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

new hampshire is viewed as more independent. but the biggest difference logistically and strategically is geography. new hampshire. so they spend a lot of times in cars and on the phones rather than being at town halls. and it goes for reporters as well. jean: i bet it does. we'll share that same frenzy, thanks, josh mcelveen, live in desmoines tonight. news 9 will have put results from tonight's caucuses as soon as they're released. you will also find a special live wire on our website and mobile app tonight with live updates from our crews in iowa. tom: one wild card in iowa tonight is the weather. part of the state is under a blizzard warning right now. the worst snow shouldn't arrive though in late into the night, but it could cause big problems for candidates hoping to get out of iowa in the morning tomorrow. but they'll be greeted by very different conditions when they arrive in the granite state. temperatures were in the 50's today across the southern tier, that plenty plenty of play time in places like livingston park in

with light showers it would be a light mix of rain, sleet and freezing rain, central and southern new hampshire. then farther north could be a touch wet snow. but most of what falls on wednesday will be late morning on. and by then it will be too warm to support anything but heavy rain. could see over an inch of rain in some spots by the time it begins to taper off wednesday evening. then dry for the rest of the week. warmest on thursday, and a little cooler on friday. beginning to cool down a little bit off the daytime highs of the lower 60's in spots.

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

and more than 20,000 students from 146 new hampshire schools will take part in a mock election including kids from kindergarten all the way through high school. this is a live look. pug said connie -- one for tony

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

josh: he worked harder in iowa than new hampshire. he was here a lot, but iowa was clearly his focus. given what we saw happen yesterday, do you view rubio now as the establishment candidate, best perhaps strongest to challenge for the nomination? >> he's got a clear shot. if he can win second in new hampshire, that's going to put jeb bush and chris christie, john kasich in the shadows. and it's going to strengthen the story that this is a three-person race in new hampshire. if he can challenge donald trump, it's a possibility he could make it a two-person race between himself and cruz. josh: a lot of people believe there's only one ticket out of do you believe that and if so which governor is best positioned to get that? >> i think that one place finish. and right now john kasich, governor of ohio, has the best shot at putting together a group of moderate republican voters and independents. he's got the cleares lane. i think bush and christie have a lot to worry about with marco rubio, because they're trying to reach the same types o

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 6:00. jennifer: new hampshire is now the epicenter of the 2016 presidential campaign, with the first in the nation primary now one week away. good evening, everyone, i'm jennifer vaughn. tom: and i'm tom griffith. the top three republican finishers in the iowa caucuses tonight.

jeb bush, john kasich and chris christie all had several stops today in new hampshire. andy hershberger is live now from the newsroom with what they reporter: candidates christie, kasich and bush want a win or at least a good showing here and they all think their style fits the new hampshire primary way. saying he never expected to do very swell in iowa, republican presidential hopeful chris christie told supporters in bedford this morning it's time for the blocking and tackling of

polls. >> y'all treat politics in new hampshire like we treat football in texas. jennifer: ted cruz arrived in the granite state fresh off a win in iowa. criticism he had for the two

jeb bush, john kasich and chris christie all had several stops today in new hampshire. andy hershberger is live now

here in new hampshire that statistic is more --

let's get the boy in the bubble out of the bubble, and let's see him pray for the next week in new hampshire. i'm ready to play, i hope he is because i'll be ready to see him on saturday night. reporter: in claremont john kasich stuck to his new

in new hampshire slightly higher at 1.81. the world has a new most valuable company. josh: google's parent company, alphabet, has ended apple's reign for the top spot.

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

across northern and central new hampshire. still some of the showers here or there across a good part of southern new hampshire. as we go through the next few hours it will be a scattered shower right through the midnight hour and possibly early tomorrow morning. there is a lot of of dry air nosing in from the west, also the highest temperature right now outside of jaffrey at 50 is way up north in the higher terrain in whitefield, indicating that the air mass is quite warm. mount washington, 32 degrees this time of year. unseasonably warm. and notice the spring-like temperatures extend all the way down into portions of the ohio valley. that moves in tonight, so temperatures will hold steady or even rise through your wednesday night into early thursday morning. how warm does it get on thursday, when do we get the sun back and what about any changes for friday and the weekend. we'll look at all of that straight ahead. josh: a pan mo spent the last 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child is asking that the rest of his

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

new hampshire at 1.79. the i.r.s. has yet to announce whether its electronic as the system it's working again. josh: a computer failure forced the agency to stop accepting e file returns yesterday. it had hoped to fix the problem by today but hasn't said yet whether it's been fixed. you can still e file through a third party tax preparer who will submit the return when the system is working again. and five million vehicles are under recall right now for a new airbag concern. this has to do with with moisture inside the control computers, which can cause the honda, fiat, chrysler and mercedes have already issued the recalls, and today continental automotive systems added five million of its vehicles. a separate problem with with airbag inflaters has prompted the recall of 24 million vehicles. jennifer: least -- lowe's is expanding in canada. it bought a competitors. in will give lowe's its first stores in quebec if the deal is approved. josh: if you're looking for a way to relax between saturday night's debate and tues

anything for jer an exclusive one on one interview with donald trump, the new lead he holds in new hampshire and his biggest threat in the republican race. mike: unseasonably warm today, but it's back to winter friday morning. when snow arrives plus how much

. >>> 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.

