>> when you get to b president or you get to be president, the attitude would change very much. >>reporter: trump expecting to speak here tonight, shake his supporters hands and head off to south carolina hoping to have a big new hampshire win in his back pocket. live in manchester, dan hausle, 7 news. jeb bush is hoping for a strong showing in new hampshire. tim caputo live at bush headquarters now. >>reporter: yeah, strong words from jeb bush yesterday afternoon. he tweeted out directing his tweet at donald trump calling him a liar, a whiner and a loser. he's seen the surge jeb has in the last couple of days and he's hoping that will mean a big celebration here tonight. jeb bush is in good spirits and why not, he surged in the polls since saturday's debate and could surprise a lot of people with a strong finish in new hampshire. the former florida

bedford this morning. he finished sixth in iowa but he's optimistic he will have a better showing here. >> seems like all the work did pay off. we'll see. >>reporter: jeb thinks the one on one time has allowed more undecided voters to warm up to him. >> as you know, this is a volatile year. >>reporter: if jeb doesn't finish in the top five, he says it doesn't mean his campaign is over. >> we have an organization in south carolina, the best organization in nevada. >>reporter: word out tonight a lot of voters made their zig at the last second could be really good news for jeb. he's been seeing huge crowds at his events over last 48 hours. most of them have been over capacity. tim caputo, 7 news. the primary concern for the under dog on the g.o.p. side is who will take second place. shifting poll numbers suggest really it's

john kasich has been facing an uphill battle hampshire. >> he won the small town of dixville notch and he's hoping to gain ground in today's vote. brandon gunnoe joining campaign. >>reporter: some poles have him in second. he feels good. now it's just time for the voters to decide. john kasich may have done poorly in iowa but according to some polls he could place second in new hampshire. >> this is really no different than when i first started in politics which is really getting with the folks. like we used to do coffees. now we do town halls.

kasich even got out of bed, he already had a win. >> as soon as i woke up this morning, i had all of these e-mails from people saying great win at the notch. >>reporter: if kasich does well, him and his team at midnight are going to board a charter plane and head to south carolina. a powerful message with the outcome tonight. >> after a strong showing in iowa, he he's campaigned very strong here in new hampshire. the big question is will it be enough. jennifer eagan is at marco rubio headquarters for us. >>reporter: adam, they are all set up here. senator rubio will be here later tonight. 's held more than to dozen events in new hampshire in the past week and he's hoping voters turned out for him today. it's the last chance it meet and snap a picture with new hampshire voters. senator marco rubio

polling location, part of his primary morning push. >> i'm feeling great. >>reporter: volunteers at the manchester headquarters worked the phones. >> a lot of energy, people coming into our office to sign up and work. i feel good about it. i really do. >>reporter: after a bruise performance where he was caught sticking to his script. >> that's really a media thing. >>reporter: and he's promising a solid showing in the granite state. >> we feel real positive about it. we're going to finish strong tonight. >>reporter: he holds his first event in south carolina at noon. he will be here in manchester tonight. jennifer eagan, 7 news. ted cruz is hoping for a come from behind victory like he had in iowa. >> anything could happen i guess with the surprises. it makes it fascinating to watch but he' hoping

here. jonathan hall live from the cruz campaign now. >>reporter: hey, guys, it's good to be the winner, right? and cruz wants to build on his momentum. he also wants to avoid the fate of the iowa winner four years back. remember him, rick santorum? he was one and done. at the famed red arrow diner, business was brisk and cruz wonders if victory may be on the surge. >> we are doing our very best on the ground game and the strength of our campaign is the grass roots. >>reporter: the texas senator has 30 offices set up like this one to get out the vote. >> all four of you, fantastic. thank you so much. >> a lot of undecideds, even at the last minute. they are call our supporters, reminding them to vote. they get last-minute persuasion to those on the fence.

he likes what supporters did last night. >> we're tied for first in the state. i don't know if that's going to hold on but i was encouraged to see we got nine votes. >>reporter: cruz says no matter how many he gets, he's on to south carolina at midnight. bernie sanders is riding a comfortable primary. >> but his team is still awaiting the outcome of this boat. kimberly bookman live at sanders' campaign headquarters with more. >>reporter: yeah, kim, bernie sanders says he's daying nothing for granted. at all of his rallies all week long he said he thinks this is going to be a lot tighter than predicting but he says if supporters show up at the polls, he could win. prize. >> usually i like to take nice quiet walks.

