adam: and i' m adam sexton. wmur' s aixa diaz is live in washington, d.c. where it has been snowing for more than 24 hours now. reporter: the snow and wind have been relentless over the past few hours. we are not the only area getting slammed by the storm. the white house covered in white. >> took a few pictures of the snowman in front of the white house. reporter: washington, d.c., is in the middle of a winter storm for record books. tourists are taking it in.

adam: all right. i hope mrs. sexton was watching this one. it is my birthday tomorrow. kim: happy birthday. adam: all right, kim bergeron, stood strong... hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest i'm hillary clinton and adam: in today' s adopt a pet, meet rosie. she is a beautiful 8-year-old shepherd mix currently waiting to meet her forever family at the new hampshire spca. she is house-trained and loves to be pet. to find out more about rosie and other adoptable animals, visit wmur.com/pets. one unfinished blue shoe building is attracting a lot of attention in taiwan. the giant blue building, shaped like a high-heeled shoe, is actually a church. it' s still under construction, but that' s not stopping tourists from visiting. the design honors victims

wmur' s adam sexton joins us with an update on the investigation into the crash. adam: jen and tom, this afternoon, state police told news 9 that even though the driver who caused the crash is dead, this is still an active and ongoing investigation. meantime, that gofundme page for agent garret fitzgerald is getting a flood of donations. on the page, friends say fitzgerald is still being treated at mass general, but will be transferred soon to a in boston or new jersey. those friends also write that married, and he and his fiance e had been planning to wed in march. as mentioned before, this page says agent fitzgerald has no feeling below his upper chest, grueling rehab. and clearly people are moved by his story. that gofundme page has added tens of thousands of dollars at more than $120,000. adam sexton, wmur news 9. jennifer: an accident is making for a tough drive tonight on 93 north just passed exit 5 in londonderry. traffic is heavy, slow through that area. we will keep you posted. also tonight, a manchester man is facing a felony assault charge after allegedl

adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: we do have breaking news tonight, one person is dead after flames consume an historic church in grafton. jennifer: this fire started just after 11:00 and tonight the cause is being investigated by the state fire marshal's office. heather hamel has been on scene and is live now with new details. reporter: yes, this has been a very difficult day for firefighters here in grafton. they've called quite a few different departments, this did go up to a second alarm after just about an hour ago investigators did confirm that they did find a body inside this historic church building. however they're not saying who that person is. however, as of midday, the grafton fire chief says that the person who lives on the east side of the billion is unaccounted for and they won't comment any further at this hour. >> i saw the flames and smoke and i stopped and watched for a few minutes. reporter: a church that has stood here for more than 200 years destroyed by a fast moving fire, and a person foun

adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: while officials in new jersey assess the damage from a record breaking blizzard, that state's governor is back at campaign trail in new hampshire, chris christie spent less than 48 hours in his home state before returning here. amy coveno has some of the criticism christie is facing. reporter: yes, governor says tree says he was bound to be did. he stands by his decision to come back here and campaign and says as governor of new hampshire he's never off duty, assuring the media that things in his home state are under control. >> i think i said this, no matter what i did i was going to draw criticism. reporter: governor christie on the defensive monday for doing a drive by of the damage in his home state and then coming right back to new hampshire to campaign for president. while assuring critics and constituents he can do both. >> i've been on the phone a half dozen times today with my staff are going on in the aftermath of the storm, regarding damage assessment and other issues.

in derry, adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: we all know campaigning in new hampshire is like nowhere else in the country, but that tradition is at stake as some try to bump new hampshire out of the first in the nation spot. this sunday wmur will show an encore presentation of our look at primaries past and future, and what the political event means to the granite state, and to the candidates. tune in this sunday at 4:00 right here on wmur for first in the nation, 100 years of tradition. and it's a good one. jean: a veteran ask his family have a new place to call home in manchester. >> go out there and help veterans. jean: the personal touch for this family and what makes this story such an amazing example of generosity. mike: plenty of changes on the way as we move into the start of latest track of the storm ahead. >> chip kelly is hired, he goes from new hampshire an average of ninety people are killed by guns in this country every single day. it has to stop. president obama wants to make universal background checks the l

