from the center and the storm. after it hits, perhaps the longest stretch of coastline in known history. then could circle back and hit florida again. our coverage continues right now with ac 360. good evening. millions of people right now are in the path of potentially life-threatening storm. it is just that simple. this is what hurricane matthew has been doing to the caribbean and as it takes aim on eastern florida. governor rick scott, and these are his exact words, this storm will kill you. and it is a monster. the golf telling wolf that if you have not followed evacuation orders and trying to ride this out it is going to be -- his words -- e quote, very lard to save your life. laying it out in no uncertain terms. >> i talked to my detective captain earlier today. and i asked, do you have body

bags? are you prepared for mass casualties. because if people do not leave and we have 140 miles per hour wind gusts in some of our mobile home places we're going to have fatalities. >> matthew right now is a category four storm capability of causing catastrophic damage. the storm has already taken at least 264 lives in haiti which had born the brunt of the damage from the storm. and this could get very bad, very quickly throughout the night tonight and into the coming days. talking about power outages. tens of thousands already from the miami area on up the coast. we've got correspondents and meteorologists across the entire danger zone, we'll be reaching out to them as well as local officials. hurricane trackers and others throughout the night. let's begin by one of the areas florida's governor is worried about as the storm approaches. palm beach county. nick valencia joins us from west palm beach. winds look like they are starting to pick up where you are. war the conditions like?

>> reporter: it is an eerie feeling here in west palm beach. about an hour ago the wind really started to whip up here. but the weather has been e ebbing and flowing all night long. things like this. debris ripped off palm trees, they can have the potential to really create devastation. as the winds pick up, 60, 70 miles per hour wind as we expect later tonight. it was about 1:00 p.m. we initially got an alert here that the hurricane was fast approaching. the weather did take a turn for the worst and then it got better. about an hour ago we were really getting whipped hard by the rain. the wind's settled down sustaining about 35 miles per hour. and smz something the community here in west palm beach has been bracing for all week. some people though are more prepared than others. >> the governor has been warning residents to evacuate. i know you met several residents who decided to ride out. >> it is an unfortunate circumstance and reality of the situation like this. you always have people who want

to brave the elements. whether they are testing their curiosity or how courageous they are, and that is the problem here. the governor didn't mince words. he was very direct this his dire warning, saying "if and when we're able to get to you." hurricane wilma ten years ago, a couple said they are not expecting this to be as bad. that is the issue though for first responders. it really puts them in a precarious position. you are not only putting your life in danger but also the lives of those first responders. >> thank you very much. meteorologist jeffrey gray is in melbourne, florida tonight. what it's f feeling like right now jennifer. >> reporter: a similar situation. the rains and then they ease you have aoff and then it comes bac. the brunt of the storm is still off shore. we're still getting the outer rain bands. but once it gets here the conditions will deteriorate

rapidly. 140 miles an hour winds just on shore here right around melbourne. so we are going to see catastrophic damage up and down the east coast. and to pick up where nick left off comparing this to other storms that. 's been a huge fear with a lot of other emergency personnel. people will say oh i road out andrew or katrina. every storm has a different personality. every storm is different. this storm could be catastrophic for not only one part of florida but all up and down the east coast. >> does visit a time it is supposed to hit hard? >> and also let's talk about the storm surge because it is not just the wind and rained people have to watch for. >> i imagine the conditions where i am will really start to deteriorate midnight to 1:00 and then hit even harder, the brunt of the storm possibly between 5:00 a.m. and the 8:00 a&m hour.

the storm surge as you mentioned a huge concern. look at this barrier island out there. that is melbourne beach. some people still have power. we've seen some flashes which indicate people may be starting to lose power out there. but the water could get 7-11 feet high. that is the storm surge alone. on top of that you are talking about 20-25 foot waves. they are urging everyone to get off the barrier island but there is no way to know until emergency calls start coming in during the height of the storm and by then it is going to be too late. >> thank you very much. tracking the storm following a the late bulletin from the weather center joins us. tom, they just released a new weather advisory in the top of the hour. what is the latest. >> believe it or not it's lost a little bit of its strength and sustained winds. the pressure hasn't changed but what does that mean really?

