>> interesting and good stories to end with this morning. that is what's making news in america this morning. >> now on "daybreak," a man accused of lighting his own mother's house on fire is due in court. what happened before the fire broke out. a fire damaged a vacant apartment building. firefighters say there was no power to the three story building. kevin: a lot more clouds around with lighter showers. the head of the main system coming down. the workweek ahead. erin: a man stole from outside

then he ryed to rob an atm. good morning. thanks for waking up with us today. i'm erin fehlau. we did have some rain overnight. i wanted to check in with a look at the forecast today. kevin: possibility in the far northern areas a little bit of light mixes. patchy drizzle and fog. you can see quite a few clouds. well. it is a mostly cloudy enough. a lot of this is going to fall in liquid form and later tonight. we could have heavier downpours. much more in your forecast coming up. here. davidson. good monday morning, deb. deb: good monday morning. the wet roads are slowing doings down. as you are making your way from concord to hooksett.

well through the manchester stretch. 293 looks good at the lane shift. just a reminder that the exit four onramp is closed on the southbound side for construction. if you are now commuting in to massachusetts, all major roads in that area look well as you are making your way in to and around the boston air that. this report is brought to you by peter's honda, nissan, and kia of nashua. i'm deb davidson for erin: thank you. a man accused of dousing his mother's porch in gasoline and lighting it on fire is due in court today. police arrested 27-year-old justin kane as he was trying to house. ray brewer is live outside of the court in salem with the details. ray: police say that kane had an argument with his mother at her home on north main street in

of hand. investigators were called to the home at 3:00 while he lit the porch on fire while his mother was watching. kane ran off, triggering a search involving several agencyies. police say someone picked him up. they were able to track his cell phone and arrested him. investigators say they were lucky. >> the residents was a due flex that had been in the property. the arson obviously could have been gotten really bad, especially using a propellant such as gasoline. hurt. kane is set to be arraigned here in salem. police are trying to him up.

out who sparked a fire in a vacant apartment building. when they arrived, they found fire on the back of the building. crews were able to mostly contain the flames to the porch areas. the cause is under investigation. officials say there was no power to the building and no one lived there. two people are dead after a fast-moving fire in wooster, massachusetts. an elderly brother and sister had lived in the home for decades. neither one made it out. the flames burned through both floors. it is unusual it took so long for someone to notes the fire. the cause is under investigation. the police chief in new bedford, massachusetts has passed away. 59-year-old chief david provencher died after suffering respiratory arrest at the hospital. he was a survivor of throat cancer.

man and outstanding chief, said the mayor. a man is due in court this morning. 23-year-old adrien stillwell was charged with conspiracy to commit murder with michael pittman. 25-year-old michael yunge is charged as well. today marks 20 years since a manchester man was found stabbed to death in his home. his family is pleading for the public's help to solve the case. walter page was found in the basement in his home in december of 1995. his death was ruled a homicide. investigators say it is still a very solvable case. family members say they

happenedded. police say a man backed a machine yesterday morning and ran off. turns off the car was stolen from a church parking lot while the owner was inside attending service. the man accused of driving the wrong way while drunk is due in court. they arrested 22-year-old andi -- andy mazarra. he faces several charges, including dwi and using mobile electric devices while driving. the operator who was supposed to be at controls of the runaway redline train in boston is set to face a disciplinary hearing today. the train left the station on thursday morning with about 50 people on board. not the operator. the young went through four stations before

power to the third rail and bring it to a stop. still ahead, dr. ben carson slipping in the polls. he's not spending much time in new hampshire. local supporters say they are not worried. they are gearing up for another debate. and ahead at 5:30 this morning, help is pouring in for a miniature horse facing surgery in new hampshire after it was shot.

kevin: monday morning, december 14th. 44 degrees. patchy drizzle. clouds will be the main mode for us today before rain pushes in tonight. details and the changes that come behind the system ahead.