adam sexton' s live with reaction from the campaign. adam: it' s safe to say this entire cycle has not gone according to plan for rand paul. this break-in an unwelcome distraction as the campaign tries to break into the republican top tier here in new hampshire. with less than two weeks to go before primary day rand paul' s volunteers and campaign staff re down some equipment right now. overnight someone broke in through this door and rummaged through the office, stealing computers and ipads. >> these are tools that we use every day to manage our data, look up voter data, and contact our supporters online. adam: while there was initially some uncertainty the campaign now says no sensitive data was compromised. the plan is to replace the stolen items and continue the high-intensity grind to election day. >> the work continues. we' re still full phone bank, contacting voters today. we' re going to keep chugging. adam: senator paul got one of the earliest starts in the 2016 cycle, building campaign infrastructure nationwide. but like the re

adam sexton was there and begins our commitment 2015 coverage. adam: greeted by a crowd of more than 1000 people in claremont tuesday night, donald trump started off by touting yet another poll that showed him lapping the field. >> people say why do you always talk about the polls? i say because i am winning. >> he slammed president obama' s executive action on guns and then turned to hillary clinton and his gop competition. >> i haven' i have to get rid of these other people first. i like one thing at a time. everyone said, who is your vice presidential candidate going to be? i said i don' t think about it. i have to get rid of these other people first. >> someone in the crowd called president obama and muslim. >> what did he say, i didn' t hear him. i didn' t say it. i' m supposed to reprimand the man. who is the man who said that? how dare you. adam: the speeches he delivers from the stop are unlike anything we' ve seen in modern politics. some believe the fact that he says whatever comes to his mind is precisely why some voters like him so muc

here' s wmur political reporter adam sexton. >> the granite state is a great place. >> they gotta come here. adam the road to the white house : begins on new hampshire' s main streets but why? why is it that a small new england state plays such an outsized role in deciding who we asked the voters themselves. re leaders within the nation. i really enjoy the fact that we bring up the questions, we bring up the points that really need to be discussed. adam: granite staters want more than bumperstickers, they want >> there' s all the jokes about t met them 3 times how should i know if i should vote for them? but really it gives them an inside window to how candidates act. adam for many in new hampshire : automated phone calls and campaign ads are just bull. quick you don' t any -- get any feeling or human contact from them if you' re sitting in front of the widescreen watching some advertising. >> it' s not always about what' s on the media, so if you go and see them in person, which is great that we have that opportunity in new hampshire, then you can get to know more about them. adam her

adam sexton joins us live right now from farmington to explain. adam: donald trump spoke for about an hour, covering a lot of familiar territory. he did say something that might be raising some eyebrows tonight in southwest new hampshire and donald trump has proven impervious to controversy, but on monday night before an estimated crowd of a thousand in farmington he fully embraced one of the most contentious issues in new hampshire today, eminent domain. >> you' re going through the backyards of farms, you' re going through the front yard of a house, you' re going through different places. adam: trump brought up the topic at the end of a nearly hour-long speech. the context was the keystone pipeline in the midwest, but for many first in the nation voters, eminent domain means northern pass and the kinder morgan pipeline. while trump said he doesn' t love eminent domain, he described it as essential. >> you couldn' t have a pipeline, you couldn' t have a road, you couldn' t have anything. and i' m being attacked about eminent domain. give me a brea

time walking down main street, talking one-on-one at small house parties, and eating at wmur' s adam sexton lays out the can come face-to-face with first-in-the-nation voters. adam: you' re the candidate and the easiest way to meet people in the granite state is by simply walking down the street. if you get mobbed, that' s a good sign. stop by robie' s country store, but don' t just wander around , introduce yourself. jimmy carter did that in 1975 and the rest was history. >> he came up in back of me and he says ' good morning, mr. robie, i' m jimmy carter and i' m running for president of the united states' and i turned jimmy who?' . adam you can pop in for a bite : and some meet & greet at any number of diners like lindy' s in keene where presidential politics is always on the menu. >> that' s what we' re here for. it' s where the politicians meet the real people. adam: you' ll need to march in a parade, or you can make one of your own. be sure to stop by a classroom or two. or a college campus. and don' t try too hard to backfire >> oh no. adam next up the house party. : before you can s

adam sexton, wmur news 9. >> now, chief meteorologist mike with your storm watch 9 forecast. mike: we got the penguin plunge on the way before we get through the end of this upcoming month of february. the water temperature now is 43 degrees. a good bet that will have the water temperature warmer than the air. the countdown is on. check out our website for much more information on that. otherwise looking good in terms norm of 31, that' s the average high this time of year but today we made a run at 41 degrees. amazing to see this run of mild temperatures. we still get another day above normal tomorrow, although a little cooler. the balance of the overnight will be on the dry side. there are two systems that are tracking between now and the end of tomorrow. one is back to the west of the great lakes. another one down over the east coast and a lot of this will pass harmlessly out to sea. however this disturbance may catch up to us tomorrow afternoon and tab a little of that moisture and not get back at us. a couple of widely scattered snow showers cannot be ruled out. we' re in