within 70 michael miles of the coastline. we believe it is going through an eye wall replacement cycle. %-p which hasn't changed a whole lot. even though we have one model with 6:00 a.m. land fall near cape canaveral. an eye wall replacement cycle means this. typically if it loses a little energy you think it is interacting with land. the eye wall cannot sustain this kind of strength, like spinning a top on a table. it can only handle that so long before it wobbles. now we're finding the eye wall, stronger winds are being forced out, creating a secondary band. that is the replacement cycle. once that happens it slowly comes back to a core. it typically takes 10-12 hours for this to occur to strengthen again. unfortunately that is exactly what we have, 10-12 hours for this replacement cycle to go

through a restrengthening right before it gets very close to a florida land fall, if a land fall does take place. >> the next 12-24 hours. it is going to impact georgia and south carolina as well. >> absolutely. if it makes land fall you are talking about the six, eight hours in a confined area where you have devastation. unfortunately because it stays off shore it becomes a category four hurricane as it still is for 24-36 hours to produce this damage. if it stays off shore and the wraparound winds continue to force the surge north of the eye. everything can only take so much and gets washed out. but the curvature of the coast from savannah northward and south carolina, north korecarol. this is where the 40 foot waves possible will slam in and

possible outbreak of tornados in here as well. >> i saw some saying this storm might actually come back hit florida a second time. is that true? >> yeah it usually takes a while for these models to get in some agreement. let me show you 18 models. this is typically what you would see. and some of the models do put it on shore as the land fall. some carry it just off the shore. but again this is typically what we see. come 70 hours, 14 of the 18 circle it back around. now what we haven't talked about much because it is not a big thing. it is a fish storm. nicole is a hurricane a thousand miles in the coast. the models want to bring nicole and merge it back with matthew possibly bringing back around for a second land fall and who knows what in the gulf of mexico. couple of models of course do continue it off shore. and that would be the best scenario. if you are evacuating that is going to people keep away from that you are homes and their

immuni communities for a longer period of time. >> thank you for being with us. florida governor rick scott said your area, palm beach is his latest concern. what are you expecting in your town and are you ready? >> we are expecting a lot of wind this evening. hurricane force winds. we know we're going to be dealing with that and we're ready. we have our emergency operation center activated. we have crews out on and they will be out until they have to come in when the wind gets too high. and we have been out all day making sure that we have our city ready for this. >> authorities have been warning of a potential life-threatening storm surge in the overnight hours in your area. i guess in the overnight hours what are you biggest concern? >> absolutely. well we have an area in our city that was mandatory evacuation. some people evacuated. some people stayed in. we are concerned about the people who stayed in the

evacuation area. i want to make sure they are safe. if the wind is very high we won't be able to send out rescue crews. so we might not able to get to them as quickly as we would want to otherwise. so we're just hoping that everybody is safe if you are in a mandatory evacuation area. right now you have to shelter in place. find a safe room. be careful using candles. just be careful and be smart. >> so at this point, if someone has not heeded that mandatory evacuation in palm beach county area, you are saying shelter in place. don't try to go somewhere else. there is no shelter that they should go to. >> we're saying shelter in place. most of the shelters are filled. and right now this storm is starting to get bad enough that if it makes traveling

treacherous. >> mayor muoioo thank you very much. going to be a long night for a lot of first responders and personnel. we'll check in after the break with one of the the storm trackers. inside the hurricane with more on the ground as matthew approaches later we'll get to presidential politics. donald trump holdin a the town hall as we speak. the latest on that when we continue. 367 it takes hours of practice for a drumline to perfect its routine. rocket mortgage by quicken loans is just as precise, but only takes a few minutes. so you can get a custom mortgage solution without missing a beat. quicken loans. proud supporter of college athletics.

