some candidates are turning their focus back to new hampshire. john kasich, jeb bush, and chris christie are meeting with voters here in the granite state today. volunteers for the other can dads are trying to reach out between now and next tuesday. officials in hooksett are trying to figure out what caused a loud boom sunday evening. several people called 911 to report hearing a loud explosion in the south end of town. police and firefighters searched the area. they didn't find any problems or smoke. police would like to hear from anyone who has information about what may have happened. a mild sunday and even more mild monday. starting to feel like february. kevin: certainly not. we start out with the clouds up north. the back and forth between clouds and sunshine there is the chance of a passing shower. especially in the we're looking at a westerly wind. the cooler air doesn't arrive until later on this evening. another day with temperatures in the 40's and 50's. 'er already above our normal highs for this time of year early this morning. we're

kevin: starting with sunshine in southern new hampshire. partial sunshine in central new hampshire. cloud cover up north. we will watch this system pass to our west tomorrow. head of that, temperatures may be cool enough for a wintry mix. otherwise, temperatures in the 40' s tomorrow afternoon. heavy rainfall tomorrow afternoon. mainly fair skies through the weekend. >> they almost bailed on me getting cold out here. lara, back to you inside. >> thank you, rob. we begin with pope news. >> oh. >> yeah. there you go. nobody? released his first music record, pope francis is now going hollywood. preparing to play himself in the upcoming film "beyond the sun" filming takes place in italy. the story line focusing on children from different cultures learning about jesus' teachings, this is not surprisingly the first time in the history of the church which by the way was founded in the first century that any pope has become a movie star. proceeds will go to two argentinean charity that is help at risk children and wondering what his rider might look like. only white candles. maybe bottled w

. >> sanders and clinton in a dead heat as it heads to new hampshire. >>> also this morning the

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the presidential candidates are now focusing their attention on new hampshire'

i've done very well in new hampshire. i've been here a lot more. >> reporter: and trump out with a new line of attacks against the iowa winner, senator ted cruz, accusing him of winning with dirty campaign tricks, citing how the cruz campaign mistakenly suggested in an interview dr. ben carson was dropping out. >> he insulted ben carson by doing what he did to ben carson. that was a disgrace. >> reporter: cruz apologized to carson but says trump is the one with the real character problem. >> i can tell you six weeks ago donald trump was saying every day that i was his friend, that he loved me, that i was terrific, that i was nice. [ laughter ] >> and now you're an anchor baby. >> and now i'm an anchor baby. >> reporter: in new hampshire cruz will have to get through marco rubio also. >> i think ted's been very calculated and will say or do anything to get a vote. >> reporter: but the granite tate already proving to be a rocky ride for rubio. >> so when senator rubio gets here, when the boy in the bubble gets here i hope y

. >>> also right now all eyes in new hampshire. just six days away from the primary. hillary clinton is stepping up her campaign after that close call in iowa and donald trump fighting back after his second place finish telling us he plans to spend a lot of money to make sure he wins in new hampshire. >>> the red cross is taking precautions to prevent the spread of zika asking people who travel to areas affected by the virus to wait at least four weeks before donating blood. >> if i remember correctly, donald trump said he has unlimited money. that's what he told you. un unlimited money. >>> also this morning that massive lottery mystery. someone out there could be very happy or they could be very upset. it could go either way, right, michael. >> yes, it could go either way. there's $63 million. somebody could be $63 million richer and don't even know it. the huge jackpot is currently unclaimed. take a look at the winning numbers for that ticket.

many analysts are calling next week's new hampshire primary a must win for trump. the latest poll shows him enjoying a 20-point lead over ted cruz and marco rubio. >>> on the democratic side polls show bernie sanders leading hillary clinton by as many as 33

they're tense up in new hampshire, as well. those attacks are ramping up two days before the next gop debate right here on abc. donald trump still on top in the latest polls, marco rubio is on the move and in the crosshairs. we'll have all the latest and that scary moment for donald trump coming up. >>> but first we want to get to the massive storm that is sweeping across the country, more tornadoes touching down in the southeast wednesday and then video from a high school in tennessee. the school damaged by the storm and abc's steve osunsami is there for us this morning. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. this is what's left of the football coach's office at that high school at crockett county high in tennessee. it's destroyed. the ceiling is now on the floor. this morning the national weather service says the tornado that hit here on tuesday was an ef-2 or ef-1, actually, with wind speeds of up to 95 miles an hour, enough to rip the roof off here. classes here are now canceled for the rest of this wee