it is a slow down. bernie sanders is the only one with events planned. he's going to meet with students in nashua and hold a town hall in hollis. on the republican side are supporters of dr. ben carson. they say they are not worried that it has been nearly a month since he's visited. he hasn't been here since he filed for the primary. recent polls show his support is falling. >> i don't think that's a big concern. every time someone goes to hear him, they come out loving him. erin: when he does come back, the new hampshire campaign says it is going to be in a big way with a large family friendly event in concord. one man is gaining ground is ted cruz. he is now almost even in iowa. they will flank trump in the gop debate in las vegas.

between candidates is heating up with ted cruz on the fast track in iowa running neck in neck with donald trump. it is a swift rise for the texas senator. a 21-point gain since october in one poll. crews and trump up until now have played nice. that all changed this weekend. in iowa, trump kegging at cruz for being against ethanol. >> how does he win? iowa? that's very anti-iowa. isreporter: and in the senate. >> he will never get anything done like in congress. that'ses problem with ted. reporter: cruz said in honor of trump and good hearted maniacs everywhere. he says he sees cruz playing a part in his administration.

in mind for ted, to be honest. reporter: behind closed doors questioning ben carson's ability to run the ability. >> it is also a question of judgment. reporter: as cruz rises and trump attacks, carson was going down. >> poll numbers go up and down. i wasn't excited when they were up. i'm not sad they are down. reporter: christie is on the main stage. donald trump will be front and center. this time flanked by ben carson and ted cruz. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. erin: 12 past the hour. we know there are many scams out there. don't you know which ones are the most common and the costliest. talk about a giving tree. someone is providing

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last week someone left warm clothing for the homeless on boston common. they did it because they saw someone doing in this central park in new york city. this is spreading. it is wonderful to see. kevin: it is. the acts of kindness continues to go for the toys for tots to the food banks. we continue on. for the month we hit the halfway point. we are eight and a half degrees above normal for the month. it looks like we're going to have the milder air sticking around for the next couple of days. we'll start to cool off. by the time we get to the weekend, as close as we've been in the averages in quite a while, it likely comes with a chilly breeze. for the time being, temperatures today up in to the 40's. along with that, a steadier look for rainfall. tomorrow morning. each of the next several days, we'll continue to cool off after tomorrow. a developing westerly temperatures will be as week.

have plenty of clouds out there. the risk up in the north country. we're talking far northern areas like stewartstown, pittsburgh , larnakesser -- lancaster is likely to be down. beyond that, again we are warm enough early this morning that all of this falling in rain showers. likely temperatures only going up from here. we'll continue to see temperatures in the 40's to near 50. temperatures are on the uptick. we start off in the mid to upper 40's up north. we pan out a bit. you are going to notice the milder air is around for another day tomorrow. then much cooler air starts to build in. it isn't going to be a blast of arctic air. high temperatures this time of year. the average high is 37 degrees. another ten degrees above that this morning. the average low is 18. when you are in the lower 40's, that's a solid 25 degrees above normal. we continue on with this regime. clouds today may be a passing shower.

lot of drier hours to the day today as well. as we get later in to the evening, the clouds continue to thicken. here comes the rain. there are going to be a couple of heavier downpours. gradual clearing tomorrow morning. partial sunshine for the afternoon. temperatures by then will be in the lower and mid 50's. then we start to cool off. highs will be in the 40's. some upper 30's up north. sunny skies for wednesday and then increasing clouds thursday ahead of the next system which is now starting to make its way northwest. that system eventually could also bring mainly rainfall. highs by then will be like today in the 40's for the most part. one jump back in to the 50's tomorrow. then you'll notice we're talking lows in the 20's and 30's. highs in the 40's wednesday with sunshine. thursday with rain moving in later in the day. could end as a couple of mixed showers in the north country mainly on friday. there could be a few flurries up in the mountains on saturday. that's it.

temperatures by the weekend. eventually it has to get here. erin: right. it does. the weekend weather was amazing. kevin: it looks like next weekend not quite as mild. erin: downhill. okay. we want to check in with the top stories with ray brewer. ray: a salem man is due in court after allegedly trying to burn down his mother's house. 27-year-old justin kane had an argument with his mother on her home in north salem in main street in salem yesterday afternoon before things got out of hand. now kane allegedly poured gasoline on the back porch of the home and lit it on fire while his mother was standing at the glass door. he faces charges of arson and reckless conduct. erin: firefighters were able to contain a fire in berlin overnight. the fire started in a back porch area on school vote. there was no power to the building. a second man charged in

