debate in the state of new hampshire. join george stephanopoulos and diane sawyer as they moderate the next republican showdown. live coverage from manchester, 9:00 p.m./6:00 p.m. spa pacific. a suspect in dozens of arsons around los angeles in jail. harry burke hart taken into custody after police pulled over his minivan. now sources tell abc news that burkhart may have been angry his mother was facing deportation. the los angeles mayor was clearly relieved that an arrest had been made. i want to acknowledge the bravery and dedication of our fire fighters and our police officers, complemented bite vigilance of angelinos who during a busy and what should have been a festive new year s holiday were on the look out for anything suspicious, phoned in leads to law enforcement and fire officials. the deputy who spotted burkehart is a volunteer, reserve deputy, get this, only paid $1 a year for his work. worth a lot more than that to say the least. in other news, a utah fat
quits. was a battle over a baby behind the breakup? can t find a speck of confetti anymore. good morning, everyone. hope you had a wonderful new year s. first monday of the new year. a lot to get to this morning. a terrifying string of blazes that has los angeles on edge. new reports, nonstop, in the last couple of hours. new fires. many of them set overnight. the police may have a key suspect in custody. also, down in the wire in iowa. the big story right now. rick santorum, in last place through most of the fight. he traveled all 99 iowa counties. he s surging. there he is. the pollster in iowa that did the latest poll said he could win this thing. we ll talk to the team about that. such a roller coaster. just about everybody has had a chance at the lead. we re going begin with the fires in los angeles. the worst wave of arson in decad decades. good morning, josh. reporter: good morning to you, george. the tension is palpable. the strikes continued overnight.
and russell brand are calling it quits. was a battle over a baby behind the breakup? can t find a speck of confetti anymore. good morning, everyone. hope you had a wonderful new year s. first monday of the new year. a lot to get to this morning. a terrifying string of blazes that has los angeles on edge. new reports, nonstop, in the last couple of hours. new fires. many of them set overnight. the police may have a key suspect in custody. also, down in the wire in iowa. the big story right now. rick santorum, in last place through most of the fight. he traveled all 99 iowa counties. he s surging. there he is. the pollster in iowa that did the latest poll said he could win this thing. we ll talk to the team about that. such a roller coaster. just about everybody has had a chance at the lead. we re going begin with the fires in los angeles. the worst wave of arson in decad decades. good morning, josh. reporter: good morning to you, george. the tension is palpable.
was a battle over a baby behind the breakup? can t find a speck of confetti anymore. not today. good morning, everyone. hope you had a wonderful new year s. first monday of the new year. we have a lot to get to this morning. that terrifying string of blazes that has los angeles on edge right now. new reports, nonstop, in the last couple of hours. new fires. many of them set overnight. the police may have a key suspect in custody. we ll get to that. also, down to the wire in iowa. the candidates are all bunched up. there s mitt romney. the big story right now. rick santorum, in last place through most of the fight. he traveled all 99 iowa counties. he s really surging right now. there he is right there. the pollster in iowa that did the latest poll said he could win this thing. we ll talk to the team about that. such a roller coaster. just about everybody has had a chance at the lead. we re going to begin with the fires in los angeles. at least a dozen more overn
loss of government jobs. some frightening moments today along metro s blue and orange line lines near l enfant plaza. a series of explosions followed by smoke in the rail cars. tonight, metro says a friction ring, which is part of the train s brake assembly simply fell off a moving train. metro ordered the immediate inspection of brake assemblies. and it will also look into passenger complaints about the incidents, including why metro employees didn t tell them what was going on as they were stranded on underground trains for some 30 minutes. since the train was leaving l enfant plaza, there were two explosions. sounded like the train hit something metallic. the train was poling out of the station and then there was a very loud bang and explosion. you can start to smell smoke. 300 passengers had to be led by firefighters along the tracks and out to safety in complete darkness. some complained they had to pay fairs upon being evacuated. the dc city council has given a