Above that. Rochester, close to one inch of rain. The highest totals stacking up with extreme and severe doubt are hitting the hardest, which is good news. Lingering rain up north. Steady rain will continue on and off for the next couple of hours before it tapers off to a few light showers even in northern New Hampshire. When do we get the sunshine back . What about more changes for the rest of the week . Ahead. Tom we have word that flooding has closed drake side road at lafayette road in hampton. Police are now asking drivers to avoid the area. No word on when it will reopen. Shelley tonight, Manchester City leaders voted to open the gates on streets around the new walmart. The decision comes after months of debate. Different traffic patterns sparked outrage among neighbors, concerned about safety. Wmurs mike cronin is live in manchester with more on the mike just last month, aldermen voted to make president road one way but resident said that didnt work either. Everyone appears happy with the new plan. A decision is finally here. The traffic pattern will return to the way it was before the new walmart in manchester opened in april. Im so relieved that maybe well finally find a solution to a problem that had no solution. Mike aldermen voted unanimously to accept a proposal to open all gates in the area and once again make president road and mack avenue two way streets. Aldermen have tried out different strategies to relieve traffic near the retail giant but people who live there say nothing has worked. All the fixes that you have attempted have created more chaos and a ton of safety problems. Its unfortunate that the nightmarish. Mike so far alderman barbara , shaw says the city has spent less than 25,000 on traffic patterns. Were going to monitor the streets. There are going to be continual traffic counts being done on all the streets in the area. Mike but some residents say the studies arent worth it. Your studies are a waste of money. Theyre a waste of our money. Theyre a waste of our time. Mike aside from regular traffic flow mayor ted gatsas has been talking to businesses. Trucks to find a different way to get to where they got to go and not using president road or gold street. That, theyve assured me. Mike people and city leaders havent always agreed on what to do but theyre all ready to move forward. I just hope and pray that its going to be a good solution. Mike the road changes and gate openings are expected to take effect by early next week. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Tom on to the states drug crisis tonight. The Drug Enforcement administration has announced manchester will be the fifth city nationwide to be part of its 360 degree strategy to fight the opioid epidemic. The queen city has been chosen not just because of the magnitude of the crisis, but also because the infrastructure is already in place. The strategy will put everything under one tent, providing support, structure and resources by enhancing existing local, state, and federal efforts t Law Enforcement tightening drug dealers and violent games, the Education Community to teach about painkillers and such, and the most important thing of all is outreach. Tom education is a big part. The dea has started funding after School Dance Groups in the city, and will help pay for billboards, and radio and t. V. Was a major talking point for the campaign. Last night governorelect chris sununu met with Vice President elect mike pence at the republican governors association. Pence pledged to help states with the swift delivery of block grants but without federal mandates that often hold up very desperately needed resources. They recognize the severity of the Opioid Crisis in New Hampshire they understand the urgency. It is about Getting Services to the officers on the front line, the services to Recovery Centers the services to the schools for , prevention programs. Shelley New Hampshires experience with the crisis could put the Granite State in a position to lead the nationwide response. Tom the town of greenland is taking action making moves to , secure Safe Drinking Water in case of any future contamination to the ground water. At issue is concerns about pfc. s found in monitoring wells their request and who they want to pay for it. Siobhan the board voting unanimously to draft a letter to send to the Coakley Landfill group, asking that they pay for a new municipal water system to ensure all residents will have clean water. Our primary focus is the safety for the residents of greenland. Siobhan board vice chair Kevin Forrest says the town has been in Constant Contact with the Coakley Group since concerns first came up surrounding possible contamination from the Coakley Landfill. I think this is just our formal request that the Coakley Group provide the funding for the area to run water into that area there. Siobhan they will be requesting the group pay for a new water main to deliver municipal water to the neighborhoods closest to the former landfill. While most recent testing of wells in the area have not shown any elevated levels of harmful chemicals, forrest say theyre taking a proactive approach. I think this is being able to lean forward and be able to get Safe Drinking Water into the siobhan the Coakley LandfillGroup Includes the city of portsmouth, the towns of north hampton, newington, and new castle, and Pease Air Force base. Forrest says his board believes the group is responsible for the landfill and that they should also