. >>> fight night in new hampshire. hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging in their first one-on-one showdown. >> if you've got something to say, say it. >> sanders digs in. >> she has the entire establishment or almost the entire establishment behind her. >> while all kinds of battles break out on the gop side. donald trump and ben carson take on ted cruz calling him out for dirty tricks. >> to dr. carson, i guess hurt most by it. >> the republicans prepare for the abc news debate in new hampshire. and megyn kelly fresh from her own debate firestorm here live with her take on the race for the white house. >>> uber alert. criminals may be using the popular service to kidnap your kids. a famous hollywood director's daughter says she was nearly taken by someone pretending he was her driver. >> it was very, very scary. >> she speaks out only on "gma." >>> an abc news exclusive. on the eve of the biggest game commissioner tackling attacks on his league about safety. >> they are risks in anything in life. >> if

ray: drivers in new hampshire are having to deal with snow for the morning commute here. in epping you can see there's a little bit in terms of accumulation on the ground. we look now live at 101. you can see the roads are wet. the snow hasn't started to accumulate yet. we have seen a couple of plows go by. they are pretty much

republican side, former first lady barbara bush attended a rally for her son jeb rallying the crowd in new hampshire and this all comes as polls show marco rubio gaining momentum in second place behind donald trump. >>> well, a violent end to the manhunt for the bonnie and clyde couple accused in that violent crime spree from missouri to florida. blake fitzgerald was killed near pensacola overnight and brittany harper was wounded in a barrage of gunfire after a police chase. the couple on the run since sunday was accused in a string of robberies and kidnappings. >>> well, there are new questions about the government's response to the washington crisis in flint, michigan. according to e-mails obtained by the group progress michigan, ago about a spike in legion nar legionnaires' disease but the governor didn't speak about it till last month.

ray and i will be back now it's new hampshire's turn, and all america is watching to see who we choose in this dangerous time. one man stands above. he's not flashy, not rude... he's steady, he's tested and proven. he's a president, which is what we need to make us strong and safe again.

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,

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.

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

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

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

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

prepublican candidates just hours paway now from taking the stage pin new hampshire. ptonight's face-off, right here pon abc, may be one of the most pfar. pinspiration. p>> i almost want to just go in pand pray. p>> and can rubio ride the iowa pbounce to the top. p>> get a call on tuesday saying pi dropped out, it's a lie, keep pvoting. p>> team coverage from new phampshire on this quickly pshifting race. p>>> breaking news, dramatic prescues after a quake topples pthis apartment building. pafter baby, pulled from the prubble. pthe desperate efforts to save plives happening right now. p>>> train collapse. pthat moment caught on camera. poh, it broke. p>> this morning, investigating pwhy this 50-story monster came pcrashing down onto a new york pcity street. pmeltdown. pthe latest blows for the ptroublinged quarterback. pthe police investigation, his pagent cutting ties and his pfather's fears that johnny won't plive another year if he doesn't pget help. p>>> hey, good morning. pwe've got two major events fast papproaching right now. pone of them, of course, super pbow

pmixture of clouds in northern pnew hampshire where you could phave some flurries. phighs in the mid t (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already.

. >> 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

. >> 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

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

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

, 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.

