and said oh, my god, i've been raped by kevin cooper. >> kevin cooper escaped an almost two-month-longder manhunt, and police caught him trying to swim away from the scene of an alleged rape. >> the rape allegation was never pursued, because cooper now faced four counts of first degree murder. each carrying the death penalty. >> i hope you die! give him the gas chamber! >> when cooper was returned to san bernardino, racial tensions boiled over. >> local authorities say they've received several calls from outraged residents who demanded cooper be sent to the gas chamber. >> they caught him. they should do away with him. >> we're seeking the death penalty ago we have all along. >> cooper's trial began on object 23rd, 1984. >> i cross-examined him for a day and a half. cooper said, yeah, i was at the lease house. i never went up to the ryen house. it wasn't me. it must have been someone else who did this. >> kottmeier countered the testimony by showing the jury the hatchet found in the lease house and the bloody footprint found in the ryens' bedroom. >> in the folds of that sheet was a ha

kevin: thanks, rose. that johnston school bus driver arrested for assaulting a special needs student made his initial court appearance today. 61-year-old robert scarbrough is now facing assault and child endangerment charges. more students are also coming forward right now with new videos of the incident. one of the most vocal students, shouting at the driver to stop, shot this video following the violent outburst. his mother doesn't want her family identified, but tells kcci she notified the school district 10 days ago about scarbrough's behavior. in an email to the johnston transportation director, she at him and told him he had to sit up front behind him." that warning came just days before that violent confrontation caught on camera. >> i was disappointed because i the bus driver. our son and other kids have been complaining for quite some time. kevin: scarbrough remains in the polk county jail on a $3000 bond. he is on administrative leave from his job with the school district. stacey: new at 10:00,

>>kevin: mmhmm. >>amanda: we actually do have a picture of the two of you from this is the 2008 season. >>kevin: mmhmm. >>amanda: so, on a personal level what was your relationship like with joe biden? >>kevin: well, i, i've joked to people, but there's some truth in it. he kind of regresses when he's around me. (chuckling) >>kevin: the last time i saw him, well, we had lunch a couple of weeks and, and we played with his dog quite awhile and the time before that i saw him he put me in a headlock (chuckling) >>amanda: mmhmm. >>kevin: and that was in the white house. so we've just had a longstanding friendship and relationship and it goes back for over a decade so >>amanda: and why did you then decide to get involved with his super pac here and try to get him some support? >>kevin: well, like a lot of our fellow endorsers of the effort we, we have a good relationships with him. we trust him. and we thought that he would, look, when he gave his speech saying he wasn't gonna run >>amanda: mmhmm. >>kevin:

and because kevin mccarthy is kevin mccarthy, this is what it sounded like when he tried to take it back. or at least defend himself or -- i don't actually know what he was trying to say here. >> i do not want to make that harm benghazi committee in any way. >> nobody was trying to make that harm benghazi committee in any way. i don't want to -- but that was the leadup to today. today was the day house republicans were set to nominate their candidate for house speaker. kevin mccarthy, despite all of his screw-ups in the last few days, he was expected to wrap this thing up today. early this morning shows up at work around 8:00 a.m. reporters are gathered around. it's the big day. kevin mccarthy, all smiles. >> good morning. >> good morning. how are you all today? good morning. >> how's it going to go? >> it's going to go great. >> it's going to go great. that was 8:00 this morning. kevin mccarthy is there with his family on capitol hill. he's going to meet with congressional republicans. he goes and meets with republicans. he makes his final sales pitch to be speaker. all systems were go.

kevin: the sweater vest can't be far away. sean: yes. kevin: joined live by deb davidson. good morning. deb: good morning. right now 93 southbound we're getting word from the department of transportation that the earlier road construction is now all cleared up and completely out of the way. all lanes are open and moving well through the early morning commute. 293 in both directions. we need to watch for some lane shifts and construction on the bridges between exits five and three. that has been there for a while. it will continue to be there for another month or so. the northbound side at exit four remains closed for construction. right now 101, 111, and the spaulding turnpike are all up to speed at this hour. 95 looks good in both directions through the hampton tolls. this is brought to you by peter's honda, nissan, and kia of nashua. from the traffic network, i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: all right. thanks. now back to the developing story we're following out of manchester. police are on the lookout for a hit and run driver. they say a man drove into the former d