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the. most powerful storm to hit florida in a decade. that is what hurricane matthew could become overnight depending on whether it comes ashore. federal states of aemergence now in effect in florida and south carolina. 1.5 million floridians ordered to leave home. florida's space coast directly in the way. and some of the aircraft are in the air gathering data. joining frustrate one of them is ka the captain. how does this matthew compare to other hurricanes you have been in? >> reporter: this one is quite unique. we've been through the center four times. this as double eye or a concentric eye hurricane. which means it is like going through two different eye walls each time you go into it.

a very profound, good, storm. cat four storm. >> what have you been able to learn about matthew? >> caller: well we is noah aircraft has measured a very steady state hurricane. it is not getting stronger. it is not getting weaker. it is just moving along steadily on the forecast track by the national hurricane center. >> and once you get the data what does noaa do with it? >> caller: immediately sends it out to all the different media and management people and they have able to give recommendations and improvements and updates and people just neat to keep paying attention to the advisories from the emergency managers. >> i know you are getting ready to wrap u. b when does the plane go back into the storm? >> caller: we have a night crew that is coming on.

they will be launching this aircraft at 2:00 in the morning and doing similar things and then we'll pick it up again tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. >> i appreciate you being up there and all the folks you are flying with. sar is a si sara sidner is in daytona beach. what's the latest there. >> reporter: we've been talking to the police chief all day really and he's told us he knows the storm is getting close. he knows there are people still deciding to stay. and he's said the same thing the governor said. our people are not going to be able to save you. if you stay you are going to have to take care of yourself because they are not going to put your own officers and rescue teems in harm's way. every person in the apartment is on duty and reed so they can go out and try to help whoever is left. we know people who are staying. we've talked to them. they are not doing it out of

bravado. a few are doing basically out of fear. everything they own and love is in the homes they love. everything they own are in the businesses they have. and they do not want to leave them. they people better staying with their businesses and their homes. all of the authorities are saying, look. that is a mistake. your life is so much more important. and we are now seeing some of the bands of rain and a lot of wind here on daytona beach. and we know that it is just going to get worse and worse and worse. anderson. >> the people who you have met who are staying. are they at least boarding up? are they at least sandbagging or anything? >> reporter: great question. yes. they are boarding up. they are trying to be prepared. we've gone into a lot of different stores. a lot of things are sold out like water and gas canisters. people concerned there is not going to be gas after the storm comes in. most things are closed. there is one place we know staying open. he's boarded up. he's done this before. and i kept saying.

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as a monster hurricane takes aim at florida, donald trump's palm beach resort mar-a-lago is certainly in the danger zone. trump is holding a town hall in new hampshire right now. season seen as the dry run for the debate on sun. trump says it is not. it is still going on. take a look. >> -- i really couldn't believe it. but i said if i win and i become president. first get the nomination. that happened. become president, i promise the people of new hampshire that we

are going to stop this crap from coming into your state. 100%. 100%. >> new hampshire is of course a swing state and tonight a new boston globe poll shows hillary clinton and trump locked in a statistical dead heat 44% to 42%. clinton's two point lead is well within the margin of error. where trump is holding the town hall, the event is still going on. what's trump said so far? and how has he been in this more sort of town hall format? >> reporter: well it is a very small room, as you can see. and that is why i'm still sitting down for this. but he's also getting some friendlier questions. the people in this audience have been hand selected and donald trump keeps insisting he's not doing debate prep. and one thing is certain the questions he's getting are certainly probably friendlier than what he's going to get when he's on the debate stage and the first was whether he actually

