Well. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 daybreak. Hampshire. Welcome to february. Im erin fehlau. Caucus monday. Well talk about that. What about the weather out there yesterday . I was out there with no jacket on. It felt like april. Kevin today more of the same. Were not going to see there will be quite a few clouds making its way. With that there could be a passing shower. The best chances are going to be in the northern parts of the state. A lot of areas up above. Well slip back from the mid 30s to mid 40s behind that front tomorrow. A mild day as winds pick up out of the west. Well start to see the cooler air drain in out behind the next system that arrives wednesday morning. Much more coming up. Lets look at your morning ride here in the Granite State. Davidson. Good morning, deb. Deb good morning. If you are starting your Early Morning monday commute, all major roads are moving well. Were not seeing any problems at this time as you are heading out. 93 is a nice ride from tilton to the hookset tolling and from manchester to salem. 293 were not seeing any delays. Traffic is moving well between exit four and the everett turnpike. Not seeing any problems on 101, 111, or the spaulding. If your commute is starting to take you in to boston, 93, 495, and route 3 are moving well. From the traffic network, im deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Erin after months of campaigning and debates and a busy weekend, the first votes will first voters will race for president. Sean the Iowa Caucuses are today. New polls show the races in both parties are tightening. In 24 hours, two candidates will be celebrating big boosts. Lana zak starts the commitment 2016 coverage from des moines. It sounds like you want to make a political revolution. [cheering] i am a better candidate. Thanks to you i will be a better president. I want you to know that. Reporter this is it. Time is up for the three democrats and the 11 republicans running for president. Rob sand will be administering a caucus in western des moines. I think a lot of people are going to make that decision when they are listening to the neighbors. Reporter the last iowa poll found five points or less separating. With a third of voters wavering, campaigns can influence the results up to the last second. In the final day on the you promised me youll run this country christian man. Reporter he prayed for rubio. Im asking for you to caucus for me because if United States when im the president of the United States we will confront the challenging of the time. Reporter rubio hoping to get a second place finish or better. Caucus. Reporter they want to close the deal in iowa. He will be unbelievable. Republicans will expect to see the results. For the democrats it can take longer since those caucuses unfold like a game of red rover with campaigns trying to sway the voters over to their side. Lana zak, abc news, des moines. Im feeling good about it. It is tight. Im getting up on an airplane as soon as we finish here in iowa. Im coming to new i think we are going to fight very hard for New Hampshire. Weaver going to be in New Hampshire on tuesday, i guess. Well spend much of the week there. Were going to be holding a lot of meetings. Sean this is just the start of a busy stretch. The candidates are thinking about New Hampshire next week. Then super tuesday are are all in the four weeks. Erin some of the hopefuls already. Ray brewer continues the commitment coverage. Ray even as voters in iowa gather, john kasich, jeb bush, and Chris Christie meeting with voters in New Hampshire, highlighting the importance. Even for the candidates arent here themes, the volunteers arent taking a break. They are making phone calls, trying to reach as many voters as they can between now and next tuesday. John kasich spent the weekend in New Hampshire as he closes in on a kasich promising to lower tax rates, reduce spending, and address climate change. Onetime candidate, senator Lindsey Graham was here campaigning for jeb bush. He says hes best prepared and has plans that can be accomplished. U. S. Secretary of labor, tom perez, rallied support for Hillary Clinton, touting the former secretary of state as someone who will be ready to go from day one on everything from the economy to foreign policy. Nearly every candidate has said how important New Hampshire is to their campaign. Several has staked the future of the race on the results. You can expect a big surge of activity the next week. Erin all right. The political coverage continues online. Watch Josh Mcelveens one on one interview with candidates and compare where they stand on the issues that most matter to you. Politics page at wmur. Com. Sean emergency officials in hooksett are dealing with a mystery. Several people called 911 to report a loud boom or explosion. They didnt find any hazards are problems or even any smoke. Police would like to hear from anyone who has information about what may have happened. A snowmobilers is safe after spending a night in the woods. A plan left and planned to have lunch in maine. Another snowmobilers found him sunday morning. The man got stuck after getting lost and slept on a bed of branches on the snow. Erin two people are due in court after police found a one pot meth lab in lebanon. They went to the condo on friday after getting the tip that the Bank Robbery Suspect out of North Carolina was staying there. Police arrest 29yearold jamie smith and also found renehan who is wanted in vermont for failing to appear in court. When they searched the home, they found evidence of meth including chemicals that had been flushed down the toilet. A massachusetts man is accused of driving so fast on interstate 93 that the wind caused a state