be responsible for providing Safe Drinking Water to the communities in the area. We spoke with the city environmental manager in portsmouth who maintains there are no homes in danger of contamination but they will consider the letter when they receive it. Forrest expects their letter to go out tomorrow. Siobhan lopez, wmur news 9. Shelley the two Dartmouth College students expelled because they started a fire in a dorm are petitioning for a second chance. Fire Officials Say an unattended grill sparked the fire in morton hall last month. More than 70 students who were living there are now in temporary housing. The school does not allow grills, but some students say they should be reprimanded in some way, but it was not necessarily a malicious act. Shelley now college Officials Says the actions must have serious consequences. In a statement, they said in part tom some wayward cows brot the morning commute to a crawl along interstate 93. Did you see it today . Cows escaped their pasture a southbound before state police corralled them. Jean mackin talked to the farmer whos udderly relieved his cows came home with a little help. This one is bruiser and the other ones morebars and theyre both guilty. Jean bruiser, morebars, and six other escape artists are back home where cows belong at the white oaks dairy farm in decided to leave the farm and venture out. Jean tuesday morning, they were on the move. The herd headed out through a broken fence and hit the highway. A real traffic stopper strolling along interstate 93 south. State police wrangled the cows while farmer Steve Cochrane took an urgent phone call. Canterbury peter meade canterbury pd called me a little before 8 00 and said my cows were going up the ramp. Jean when farmer steve realized they hightailed it o he made his way up the highway and had a good talking to the oldest cow of the herd, patches. He considers her the queen. I walked down and spoke to the queen and she followed me in. Jean what did you say to the queen cow . Get in the barn. That is all i have to say and they will walk behind me. Jean steve thinks his cows could have been heading south straight from the cows mouth. Did you have any big escape plans . Bruiser, where are you going . It is what out there. They you looted our interview. He wants to say thank you to state police for keeping cows and people say. I love my cows. I farmed here with the orginal owner back when i was a teenager it. Tom a new appeal for families of the sandy hook victims. Shelley the case they are now taking to the Connecticut Supreme Court after the lawsuit was dismissed. Tom find out who tops the list for right in votes in the president ial race in New Hampshire. Mike with the steady rain pulling away, do we get the sunshine back tomorrow or do we morning stroll. You can we submit your picture and video and join the thousands tom a Southwest Airlines employee was shot and killed at an airport in Oklahoma City this afternoon. Authorities say the man died at the hospital after the shooting. The suspect was later found dead in a pickup truck in the parking garage. About 25 flights were cancelled due to the shooting. Southwest canceled all flights leaving Oklahoma City for the rest of the day. The airport has resumed normal hook shooting are now planning to appeal a ruling that dismissed their lawsuit against a gun manufacturer. Shelley a judge dismissed their lawsuit filed against gun maker Remington Arms. The gunman adam lanza used a Remington Arms bushmaster ar15 to gun down 20 children and six adults at the elementary school. Now parents are hoping to take their cause to the Connecticut Supreme Court. For accountability and justice and sometimes those fights just take a long time. Today we have asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to take this case directly. Shelley the judge who dismissed the case cited the protection of lawful commerce in arms act. It protects gun manufacturers from most lawsuits involving the criminal use of guns. Tom now on to commitment 2016. The first cracks beginning to show in Donald TrumpsTransition Team as protests continue across the country. Abcs maggie rulli has the maggie Vice President elect mike pence smiling as he leaves trump tower. Just hours earlier, one of trumps Top National Security advisers abruptly resigned from the Transition Team. Former congressman mike rogers reported he pushed out. He is not alone. A lowlevel trump staffer is also gone after requesting National Security clearance for the president elects oldest children. Sources say it was not a formal request from trouble or his kids. It comes under new scrutiny over the blurred lines between the Family Businesses and the white house that trumps children are helping assemble. Meanwhile, trump also dealing with criticism over his pick for chief strategist, stephen bannon, former chairman of breitbart news. People didnt vote for trump so he could bring a white supremacist into the white house. Maggie and of course, there are ongoing protests. , students took over pennsylvania avenue and shut down the lincoln memorial. We want to let donald trump know that he cannot divide us with his racism, sexism and all that bigotry. Maggie since the election a , dramatic uptick in hateful harassment and intimidation. More than 400 incidents, four times more than an average week. And it appears trump himself is not immune to the complaints. The president elect tweeting winning the popular vote by nearly 800,000 ballots. Maggie