kevin: more activity out there. looks like we trend milder kevin: it is tuesday morning tuesday, october to the where we start out with a look at our sky cam. temperatures not lower 40's but i had no upper 30's in some of the sheltered valleys. gradually giving way to brighter and drier conditions. ahead in our forecast at other shower chances in a few minutes. sean: sounds good. canada has a new leader. voters elected 43-year-old justin trudeau as the country's new prime minister bringing an end to stephen harper's nearly 10 years in office. he is the son of pierre trudeau and second youngest prime minister in canadian history. erin: some parents are outraged over an incident on a school bus. surveillance shows students scrambling to get off the bus when a heater hose started to leak antifreeze but now parents are concerned over how the district handled the situation. kara has the story. >> what is that? >> surveillance video on an ocean shore video captures the moments students realize something was terribly wrong

kevin: natural. sean: i don't know if there's a >>> a londonderry man puts his knowledge and skills to the test. james middleton brought in his former trivia competitor for his final question. >> i'm going to go with my plus one. i'm going to see meryl streep as julie child, final answer. >> could your old memory sis just gotten you to $30,000? kevin: that seems strong. he hopes to use the money to use additions to his home with the $35,000 he won. sean: he knew he was smart. why not? coming up in the next half an hour, marking ten years since the devastating floods in alstead. plus he gained international attention after helping stop an attack on a train in france. now a u.s. airmen is in the hospital after a >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur "news 9 daybreak." sean: good morning. it is friday, october 9th. it finally had to arrive. the rain is on the way today. kevin will talk about the forecast in just a moment. first the top stories on friday. forprosecutors with responding to a

>> kevin mccarthy has a lot of challenges.yes,ey, is wasof the three nominated today, when i walked into the room, having heard all all three of them i was supporting kevin mccarthy, because all three of these candidates had their issues. but when you look at what was needed to unify our conference to unify the house republicans, he had a tremendous challenge to try and do that. but under the circumstances with only those three on the platform, i thought mr. mccarthy had the best opportunity and the best chance to do so. >> congressman, what happened? >> i do not know. i have not had a chance to talk with kevin. something happened this morning from the time that we left the last of the candidates forums, where they all put their positions forward. something happened between then and the time that we met at noon to do the voting, and i quite honestly do not know what that is. >> so interesting, congressman, obviously the benghazi situation had been percolating, his comments about that and hillary clinton and he clarified that a

kevin: neither did i. [laughter] sean: it is like someone punctured a hole in a cake and shot it into space -- keg and shot it into space. [laughter] kevin: that is an interesting finding. sean: we are going to send one of these things to land on the comry et now. kevin: if it was a manned aircraft, they would want to stay a while. sean: the first-ever comet bar. [laughter] kevin: you will notice the clear skies and light winds early on. most. some lower 30' s hanging on for manchester. minimum. we will have the sunshine out that' ll ends later this evening. the system has been producing quite a bit of rainfall and flooding through texas and the gulf coast. it continues to weaken and move quicker to the northeast. for us, we will have a chance of a period of rain which could be heavier tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. it is a progressive system by the time it gets here. it will be up and out of here by thursday morning. you notice a lot of 20' s on the map. you will notice mid-20' s all the way back

kevin: that' s true. sean: recreating. kevin: that' s true. [laughter] kevin: a lot of sunshine out there today. temperatures will be a couple of degrees warmer. up to 57 in places like nashua it comes with a good deal of sunshine and a light wind. eventually, tomorrow, rainfall starts to make its way in. that could be heavy at times late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night before pulling away early on thursday in that window of time. there is the potential for 1-2 inches plus of rainfall. a milder day for us on thursday before the cooler air rushes back in and we get the cooler temperatures for friday. that will be the air mass that will be around for the weekend. just a few high clouds. through the day today. the system starts to work its way in either side of the day tomorrow in southwestern areas. we will start to see the showers push in. temperatures, upper teens up washington. temperatures running 10-15 degrees colder than this time yesterday. clear skies and light winds. mount washington is warmer. as a matter of fact, it will be 3-4

kevin: educator investigated. the racial harassment a parent claims happened at a grinnell elementary school. >> we're going to be able to save a lot more lives with this. steve: how a new tool is helping rural first-responders. kevin: stacey is off tonight. a grinnell family says a grade school educator made racist comments to their children. steve: kcci's mark tauscheck was in grinnell tonight. mark: the parents tell me that two of their children, who they describe as mixed race, were told by an adult at bailey elementary in grinnell that , black people were stupid and shouldn't go to school with white people. >> it's an unbelievebale situation. i worked very hard to protect her, i have worked her entire life to protect her. mark: geoff burd and his fiance are still stunned by the words burd's daughter nikki claims came from the mouth of a para-educator at their grinnell school. >> black people and white people can't be family, black people should not go to this school, black people should have their own school.