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>> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur "news 9 daybreak." erin: good morning to you on the december 14th. we're waking up to some areas seeing 40's. how about that? we had a pretty mild weekend weather-wise. we're going to look at what the workweek holds right after the top stories this morning. a man is accused of setting his mom's home on fire. police arrested justin kane sunday evening. investigators say kane poured gasoline on the porch and lit it on fire. a fire in hampstead left a family homeless. it happened just before 6:00 on pine wood drive. no one was injured. and we're expected to learn more today about a deadly rollover crash in exeter. police tried to pullover

williams for several driving violations. he lost control, smashed in to guardrails, and rolled his car several times. we did have a little bit of rain. kevin: we're seeing some drizzle and patchy fog. temperatures just cool enough in northern areas of the state. there could be a little bit of patchy, freezing drizzle. plenty of clouds. it arrives later on this evening. maybe a couple of rumbles of thunder during the evening and overnight hours. temperatures starting the day from the mid 30's to mid 40's. holding there as the rainfall approaches. a mild start before we start cooling off. erin: it's been unusual the weather for december. kevin: eight and a half degrees above normal. erin: here's a live look at 93

kevin: we're joined live by deb davidson. good monday morning, deb. deb: good monday morning. they are going to slow the roads down. give yourself extra time. traffic is moving well on 93 as you make your way through the hooksett tolls. from manchester to salem, you are looking to a 21 to 30 minute drive. 293 is moving well as is the everett turnpike making your way through the bedford tolls. making your way in to nashua. 101 and 111 are looking good at this time. in massachusetts, 93 south is a bit slow. then again by route 125. this report is being brought to you by peter's honda, nissan, and kia. from the traffic network, i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. erin: new from overnight, state police are investigating a crash involving five vehicles. it happened on the

everett turnpike north of exit five. no one was seriously injured. the road is back open this morning. a man will be arraigned in court this morning after he set his own mother's house on fire. police arrested justin kane sunday evening. investigators say kane poured gasoline on his mother's porch and lit it on fire. ray brewer is live in salem this morning with the latest. good morning, ray. ray: good morning. police tell us that the justin kane lives at the home with his mother. he allegedly ran away and was picked up by someone. that lead to a search departments. 27-year-old justin kane is accused trying to light his mother's home on fire. the two had an argument. kane allegedly poured gasoline on the rear

salem firefighters responded and police searched the area with police helicopter. >> since it was on the border, we set up perimeters trying to basically lock in the suspect. his cell phone. >> we also have the ability to track someone's cell phone and get a gauge on their approximate locations to focus the resources. ray: kane was arrested while he was leaving his dad's house. he will be arraigned charged with arson and reckless conduct. they are thankful that no one was hurt in the fire. >> the arson could have gotten really bad. ray: it is unclear who picked kane up. anyone with information asked to give the police department a call. live outside of the court, ray brewer,wmur news 9.

to a fire. it happened over 6:00 on pine wood drive. the house was engulfed in flames. hampstead fire says there were no injuries. the red cross is assisting two people. a half a dozen towns battled the blaze. >> the biggest factor is there's no hydrants. we had to bring water in. erin: the cause of the fire remains under investigation. more information now on a deadly rollover crash on route 101 in exeter over the weekend. police say 33-year-old eric williams of hampton was pronounced dead at the scene. police tried to pull williams over for several driving violations just before the crash. he rolled the car several times. williams did not have a seat belt on. he was thrown from the car. >> in the area just east of exit 11 the operator made a sudden movement. the vehicle was causing him to lose control.