rulli, abc news, washington. Tom late tonight, donald trump tweeted that the cabinet position Selection Process is very organized and he is the only one who knows who the finalists are. New tonight vermont senator , Bernie Sanders got the most writein votes of any president ial candidate in New Hampshire. The secretary of state released the totals this evening. Sanders got nearly 4500 writein received more than 1300. Independent candidate Evan Mcmullin got about 1000. You can see the complete president ial writein totals in the politics section of wmur. Com and our mobile app. Shelley work to rebuild the u. S. Capitol dome is now done. The more than 1300 cracks and other wear and tear issues have been repaired. That caused water to get through small holes, putting artwork in the Capitol Rotunda at risk. 2014 with a goal of finishing by the president ial inauguration. The repairs are expected to keep it protected for the next 50 years. Tom so much beautiful detail. Weatherwise, good rain tonight. We needed it. Mike an inch or more in spots. We are putting little dents into the drought as we go. Pictures out at Newfound Lake we are 25 below the average range since the start of the year over southern New Hampshire, but every little bit does help. We did get our fair share today. Into the early part of the evening, but most of the steady stuff you can find in areas right along the coastline. It stretches up through 60 in another hour ait mountains and great north woods. That is where the steadiest rain will fall on and off for the next several hours. We did talk about flooding at the coast at the top of the show. That is due to the high astronomical tide and a light wind onshore keeping the tide as high as it gets during the entire year. This is a king tide, which means the highest tides of the year. December and january with the tide coming close to the levels they have any last couple of days. Splash over and minor flooding in the next couple of hours. Towards the coast in the mid40s and as you get towards the shore, it is nice. We will bottom out in the 40s and around 50. In terms of the steady east. Could be a few scattered showers through daybreak. Fog, drizzle, missed, a couple of showers here and there. Most of the showers will be confined to northern New Hampshire. Lightning cannot be ruled out in southern parts of the state. Most of the clearing off to the south. The clearing takes over late into the day on thursday. We will call it partly sunny in into friday and also on saturday. Temperatures tomorrow making a run into the 50s. Statewide, that is eight or nine degrees above the average for this time of year and it turns milder as we go into friday and saturday. After that, all bets are off as the pattern is showing signs of change. What does that mean much cooler air on sunday. Then we get to sund mountains. Cant even rule out passing snow showers in parts of southern New Hampshire sunday night into monday. Behind it, it is blustery and chilly on tuesday and should be dry wednesday. There are signs of rain and snow. The big storm . Too tough to call for thanksgiving. Nine or 10 days out and so many than a turkey bowl in snow. Shelley i have to get the kids boots out. It is time. Here we go. Tom we have some New Hampshire talent playing for the university of kentucky. Jamie yes, sir. Jamie not sce florida have we had a New Hampshire loose player in the spotlight quite like this. Manchesters Wenyen Gabriel is a freshman forward against kentucky wildcats. He is known for his defense. He had a steel. How about a block there . And another steel coming up. Then he knocked down a couple of free throws late in the first half. Kentucky led in the first half by eight points. Off the inbounds pass. Kentucky when 6948. They play duchesne sunday night. Dartmouth taking on fairfield. A threepointer by julian smith. Fairfield came to play. And alleyooped dont alleyoop dunk by jonathan kasibubi. Classic, Riviera University against nhtsa. Rivier is in white. Christian givens drains a three from the corner. The first points of the panthers were big. Curtis arsenault with a three and that gave him 1000 points for his career. A kiss to his supporters after the senior from rochester with a layup. Strong drive on the baseline for the raiders. The panthers win this one, plymouth state wins the womens game. If you are morning person and you happen to love hockey, then this is the one for you. The monarchs are at home at 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow hosting the reading royals on education day. The annual mullets and moustaches game to benefit American Cancer Society is this saturday night. College hockey in dartmouth took on vermont. A rough start for the big green. Four goals for vermont in the first although first period. No defense at all. Here is another goal. Mario puskarich right out front on the power play. Vermont won that game 52. We were at unh today which gave us the opportunity to catch up with the speedy elle purrier. She is fresh off winning the ncaa northeast regional Cross Country meet on friday in new win an ncaa regional Cross Country title. Up next, the ncaa championships this saturday in terre haute, indiana. My goals are probably top 10. It really could go anyway. There is a solid crew that are going to be in the top 10. The top group is just amazing and i am really excited just to be competing against athletes that i am. Jamie good luck to her. Football. They get made. If they finish 74,