kevin skarupa has a look at the forecast. kevin: we have rainfall developing during the afternoon. the could be wind that pushes and early tomorrow. some spots could see over two inches of rainfall out of this. for now, it is the patchy fog and the clouds continuing to drift in. the rainfall starts to build in from the southwest as the afternoon wears on. the heaviest is expected this evening. temperatures are near the freezing mark. we will look for highs today to get back into the upper 40' s to mid 50' s. a milder day tomorrow. afternoon. let' s take a look at your wednesday morning ride through the granite state. we' re joined live by 95.7 wzid' s deb davidson . deb: good wednesday morning, kevin. 93 looks great. no delays from the plymouth area down to concord and then from the hooksett tolls to manchester and londonderry to salem -- all up to speed right now. as you make your way through the mill yard, it looks great, especially through the lane shifts. you are moving well through the bedford toll' s down through the lane drops. out on the seacoast, 95 is moving well with no

deb: good morning, kevin. if you are starting your early morning commute, it is a beautiful, moonlit ride. 93 north and south is incident free through the entire state. if you are commuting in the manchester area, we're not seeing any problems on 293 as you make your way through the mill yard. everything looks great as well. the everett turnpike is moving well through the bedford tolls and down through the lane drops from merrimack down to nashua. if you are out on the seacoast, no delays. this report is brought to you by peter's honda, nashua. i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: thanks. family and friends gathered to remember 17-year-old eve tarmey more than a week after she was found dead inside a motel room from overdose. ray brewer is here now classmates celebrated her live. ray: eve tarmey's classmates planned the candle light vigil to help people grieve and remember the 17-year-old. tarmey was found dead last weekend in a rochester motel room where she was staying with her mother and mother's boyfriend

kevin: another cool fall day in another cool fall evening ahead as well. frank: two thumbs up for the weather today and that is going to be continuing for the next day or so, then some changes are coming. there is the humidity at only 25%. high pressure in control. what a beautiful day. off to the west, low-to-mid 70's. already cooling down a little bit to the north. if you have those evening plans, it will be very nice for it. staying mild for much of the evening. we are talking about the changes in the forecast, even some rain. kevin: west des moines is moving forward with plans to improve the historic valley junction neighborhood. stacey: the city wants input from the community before completing a master plan of renovation. kcci's emmy victor has the story. emmy: the city council is moving forward with the historic west des moines master plan. by next fall, they want to put renovations here that can attract more businesses and residents. when you walk through this historic strip in west des moines, you'll find old fashioned brick buildings with lower le

it's--it's not, uncle kevin. uncle kevin! (laughs) please, call me "mr. wonderful." absolutely. boys and girls, for people who are concerned about using a hair product on their baby. oh, it smells good. my professional background is in clinical social work. i have a master's degree in social work. (robert) so you're not a hair stylist? i'm not. the packaging, to me, looks like something that would be for an adult. i mean, it's very pretty, but it doesn't say to me "children." i think it needs to say that it's for children and that it's healthier, that it has those safer elements to it. are you opposed to changing your packaging? um, i don't think i would be interested in changing it. here's why. you know, we're not the only children's line on the market. you're not. i know that. right. but the other ones all had, like, cartoon-looking animals and children, and they smelled like fruit. are they safer, too? do they-- no. they're not? so there is a distinct difference... absolutely. between yours and theirs? (mark) megan, i have a 3-year-old son. i know you do. jake. and jakers has

kevin mccarthy is a very good man. and he has always been one that puts his country before everything else. so, he and i stand shoulder to shoulder with the same goals and desire -- to unite this party and take the fight to the president, the senate, and the american people. i really do feel it is time for a fresh start. that was the whole genesis of my campaign. but we need to have a lot more family discussions. we need to find somebody that our whole body to unite behind. and do what we were elected to do. stunned, absolutely surprised, and shocked that this happened. but our conference is going to have to do a lot of deep soul-searching. we will see what happens. yes, i said that i would support the nominee on the floor. but we don't yet have a nominee. the fact that it is delayed, i will continue to campaign. yes. absolutely. i think we have a lot of fracture that is happen. we need to figure out a way that the party can unite. it is what kevin mccarthy want to do, that is what i want to do. and i think that is wha