and rolled over several times in the median. the vehicle came to rest. erin: and stay with wmur as we learn more about the investigation in to the crash today. a pelham teen is accused of driving more than 100 miles per hour on 93. 19-year-old joseph brown was driving south on 93 in windham just before 9:00 on sunday morning. brown was going 107 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone. he's due in court on january 14th on reckless driving charges. state police cite a man for speeding for the second time in a week. last thursday troopers stopped 21-year-old joe figueroa for driving 107 miles per hour on 93 near the hooksett toll. he was arrested for reckless operation. yesterday the same trooper pulled figueroa over again. he told the trooper he had just picked up his

going about 80. the trooper issued another summons. a massachusetts man is accuse of the expokessing himself. it happened before 11:30. they arrested gary jenke for indecent exposure and lewdness. they are also investigating two previous incidents of indecent exposure that occurred on december 1st and 2nd. closing arguments in the phillip chism murder trial were expected today. they were postponed because one of the lawyers were sick. the defense claims he was insane when he killed the teacher, colleen ritzer two years ago. they say he is faking

a man is missing. ronaldo acosta was last seen on friday. his family is concerned about his safety. if you have any information, please call nashua police. the search is on for a missing north eastern student who haven't been heard from for two weeks. dennis was last seen in november. the police are handling the investigation. anyone with information is urged to contact them. a miniature horse that was shot in the leg in massachusetts will come back to the granite state for surgery. already $11,000 has been raised online to help send 2-year-old max to a clinic. the money is also going toward a prothetic leg. police continue to search for clues about who shot max and why. after he recovers, his

therapy horse for hospitals and schools. we want to thank everyone -- everyone -- drive. we collected 154,000 generation cash $169,000. we're still totaling the online and mailed in donations. you can still donate at nhfoodbank.org. commitment 2016. ted cruz climbing in the polls. why the texas senator is on top. and a somber anniversary in connecticut. how schools will remember the victims of sandy hook. kevin: another mild day on the way. down. we'll have all of the details coming up.

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kevin: monday morning, december 14th. we have wet highways. a couple of rain showers. mild enough it is in liquid form. for most areas, it will be today. temperatures in the 40's. plenty of clouds and lighter showers. there could be some mixing going on north of the white mountains. we'll talk about another rain chance during the week ahead and when we

erin: thank you. it is now 5:42. in commitment 2016 news, one more day to go until the next republican debate. it comes amid a big shake up in the polls. nikole killion live in washington with more on who is up and who is down. looks like ted cruz is climbing. reporter: he is, erin. a new poll shows ted cruz running second nationally. he is the front runner in iowa according to at least two polls. >> voters are going to make a decision decision -- reporter: ted on top. cruz climbing in iowa leading by ten points over trump. >> you look at the way he's dealt with the senate. he goes in -- frankly like a little bit of a maniac. you are never going to get things done.

leave it there. he posted maniac song in honor of his friend. cruz is now the target of the republican rivals. >> each time he's had to choose between strong national defense and some of the isolationist den -- tendencies, he seems to side with the isolationist. >> i haven't spend a lot of time asking for money. i've spent many night in the operating room. reporter: carson and rubio have slid to third and fourth place against people like ted cruz and donald trump. all of them hoping to change the trajectory after the debate. erin: thank you so much. reporting in washington. today marks three years

sandy hook elementary school. this is the first year the anniversary falls on the school day. there already moments of silence at the middle and high schools. three years ago a gun nan killed 20 students and six adults in the massacre in newton, connecticut. a walk was held in portsmouth sunday to end gun violence. a crowd gathering before marching around downtown. organizers with moms demand action wanted to honor survivors of gun violence. they say mass shootings should not be accepted as the norm. >> we allow this to go on. we really need to do something about this. it is not a partisan issue. it is an issue of safety. erin: similar walks featuring the anti-gun violence activist took place around the country over the weekend. two mosques were vandalized in california saturday night. the vandals spray painted references.