wmur' s adam sexton has been out all night and joins us live from pelham. adam: not much accumulation out here at all, but what did all but certainly problematic for drivers who did not adjust to the conditions. in londonderry, a three car fender bender was no injuries. police say the chain reaction started one vehicle spinning its wheels trying to get up the hill. another coming down lost control and ran into it. over and stratham, a driver slid off the road due to slippery conditions, suffering minor injuries. in pelham, multiple vehicles crashed on sherbet road, closing it down for a time. on i-89, near mile marker 17 a tractor-trailer lost control and the driver of the big rig ran from the scene and is still wanted at this hour. police and hampstead are investigating a serious crash in which a pedestrian ended up pinned underneath the vehicle. it appeared to be quite serious. all around the state, not much snow but certainly a rough time out on the roads. adam sexton, debbie him you are news 9. tom: one man has died in a fire that swept through a histori

in meredith, adam sexton, wmur news 9. shelley: governor john kasich had a surprise for first in the nation voters tonight -- a cake. it was in celebration of kasich his 50th town hall meeting in new hampshire. wmur' s stephanie woods is live in hooksett with more. stephanie: earlier this afternoon, kasich participated in a panel on human trafficking in concord, then held a town hall meeting at this american here in hooksett, he was tested by voters both big and small. >> sam, sam i am. you want to get back to your daddy? what do you want to be when you grow up? an officer? oh a monster, all right. stephanie things got off to a : cute start wednesday night in hooksett at john kasich' s 50th town hall meeting in new hampshire. the ohio governor has been in the granite state since monday taking tough questions from voters. >> i' m for fracking. yeah, but i have the toughest rules in the country on fracking. we know who puts what materials in the ground. stephanie and the media. :>> you did accept medicaid funding in ohio and

adam adam sexton, wmur news 9. :mike: take a look at the time lapse for today in market square, lots of sunshine, a knife right day. on the chilly side but seasonably so. temperature is by no means well below the average. close to the norm for this time of year. seasonably chilly right through that stretch. now we get to talk of the nor' easter. it will be tracking well to the south, as has been the case over the last few days with the storm track. there is a slight chance that the northern edge of the heavy bins of snow may wander into parts of southern new england and the northern edge of one of those bands could produce some light snow in far southern new hampshire late saturday afternoon and saturday night. into sunday and on into monday. few days. we are lining up in the teens south, lower single digits in parts of new hampshire. even though the winds have come down quite a bit, still active. went chill of five below in white bill -- in mike field. -- end whitefield. 10-14 along the coast , a lot of cold air d

adam sexton takes us inside the high-profile debate with low-profile candidates. adam: their desire to serve is real. lesser-known candidates gathered at the new hampshire institute of politics tuesday for their moment in the first-in-the-nation spotlight. >> this is the year that people are seriously looking at other candidates the non-professional , politician. adam but even with extra : attention on the outsiders this cycle, these guys are >> the president should be elected and not selected. there' s a very good chance that abraham lincoln, today, wouldn' t make the cut. adam there' s a reason some here : are considered fringe andy martin started the birther movement and now has his eye on ted cruz' status as a natural born american. >> obama had two of the 3 qualifications. he was born here and his mother was an american. he lacked one. cruz has only one of them, the mother. he was born in canada and his father was cuban, so it' s a tough question. adam among the 18 lesser-known : democrats candidates from across the political spectrum with messages ranging fro

wmur' s adam sexton was there too and joins us from the site of the rally, concord high school. adam: donald trump continues to be the biggest draw in the republican field. today he packed hundreds into the concord high gym. the home of the crimson tide nation like the synonymy if he wins in the primary. you' ll be saying keep that guy out of here. but we have to win. adam: trump once wrote that deals are his art form, but now he faces perhaps the most difficult closing in american politics, earning the votes of granite staters. his stream-of-consciousness more local references. >> you look at what happened to new england, you look at what happened to new hampshire we' re bringing our jobs back. cause ultimately that' s going to be the most important thing. we' re not going to be the stupid people anymore. we' re bringing our jobs back, ok? thank you. adam: the campaign is openly laughing at questions about the strength of its ' ground game' or ability to get out the vote on february 9. among supporters there appear to be no cracks in the trump wall. >> before i' ve heard trump s