pvisit ncicap.org] p>> no one covers new hampshire plike we do. pnow wmur news 9 at 5:00. pgranite state gets walloped by psnow. psouthern half of the state. pjean: emergency crews responded pto several scenes like this p-- slick conditions caused some roblems out on the roads pthe snow quickly piled up along proute 101 and forced some lanes palong i-93 to close. pgood evening, everyone. pthanks for joining us. pi' m jean mackin. ptom: and i' m tom griffith. pthe worst is now over. pbut today' s storm certainly left pa mark. pteam coverage begins with pmeteorologist mike haddad, mike? pmike: it certainly did leave a pmark. pwe are talking about when to preturning in a big way this pmorning. pa light wintry mix turning over pto snow and shortly after 5:00, p5:30, the storm. pmerrimack just over half a foot. pand just under that in milford. pthe last of these no hugging the pcoast line, but only for a short pfew minutes. pit will be racing on out of phere. pand then it will go from east -- pwest to east. ptemperatures are below freezing pin some spo

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.

pshelley: and the democrats are pcampaigning in new hampshire as pwell. pwe take you to events held by phillary clinton and bernie psanders. phayley: clouds and a few pscattered snow showers pass pthrough tonight and sunday. pthen watching a few storms early pin the week. phampshire like we do. pnow, wmur news 9 at 5:00. p ptom: right now, we' re three phours out from the abc wmur prepublican debate at saint panselm college. ptonight a live look at the p, debate stage inside the carr pcenter. pgood evening, new hampshire, and pspecial edition of news 9 at 5, pi' pshelley: and i' m shelley pwalcott. pthe top republicans were invited pseven to take part in tonight' s pdebate. pthis is your line up, donald ptrump, senators ted cruz and pmarco rubio, dr. ben carson, pformer governor jeb bush. pand governors chris christie and pjohn kasich. pthis is the last chance for all pseven to be on the same stage pbefore tuesday' s pfirst-in-the-nation primary. plet' s head right out to our live pteam, wmur' s jennifer vaughn and pour political director josh pmcelveen,

pit looks like they' ve raised pover $150,000 for the special polympics new hampshire. pi don' t know. pi don' t know if that fully pcounts. phere is a look at what is going pon across the state. pit was not a bad day to take a pdebt. ptemperatures got into the 40' s pat the seacoast earlier today. pit could be worse at this time pin february. pthe skies are not clear, pespecially north of manchester. pthere are even a few snow

pcoverage and covered everything, pstephanie: wmur political preporter john distaso has pcovered the new hampshire rimary since 1979.

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

announcer: no one covers new hampshire like we do. tom: it is sunday night and we are 31 hours away from the first ballots being cast in the new hampshire primary. tonight, about half of likely granite state voters tell us they have not made a decision. shelley: we have live commitment 2016 team coverage on where the candidates are on the issues and where they are on the campaign trail. thanks for joining us at 5:00. i' m jennifer vaughn. tom: and tom griffith --i am tom griffith. new hampshire is expected to be hit with snow one more time before the hail holes open. hayley: it will likely be significant meaning we will have measurable snow starting tomorrow during the midday. the morning commute will not be an issue tomorrow. travel midday on word would be problematic with the snow falling. let me show you what is happening now. we had a beautiful sunday. more clear skies. to the south, there is a storm brewing. it is spinning off the coast of the carolinas. it is showing green on radar because it is over mild waters and in mild air.

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

@how can you beat him here in new @hampshire? @p>> listen, that's going to be a @question for the voters here in @new hampshire. @but i think the question that @every voter is asking is who can @i trust. @we've seen over and over again @campaign conservatives who talk @a good game, but they haven't @walked the walk. @and i believe what the american @people are looking for is a @consistent conservative, someone @who has been the same yesterday, @today and tomorrow. @reporter: coming up at 6:00 i @ask the senator about how the @rack of evangelical voters in @new hampshire might affect his @chances tomorrow. @that's coming up at 6:00. @for now live in manchester, i'm @shelley walcott, wmur news 9. @josh: joining us now with his @final pitch, chris christie. @jennifer: you have a minute. @p>> thank you. @i want to thank the people of @new hampshire. @been thinked to get to know you @and i've let you into by wife @and our children. @we're going to fight for you. @we're going to fight for you in @washington d.c. @we're going to make su

@every republican running for @president tells the people of @new hampshire they'll stand up @to washington. @the natural question all of us @should ask is when have you ever @stood up to washington, when @have you taken on not just @democrats by leaders of our own @party. @we just saw a powerful example @of this one week ago. @i was the only major candidate @to run in iowa opposing the @ethanol mandate. @when i did so my two leading oh @point it's, donald trump and @marco rubio, both attacked me @for it, promising more cronyism @and corporate welfare.

@p>> no one covers new hampshire @like we do. @now wmur news 9 at 5:30. @jennifer: first at 5:30, a @powerful storm is making a mess @in parts of the state. @here's a look at live pictures @at the seacoast now, it's not @just snow out there but the @splashover from high tide is @creating problems. @josh: weather coverage continues @from mike haddad. @mike: we're tracking snow right

the storm tracks, and it @be racing neetionward at a good @clip, the back edge will pull @through new hampshire so that by @the predawn hours it lifts on @so again the accumulation will @be done after three or four a.m. @but not before the three to five @inches piles up from the mount @washington valley, lakes region, @montgomery and merrimack valley. @during tomorrow afternoon, a few

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.