but i thank you all for the companies. >>reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders was spotted in concord, new hampshire. it comes after a busy week of campaigning for the 74-year-old. >> it sounds to me like you're ready for a political revolution. ahead in the new hampshire polls by double digits, he's had a strong hold on women and young voters. >> young people are sick of the same old-same old. >>reporter: sanders spent most of the time this week building on the momentum and hoping to win big tonight. and the sanders campaign here is gathering at concord high school. he says it represents youth which he thinks is a big part of his base. kimberly bookman, 7 news. >> so many people are saying that sanders is doing so well from here in new hampshire because he's from next door in vermont. opponents are saying

his campaign responding? >>reporter: like he said, the clinton camp really came up with that excuse saying he sort of had a home field advantage, if you will, because he's from neighboring vermont. but we've been attending a lot of events in the last week. everyone is voting for different reasons but i haven't heard one person adam? >> kimberly bookman, we clinton spent the last week in new hampshire trying to play catch up with bernie sanders. she has stayed here to campaign in the granite state and she also stepped up the attacks against sanders. >> she's making a last push for votes on this primary day, promising to work until the last vote is cast. byron barnett is at clinton headquarters with more on the effort there. byron? >>reporter: that's what she's been saying. her husband was famous saying he's going to be here until the last dog dies.

in new hampshire today, campaigning right down to the wire. as you said, she's been behind in the polls but she's been working as hard as she can to close that gap. hillary clinton up early hitting polling places, greeting voters and thanking supporters. >> this is a great process and as i said over the last couple of days, we're going to keep working literally until the last vote is cast and counted. >>reporter: clinton has been playing catch up to bernie sanders who had a 30 point lead in the polls a week ago and now many believe her campaign will be judged by how close she comes to sanders, if she loses. >> i am just looking for a great election day. >>reporter: clinton was all smiles this morning, even when she bummed into frank feefiorina

you want a picture? >>reporter: hillary clinton has been saying all along this week she's hoping for a win here in new hampshire but privately some of her top supporters and some of her staffers have said that they do believe she can survive a loss here in new hampshire as the campaign moves on to other states where clinton has a big lead in the polls herself. so that's the latest live here in hooksett, new hampshire. i'm byron barnett, 7 news. new hampshire voters are expected to turn out impact ridiculous? that's the money question our political editor andy hiller is with us here in manchester. who comes out on top with so many people voting today? >>reporter: adam, i would say the answer is that a big turnout is a big deal for bernie sanders and donald trump and maybe one more candidate to be named later tonight. sanders needs young voters to go to the polls and historically they haven't. so a big turnout is a

as for trump his poll, our polls have shown that his supporters are the most committed. a big turnout ought to mean a big win for him. >> we talk about the independents in new hampshire. right, there's a lot of independents in new hampshire. you said they've played a key role here. so let's look at those numbers right now. we'll get them up on the screen, 390,000 independents, 262000 republicans and 231,000 democrats. who is this good for? >>reporter: if you're an independent you don't like politics as unusual which both parties represent. the parties are institutions. they are symbols of the status quo, so that should make independents supporters of outsider candidates, rebels and who is that? bernie sanders and donald trump. >> seems like that's

presidential election so far, at least in the primary. andy, thank you. we'll see you later. a reminder for you at home, we're going to have a special edition of 7 news at 7:00 and then again at 10:00 and political editor andy hiller will downadam and me and the rest of the news team for results and analysis. and because of our coverage we just want you to know we've shifted the prime time lineup a lit but you'll still be able to see your shows, chicago med at 8:00, chicago fire at 9:00 and then you can record hollywood game night at 2:07. as our special coverage continues, we are following other news today. >> a local hero critically injured in the boston marathon shootout and tonight sergeant dick donohue is making a big announcement about his future. and snow showers in the forecast for tomorrow, plus our first arctic blast of the season moves in for the weekend.