i'm adam sexton. >> haley la point joins us with a big cool down that is coming our way. haley: january-like temperatures. we were close to breaking records. we had a line of thunderstorms in western vermont that are on it has lightning with it. it's crazy for this time in january. it's moving about 15 miles an hour towards the east. keen and jaffry you'll likely have heavy downpours and thunder and lightning within the next half hour to 45 minutes. we've had some power outages at some of the markets. i know we've had reports of trader joe's without po we are. you can -- without power. this is mid january. 52 degrees in concord. 54 in manchester. 51 portsmouth. very uncharacteristics when our average high is upper 20's low 30's. tonight we'll have heavy rain gusty winds. probably by midnight most of us the rain is over with but the winds are going to be shifting. they'll still be strong tomorrow but instead of bringing back the warm air. it will bring in the cold air. >> $1.3 billion for wednesday's power ball drawing beating the wordwide record of $950,000 prize that no

welcome back, i' adam: and i' m adam sexton. police making it clear tonight there was no threat to anyone attending the winter classic. station wcvb is in foxborough with more on the arrest. reporter a stun gun, a machete, : a slingshot, this is the stash of weapons allegedly found in matthew bromson' s car. the 48-year-old connecticut man now facing several charges, foxboro police say they were called to an off-site parking lot for gillette stadium employees. security guards reported a man acting suspiciously. police also say bromson was intoxicated, and threatened three witnesses with an object who feared for their safety. the incident happened just a few hours before the opening face off of the winter classic yesterday. but foxboro police say the incident is not connected to gillette, and bromson is not an employee. just two days ago, on new year' s eve police escorted bromson out , of this hotel after management asked him to leave. the property is right across parking lot. bromson is no stranger to law connecticut as recentl

adam sexton is live there. they force open the door. they made off with computers and ipads. they say the burglar is -- >> they contact voters today and they keep chugging. >> they will see if anything is missing. and they say there is increased patrols because of increased vandalism, particular to a donald trump campaign office. >> the eye will caucus is days away and the campaign trail here is temporarily quiet. your attention. josh is here with a closer look ones. >> the dirty work of attack ads are left to third-party groups. it also frees up getting creative to find ways to break through. >> i am not looking to be the most popular guy who tries to figure out what you want to hear. >> they can be blunt or they can be bold. >> we will the making america great again. >> it is unlikely he approves of this message. >> one more thing, i have to get this off my chest, donald trump is a jerk. >> some are on the aggressive side. >> they are getting a one-way ticket to guantanamo. we will find out everything we want to know. >> the area i have been interested in is the area of chi

stephanie: the charge the driver >> no one covers new hampshire like we do, now, wmur news 9 at 5:00. m adam sexton. : stephanie: and i' m stephanie woods. we begin tonight in lincoln where police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. it happened on main street just before 6:00 saturday night. adam: the victim, a man from massachusetts, was struck from behind. he was taken to the hospital but wmur' s kristen carosa spoke with investigators today. she joins us now with the details. kristen: the driver is also from massachusetts and now faces charges. state police are calling this a tragedy for both families. this portion of main street in lincoln has been marked. an investigation into a deadly pedestrian accident continues. >> no matter how you look at this, it is a tragedy. kristen: it happened saturday night around 5:45. kristen: police say the victim was hit from behind while walking with a group. he suffered severe injuries and later died. >> a tragedy can happen. unfortunately, it did last night. kristen color the driver now faces charges. investigators say larkin did not leave the sce

adam: i' m adam sexton. the patriots have just taken the field for a win-or-go home showdown for the afc championship game. stephanie: our jennifer crompton is live at gillette where game fans are cheering on the pats. but first, let' s check in with meteorologist hayley lapoint. adam: hayley tell us about the wintry mess that' s being creating trouble all day throughout the state. hayley: between 8:00 and 10:00, we had a quick blast of snow. there was low visibility that made things tough early on in the day for travel. the highest amount by have seen across the state at four inches. 2.8 in greenland. less than one inch in concord, manchester, into nashua and salem as well. that system is long gone to the east. still a few remaining mountain we have cleared the skies, especially in foxborough where the pats are playing. we are holding with temperatures in the 30' s at the moment. about 33 in plymouth. overnight, we fall into the 20' s. tomorrow will be quiet. we have another round of snow showers on martin