held back against hillary clinton when the two were on stage together. take a listen to what me said. >> yeah i did hold back. i thought it was just inappropriate to say what i was really thinking i would say. and i held back. i think for good reason. i think for good reason. i'd much rather have it be on policy. and i didn't like getting into -- into the gutter. but i have a problem with the mic. we had a guy inside the room oscillating my mic. it wasn't that the mic didn't work. it was interesting. i went there a little bit before. and i said boy the mic is so great. unfortunately when i went to talk they turned the mic up and down. and you saw it. everybody in the room saw it. so we had a real problem. >> interesting. one of the things trump's supporters will always say. he's very personable and in a setting like this he often feeds off the crowd. are you seeing that tonight? >> well he is certainly feeding off the crowd and they are cheering for him. they are clearly trump supporters. but he doesn't have as much

one-on-one with him asking the questions. now people in the room are st t starting to questions but for the most part these are questions that have been submit ahead of time. he doesn't have the same one-on-one interaction we migrate potentially be seeing from him on the stage on sunday. >> sara murray. thank you very much. a lot to discuss with the panel. trump is saying this isn't a dry run for sunday night. it does seem to be at the very at least a coincide that he's doing a town hall two days before the debate. do you think it is going to help? >> well it is going to hurt him. there is a clock there.

he's supposed to keep his answers to two minutes. he hasn't exactly been doing that. he did go out of his way to say it is not debate prep and to point out that hillary clinton is resting. she's not preparing he said. she's actually just resting and i'm sure that is something we're going to be hearing over and over again. and what he did this evening, he tried to connect i think with some of the people. they had them stand in the audience. even though the moderator did ask the questions. he tried to kind of connect with the audience more than we've seen one on one. but when they asked him questions, and they are friendly question, he seemed to kind of restate the problem rather than answering the question directly. and this is a problem he has. because he kind of wanders. it is stream of consciousness. and they are not fully formed answers in two minute bites to questions. and that could really be an issue for him. >> paul i'm wondering have you

been watching this? and do do you think he's taking the next debate, the prep, in a different way. >> it is a smart thing to do these kind of warm ups. but perfect practice makes perfect. not just practice. tomorrow night the san francisco giants play the chicago cubs in the baseball playoffs. the cubs have a relief pitcher aroldis chapman h. e throws 105 miles an hour. the fastest anybody has ever thrown. if you are going to go against him. you better get the ball coming in fast. instead they prepare with tee ball. you have to connect with the audience. you have to walk over there and say gloria, tell me more about that. did you lose your job -- >> the engagement with other carbon based life forms -- >> [indiscernible]. >> jeffrey do you see this as helpful? or not enough is it. >> i do see it helpful on a couple of levels. one his comfort level in doing this because you never know who the moderator of the next debate

is or what they will say. but i think also in a sense it is designed to perhaps draw a contrast because he says various things about other debates he's been in. if he's going to wind up saying things about the next debate, he can say well, you know, when i was in new hampshire it worked such and such a way. so i think in that fashion it helps him. >> and it looks like he's wrapping it up already. do you expect it is going to be different for donald trump. donald trump said he didn't take the bait from hillary clinton in the last debate. and others said he absolutely. >> i have no comment. >> uh-oh. >> but do you think it is going to be difficult for him this time around. >> yes. >> do you think she's going to use the exactly sam strategy? you think she is. >>. that is what she turns to and i really think it is smart because if we're talking about the economy and islamic terrorism

and how broken the economy is how people really want change. this is the problem she's in. not of her own doing the country believes the country is on the wrong track. and this has been ten years of the country saying it's on the wrong track. trump for all the good and all the bad represents change to people. it is actually an easier case for him to make. he doesn't have to have the two perfect answers and everything else because they just want him to disrupt and change things. >> does hillary clinton continue to try to prosecute a case against donald trump? >> well i disagree a little bit. it is true on the right track/wrong track numbers but that doesn't mean people are necessarily unhappy with what president obama is doing. >> i agree. >> he's at highest approval rating 55%. she's sayi ining that she's goio continue president obama. so she has a substantive case. and the problem watching tonight is he's doing the same thing as always. he meanders and doesn't get into