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.

some snow flurries and clouds in northern new hampshire. in central and southern parts of the state. plenty of sunshine, a nice one is on the way. of course, we have to watch this weather system which will bring some snow in the afternoon tomorrow and wrapping up tuesday morning. so much of tuesday should be fine with some snow showers, but tuesday morning y >> i'm philadelphia you have decided everything i see on set, all mine this morning. >> all yours. thank you. the caloric monster and i heard ron and sara had an amazing experience yesterday. >> that is right. sara and i, we're an ir irrepressible force. we got spend time doing something we both love to do. sitting down with kids, in air is a's case, on the floor, with a good book. >> everyone ready? >> reporter: this weekend, sara, if i can speak for her, and i had a great time reading to children from the local boys and girls club of america. disney reads day. not if i can help it, calls captain hook. i tackled jake and the neverland pirates. jake. harmonica. do you want to join my pi

the countdown is on to the new hampshire primary. this morning, almost all of the major presidential candidates are in the granite state trying to rally some last minute support, and according to our newly released poll, there are still a lot of new hampshire voters to sway. the wmur cnn tracking poll shows that 39% of likely democratic voters have not yet decided how they will vote, while 55% of likely republican voters remain undecided. we are expecting new poll numbers to be released later today, which should give us a before voters head to the polls secretary of state bill gardner is expecting a record voter turnout for this primary. the weather could be a factor tomorrow morning. kevin: i think the snow we have as we go through the afternoon and this evening, people will be shoveling out early tomorrow morning. beyond that, scattered areas of lighter snow tomorrow morning and a few snow showers around in the afternoon. there will be accumulation coming in from the system, a strong system located well offshore. it will be spreadi

this evening, the candidates will make their final pitches to edition of "new hampshire chronicle," featuring some of the granite state' s voting traditions. a special show called "setting the stage" will air at 10:00, followed by news 9 tonight, with a complete wrap up of all the campaigns. at midnight, we' ll have live

p>> they love their independents pin new hampshire. pthat's why the moderate state is plive free or die. pthanks, jon karl. pback up to rob. pyou see a bunch of people behind pme too. plawn signs everywhere here in pnew hampshire. pall right, george, thank you. pwe'll have the latest on the prace for the white house all pmorning long. p>>> right now the father of that pyoung teen murdered in virginia pis now speaking out saying he pand his wife tried to do peverything they could to protect ptheir daughter. pabc's eva pilgrim is here with pthat story. pgood morning, eva. p>> reporter: good morning. pthis case sounding alarm bells pon social media for parents. pnicole lovell's father talks pabout his daughter this morning. pthe father of nicole lovell pspeaking out for the first time psince learning the details of phis daughter's death. p>> i know she fought like a pwildcat. pi mean, she's my kid. p>> reporter: two virginia tech pstudents, 18-year-old david peisenhauer and 19-year-old pnatalie keepers are behind bars paccused of allegedl

p>> they love their independents pin new hampshire. pthat's why the moderate state is plive free or die. pthanks, jon karl. pback up to rob. pyou see a bunch of people behind pme too. plawn signs everywhere here in pnew hampshire. pall right, george, thank you.

p>> reporter: hillary clinton is pfighting hard for new hampshire pvotes right to the end. p>> you don't want to poverpromise. pthe last thing we need is romises that can't be met. p>> reporter: and, george, here pat maryann's diner in new phampshire. pwe have still have a lot who are pabout to vote. pwho either hasn't made up their pmind or could change their mind? pwe got -- that's about 40% of pthe audience here which is where pit stands in new hampshire.

pwe got -- that's about 40% of pthe audience here which is where pit stands in new hampshire. pthese people still on their way pto their polls could still pchange the mind -- their minds. p>>ing o. i'm getting a little pskeptical with that, jon, but pthanks very much. pi'm here with donna brazile and pmatthew dowd.

p>> reporter: but new hampshire pvoters are famously fickle. p>> don't underestimate new

pthe race for new hampshire is pon. pcandidates barnstorming the pstate for final votes. p>> i would be happy to win by pone vote. pi just want to win. p>> donald trump trying to hold phis lead. phillary clinton and bernie psanders fighting to the finish.