adam: and i' m adam sexton. for a look at the depth of tonight snow and how it will impact your commute tomorrow lets check in with chief meteorologist mike haddad. mike: take a look at doppler radar. not much happening. we do see snow showers over southern new hampshire. most of that is not reaching the ground. the next few hours, we will start to see a storm down to our south and east moving out to see while showers and squalls to the west approach. i would say the best timeline on those through the heart of the morning commute. notice temperatures now lining up in the low to mid 20' s across the north country. and right around 30 elsewhere. we are already subfreezing. even though not much falls for the evening and the road should be fine, we could see scattered overnight into tomorrow morning, notice the dark blue. they indicate potential for snow squalls. any one of those could lower visibility under one quarter of a mile for about half an hour and drop an inch or two of snow. that is in the cards. this is n

i'm adam sexton, wmur news 9. jean: thanks. you can track this winter weather with live radar on app. you'll also find any closures or parking bans for communities already declaring snow emergencies. tonight a church that stood in grafton for more than 200 years has been destroyed by fire. investigators say one man is still unaccounted for. they got the call about 11:00 this morning, and that fire quickly went to two alarms. the grafton fire chief says the pastor of the church lived in the back end of the building and they had to wait hours before getting inside because of structural concerns, and the fire continued to flare up. the selectman says the town and board of directors has been involved in a dispute over back taxes and just last week the town voted to begin the deeding process to take this building. the fire marshal is on scene, we'll bring you updates. josh: breaking news now involving iran. the pentagon says the crew members from two navy vessels are being held by iranian authorities, but they say tehran has promise

in boscawen, adam sexton. josh: there are several republican candidates crisscrossing new hampshire today. marco rubio started the day at u.n.h. in manchester, will also hold a town hall in brookline. jeb bush held three town halls today, he's raised eyebrows with a new ad taking direct aim at rival republican donald trump. bush also talked to john day stayso about that ad, that's on wmur.com. after picking up his fourth new hampshire newspaper endorsement in less than a week, ohio governor john kasich was in laconia, energizing volunteers. his campaign points to several polls that have him in second place in new hampshire and kasich believes that momentum is building fast. >> people felt a sense that they're part of something bigger than themselves and it gets them excited. ground games always work, and maybe more this time because there are so many people, but josh: kasich's folks will hold a town hall in wolfeboro tonight. stops for ted cruz today included the life of the party series put on by young profes

adam: i am adam sexton. meteorologist hayley lapoint shows us the radar. hayley: the good news is the rain let up across the state, but don' t let your guard down. we' ve got a line of thunderstorms on their way, just about to cross over the connecticut river valley. those of you in lebanon, claremont, get ready. there is even some lightning east over towards lebanon. there will be downpours, heavier gusts of wind, and the rain should make it all the way across the state, but it won' t places like concord, manchester. the wind gusts have been strongest at the coast line. 36 miles per hour, the latest gust there. seacoast. it' s 54 right now in concord. that means we have tied a record high temperature. if we would get to 55, we would break it. adam: the wind is taking out power in several places across the state. ever source is reporting 1600 people without power in pittsburgh, and the lights are out for another 1200 customers in rollinsford. power lines came down around route 175 in canton. authorities say it could be several hours before it reopens. step

i' m adam sexton. wmur' s ray brewer is live at concord high school where they are remembering and honoring the life of christa mcauliffe. ray: in the first few years after the disaster, the high school always held a moment of silence at the time of the explosion. that stopped after five years, but today, they brought it back to mark the anniversary. a flag that has flown all over the country, including the capitol, in christa' s honor flew at concord high before making its way to its permanent home at the christa mcauliffe library in framingham. inside the school in a class founded by christa mcauliffe, entitled american women, students gathered to hear about or were at concord high school that fateful day. about christa, don' t make her t a saint. [laughter] she got bored with meetings. ray: mcauliffe was one of apply for the teacher in space program. kristin jacques: we got to hear her experience of applying for the teacher in space program, how she barely made the deadline, ran out of her house in

adam sexton has the story. >> the year 2015 is gone. with it, the 70th anniversary of the end of the world war ii. of the 16 million americans, fewer than a million are living today. that's what makes monuments today so important. >> harold sheffield of bristol is 95, a lifetime ago in the pacific, he was a member of an elite fighting force known as the marine raiders. >> right after pearl harbor, the president and churchill gotten together and churchill said that this country needed something like their commandos. >> sheffield's job was to get behind enemy lines. >> well, it was different, yes, me. and i was a scout and sniper so >> he wrote a book about his service, a year ago he decided to create something a bit more permanent. >> i wanted something, some honor for the raiders, and 'cause we lost a lot of men. >> fund raising on his own, along with donations from family and the marine raider association, he commissioned this monument for the state veterans cemetery in boscawen. >> it means a lot to me because, you know, you're apt to