substance or really answer the question. and i think when someone is asking the question. it is one thing to be dismissive to a moderator. it is another to be dismissive to a voter who may be standing there telling you very personal story. >> one other thing. every time we have a presidential election. the american people among other things the deciding on somebody's style and one person's style is always different than another. so what's really going on here is people are saying is this the style i want to see for the next four years? >> what are you expecting from clinton on sunday? >> couple things. i think she will go down the same path. i am hoping she'll be able to connect like in the first time and better. the one thing she wants to continue what president obama's done. she actually continues to say she wants to build upon what president obama's done and i think that is an important distinction. and the other thing is if donald trump really represents change

why is his message so hopeless? folks want to hear something is going to get better -- >> let me. first on the obama numbers. this is a big problem for hillary clinton which is obama has been over 50 for a long period of time. and it doesn't get transferred to her. whether it's fair or not fair. it just doesn't. and the thing is when you have this high a percentage of people saying the country is on the wrong track, they want you do connect -- >> thank you congress. >> it is all of it. i'm not blaming obama for it. it is a lot of things. they want you to connect with the fact they have these fears and concerns. his tone in many ways matches. they want him to understand how serious it is. and i think that is why he's connecting. >> matt makes a god pint though. it is which is -- good point though. which it is rare that if you look at past elections for a democrat having two terms of a democratic president to get elected. >> hasn't happened in our lifetime. roeflt to truman was the last

time a democratic won three in a row. i've been vexed about this all year. when the president's approval is high usually the country is moving in the right direction. the two lines usually track. and they divert so radically now. i have some theories. one theory is a lot of progressives think we're on the wrong track because of the rise of donald trump. there could be a good 10 or 20 points of the 65 who think we're on the wrong track. which is terrible for the democrats, i think there are a big chunk who are progressives who think it is because of trump -- >> i totally agree with you. i think you have a lot of liberals in that number. but -- on the town hall thing tonight? one thing that interested me was at one point donald trump was asked a question by a woman who had graduated college magna cum laude and said i can't find a job. and she didn't speak to him

directly. her question was read although she stood. and his answer to that was -- wasn't this is what i'm going to do to help you get a job. it was i want to see the day when we can have those jobs back. it wasn't here is how i'm going to personally help you or tell me more about what you're interested in. you know, it was just sort of the standard stump speech reduced to a chunky 2:00 -- >> that was something bill clinton used -- >> i was just -- >> -- well, which was always like. it wasn't necessarily like. i forgot what question he and bush were asked. how national debt effects you and i think he didn't even answer it. he said just said to the person well tell me about yourself. how do you feel it effects you. >> i think in fairness to paul and president clinton, president

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>> barely. we're getting some outer squalls. maybe a little gusts but so far nothing that looks like tropical storm force we're certainly expecting that within the next hour or so. >> what do you want people to know apt this point? those who haven't evacuated. what are your biggest concerns for them is it. >> reporter: i think at this point the hay is in the barn pretty much. it is probably hard to do much except shelter in place as best you can. if people have an emergency at this point in time they can giv. but the window is getting very very short. people are where they are and for the most part if they are in place they will need to shelter and ride things out as best they can. >> from what i understand a local hospital preemptively moving patients ahead of the storm. a lot of preventive measures put in place by officials. is the hospital going to remain

open during the storm? or do you know? >> my understanding is that some of the barrier island facilities closed earlier. but i'm not aware of such things on the mainland. that would be a good question for the brevard county people. we haven't any issue of the close yir. there was a rumor about one of the mainland hospitals but i don't believe that was true. >> mike mcneese. appreciate it. the danger of the storm. it's already killed at least 280 people in haiti. and the death toll has been rising all night. in this country it is unclear if matthew will make land fall. but if it does as the category four officials warning the damage could be devastating. what does that mean? tom? >> reporter: as you know anderson, every hurricane is danger. even the smaller ones the category one and two. let's give a sense of scale.