Police Troopers park cruiser to shake. Troopers say they clocked 19yearold andrew tham at 116 miles per hour. Hes charged with reckless operation. Sean the zika virus continues to spread across central and south america. There are growing concerns surrounding the olympics in brazil and whether athletes and fans will travel. Three dozen americans have been diagnosed with the virus. The biggest risk is to pregnant women. Thats forcing some people to change travel plans. A family from londonderry was scheduled to visit st. Thomas. They canceled the trip due to the zika concerns. My doctor advised me she would tell us not to go on the trip if the zika virus came too the area. Sean it is important to know Public HealthOfficials Say the type of mosquitoes that transit the zika virus do not live in New Hampshire. The state is preparing in case anyone gets infected someone else and they need help here. Erin great concern for pregnant women. Getting exercise while easing the stress of work. This is a growing trend. Sean the games must go on. They had to make a few changes up in concord. Erin ahead at 5 30, should New Hampshire start a bobcat hunt . You have a chance to weigh in. It is the new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. Something delicious is happening at dunkin. Come in today to get any sandwich for 2. 99 after 12 00 p. M. America runs on dunkin. Kevin monday morning, february 1st. We start out with a few clouds this morning. Temperatures are mild. Were in the 30s across a good part of the state. Some upper 20s up north. To low and mid radios. We finished a mind january with a mild start to february. How long it looks to last coming up. Erin theres growing trend in the Emergency Dispatch Centers across the country, exercise equipment at the dispatchers desk. Sean in south burlington, two desks has been outfitted with a treadmill and stationary bike. It allows them to get exercise while answers calls and will help them stay calm on what can be shifts. Mainly just used to dump the adrenaline. We get all hyped up. Road. They have ways to dump it. They could get out of their cruiser. Something. Were kind of confined to the space. Any outlet for dumping that adrenaline is helpful. Sean the equipment will track ands the number of steps. Erin black ice in concord is over. The competition looked different. Temperatures well above freezing, the competition moved inside the arena. Many players didnt wear skates. Nearly 100 teams took part in the tournament. Sean it was so warm yesterday. 13 minutes past 5 00. Coming up, was animation domination at the box office this weekend. Heres the truth some have proposed to cut Social Security for the elderly and disabled vets. I disagree. In fact, not only should we not cut benefits we should expand them. My plan for Social Security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for lowincome seniors. It will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect. Im Bernie Sanders, and i approve this message. Sean at least 86 people are dead after boko haram opened fire. The shootings, burnings, for four hours. Suicide bombers detonated as people tried to escape. They had to wait for reinforcements. Erin more people will be allowed to pray at one of the holiest sites. They voted to provide space for the mixed gender and will allow nonorthodox jews. New prayer space will be along the southern edge. It will take about 12 to 18 months before the work is done. Sean it seems movie goers are in to kung fu. Kung fu panda 3 debuted in the first spot, but it was the lowest openings for any of the movies. The revenant was wars in third. Production and almond prices have dropped off dramatically. Last summer a farmer could get 5 a pound. Now the same pound is fetching over 3. Thats higher than the average for the last decade and lower prices are helping sales go. Erin selfdriving car builders are in high gear. The goal is to make gm the leader in selfdriving technology. Several other companies are working on similar projects. It seems that pluto is holding on to a lot more water than scientists first thought. According to data gathered by nasas spacecraft, the dwarf planet is coated with a large amount of ice, including ice mountains and even ice volcanos. Pictures show a blue ring around the atmosphere. It is caused by sunlight and hazed particles. Of pluto. Sean where theres water theres life perhaps . Kevin it is 350 degrees below zero. Sean very hardy life. Kevin thats fairly yeah, fairly unconvenient for life to say the least. Almost absolute zero. We start out with a look outside. We have mostly cloudy skies out there. Theres a front making its way through today. Temperatures ahead of that are going to jump in to the 40s and 50s. Tomorrow will be in the 40s. Looks like well be in the ho 40 s with the on wednesday morning. It is a fairly quiet start. Youll notice a few more breaks in southern areas than you will up north. This front will continue to slowly wither away as it bumps in to the drier air. While there are the chances of a couple of showers out there today, it should be fairly light and fairly brief what happens. A lot of this will be to the east by lunchtime and in to the afternoon a westerly wind will dry us out. Temperatures before the cooler air gets here jump from the temperatures which start near 40. Up in to the 40s to lower range of the 50s in to the afternoon. Notice the winds early this among. Not too bad to take. The general southwesterly direction to keep the milder air in place with the clouds and the risk of a shower this morning. It should push temperatures out of the mid to upper 40s in the North Country to lower to mid 50s in southern spots this afternoon before the cooler air starts to win