backing the front runner. in iowa, donald trump' shrinking. analysts weigh in on ted cruz' s rise among caucus-goers. mike: rain, thunder, son, and gusting wind it all in the next 15 hours. how the changes play out. drunk driving in a crash that killed a father. >> i just did what any good person would do. likely' s david a life. -- likely saved a life. announcer: now, wmur news 9. tom: the vermont senator, bernie the southern tier. good evening. shelley is off tonight.

and the final stop of the day in hollis. adam: the latest poll has bernie sanders up 10 over hillary clinton, but both campaigns believe the race is closer than that, however, bernie sanders is starting to show will confidence in his situation in new hampshire, saying he has a path to victory. by his standards, it was a rather quiet event, the picturesque lawrence barn in hollis used as a backdrop for a gathering that was part town hall, part commercial shoot. they let them know they would be recorded for a promotional video, no problem for this crowd, excited for the possibility that new hampshire primary voters could choose bernie over hillary clinton. >> i think there is a feeling of disenchantment there with the government in general, and bernie, even though he is a senator, he has never played the politics the way the other

adam: patricia and todd kerekes of manchester see sanders as honest and consistent, and they believe he can win. >> i think he has got a real shot. adam: the candidate was playful with questioners who offered up topics right here in his wheelhouse. >> on the issue, you took on the president paid you took on senator mary. you took on paul ryan. will you continue as president with that kind of leadership? adam: first things first, and that means taking on the new tory sleaze fickle voters. >> yes, i am here to ask for your support. i think, by the way, we have an excellent chance to do that. adam: sanders continues on the campaign trail tomorrow with events in dover, rochester, and hampton. tom: and tomorrow, the focus of

republicans during their fifth primary debate which will be airing on cnn. it is the first debate in more than a month and a first since the terror attacks in paris and california. a four lower-polling candidates will debate in an earlier debate, senator lindsey graham, george petaca he, and rick santorum along with my cut the be. and the places are determined to poll numbers, and donald trump will be at center stage with senator ted crews to his left, in a virtual tie, and the quinnipiac poll has donald trump at 21% -- 28% with ted crews at 27%. this is also within the margin of error. >> ted crews -- cruz knows how to do the street he knows he is

tom: dr. ben carson has 10%, and no other candidate polled above 5%. live pictures where you can see misty and very foggy conditions, and we may even have a bit of thunder overnight. let' s get the details now from chief meteorologist mike haddad. my: and what a warm start to the season, no question about it. take a look at mount washington. he then mind that the normal high temperature in the valleys, concord and points out, 36. this late hour in the evening, on top of mount washington, well above freezing with a to point at 39. the wind is cranking up out of the southwest. temperatures will be rising during the overnight, so we will see lower 50'

s to around 60 by daybreak, and the wind is moving on through, but we will get a bit of a lull. just a bit of drizzle, and then during the predawn hours, the cold front has to move through. that is the thing that can trigger a downpour in any one given community. what about the strong wind to follow? we will look at that, straight ahead. tom: a man from derry was spent seven years in prison for causing a deadly accident that kid -- killed kevin o' donnell, who was on a motorcycle with his daughter. suzanne has more. suzanne: michael dixon gave up his right to a trial and pled guilty to one count each of do you why negligent homicide, aggravated eu wide, and conduct after an accident. the judge handed him a sentence

life of kevin o' donnell -- kevin . human being. >> because of you, i now know i hate you with every ounce of my being. you discussed to me -- you discusse -- disgust me. suzanne: kevin had no time to stop. btw i -- the two were thrown off the bike. >> i will never forget feeling hitting the pavement, running to my data turning him over a checking to see if he was still breathing. suzanne: dixon never stopped. instead, he ditched his car in head in a tree. o donnell through hours of

heart attack and died. months later, his daughter got married. >> i will never know what it is like to have my dad what we down the isle, and i will never know what it is like to have a wedding without tears. suzanne: dixon sobbed as he offered the family an apology. >> the words expressing my regret and sorrow and guilt are woefully inadequate. however, out of respect, i believe by a wood to to take -- to say something -- i believe i owen to you to say something. -- i owe it to you to say something. suzanne: four hours after the accident, his blood-alcohol level was 0.19.

