Steve Bottari

New Hampshire

News Anchor and Reporter at WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH)

News anchor and reporter on WMUR-TV (ABC) in New Hampshire • “we are not descended from fearful men” - Edward R. Murrow •

Articles

State agency taking steps to terminate administrative judge who has criminal record

3 weeks ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

The New Hampshire Department of Labor said it is taking steps to terminate one of its administrative judges after News 9 Investigates uncovered court documents that show the judge has a criminal record.According to court paperwork from Indian River County in Florida, Richard Brown, who had worked in that state as a lawyer, pled guilty in 2012 to charges of money laundering, grand theft and filing false insurance claims.Brown was stripped of his license to practice law in Florida and was...
Get the Facts: Examining claims made in Democratic response to Trump's address

1 month ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

89 AND 93, BOTH IN FINE SHAPE. WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S JOINT SESSION ADDRESS TO CONGRESS TODAY. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE BY MICHIGAN SENATOR ELISSA SLOTKIN. LAST NIGHT, WE HAD PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPEECH FACT CHECK. AND TODAY, POLITIFACT CHIEF CORRESPONDENT LOU JACOBSON JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSE. LOU, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE WANT TO START BY PLAYING FOLKS, A CLAIM THE SENATOR MADE LAST NIGHT ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT IS HANDLING THE ECONOMY.
Former Ambassador Brown says deal still possible after Trump-Zelenskyy blowup

1 month ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

Former Ambassador Scott Brown said that what the world witnessed publicly from the White House Oval Office on Friday between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymr Zelensky of Ukraine was how foreign policy conversations often take place behind closed doors. "I'm glad that they had this back and forth," the Rye Republican told WMUR on Friday. "I think it was very, very important for us to see it because it happens all the time behind closed doors.
Full interview: Scott Brown on tense Oval Office meeting between Trump, Zelenskyy

1 month ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

Uh, so Senator, first and foremost, let's just get uh your general reactions to, to what we saw in the Oval Office today between President Zalinsky, President Trump, and, uh, Vice President Vance. Well, first of all, I, I think we have to actually reflect as to how we got here. Uh, you know, obviously, the missteps by the previous administration, I think really led to why we're finally here. And there's no plan that's been put forward by Biden. He was supporting him, but what was the endgame?
PolitiFact breaks down federal spending, house budget cuts under Trump administration

1 month ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

GIVE YOU ANY ISSUES. WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ON THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY OR DODGE. LOOKING FOR A TAXPAYER FUNDED PROGRAMS TO CUT. BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK HAS SAID HIS TEAM IS WORKING TOWARD A GOAL OF $1 TRILLION, A NUMBER PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF CONFIRMED YESTERDAY DURING THE FIRST CABINET MEETING. POLITIFACT CHIEF CORRESPONDENT LOU JACOBSON JOINS US LIVE NOW.
Get The Facts: Examining claims President Trump made about Ukraine-Russia war

2 months ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

95 IN 101 DELAY FREE. WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ON A RECENT COMMENT BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. WHILE ANSWERING REPORTERS QUESTIONS ABOUT U.S. AND RUSSIA REPRESENTATIVES MEETING IN SAUDI ARABIA WITHOUT ANYBODY FROM UKRAINE PRESENT. THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS, BUT TODAY I HEARD, OH, WELL, WE WEREN’T INVITED. WELL, YOU’VE BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS. YOU SHOULD HAVE ENDED IT THREE YEARS. YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED IT. YOU COULD HAVE MADE A DEAL. IN FACT, LOOKED INTO THIS CLAIM.
Get the Facts: Examining legality of actions by DOGE, Musk

2 months ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEWLY FORMED DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. THAT AGENCY IS BEING HEADED UP BY ELON MUSK AS A SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN PUT ON LEAVE IN MANY CASES, AND THEY’RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING DOWN THE AGENCY, USAID. THERE’S BEEN A FLURRY OF HEADLINES ABOUT DOGE, SO WE WANTED TO GET THE FACTS ON THIS. LET’S BRING IN LOU JACOBSON WITH POLITIFACT, JOINS US LIVE NOW.
Get the Facts: Examining claims made about cause of mid-air collision

2 months ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

Immediately following the mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet, people on social media were pointing to some recent policies of President Donald Trump as contributing to the crash, while the president himself blamed the crash on "diversity, equity and inclusion" policies for air traffic controllers. PolitiFact correspondent Lou Jacobson looked at the claims being made in the wake of the collision and found there were problems with both of them.
Get the Facts: Claims made about mid-air collision

2 months ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

IN GOOD SHAPE AS WELL. TODAY WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ON THE DEADLY MIDAIR COLLISION IN WASHINGTON, DC. A NUMBER OF CLAIMS WERE MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ALSO SAW PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THIS. JOINING US LIVE NOW IS LOU JACOBSON, THE CHIEF CORRESPONDENT AT OUR PARTNER POLITIFACT. SO, LOU, LOOK, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A TOUGH TOPIC, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE KIND OF RIGHT AWAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE OPINION SIDE VERSUS THE FACTS SIDE.
New Hampshire doctor answers questions as flu, COVID-19, RSV spread in state

2 months ago | wmur.com | Steve Bottari

THE STATE HOUSE IN CONCORD. A LOT OF GRANITE STATERS BATTLING WINTER ILLNESSES RIGHT NOW. CHECK OUT THE MAP HERE. THINGS LIKE THE FLU, COVID, RSV. SEE, THE NUMBERS ARE CONSIDERED VERY HIGH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT’S THAT DARK COLOR WE HAVE RIGHT THERE. A LOT OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS, HOW TO HANDLE YOUR HEALTH. IN THESE WINTER MONTHS. WE ARE JOINED LIVE RIGHT NOW BY EPIDEMIOLOGIST DOCTOR GABRIELA ANDUJAR VAZQUEZ WITH DARTMOUTH HEALTH. DOCTOR, GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR JOINING US.