adam: and i' m adam sexton. meteorologist hayley lapoint tells us what areas got the most snow. hayley: it was closer to the seacoast than we expected. into barrington and farmington is where we saw heavier snow amounts. sutton, about three inches. jefferson, two inches. only about 1.5 in new boston and one inch in laconia. it was a fresh one get snow into the ski areas which they are very happy about for the holiday weekend. snow showers remain in the higher elevations. this big system long gone. tomorrow will not be perfect. we will have sunshine for the morning before clouds roll in. temperatures a bit colder. we will have another round of snow showers this weekend into martin luther king day. i will show you the timing and how much to expect, ahead. stephanie: now that the snow is gone, driving conditions have improved. you' re taking a live look at 293 in manchester and 93 in hooksett where things are moving smoothly. wmur' s kria sakakenny is live in manchester with an update on the roads. reporter: usually during the evening, there is concern that if there is snow on the

adam: and i' m adam sexton. wmur' s aixa diaz is live in washington, d.c. where it has been snowing for more than 24 hours now. reporter: the snow and wind have been relentless over the past few hours. we are not the only area getting slammed by the storm. the white house covered in white. >> took a few pictures of the snowman in front of the white house. reporter: washington, d.c., is in the middle of a winter storm for record books. tourists are taking it in. >> in georgia, half an inch of snow is great. this is fantastic. up in the afternoon. >> this is an emergency event. we are very much still in our emergency response phase. >> we are going to commence a ban on roads in the downstate area. reporter: a travel ban is in effect in york city. public transportation has been suspended, broadway shows canceled. >> if you stay inside and stay warm, you will be fine. reporter: new jersey is dealing with coastal flooding. coastal towns were temporarily isolated when the floodwaters came in. in north carolina, a sixth person has died as a result of snow and ice

good evening, i' m adam sexton. jean: and i' m jean mackin. clinton is one of many candidates holding a first town hall of the year. wmur' s kristen carosa was at the event in derry. kristen: hillary clinton packed the auditorium inside the middle school. her visit comes a day before former president bill clinton will hit the campaign trail in support of her run for the white house. it was standing room only for a town hall meeting with former secretary of state hillary clinton as the countdown to the new hampshire primary continues. hillary clinton: i am thrilled new hampshire is one of the places that gets to make the first decision. kristen: the democratic presidential candidate told the crowd of more than 700 people the next president must be a democrat. hillary clinton incomes go up : for everybody, not just for those at the top. we know unemployment goes down and you are four times more likely to have a recession when you have a republican in the white house. kristen: clinton talked about how she would fight for equal pay for women somet

adam: i am adam sexton. firefighters return to the scene after fighting the fire all night. mike cronin joining us live from newcastle. mike: you can see behind me a pile of rubble is all that remains of this multifamily home on portsmouth avenue. neighbors say the people who lived here lost everything. let' s show you some video a neighbor took. you can see the house was engulfed in fire. it happened between 9:00 and 10:00 and burned through the night. this is a loss not just for the people who lived here but for everyone. the whole community, many have stopped by today and said how sad it is to lose this home. neighbors say a local painter lived and worked in this house stephanie: -- >> it was devastating. i think it is the most important house in newcastle. it is a devastating, very sad to see that. everyone is safe. that is a good thing. i know they lost everything. mike: witnesses say everyone did get out of the house safely. firefighters were back at the scene today checking it. we are still waiting for more information from the fire chief fire. mike cronin, wmur news

here's political reporter adam sexton on trump versus sununu. reporter: in this campaign, drmp has shown himself to be a masterful political street fighter. but monday morning he decided to take on someone who might be just as pug naish us as he is. at a rally in wind ham, donald trump picked a fight with one of the biggest republican names in new hampshire politics. >> there's a guy named john h. sununu who wrote an article in this phony paper and it was so bad i don't even know the guy. he was fired by bush, he was fired, right, yeah, and he was fired viciously. and he's such a dumb guy that he doesn't know he was fired. reporter: never one to shy away from a political brawl, governor sununu responded. in doing that is another reason why he shouldn't be commander in chief. even on his business policies, the guy has shown that he's really not that smart. four bankruptcy, four times his lenders have said, donald, you're fired, they fired him like a beggar. reporter: at a surprise stop at the red arrow diner, trump kept jabbing at the former whit

