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

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

bernie sanders has the momentum on his side after the double-doesn't new hampshire win. her team is nervous about what could come. hillary clinton in nevada making her case. >> i'm hoping to get your support. >> reporter: one hand shake. >> i need your help. >> reporter: after the next. >> voters have a choice between where i stand and my opponent. >> reporter: where she stands this morning, hoping to avoid an overnight, bernie sanders fired up. traded in nevada for michigan and massive rally with nearly 10,000 supporters. >> leadership sabt standing up for what's right even when it is not popular. >> reporter: clinton stayed behind, skipping a campaign stop in florida, sending her husband instead. you thing they're nervous in nevada? should they be? >> it's a caucus. anytime you have a caucus, it's more unpredictable. so it's better for her to stay there. >> reporter: bill clinton interrupted by this trump supporter. the former president firing back. >> i took his money for my foundation where i used it to better than he's using it now, i'll guarantee you. >> reporter:

her argument has been iowa, new hampshire, predominantly white well, you're going to nevada which is a predominantly urbanized state. i think if she loses nevada, south carolina closes probably still difficult for bernie sanders but the dynamics of the race will keep adjusting as bernie sanders wins. >> it will go on for a long time. on the republican side mary kathryn, you have him holding on to that big lead. what would it mean if after basically declaring war on the leaders donald trump wins in south carolina which traditionally goes with the winner of the nomination. >> i think it doesn't mean the end of the race certainly. he as you see with all of his polling he remains strong and support remains strong even when he makes in u.s. takes but if cruz and rubio as we see in polling can finish a strong second and make an argument we will have the three-man race many thought we would have coming out of new hampshire and >> matthew dowd, at the same time you have all these republican leaders even after he attacks president obama saying the nominee. difficult spot. i think if he wins s

webb dropped out before he came to new hampshire but i hear he tweeted you and apologized. >> yes, he said sorry. >> he said he'll get pumpkin was it tough to convince any of them or were they all gracious. >> they were all gracious. they all accepted the selfie. they're like, yeah, we'll take a selfie? i'm curious. which one got the most likes? >> i think after like presidents' day it was bernie. >> bernie had the most in what was your favorite? >> and trump. what was my favorite? our favorite? >> i don't know. all of them. they all have their stories. >> well, we got one more thing for you. this will be my favorite. i'm taking a selfie with you two. smile, girls. yeah. there we go. we got it. emma and addy. >> thanks, guys. some cash back cards are, shall we say, unnecessarily complex. limiting where you can earn bonus cash back... then those places change every few months... please. it's time you got the quicksilver card from quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. doesn't get much simpler than that. what's in your wallet? announcement: biggest

i mean, i just won in a fantastic place called new hampshire. they have a heroin problem that you wouldn't believe and it's the number one question i got up there, george, all the time. first question is how do we stop the heroin from, you know, pouring in, and i told them i would do it because they really do have it and, you know, more so than most and we have to create a border. we have to have a strong border. and everything else and i think i'd explain our side of the picture because our side of the picture is very correct but the mexican officials don't want the strong border because they're frankly making a fortune with the way the border is right now. >> you know, you have -- you're not afraid to speak your mind praised putin and saddam hussein and drawn criticism from pope francis and the british and french prime minister and taken on president bush and governor hayley. are you concerned at all? >> i never praised putin. putin said good things about me. >> you said he's tougher and stronger than president obama. >> no, i said two things.

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

the lines around the -- >> reporter: trump seemed to be stuck on repeat as rubio had done in the new hampshire debate. >> just the lines. >> you have many different plans. you'll have competition. you'll have so many different plans. >> now he's repeating himself. >> no, i'm not repeating -- >> mr. trump -- >> no, no. [ cheers and applause ] talking about repeating i watched him repeat himself five types four weeks ago. >> i saw you repeat yourself >> reporter: after the debate trump hammered his new nemesis. he went after you. >> i expected that. they're losing by a lot and they thought they were going to win. i had fun but it was nasty. >> reporter: what did you think of the way rubio came out. >> i think he's a lightweight. i think he's a lightweight. >> reporter: despite the relentless attacks trump told me that he believed he was the clear winner of the debate and did nothing to downplay expectations for super tuesday. in fact, he told me, george, he believes he has a good chance of winning across the board including right here in texas which is ted cruz's home state. >> thank you. joinin

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

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

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

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

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

she lost badly in new hampshire. mary bruce joins us from las vegas this morning. >> reporter: hi, paula. good morning. the clinton camp is feeling good this morning. after riding a wave of minority support here. it was neck and neck until the bitter end. in the end, hillary clinton dealt the wing ning hand she was hoping. for. >> the fight goes on. >> reporter: hillary clinton declared victory. >> some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other. [ cheers and applause ] and -- this one's for you. >> reporter: sanders coming in with a strong second. >> and now it's on to super tuesday. >> reporter: proving he can get solid support from minority voters. >> we have the momentum. we're going to see the results of one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting ] >> all: feel the burn. feel the burn. >> reporter: they fought their every last vote. >> everyone wants the union we're a strong force. >> reporter: sanders making his case. >> thank you very much

there's more clouds in northern new hampshire. still a chance of a flurry or sprinkle in the mountains as we go through the day today. so your high temperatures today anywhere from 41 to 54 degrees, >> so we're looking for a whopping 58 degrees today. get a tan? 58? i love it. >> you have to head inside. my favorite. have you seen the hysterical new kimmel? take a look. >> they're letting me do things my way this os xarps here's my solution when someone talks too long. >> i never dreamed. ah! >> get ready for the shortest show in history. >> get ready for chris rock and jim jimmy kimmel after the show. >> i could have used that at family dinners. for the first time ever, nominees had to submit a list of thank yous beforehand. all winning speeches will have a scrolling list of those thank yous at the bottom of the screen. this is the 11th jimmy kimmel live special after the oscars. >> he's got a huge lineup. no tasers on hand. >> might be hard to book guests. >>> don't forget, the oscars air live right here on abc tonight. the exci

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