tom: bill cosby is suing women, seven of them, for defamation. he allowed his representatives to call them liars. and manchester police arrested a man for robbery and ended up charging him with more. they took gerard into custody on saturday, saying he tried to take two sweaters. police say he punched one of the officers, and once they interviewed him, they gathered an of probable cause to also charge champ with armed robbery at triangle credit union on elm street lost -- last month. the operator of an mbta train that left a station unmanned

disciplinary hearing today. however, david vazquez was not there. his attorney told our sister station that he was being treated for stress and informed me mbta that he would not be up to make the hearing. the train rolled through three stops after he got off in braintree to check a problem. >> transit police who have been involved in this investigation, they make a recommendation. it is my responsibility to carry out whatever action needs to be done. tom: sources say the hearing went on without him using statements he made to authorities last week he at well, tonight, a manchester teenager was honored for his courage. what he saw someone who needed help, west high school senior desmond powell had no idea that he was going to be recognized at the school committee meeting tonight. wmur' s mike cronin explains what desmond did.

took at this bridge in manchester that has many calling him a hero, but that is a title he is not quite comfortable with. 17-year-old desmond powell thought he was at the manchester committee meeting just to lead the pledge of allegiance, but to his surprise, the focus was on hand. mayor: i know this young man doesn' t want to be called a hero, but he is truly, truly a hero. [applause] mike: powell was recognized for saving a stranger' s life. last month, he was walking home around 9:00 at night on the granite street ridge and saw a man sitting on the edge. >> i got closer and closer and i heard him saying he was going to jump, and i told him to stop. i told him about his family, his kids, how they would be affected if you decide to do this.

addicted to heroin and was overwhelmed by troubles in his life. powell and a passerby brought him to dunkin doughnuts. he gave him $10 for food and drink. >> he asked me if i wanted to change, and i said no, just keep it, and then he just started crying, saying you are such a good person. i wish there was many people like you. mike: when powell called police to pick the man up, he says he ran away but returned shortly later to apologize and get a ride from officers. the mayor honored him with a proclamation on monday. powell is a senior at west high school, plays football, and is a navy junior reserve officer training corps cadets. >> he works hard and does not let that go to his head. he is just a wonderful person. >> i would help anyone who was in trouble. he really needed guidance, and i

mike: powell says he did not get the man' s name. he does not know where he is today but just hopes he is doing ok. tom: job well done, mr. powell. coming up tonight, uber and lyft drivers have won a battle in their fight over pay and working conditions. the new right they had been granted in seattle. sally: i am sally kidd.

americans than ever support sending more ground troops to fight the islamic state terror group. the poll from the associated press found 42% support deploying ground troops, up from 31% last year, and 56% say the country' s military response has not gone far enough, up 10 points in the last year, and it is said that president obama has not gone far enough to explain the country' s goals in fighting the islamic state. today, he tried to reassure americans that the u.s. is making progress, speaking after security team in the pentagon. wmur' s sally kidd reports from washington, d.c. sally: the president says he is looking to build on recent momentum against isis while it knowledge and that some aspects of the u.s. military campaign are not working. president obama: our strategy is

sally: the president says the u.s. and its coalition partners are hitting ice is harder than ever and that taking out isis leaders and infrastructure, they are increasing that pace. president obama: the point is isil leaders cannot hide, and her message to them is simple. you are next. sally: but recent poll numbers show americans believe the u.s. is losing the fight. president obama: we recognize the progress needs to be faster. sally: the white house says more can be done. >> we need to capitalize on the momentum and re-intensify our efforts. sally: medics say the president' s piecemeal approach is not working. isis is spreading. >> it is kind of this tiptoeing into the more us. -- morass. >> it is been a strategy for the past 14 months that has gotten

solidifying the hold up charlotte side -- the hold of bashar al-assad. sally: sending in several thousand troops. in washington, i am sally kidd. tom: well, seattle is the first city in the country to allow unionize. passed the measure. and new hampshire native victoria arlen has a new job. she is joining espn as a features reporter. the champion' s member reported for them at the summer special olympic games in los angeles. espn executives say they were so impressed by her work this summer that they decided to bring her on for an expanded

