look at the Football Games taking place this weekend. We lost jamie, apparently somebody kicked over the tripod tt2watv d bt q k, tt2watv d a q1gh tt2watv d bm q ld tt4watv d dztq \< tt4watv d entq px\ tt4watv d gzt i tt4watv d hnt yqh tt4watv d iztq 380 tt4watv d jntq hp