they produce limited wind, under a hundred miles an hour. limited flooding. not extreme damage generally. up to category three and now you are talking about going over a hundred miles an hour with winds. and big trees being toppled. mobile homes being wiped out and smaller homes pushed way i. the storm surge, 9 to 12 feet. that is the reason people have to evacuate early because that starts cutting off roads and makes it impossible for help to get to someone. and then when you get to where this storm is, a category 4 storm. now look what's happening. you are seeing major damage to major buildings. roofs peeling back. maybe doors and windows starting to give way. in fact you have a storm surge that is so pronounced here that anything that is within 500 yards of the beach is in real danger. and in fact even six miles in, if you have any structure under 10 feet above sea level, that has a real danger of being

flooded as the storm surge pushes in. and then of course as you get up to a category five if it hits like that, now it's over 155 miles an hour. now you have absolute destruction. by the winds a alone, within 500 yards of shore things may be completely wiped out. and as the storm skours in, not only you lose things close but structures that are 10 miles more or more inland can feel the combined effects of that. right here category 4 is what we're talking about right now. and you can get a sense of the extensive damage that can follow this. >> thanks very much. our coverage continues in a moment as matthew gets closer to florida. live update from jacksonville and i'll speak with the mr. there as well next 36 picture zon is the number one network. hi, i'm jamie foxx for sprint. and i'm jamie foxx for t-mobile. (both) and we're just as good. really? only verizon was ranked number one nationally in data, reliability, text and call and speed.

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well there are parts of florida bracing for hurricane matthew that simply do not have experience with storms this big. one of those areas is jacksonville. what o are the officials in jacksonville worried about the most? >> reporter: well, you know, anderson, storm surge. and i want to show you some of those dangers. i want you to take a look around me. you see a bridge in the background. you see a boat because there is

a tributary a few feet from me and there are homes item going to hop into a roving vehicle because we have the capability to show you a 360 view of these neighborhoods. here is the worry. jacksonville is literally split in half by the st. john's river. they are expecting storm surge to be 6-9 feet. take a look around me. these are all of the homes that are literally on tributaries that almost like finger out through the city. and that is the big worry that the surge is going to rise and that all of these homes and a lot of the people in these homes -- because authorities tell us a lot of people are not evacuating. and that is one of the big, big concerns, anderson. and as you look around you see people still with their lights on. and another big concern is you still see boats out here that are not, you know, secured.

you will see patio furniture. it really stood out to me because in covering other hurricanes and other storms, you see people boardinghouse, leaving. you don't get that feeling and a lot of parts of jacksonville. >> what's interesting. a major hurricane hasn't impacted this area i understand for i think more than a hundred years. the mayor ordered evacuations in the beach areas in the afternoon. but if people have experienced major hurricanes like this in their lifetimes they are less likely to heed the warning>> reporter: no, you are absolutely right. and from talking to some officials here, they are very worried about people in the beach areas, because all of that area is expected to have a storm surge of up to 11 feet. and there are people who decided to hunker down and not leave.

the people evacuated in those areas was 30%. first responders are very worried about that, of course, because they are stationed and on the ready to respond for search and rescues. but at the height of the storm, you and i know that these first responders are not sent out, because they can't. they would be putting their lives in danger. especially if some of those winds and some of that wind surge happens at night. these first responders are literally responding into a black hole. and that makes it very, very dangerous. >> so, rosa, that area you're driving through, those homes, are they basically at the same level as the water? >> you know, a lot of them are. there's a slight slope, and that is what's keeping a lot of these people in their homes, because they've said in the past, their homes have not flooded. but they know that at least this woman that i talked to, you know, within the last hour, she said, a few houses down from my house, it has flooded in the