sportsx center, espn-w, and x games. weather. mike: some downforce to our west, but the temperatures, 39 top of mount washington, and that is above the normal high in here we go. taking a look at the time left out at the coast, we did have drizzle earlier in the day and fog at other times, but with the rain moving through, it has actually washed out some of the fog. pulling some of those droplets out of the fog bank, and the visibility increases, so some good news in that regard. after all, we are still in a mini drought, believe it or not, so we can use some rain or snow, and with temperatures above now. rain, even a rumble of thunder

wind comes an issue, cool wednesday and more changes by the weekend. speaking of showers, since dead, light rain moving through pittsburgh, westwood, all of the way back, and then a bit of a breakdown around whitefield, and more showers to the home of the white mountains, down the route 60 corridor down to rochester and that towards the coast, and then more light rain filling in in the merrimack valley and parts of the manon dock region. wind tomorrow. that is over central and eastern new york. it is the getting to intensify, and this will march through during the 3:00 to 6:00 a.m. rumble of thunder and may a flash of lightning. so there could be some early risers tomorrow morning due to the weather. temperatures, 40' s, even low 50' s, well above average, high

readings. overnight tonight, temperatures hold steady or actually rise, edit some cases, we could be near 60 by mid-to-late morning, and then the wind cranks up out of the west/northwest. that could lead to some scattered power outages into the early evening for the wind really shuts down tomorrow night, moving ahead to wednesday. notice how much light of the wind will be, lots of sunshine and no chance of precipitation, so notice a cold front slipping around 3:00, 3:30, and about 4:30 or 5:00, a good portion of the valley into the mountain area and then right at the coast at about to move offshore. lingering rain tomorrow out north, while it should dry out. temperatures, what month is this? 40' s and 50' s again, but it will

extended outlook area notice it wednesday but still above average. in friday, and saturday, sunday, into monday, 24/7, it will be cold enough at your favorite ski right now, they are just getting by with some trails. we are going to see those numbers increased by the end of the upcoming weekend and add a nice, little ways, and hopefully we will hold on to it. tom: very good. thank you. we know that there is lots of

right, jason? jason: announcer: now, jason king, and news 9 sports. jason: the edmonton oilers in town at the garden, and the

jordan eberle discourses seventh of the year. that made it one-zero, oilers. still in the first, a centering pass to ryan newman jet -- nugent-hopkins, and matt belesky somehow banks it in. this made it a 2-1 game, and then under five in regulation, his 15th of the year, tied it at two, sending the game to overtime, and less than a minute in the extra frame, 41 seconds to be exact, andrej sekera follows his own shot in scores on the rebound. cam talbot made 47 saves for the oilers. and on sunday, losing a tough one to the thunder, 2-0, but one

goalie doug carr stopped 32 shots on sunday. done a great job. like i said, they are just letting me do my job. whoever is playing the net. a chance to stop it and play well as a team. jason: providence is your number one team in the country in the poll, and the 16th in the top 20, there they are now. christmas break. the ship brady hosting plymouth, plymouth in the dark uniforms, jordan meier laying it in on the other side. and she puts it in high off the glass, shannon drouin. allison carey is going to feed sammy gaumer.

the patriots begin the first team in the afc to clinch a playoff spot with their win over the texans in houston, 24-6, but the injuries continue to plague the team. on a night where rob gronkowski returned to the lineup, new england lost if you were key players. running back lagarrette blount left the game with a hip injury and had an mri today. no word on the severity of the injury. defensive back devin mccorty has an ankle sprain. x-rays were negative, so it is not considered season ending, and then linebacker jonathan freeny dislocated his, in the first quarter and was later spotted in a cast, but reportedly, x-rays were negative. and back in the top spot in the afc playoff standings thanks to the bengals and the broncos both

left to go, the patriots will play the titans, the jets, and the dolphins and hopefully hang on to the number one overall lead, and changing teams, johnny cueto has agreed to a six-year deal with the san francisco giants worth a reported $130 million. the 29 euros right-hander went to-one in the postseason. helping kansas city win the world series. tom: still to come tonight, jewelry and rare coins showing

tom: well, it is more than just dollars and spare change that has been dropped in the salvation army red kettles in the past weeks. many pieces of jewelry have been donated, some of them diamond rings, and one was a gift in memory of a loving fiance . two separate donations came into a kettle in swampscott, and there were three civil dollars from the 1800s donated at different kettles, each with a note that said "in memory of

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