getting ready to call it a day in the new hampshire primary. we'll look live at a polling place here in manchester. some polling places close at 7:00, others at 8:00. officials here think it could be a record-setting day. perhaps a million people going out to vote today. we'll continue to follow the latest live here in new hampshire. transit police sergeant

retiring. >> you'll recall he was critically injured in the boston marathon shoot out. cheryl fiandaca is in the news room to talk about what had to be a big decision. >>reporter: his injuries have forced him to retire from the job he says he still loves. he was shot in the watertown shootout in pursuit of the marathon bombers, donohue lost nearly all of the blood in his body. his goal was to go back to work and he did, even getting promoted to sergeant. but he says the time is right to move on. earlier today he sent out this tweet, the day has come but the future is bright. thank you to everyone who has supported me over the last three years. donohue says it was a tough decision to leave the transit police. >> it was, it was, but i'm finding way to see stay involved in the criminal justice community. i'm speaking in training at some upcoming conference this is year

enforcement. i'm teaching in criminal justice at a local college and i think these are some ways where i can stay involved and engaged in the job, the profession i like going forward. >> i trying to move forward unmy life and do good things in the community, do good things in the department and put a bad situation behind me and focus on the good. >>reporter: and there's a lot of good to focus on. donohue and his wife are expecting a second son in april. in addition to his teaching and speaking engagements, he will continue to be involved with the red cross. in the news room, i'm cheryl fiandaca, 7 news. >> just a great family, a long recovery for him. so we wish him all the best and thank him for his service. >> and a busy schedule ahead for him as we go into spring. we're talking about cold, very cold temperatures in the weather department today. >> that's right, but not until the weekend. tomorrow making it into the mid 30s.

welcome back to 7 news at 6:00. up here at manchester, new hampshire and all across new england, cold temperatures after a lot of snow yesterday. could there be more on the way? >> i think most people would say hope not, but let's check in with brie. are you talking flurries or all-out snow?

you're located tomorrow. scattered snow showers but there could be heavier snow squalls. we'll get to that i know just a second. cold night ahead of us but not as cold as it will be of we get in the weekend. snow showers not far from us and that energy slides into our area tomorrow. scattered in nature, nothing lucky what we saw yesterday or friday for that matter. you just see these little spots popping up on the map and it's hard to pinpoint exactly where they show up. a more intense band, a snow squall could show up in one area or another and we know that can quickly reduce visibility and quickly drop a couple to even a few inches of isolated snowfall accumulation in some spots. one to three inches, it's just the best shot for that snowfall will be south of the mass pike. for the rest of us just some light scattered snow showers. mostly cloudy overnight tonight. 16 to 24 and tomorrow

30s so we do get above freezing but that's it. don't get too used to it. our first arctic blast for the season working in for the weekend and those temperatures are really dropping. could even be some record cold on wait for us saturday or sunday, especially if those temperatures drop below zero in boston on sunday morning, then on tuesday a rebound in temperatures but also watching our next potential storm for now. looks like more rain and snow but we'll keep an eye on it. nobody embraced being a big, bad braun in recent years more than milan lucic. tonight fans are going to see him in an entirely different light as he returns wearing an l.a. kings sweater since being traded this past

the big winner has an uncanny appreciation for history and has nothing but fond memories of his time in black and gold. >> probably one of the best times to ever be a bruin. it's kind of weird being in the away locker room here and stuff like that, but it's nice to be back and be back here in boston and, you know, play in front of the bruins fans again. >> they sat through a 29 minute delay will the garden lights went out but it was worth the wait for boston college capturing their 20th bean pot title with an overtime goal from alex tuck. it's one these eagles will never forget. >> it's unbelievable. it was awesome. >> it's not something we make lightly here.

deal. we're really happy we have one more. jay crowder passed over in favor of pau gasol. that's sports, 7 news continues after the what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about register to vote? really? you can. five minutes online and a massachusetts drivers license is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to registertovotema.com. it's that easy. done. i just registered. that was easy.

polls will close in about 30 minutes from now. numbers coming in soon. i'm adam williams. >> i'm kim khazei. remember we're back at 7:00.

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