past. and that is what officials are talking about. they say, even if you feel inland, you're not inland, because of those fingers that i was telling you about. that's how officials describe it. there are tributaries that run like fingers through these neighborhoods. they're expecting those fingers to swell, that water to rise, and, of course, put people in danger inside their homes. >> yeah. all right, rosa, be careful. thanks for the reporting. fascinating to see it from that vantage point. joining us now on the phone is the mayor of jacksonville, lenny curry. thanks so much for being with us. the weather service today saying they haven't seen anything like this in modern times. for those watching, particularly in your community, what's your message? >> well, anderson, thanks for the opportunity to share what we're dealing with here over the next few days. i've been in florida my entire life, i've not seen anything like this. this is a storm of the century. we have here in jacksonville, you know, we're the largest

geographic city in the continental united states, the most populous city. now we're facing the largest storm this state has faced in a very long time. we are prepared, as a city. we have been communicating with the people of jacksonville for days now. i ordered an evacuation early yesterday of the beaches, cities, and other low-lying areas. added an additional zone of evacuation today. and my biggest concern is people that decided not to evacuate. we are prepared to respond, but this is a storm unlike we've seen. >> yeah, i mean, it hasn't been like this for more than a hundred years, i understand, for jacksonville. do you think the folks who didn't leave just didn't believe that it was going to be as bad as it seems like it may be? or just since they haven't had the experience of going through something of this size, they thought they could just ride it out? >> here's what i can tell you. myself, my team, the governor of

the state of florida has been here with me numerous times. we've been monitoring this for well over a week. we've been communicating for days the seriousness of this. and what i said to the people of jacksonville, your city is well, your police, your fire, your public works on the front end and we'll be there for you on the back end. but we need you to do your part. we've sent an incredibly strong message. i said to people today, as recently as a couple of hours ago, there's still time to evacuate if you're in an evacuation zone. and if you choose not to evacuate, you've made a really bad decision, a really, really bad decision. so if you stay, please let someone, a family member or friend know, so when we get on the back end of this and we have to send in search and rescue, we know who decided to stay. my hope, my prayer, messaging over the next hour plus, for people, there's still time to get out, even if you get

inland, get in with a shelter, get in with someone you know. it could be the difference between life and death. >> and things like medical facilities in jacksonville, they remain open or? >> yeah, we -- so, yes. we are prepared to deal with medical emergencies. there will be moments in time in this storm that could have 140-mile-per-hour winds, where everything will be shut down. you, frankly, cannot get around, because of the safety issues of those responding. but on the front end, and as soon as the wind speeds and everything are down to where they need to be, we can respond to people accordingly. but the most important thing, if anybody is watching your show, and there are a number of folks watching tonight in our area, if you are in zone a, b, or c, if you have not evacuated, you have to leave now. there's still time. you can get somewhere before midnight and get in a safe place. we don't want people moving around after midnight.

get into a shelter, get into a place, do not take this for granted. you've seen nothing like this before. this is a deadly, life-threatening event that is approaching our city. we're ready for it, police, fire, public works, utility perspective, but we need you to do your part as citizens, and that is to take this seriously and get out of the evacuation zones now. >> mayor, i wish you the best in the coming days. coming up, another hour of "360." following the progress, the tracking of this storm, late updates from the hurricane center, where it is now, where it's expected to go, and make landfall if, wiin fact it's goi to make landfall or stay off the coast, either. very difficult options. how people are getting ready for the worst more on that, ahead.

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it's 9:00 p.m. here on the east coast. hurricane matthew already destructive, increasing deadly, approaching florida's atlantic coast tonight. getting closer, apparently reconsolidating after a rampage through the caribbean, especially haiti, it's now taken nearly 300 lives, at least 283 dead in haiti, according to reuters. florida's governor, rick scott, who's been issuing dire warnings for days, telling people in the evacuation area that time is running out. >> i spent the past four days traveling florida's east coast, urging people to prepare and get ready for hurricane matthew. it's here. it's absolutely here. it's not very far off the coast of palm beach. we're already starting to see the impacts and it's a monster. >> well, we have correspondents, we have meteorologists across the affected areas, the winds growing, power outages now in the tens of thousands. to bring us all up to date on all of it, including evacuation and rescue efforts when they happen, we'll be checking in with all of them throughout this next