primary night in new hampshire as planned, and is instead flying off to north carolina. bernie sanders holds a lead in new hampshire. live there in bedford with the very latest. lauren, the first results could come in at any moment now. reporter: yeah, alex, heather, the first of those polls have closed. some in new hampshire still have another hour before the rest of the polls close. before any of the results came in, joe biden he told folks, he didn t expect to win here and instead he s heading south. i m going down to my supporters to get them moving down in south carolina. i m going to move on. reporter: former front- runner joe biden leaving town. saying he s focused on upcoming races in south carolina and nevada. the former vice president finished in a distant fourth place in the iowa caucuses. vermont senator, bernie sanders, and pete buttigieg both looking to build on their strong showing in iowa. sanders stressing he s not going anywhere. what i can say is
nia s family members think it s all an act. asking if was true if he was a drug and alcohol abuser, or bringing up some other aspect of his past. each time, cowell said i don t remember. nia s mother believes the attack was based on the girl s skin color. he also said light skin, and dark skin, and fake skin. that s what made me think, no, racially motivated. reporter: there s a court holiday tomorrow, and john cowell will be back on the stand thursday for more cross examination. henry, i m just wondering, with him giving all of these strange answers, what was the jury s reaction to all of this from. reporter: you can see some jurors were kind of looking at him, realizing this person seems to be essentially 51-50, or a mentally challenged person. it remains to be seen whether or not they convict him of first degree murder. reporter: henry lee in our newsroom tonight, thank you. joining us now to talk more about this is our legal expert, michael cardoza. what can t
strengthened by my staying in this race any longer. endings are hard, new hampshire, but this is not an ending, this is a beginning. reporter: several of the candidates were crisscrossing the state today. only 24 pledged delegates at stake, but the momentum certainly important for bernie sanders, this is a place he knows how to win. in 2016, he earned a resounding 60% of the vote, beating eventual nominee hillary clinton handily. his team expects a much closer race tonight. his biggest challenge comes from south bend mayor pete buttigieg. both are confident about tonight. we will be here tonight. we have, as you know, been all over this state. mr. mayor, do you think you will win today? we think so. we feel fantastic. we re also playing close attention to senator amy klobuchar who got a boost from a strong new hampshire debate performance, and has surged into third place so far tonight. the other headline out of new hampshire came out early. former vice president jo
nap. joining us live on that complex with this very close call. reporter: amazingly nobody was hurt here, but the building behind me is red tagged, with all of their stuff still inside. crews trying to remove all of this debris. also, the branches that fell off from yesterday s strong winds. they ve been working really hard. as a matter of fact, just about an hour ago, we ve got a big old stump right here, but it was a completely full he tree. thousand they re able to finally lift that very big branch that fell on the roof off of it. the man who lives just below that unit said he had a feeling that tree was no match for yesterday s winds. jose cortez was home with his son, danny, when the wind started kicking up out of control. i tell my son,we ve got to get out of here because i saw the big branch, and i think the branch is going to fall down. reporter: just about an hour later, neighbor duly burkhart says that s exactly what happened. i was reading and i heard thi
it s actually his girlfriend s girlfriend s apartment. still remnants of this big old tree on it, and there s a big hole in the roof. the whole building is red tagged. crews have been working now for hours to try to clear the debris. hunter s sunday started with a bang, or more like a crash. the next thing i know, i woke up, there s a branch above my head. i can see sky, everything s all around. reporter: crashed in, stopping just a few feet from his face. he didn t know what to think. honestly, i had no idea. it was just instinct. just protect myself, get out of there. reporter: he immediately called 911. initially, the tree, when it fell, it had taken out the sprinkler system. reporter: the man was asleep in the room, where the tree fell at the time. he was awakened by the insulation falling on him. reporter: complex managers have moved everyone into different apartments while this all gets sorted out. we ve been chasing wires down all morning, and of cour