i am adam sexton. we have susan nye. you can join her at wordpress.com. re making tomato soup. it has finally started to get chilly around here, so i decided it was time to with up some this is an easy one and much i started with carrots, onions, celery. i' m afraid i started before you got here. what kind of onions? susan: sweet onions. maybe a carry or two -- a carrot or two. a stalk of celery or two, do it until it is translucent, then you add the garlic. you will put in the blender. adam: it looks like a pretty decent amount. pretty flavorful. susan: it is. that is the difference between making it yourself and taking it out of the can because you can decide to add a little chili pepper, a little garlic. i wanted to have some real flavor. let me turn this heat up. i just want to keep the garlic in there for about a minute, just enough that it starts to but i do not want it to burn it. now i have got things bubbling away here, and just to add a ve got some white wine. and i' is bubbling. adam: it really starts to go. [laughter] susan: i will cook that so that it is down a lit

let's go live to adam sexton who is near the scene of this crash. reporter: a nasty looking crash here at the corner of beach and harvard. but thankfully first responders just after 4:15 this morning that s.u.v. and a gray sedan collided at that intersection of harvard and beach. the s.u.v. took out a telephone pole with live power lines overhead and the driver of the vehicle ended up pin inside with what firefighter say was possibly a broken femur. crews had to use the jaws of life to get the driver out of that s.u.v. when the crash happened witnesses in a nearby salon say they were just going about their business and then a loud boom. >> just looked and the telephone pole was dangling, we saw the truck up against it and we were like, we just called 911 immediately. and just had a lot of, the cruisers and things come. reporter: still awaiting an update from police on this crash in terms of what exactly hand. any information we get we'll bring to you. after a rollover crash in dover. cameron kennedy was trapped in this vehicle and once he was rescue

adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: a nice welcome for ohio governor john kasich and his family as they arrived back in new hampshire. landing at the airport, well after dark, in concord last night. the republican presidential hopeful is putting a huge priority on finishing well in the granite state. but seemed taken back by the dozens of supporters who turned night. >> for all of you to come out here tonight and volunteer and everything, it's real. what i tell you is real. jennifer: now to live pictures as governor kasich is about to hold his second rally of the day. we expect the candidate to arrive there shortly. this one is at the lebanon town hall. the new hampshire primary only three weeks away from tomorrow, but before that of course the iowa caucuses will take place and that's two weeks from today. political director josh mcelveen of impact the results there could have here. josh: two weeks might not seem like a lot of time before the iowa caucuses, but now is when attention. looks like the first-term senat

jennifer: political reporter adam sexton is here tonight to explain more. reporter: this bearded man you see in the picture behind me has gained atension and a measure of internet fame by showing up at primary events and offering prayers and bouquets of wild flowers to candidates. however, the run-in at a trump event had him worrying today about getting locked up. rod webber, also known as the flower guy, is a free man, walking out of court in manchester thursday with criminal charges dropped after an incident at a donald trump speech back in october. >> my intention was to stand up against donald trump and not take a plea bargain, and you know, yesterday sounded like the consequences of doing so would meantime in jail. and i had come to peace with that. reporter: this is video recorded it shows webber trying to shout out questions to donald trump, and being escorted from the venue. police charged webber with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. >> the reaction was not equal to the fact that i raised my voice a little. reporter: thursday afternoon prose

adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: a lot of politics going on, needless to say. still to come tonight -- jennifer: president obama outlining his executive action to tighten background checks for gun purchases. about the president's plan. tom: a pembroke boy gets the surprise of a lifetime, the early homecoming of his soldier father. mike: bright skies today, more sun on the way for tomorrow, a look at the rest of the week and possible change foss are the weekend ahead. >> a tough stretch for the u.n.h. hockey team. on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, class. she gets the job done for us. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. announcer: 3 republican governors. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hur

good evening, i' m adam sexton. stephanie and i' m stephanie chief meteorologist mike hadad tells us when that snow is going to arrive. mike: after the steady snow will develop after midnight and have an impact tomorrow morning. there are a few flurries trying to drift in over southern new hampshire. just about all of that evaporating before reaching the ground. most of the steadier snow south will scoot away from new hampshire in the next few hours. notice squalls developing back to the west. those move in overnight and will be on top of new hampshire for the morning commute tomorrow. snow will stick to the roads. that means slippery going in morning. changes to follow this week. we will look at all of that straight ahead. adam: an avalanche at tuckerman ravine sent one person to the hospital. gorham dispatch says forest services helped bring an injured man down mount washington this afternoon. he is expected to be ok. stephanie: a worker at waterville valley rescued a child falling from a ski lift. waterville vall