out. A lot of areas down in to the 20s. High temperatures today ranging from 46 in far northern parts to the mid 50s in southern areas. Again kind of a gloomy start with plenty of clouds and the risk of a shower. In to the afternoon, partial sunshine and a building breeze out of the west which will temper things. Temperatures up in to the 50s should feel good. From there, we drop back temperatures in to the 20s. Tomorrow closer to the average. Still low to mid 40s with the sunshine will be in the mid to upper 30s up north. Next system starts to run in later tomorrow with an increase in clouds. Just cool enough that we may see an initial wintry mix. The best chance would be in western and Northern Areas. From there, temperatures again jump in to the 40s on wednesday afternoon. That means most of what well see for most of the day on wednesday will likely be in liquid form. Once that pulls away, we start cooling off again. Low to mid 40s by thursday and friday which is where well be in to next weekend. Today temperatures in the low to mid 50s with clouds giving way to partial sunshine. It will a mild and breezy afternoon after the risk of a shower. Clearing skies later on this evening. We turn cooler. A lot of areas down in the 20s. Well be around the freezing mark closer another shoreline. Temperatures a lot more 40s and 50s. Then we cool off from there. Back to the mid 30s by the end of the week. Biggest system on the maps is wednesday. It could be an initial 95 of what we see on wednesday will be in liquid form. That gets us back to partial sunshine and a quiet pattern through the weekend. There could be a couple of snow showers by super bowl sunday. Erin it is going to feel spring like today. Kevin yes. There will be the breeze. That tempers things a little bit. 20 degrees above normal. Erin crazy. We want to check our top stories. The Iowa Caucuses are today. After months of campaigning and debates. This is the first time that voters will weigh in on the president ial election. Donald trump is leading on the republican side. The race is tight. Most candidates are still keeping an eye on New Hampshire though. With john kasich, jeb bush, and Chris Christie all in the Granite State today. Several others will arrive tomorrow. Primaries next tuesday. It could be determine the future of the campaigns. Your eyes are not deceiving you. This is phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with Social Security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. You know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. But so many families dont feel like their hard work pays off. Thats not the way america is supposed to operate. I want to go to bat for them every single day. Get incomes rising. Get equal pay for women. Cut the cost of health caret and child care so people canr it takes to get things done. Im Hillary Clinton and i kevin monday morning, february 1st. We start out with a few clouds moving in. This along the front moving through this morning. We get the milder air for another afternoon after a mild start. Highs in the low to mid 50s at the seacoast. Well have details on when the cooler air finally arrives coming up. Erin Scientists Say they used tiny glasses to prove that praying mantises have 3d vision. Sean researchers designed special glasses and attack them using beeswax. In both 2d and 3d that looked like prey. Now the mantises attacked the food in 3d far more than than in 2d. There you go. They can see in 3d. Erin why do we want to know this . Sean im not sure. Im sure he was frustrated when he saw fake food. Erin it seems that dinosaurs may have been more graceful on the ice than people think. Sean this has gone viral with more than 55 million views on facebook. He could use some work. Hes been trying Different Things every tuesday. What has been known as trex tuesday. He quickly got on his feet. He was okay. We got duped there. Maybe they were better at skating. Erin he has skills in skates. Coming up here, a New Hampshire athlete is carving out a place in record books. It is one of the most ever. Sean alert the empire. Employees couldnt believe it when a Storm Trooper showed up to return a painting of r2d2 that had been no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 daybreak. Erin good morning to you. It is the first day of february. It is kind of weird, but were going to be looking at some temperatures that may reach in to the 50s today. Sean all of those layers you normally need in winter, you wont need them today. First the top stories. The voters in iowa will be taking part in the first caucuses of the 2016 president ial race tonight. When it comes to choosing the general election winners, iowans twice. State officials are chair lift after a pair of chairs collided over the weekend leaving two people trapped. And a public hearing is being held on a proposal to launch a bobcat hunting and trapping season here in erin really mild air today. Were going to have the wind. Kevin the breeze is going to pick up especially in to the afternoon. It will gust over 20 miles an hour. Well have clouds this morning and the risk of a passing shower turning partly sunny in to the afternoon. Temperatures off to the proverbial running start and above freezing and still near 40 from manchester to the coast. It is low to mid 50s and in the 40s up north through the day today with partial sunshine for the afternoon. From there it does look like we start to cool off a bit. We dont get the huge punch of colder air until sometime later this week. Erin more rain to come. Kevin looks like wednesday would be the day for that. Erin we want to check the roads for you. How things are moving out there. Kevin for a look at the morning drive, were joined live by d