kevin: the hour-long premiere aired last night. nielsen ratings show it was the fall season's most-watched new series debut. stacey: it tells the story of dc comics character kara zorel, superman's cousin. after 12 years of hiding her true identity, she decides to embrace her superhuman powers and be the hero she was always meant to be. kevin: tro -- the show is also trending because of the atntion the actors is getting from a presidential candidate. westjet -- mr. bush: "supergirl" is on tv. she looked pretty hot. stacey: melissa benoist is the actress bush is talking about. the 27-year-old from littleton, colorado reacted to the comment >> i heard about it, but i don't know what to think. i'm glad he's excited to watch kevin: you can catch "supergirl" andy: there are many reasons why this world series feels fresh. this is just the third time since 1997 that the fall classic doesn't feature the giants, cardinals, red sox, or yankees. the royal with their last year, but before that it wasn't since 1985. game one in kansas city, and

>> kevin corke. thank you. when we come back, what the republican presidential candidates are saying about the house speaker shocker. ♪ can't afford to let heartburn get in the way? try nexium 24hr, now the #1 selling brand for frequent heartburn. get complete protection with the new leader in frequent heartburn. that's nexium level protection. still not sure whether to stay or go on that business trip? ♪ should i stay or should i go well this fall stay with choice hotels two times and earn a free night. when it comes to business, you always have a choice. book now at the new choicehotels.com >>> kevin mccarthy's decision to withdraw from the house speaker's race made big news on the 2016 campaign trail today. chief political correspondent carl cameron shows us from new hampshire tonight. >> at treasure island casino and resort on the las vegas strip, donald trump rallied supporters on a stage usually reserved for cirque du soleil and some think his white house run pushed kevin mccarthy out of the gop speaker's

kevin mccarthy unexpectedly dropped out of the race. it was one of those jaw-dropping moments that no one really saw coming. he announced the news in a meeting with house republicans this afternoon around lunchtime where he was expected to be officially nominated. >> we've been going through this campaign talking to a lot of members, but the one thing i've always said to earn this majority, we're servants. we should put this conference first. and i think there's something to be said for us to unite we probably need a fresh face. i'll stay on as majority leader, but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. so nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. i feel great to have my family here, my colleagues. i think we're only going to be stronger. >> that news came after a late push by the conservative freedom caucus to oppose mccarthy and it follows that controversial comment linking the benghazi committee to hillary clinton's falling poll numbers.

kevin: maybe. sean: any merchandise associated with it? kevin: no. sean: i was in the stores a whole aisle dedicated to "star wars." erin: did you see the talking chewbacca? kevin: impressive. we start off in claire monte where we have light rain falling. a few of the sheltered valleys just cooling off to 35-36 and might be seeing some sleet mixing in. but in the mid 30's to mid 40's, we are to that time of year where that becomes an issue especially during the evening and overnight hours where the temperatures tend to cool off with the longer overnights. and to the west the most organized rainfall is moving out over the ocean. that will leave us to fairly light rain showers. then as we get into the afternoon this slides to our south so it turns gradually brighter and with that drier throughout the afternoon. temperatures should be up above 60. in the mid to upper ooh niece to the north. once this goes by it turns west and southwest and temperatures ranging from 37 in some of the lower valleys like plymouth and then in the lower nourts parts of the c

kevin mccarthy by all accounts does. we're going to be looking closely at how close he gets to that magic 218 number. jason chaffetz really took a pretty significant blow to his candidacy when the house freedom caucus, that conservative group came out and they supported daniel webster instead of him. he was supposed to be the guy who was aimed to bridge those conservatives with the more establishment type in the party, and i asked him about that. here is what he had to say. >> i'm trying to bridge the gulf and the divide. that's not just going to end today. there are new processes and things that we have to do to get this team even more unified than in the past. >> reporter: chaffetz said he will back the nominee after today's vote. that's a significant move. he plans to end his candidacy. the question is whether some of the other folks who backed daniel webster will turn around and back the nominee. that's a question we'll have to see how it's resolved in the next couple of weeks. ashleigh? >> and it's all up to 125 vot

well, now there is kevin mccarthy. who is getting a lot of air time because he's about to be speaker of the house and nobody has any idea -- well, yeah, who is he? and speaker may end up being an ironic title for him since when he does speak, he says things like keeping the place of the band on america. and he talks about visiting somewhere named hungria. it is weird if you talk like that and your title is speaker. kevin mccarthy in his new high profile role of about to be speaker of the house, he has just admitted on tape on camera that actually the democrats are right, and the whole point of this supposedly solemn benghazi investigation all this time has literally just been about getting hillary clinton and trying to hurt her run for the presidency. >> the question that i think you really want to ask me is how am i going to be different? >> i love how you ask my questions, but go ahead. that was one of my questions. >> i knew you would want to ask it. what you're going to see is a conservative speaker that takes a co