jennifer: adam sexton caught up with christie in boscawen and joins us now live. reporter: you're not going to get chris christie to second guess himself very often if at all. he's very firm about his decision to stay here and campaign in new hampshire, rather than return to new jersey to oversee his state's response to this storm. late this afternoon the governor held a law enforcement roundtable in boscawen hosted by merrimack county sheriff hilliard who endorsed christie. with more than a dozen new jersey counties under blizzard watch, christie says he has his eye on the things but doesn't need to be on the ground there to govern. >> if i feel it's necessary for job, i'll do it. but i don't necessarily feel at the moment, given what the forecasts are that 8 to 12 inches of snow necessitates getting in a car and going back down to new jersey to sit there and watch on tv what i could watch on tv here and get on my phone and give orders to people who work for me. reporter: in response to a question about the high number of negative mailers targeting his campaign r

adam sexton joins us now to sort out what the decision could mean for both iowa and new hampshire. adam: he is rewriting the rules of how to run for president. he is continuing to campaign as only he can. donald trump is taking his ball and going home. he is pulling out of thursday' s republican debate on fox news, pointing the finger at fox anchor megyn kelly. he will hold its own separate event to raise money for veterans. >> fox is going to make a fortune. i' m not a fan of megyn kelly. i think she is a third rate reporter and frankly is not good at what she does. i think they could do better adam: former wmur political director scott spradling, veteran of many a primary debate stage, says there' s a chance this decision could backfire for trump. >> this is a very risky maneuver because what could happen is a lot of people tune in on thursday night, and without trump there, it's other people offering closing arguments, and he could lose ground, especially among those people who decide late. adam: spradling says while trump will likely draw attention with his event, the problem is

i' m adam sexton. neighbors were forced to evacuate before sunrise. wmur' s ray brewer has the story. ray: around 5:00 in the morning the fire at 49 west street in manchester. melissa: i opened the door, and it was like, "fire, fire," so we all -- i had to get a baby out. we had to get the baby. morning. very scary. door. she along with her fellow tenants were evacuated. firefighters say when they arrived, they had fire on all was sounded. daniel marcelle, who is in new hampshire working for ted cruz, also had to evacuate. was knocking on our door told us -- because we heard an alarm and we really didn' t know what it was, and he told us there' s a fire next door and we went outside. you literally couldn' t even see the house, there was so much smoke. it was all smoke. ray: west street is a congested neighborhood, and marcelle says they were worried about the fire spreading. daniel: we saw all the smoke was drifting towards our building, so we didn' t know if the fire was going to move to the next building. ray: firefighters were able to keep the fire

adam in manchester, adam sexton, : wmur news 9. tom: islamic state is acknowledging the death of the masks -- masked militant known as jihadi john. the u.s. military announced back in november that one of its airstrikes had likely killed jihadi john had appeared in murders of hostages, including new hampshire journalist james foley. an intelligence group that tracks terrorist activity reported that the islamic state published a eulogizing profile in its english-language magazine. shelley: a new recut -- recovery facility in manchester hosted its grand opening today. while the price to live here is welcome in the city struggling with a drug problem. 10 years old. the substance abuse can really kicked in when i was about 12 or 13 and i was fully addicted to or 16. shelley: gagne has been in long term recovery for nearly eight and has devoted his life to helping other people overcome s opened this manchester. >> i' ve worked in other facilities, and ultimately there was just really a gap between what services were provided, and i had

adam sexton, debbie him you are news 9. tom: chris christie drew a big cloud -- big crowd tan eo nt in goffstown. he took aim' s state of the union address from president obama saying when it comes to isis, this >> we need a president whoees the world as it is and is ready to take the steps necessary to first and foremost protect the american people from the world as it is. tom: he had appeared events in bedford tod and focused heavily on the crisis of it addiction in new hampshire. shley: senator rand paul is kingasarty leaders to include the fox business network did not include him in the primetime debate because an average of recent polling nationally and i will n didamot have him in the top five. a poll released today in iowa puts paul in fifth place among likely caucus goers. it wasn' t released in time to be considered for the debate, but paul' s campaign wants it counted since it was conducted before the deadline. paul does qualify for a debate earlier in the day, but he says he' ll skip it. tom: we now kn theow graf