p>> thank you, new hampshire. p>> reporter: overnight bernie psanders celebrating a victory pthat was, well, huge. pturnout and i say huge. pwe won. p>> reporter: but before coming pon stage sanders celebrating on pthe basketball court playing phoops with his grandkids. phe is optimistic about the fight pahead. p>> we have sent the message that pwill echo from wall street to pwashington pwashington, the government of pour great country belongs to all pof the people. pand not just a handful of pwealthy campaign contributors pand their super pacs. p>> reporter: hillary clinton pconceding defeat. p>> i want to begin by con great plag senator sanders. p>> reporter: with bill and pchelsea standing on stage premaining deninth about the pfuture. p>> it's not whether you get pwhether you get back up. pi know i have some work to do, articularly with young people. pand here's what we're going to pdo, now we take this campaign to pthe entire country. pwe are going to fight for every pvote in every state. p>> reporter: and cl

pthat means democrat, pindependents and republicans can pvote in it like new hampshire. pbut it also has the highest ersonal of evangelicals similar pto iowa but one of the pdifferences in the evangelicals pin south carolina is they're not pdriven to the polls by social pissues but establishment pconservative issues and so when pyou look at all the panorama of pthis and also is, south carolina pis going to have twice as many pliberal and moderate voters as piowa, so when you look at it, pyou give advantage, donald ptrump, when you go into south pcarolina. p>> and he probably has the lead pgoing in. plet's talk about the democrats. pthat debate tonight. pa lot of commentary swirling paround hillary clinton's debate pstrategy. pdoes she go very, very positive, ut forward a vision, some eople said she hasn't done that por is now the time to really try pto take down bernie sanders? p>> well, listen, george, she's pbeen wounded and she's bleeding pso the first thing she needs to pdo is apply a tourniquet and pstopping bleeding so she doesn't plose nevada the next state up. pw

new hampshire. sanders criticized clinton's ties to wall street. they both tried to appeal to minority voters and to women. >> i have spent my entire adult life working toward making sure their own choices. even if that choice is not to vote for me. >> we're fighting for every vote that we can get. from women from men, straight, gay, african-americans, latinos, asian-americans. >> the candidates spard over president obama's legacy. >>> on the republican side, candidates are gunning for donald trump in south carolina. he's pulled his negative ad against ted cruzzings saying he'll stay positive. and jeb bush is bringing in his brother, former president george w. campaign for him. >>> the fbi is investigating whether terrorism was behind a machete attack in ohio. a man bust into the restaurant with a machete. he was later shot by police. >>> pope francis is on the way to cuba where he'll make history. he's meeting with the head of hoping to heal a rift. the pope heads to mexico. he already has his sombrero. >>> former olympic champion peek picabo stre

. >> 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

. >> reporter: after his big win in new hampshire, donald trump took a positive turn. >> i won't use foul language. i'm not going on do it. >> reporter: but no more. this morning, donald trump is launching blistering new attacks against ted cruz and threatening tweeting -- if ted cruz doesn't clean up his act, stop cheating and doing negative ads. -- >> there's irony in donald trump accusing anyone of being nastier. >> reporter: cruz is hitting back. pummelling trump on the air waves. after his dismal debate performance, marco rubio is paying offense. >> when i'm the president i don't want divide you against other americans to win this election. >> reporter: john kasich coming off a strong second-place finish in new hampshire, keeping his vow to keep it clean on the trail. >> i didn't have any anyone in the politics. nobody in our family was rich. but my mother and my dad taught me one thing -- never accept failure. >> reporter: kasich, rubio and bush will be duking it out here tonight. be fireworks, one thing you won't hear tonight is cursing. donald trump is swearing off swearing h

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

bush won the state after losing badly in new hampshire in 2000. that was his comeback. it put him back on the path to win the general election. they're well-loved there. bush last night. lindsey graham, a u.s. senator from south carolina. he got booed by the audience. if donald trump wins south carolina after all that, i think it's very difficult to stop him. if he's able to win south carolina in the midst of all that. >> right. but this is a guy who has shown every and over again that the normal rules of politics don't apply to him. that said, is there anybody you think came out well last night? jeb bush? marco rubio? kasich? >> well, i think, to me, i had two sort of folks that i thought were winners in the course of it. i think john kasich did. he sort of tried to stay out of the fight. stay above it all. and i think he's got an lift from his second place finish in new hampshire. i thought he did well. i thought marco rubio, after his last awful debate performance, where he got taked by chris christie, i thought he did well. i thought jeb did fine. if i were picking