>> kevin corke. thank you. when we come back, what the republican presidential candidates are saying about the house speaker shocker. >>> kevin mccarthy's decision to withdraw from the house speaker's race made big news on the 2016 campaign trail today. chief political correspondent carl cameron shows us from new hampshire tonight. >> at treasure island casino and resort on the las vegas strip, donald trump rallied supporters on a stage usually reserved for cirque du soleil and some think his white house run pushed kevin mccarthy out of the gop speaker's race. >> they're giving me credit for that because i say you need somebody very tough and very smart. >> we need tough, smart, the whole package and it's bedlam in washington right now. while trump took credit for mccarthy's move. ben carson praised mccarthy for his self-sacrifice. >> i say kudos to representative mccarthy for putting others before himself. this is not something that we see very often in washington. >> jeb bush wade in on the house gop's leader

kevin mccarthy has been by the side of john boehner for a while. john boehner has said things very, very similar to that during his speakership saying we need to be a united party and we should all be this way never getting that consensus. that's been a problem. kevin mccarthy, though, saying he needs to step aside because we couldn't get a majority and people to unite. uniting this caucus was a challenge for john boehner and too big of a challenge for kevin mccarthy. >> what happens next? >> that's the $64,000 question. tre gowdy and paul ryan will be courted again. i think everybody will digest this and see where things settle and come back and try and find a candidate. webster and chaffatz are in it. chaffatz said i was building up support. look at the benghazi part of this. kevin mckartsy may be the first victim of the benghazi hearings. because of his remarks, the republicans did not want to get behind that. they can now distance themselves. he have to examine a few things and will come back next week after the columbus day holiday and look at

kevin spacey.that was fun, man. that was fantastic. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ >> stephen: please sit down, please sit down. wow. the last occupant of that chair was carol burnett. >> yeah. >> stephen: pretty incredible. >> what an amazing woman. >> stephen: unbelievable. do you feel the greatness welling up through your buttocks right now? >> no, but i'll look in my gift bag later. ( laughter ) >> stephen: well, thanks for being here. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. what's in this, is this vodka like i asked? >> stephen: for legal reasons i'm going to say it's water. >> okay. i was just on the anonymous safety tip hot line backstage. >> stephen: really? >> well, after that spider commercial -- >> spooky stuff. that's really spooky stuff. >> spooky stuff, but i should tell you, it's actually, the spider is francis underwood. >> stephen: that's one of the things i want to talk to you about is that you play one of the spookiest, creepiest guys in all political "entertainment," if

deb: good morning, kevin and sean. you are definitely going to need the heated on in the car this morning. you might want to start it early to let it warm up before you jump in to start your morning commute. 93 southbound is looking very nice this morning from tilton down to concord. then from manchester down to the state line. we're not seeing any problems at all. 293 is moving well through the mill yard with no delays at the lane shifts between exits five and three. on the northbound side, just a reminder that the exit four onramp is closed for construction. 101, 111, and spaulding are all up to speed. if you are commuting into boston, it is trouble and incident free. this report is brought to you by peter's honda, nissan, and kia of nashua. i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: all right. thanks. counselors will be on hand at spaulding high school in rochester today to help students cope with the death of one of their classmates. rochester police say a 17-year-old girl died over the weekend from an apparent drug ove

i know kevin has a ticket. he says his collection was getting so big it had started to lose meaning. he decided to open up a museum. kind of neat stuff. >>> a farmer in michigan dug up more than soybeans. he thought he hit a fence post. turns out he found a partial skeleton of a woolly pam mouth. it likely lived between 10-13,000 years ago. it was probably killed by humans and the carcass stored in the pond. amazing discovery. can you imagine them walking around and you having to go encounter the creatures? kevin: much bigger than a fence post. smarter too. sean: think we could make it a pet? kevin: i guess. not a leash big enough. dublin has 34 degrees there. there are a lot of 30's. lower 40's fromman chester to the shoreline. in the north country, places into the 20's. we're shaping up to see a blend of sunshine and clouds for today. we're looking at a warming trend. starting tomorrow, we should be up into the 60's statewide and likely there. 60's to lower 70's on wednesday. a good deal of fair sky for us as