evacuated and a bomb squad called out. the fbi is working with local law enforcement agencies to now investigate. they believe the incidents are hate crimes. one person is dead after a tractor trailer carrying fuel crashed in to railroad cars carrying asphalt in oregon. it crashed a fire that shot flames 70 feet in to the air. the truck driver was killed. the cause is under investigation. the monarchs and thunder played at the verizon wireless arena on sunday. not a lot of scoring thanks to good goal tending. doug made 32 saves. drew fielding had 30 for the thunder. the game was scoreless in to the third period. patrick scored the game

adron deck wins this one 2-0. >> we were a tired hockey club. i thought for the most part we played the game we needed to play. we didn't bury our chances. that's what it comes down to on the sunday game. >> it is a 3-3. it is a sunday. we're coming off of the long road trip. i tried to get in to the game early. the team who made the most mistakes can win. i think the boys played hard and played well in front of me. it came down to one shot. that's a stoppable puck. that's the difference. erin: on to the gridiron. patriots back on top after the win in texas. rob gronkowski back in the lineup. he contributed right away. first quarter tom brady finds gronk for a 45-yard completion. that would set up the first touchdown of the game. brady to martin for the score. gave new england 7-0 lead.

favorite receiver. he had four catches for 88 yards. patriots went on to win 27-6. they are 11-2. back in first place at the afc thanks to losses by the been -- bengals and broncos. some local cheerleaders made new hampshire proud. this is the screaming eagles 10-year-old team. they took second at a competition in florida. the jaguars won the championship. the national crusaders took second place. congratulations to all of the teams. >> now your storm watch 9 forecast. erin: all right. 44 in manchester. it has been so mild. kevin: no,normal high is 37. if we would have a day like that, everyone would feel cold.

even normal weather, let alone you mix in a couple of below normal days with highs near freezing. erin: it is going to be a shock to the system. kevin: it will be when it gets here. we don't have a lot on the maps. plenty of clouds. a little bit of drizzle. maybe light rain shower. the main event comes in later on tonight. the line of rain located down to the south and west will be making its way in. looks like a couple of heavier downpours are going to be a possibility with that. ahead of that, as you'll notice clouds racing in. just cold enough in far northern areas, it could be freezing rain. there's the rain. along it, there could be a couple of rumbles of thunder. that's a possibility either side of midnight tonight. you get in to far northern areas, we have the freezing rain for the northern half of coos county early this morning through about 9:00. that's the best potential there. elsewhere temperatures

besides drizzle or light rain shower. we're talking lower and mid 40's. you get newpaper to far northern areas, again near the freezing mark in some spots. some of that could be falling in the form of light, freezing drizzle. today it will be more clouds than anything else. not far to go to get to these numbers in the southern parts of the state. it will be a light southerly breeze later this afternoon. as you can see here, it is just a lot of clouds more than anything else. later on this evening, we have the band of rainfall. we get through the evening commute. there's the showers moving through. along with it, there could be one or two heavier downpours and a couple of rumbles of thunder. we will likely start the day in the 40's to lower range of the 50's. jump from there a few more degrees as the westerly wind kicks in. temperatures in the mid to upper 50's in southern areas. mid and upper 40's up north.

afternoon. that eventually sets up highs in the 40's for wednesday with sunshine, thursday with an increase in clouds, ahead of the next system which should still be mild enough. temperatures in the 40's. it is moving in to the pacific northwest now. that would be in the form of rain. the main storm tracker is to the west. that just leaves us on the mild side for the time being. temperatures in the 40's to near 50 degrees. light breeze and plenty of clouds. maybe the opportunity for a little bit of morning. notice temperatures tonight holding relatively steady. start tomorrow, we'll be in the lower 50's in southern areas. we have just a couple of light showers is a there should be a lot of drier hours. then the rainfall moves in tonight which could be heavy at times. it wraps up early tomorrow morning. another mild day before cooling off wednesday and thursday. cooling more yet by the time we get toward the weekend. erin: all right.

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kevin: starts off with a live look in plymouth on monday morning. 36 degrees. that's like lie -- likely one of the cool spots. rainfall moving in tonight.

georgia to attempt a world record. the most couples kissing under the mistletoe at once. kevin: they did it. more than 200 couples participated on saturday night. they joined hands and kissed for at least ten seconds under the sprigs of mistletoe. they showed the official guiness world record plaque. erin: coming up, it has been 20 years since a man was found stabbed to death in his manchester home. why family members are asking for your help. ray: family member accused of fire. reporter: donald trump is at it again, this cruz. hear how trump is taking on his chief rival next.

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