kevin: thanks, kim. meanwhile former state senator , kent sorenson back in a federal courtroom today for a second day of testimony. he's testifying in the case of two former ron paul 2012 aides. jesse benton and dmitri kesari are accused of making secret payments to sorenson, who switched from the michelle bachmann campaign to ron paul before the iowa caucuses four years ago. kcci's rose heaphy was in court today. and she's live in studio right now. rose? rose: prosecutors continue to find more evidence how he kept his name off the books. our cameras were not allowed in the courtroom, but our cameraman caught this video of him walking in. sorenson explained kesari had given his wife a check for $25,000 in december, which he later told sorenson not to cash. he said kesari told him to bill a company called ict for payment, which would then pay sorenson's company grassroots strategy in return. bank statements show sorenson received $73,000 through wire transfers. but the defense argues sorenson held onto ke

kevin? kevin: steve, we started to see this late last week. when a quinnipiac poll first showed ben carson's campaign surging ahead of donald trump by 8 points. a "des moines register" poll this weekend had carson ahead by the horse race seemed to pull up 9. when a cbs news bloomberg poll showed them both tied at 27%. but now, two more polls from loras college an monmouth univeristy appear to confirm the -- college and monmouth university appear to confirm the carson shift. here are the monmouth numbers for the top 6 candidates. carson has 32% of likely caucus goers. junkball to 18%. marco rubio is the only other -- trump falls to 18%. marco rubio is the only other candidate registering in the double digits. four of the last 5 polls of iowa show carson with an average lead of 8.6%. trump wasn't buying it today in new hampshire. mr. trump: there are other polls in iowa where we are leading, and bake but they keep hitting , me with the one poll, you're gonna find out about the media someday. every week i go up, up, up, up. and every week these i

that may be kevin at some point. but we have to come to some agreement related to the rules and process and where we're going before we can pick a leader and kevin recognized that today. >> you don't think it has anything to do with a surge of support for representative chaffetz or webster, do you? >> certainly that they held a significant block of votes had something to do with it. it indicated to kevin that, you know, it was going to be hard to lead a fractured conference. that doesn't mean it can't comb together and kevin may not be the leader ♪ end. the speaker in the end. as of today he felt like there needed to be some time and take a step back. obviously, you have to ask kevin for more detail. that's my assessment. >> do you see speaker boehner having to postpone his retirement? >> i don't know the answer to that. i would think we'd go forward and do something by the end of the month or first of november. we'll see. >> no date is set for the postponed vote. john boehner plans to step down at the end of this mo

kevin mccarthy is a very good man. he has always been one that puts his country before everything else. so he and i stand shoulder to shoulder with the same goal and desire and that is to unite this party and take the fight to the president, to the senate and to the american people. i really do believe it is time for a fresh start. that was the whole genesis of my campaign. but we need to have a lot more family discussion because we need to find somebody that our whole body can unite behind and do what we were elected to do. so i was absolutely stunned, surprised, and shocked that this happened, but our conference is going to have to do a lot of deep soul searching and we'll see what happens. >> are you still a candidate? >> yes. i said that i would support the nominee on the floor but we don't yet have a nominee. so the fact that it's delayed, i will continue to campaign. yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: sounds like you don't like your leadership. >> i think we have a lot of internal fracturing that's happened and we ne

i was going to go for sir kevin the spacey. >> oh, sir kevin the spacey. >> stephen: speaking of which, speaking of which, you do a lot of fine work with the kevin spacey foundation. how close are we to finding a cure for kevin spacey? ( applause ) >> it's-- we're close. and i think if we're able to raise the kind of money we're looking to raise, then in just a few short years, we'll be rid of that ( bleep ). ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> stephen: again, oh! the language. so-- it's musical. it's so musical. i would love-- you could make anything beautiful! i would love you to open a phonebook and say ( bleep ) ( laughter ) okay, so the kevin spacey foundation helps the young folk, right, with the arts. what do you do with it? >> it started when i realized i was going to be leaving the old vic, and once i left the old vic, i wouldn't have that venue anymore so i started the foundation so i could continue that kind of work and it began for me a long time ago when i was mentored by jack lemmon, one of the great actors of all time. and he had this wonderful philosophy which is if you've don

kevin: the hearings on the pipeline begin november 12. night eyes, the merry not scary halloween event kicks off tonight and frank scaglione joins us with what kind of weather the trick-or-treaters can expect. frank: it just got started here at 5:30. it goes until 8:00. plenty of folks already coming in. it is a perfect night to be out here. look outside at our temperature. it dropped a little bit. 65 degrees. still a beautiful evening to be outside. wind noticeable at about 15-20. the winds dialing back a little bit. they just downright cold tonight. we are really going to be turning the dial down on those temperatures. i will have those in your 8 day forecast life here on a perfect fall night. they are open until 8:00 tonight. stacey: 200 sex offenders will soon be transferred to the prison in newton. the department of corrections says that will provide better treatment. kcci's jason rantala is live with reaction from newton. jason r: hundreds of inmates from the prison in mount pleasant will be heading to the newton correctional facili

deb: good morning, kevin. patches of the fog and drizzle are slowing the speed limit down a little bit on 93 north and south through the state. things are looking good as you make your way through the hooksett tolls and down through the mill yard. we are seeing minor taps of the brakes through the lane shifts. we are seeing the speed limit moving well through the everett turnpike down through the bedford toll down through the lane drops. this report being brought to you by peters honda, nissan, and kia of nashua. i' m deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: a vandalism rampage at a clermont planned parenthood clinic is under investigation. erin: an intruder destroyed computers, phones, and thousands of dollars worth of equipment, the health target -- health center was targeted this month. we have learned that the prime suspect is a juvenile, right? ray: that' s right. police got a juvenile boy inside this facility here on wednesday morning armed with a hatchet. he broke dan -- in and completely trashed the location.

deb: good morning, kevin. we are not seeing any major delays through the state of new hampshire. 93 is moving well from the tilton area down to concord and as you make your way through the hooksett tolls, through londonderry, and salem. 293 looks good. the everett turnpike looks good through the bedford tolls from merrimack down to nashua. no delays along 95 out of the seacoast. from the wzid traffic network, i' m deborah davidson for 95.7 wzid. erin: sentencing is set today for owen labrie, the st. paul dozens of letters from his friends and family to the judge. he will learn his fate today. ray: good morning, sean. the 43-page memo from the defense claims that he made a mistake as a high school senior the rest of his life. the jury convicted him of misdemeanor sexual assault and a felony count of using a computer to convict -- seduce a child under 16 years of age. he still faces the possibility of having to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. friends and family say he has suffered enough, in

kevin spacey. ( cheers and applause ) incredible. incredible. he's nominated for an emmy this weekend for his work on "house of cards" playing president fictional character who kills people but is still beating ( laughter ) good luck. good luck, governor. you're gonna get him. our musical guests tonight are john mellencamp and willie cheers and applause ) importantly celebrate the 30th anniversary of farm aid. ( cheers and applause ) go ahead. over the years, through farm aid, they have raised $50 million to help small family farms. and you know i grow my own basil on the windowsill, so i'm pretty sure they owe me, like, 20 bucks. before we get started i want to try something different, something special. every night before the show tapes-- these guys know this-- and i didn't do it tonight, i come out here before the show to answer questions from the studio audience to humanize me. it's important to maintain the illusion that i am a human. ( laughter ) anyway, no one at home ever gets to see that.

kevin: they are down deep, i guess. erin: coming up, find out how much food was collected during campaign. the world series is underway, but the mets and royals needed like we do. now, wmur news 9 daybreak. erin: good morning. look at the beautiful color we are seeing from that camera shot. 34 degrees out there on this wednesday, october 28. we will take a look at the forecast for today right after our top stories. we are following breaking news out of the north country for you today. crews are on the scene of a fire at an organic egg farm in monroe. there is no word yet on whether any people or animals were hurt. police in the lakes region are searching for the man they say prompted an hours long standoff in laconia yesterday after allegedly threatening a man with a winchester man is due in court after authorities say he held jones road. we saw some dense fog. is that still out there this morning? kevin: in a few places. that red sky usually infers sailors taking warning. most of the time, that phrase usually works. lo

kevin: remember, lying can be risky. about 1 in 5 employers say they've fired a worker for calling in sick with a fake excuse. stacey: new at 10:00 a bizarre , coincidence gives a pair of wisconsin twins something else in common. the due dates for fraternal twins angel owen and kaye henn were two weeks apart. when kaye went into labor sunday, angel was right by her side. >> i thought ok, i am having a couple of contractions. we are just going to wait it out because i wanted my sister to go first since she started first. kevin: per contractions didn't stop either. angel went into labor at the same time as her twin sister. baby boy named cruze around 5:00 p.m. that night. kaye finally delivered about 8 hours later. both moms and babies are healthy and happy tonight. kevin: that is a nice story. twins can kind of reach others minds sometimes. some good news for the cyclones. scott: it is looking really good for iowa state, at least that is what the coaches around the nation inc.. their eyes it's time to rise and shine. at k

it was clear to kevin he was an issue. i commend kevin for what he has done. he put the party ahead of himself. >> congressman, the fact is the tea party caucus, the freedom caucus, has said you'll put in one of our people or we are not going to vote for you. and if you don't put in one of our people, you have to have democrats, and democrats are going to vote for speaker pelosi. so how are you going to get this done? >> let's talk about who those people are. we have a really strong bench. trey gowdy, tremendous person. paul ryan. a lot of strong people that will speak to issues. the real issue here is we are united in the principles. we understand -- >> congressman, congressman, you are -- with great respect and admiration you are not united. you're as divided as anyone has ever seen the republican party. you have 40 people who have splintered and -- sir, me a i finish dish you said to the majority who is in charge we won't do what you want us to do and the government will cease to function. what i'm asking is, how we reach a compromise so that the government

kevin mccarthy was the hef va favorite, but he has surprisingly dropped out.roup of conservatives are now saying it will back florida congressman daniel webster instead. michael shure joins us from capitol hill. michael this announcement that mccarthy is pulling out, a big surprise. what happened? >> reporter: randall you have no idea, inasmuch as a habit here there's pandemonium. the republican from pennsylvania walked out of the room here on the capitol, and he said to the gathered press, here, he said, hey, it's over, mccarthy dropped out. and that means that there is something of a delay, certainly in the way they are voting. other congressmen followed him out. mccarthy just stood up there, and said it very quietly. he said i'm out. i'm not going to stand for this anymore. >> so who is daniel webster? and who is backing him? >> reporter: to presume that daniel webster catapults to the front of the pack is probably premature. he has been backed by the freedom caucus. he got 12 votes himself when the vote were held in january. of course boehner won, but webs

kevin: a lot of sunshine. a light wind and temperatures into the afternoon. 40's for the northern half of the state and lower 50's for southern spots. a little warm up through wednesday. that's after locally heavy rain a possibility wednesday afternoon and wednesday night. sean: a couple of nice days. coming up next on good morning america america, they will have more details on a new report this morning that says processed meat is just cigarettes.

i didn't have a problem with kevin mccarty. i am not anti speaker john boehner, we need to throw everyone else but after that happened, clearly not ready for that. neil: that had not happened we wouldn't be here. >> i don't know the intricacies of the things behind-the-scenes which it was a horrible gaf. you see trade audi on tv, megyn kelly, clear the very emotional about the fact that all his hard work on the benghazi committee. neil: one of the other things chris christie, in which he made this game of thrones, the way republicans are operating in congress. what do you make of that? is crazy. and and he is not my favorite. the we do look, not terribly organized, this is a good thing, people were not fans of kevin mccarthy, anger towards john boehner, bringing someone fresh and new, trade audi says he doesn't want to. he is someone i think -- we need a real strong leader, someone who understands that endure and frustration of what is going on in america and kevin mccarthy is not running for prime time. neil: as we go down the

kevin: mangino out. shake-up in ames today. >> it's good to know that we still have kids today that will show that type of sportsmanship and character. kevin: it is a story that represents what iowa nice is all about. and now it's going viral. it was last week we introduced , you to zach hougland, a high school cross country runner disqualified from a state qualifying district meet for an act of sportsmanship. steve: kcci's laura nichols shows us how zach's story is now being shared all around the world. laura: it all started with this moment. after finishing first in the district championship, davis county cross county runner zach hougland helps a rival runner who is dehydrated and near collapsing. >> he's just that type of person to help others. laura: but that help cost zach his frist place medal, since a national rule says a runner is automatically disqualified for giving or receiving help. >> i kind of think that maybe they should change the rule. but if they don't, they don't. laura: public outrage

kevin: a warm afternoon. we' ll talk about the last of the rain chances and the big change coming for the weekend ahead. adam: a battle in boulder. the highs and lows of last night' s third gop debate. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at noon. adam: off the top this noon, a former saint paul' s student is set to be sentenced in a little over an hour. the fate of 20-year-old owen labrie now lies with a judge after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a classmate. m adam sexton minutes ago, the state released it gets -- its sentencing request. while his attorney and his family fights to keep him from having to register as a sex offender. wmur' s ray brewer is live outside the court. ray: owen labrie is looking at the possibility of spending years in prison, and the sexual assaults he has convicted of as part of the game. part of the game includes