from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . hurricane matthew's intense wind and driving rain pummeled florida early today. we'll track the storm as it continues to move closer to florida's coast. under evacuation. president obama has declared an emergency in florida as millions flee. targeting your swipes. a-t-m skimmers are using your credit an d financial info. good friday morning! it's 4:30 on october 7th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj...

clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind:

wind and potentially devastating storm surges. abc's lauren lyster is in florida with more. hurricane matthew barreling towards florida -- the brutal conditions intensifying as the eye of the storm taunts coastal cities overnight,violent winds along the beaches...gust s clocking in above 70 miles per hour in some places the storm bringing the look and sound of fireworks, in the form of downed outages...officials fearing up to 3 million may end up in the dark the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating -- florida's governor making this dire warning. sot gov wnt unfortunatel y this is going to kill people. already, it has... matthew taking the lives of more than a 100 people as it swept through haiti. the death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede... and matthew -- battering the bahamas... before heading for florida... residents thursday preparing... filling up ose final sandbags stores are a ged to to evacuate here and in the carolinas? some refusing to go... but many getting out -- clogging the highways for miles while nearly 4,000 flights have been cancelled tag

surge - in this area it's expected to be 6 to 10 feet or more - residents fearful this waterway could rise - you can see it already is at my ankles - it's typically two to three feet below the dock. in new smyrna beach, i'm lauren lyster abc news. a central iowa organization that helps homes in natural disasters is facing a devastating loss of its own today. the organization lost half of its facilities in haiti. the only buildings that

homes, which are made of metal. a medical and dental clinic, church, orphanages and school for about 450 children the organization built in haiti were destroyed or took on major damage.. go-serve global offical says, despite 95% of the homes in the area being wiped away in the hurricane, he's thankful for one thing. "the good news was all of our kids are okay. so we're very grateful that we were able to keep them sheltered in a place where they were protected." the organization say the water towers providing people with clean water were also wiped out. cedar rapids police say your financial info could be at risk next time you use an a-t-m. different area banks and credit unions have seen a recent rise in fraud cases from a-t-m skimmers. the skimming devices often placed on top of the card reader at a-t-ms or other places that take cards. skimmers can give criminals

thinks he was a victim. eugene pinney says thieves likely got his card info at a local gas station. they tried to make a near $200 purchase at a new jersey walmart. pinney's credit union caught the fraud in time. he didn't lose any money, just some confidence in his card. "i'll just be a little more aware. i'll try to use it less. maybe use cash more. " police suggest looking for any unusual or loose attachments on the a-t-m. police also recommend account for any purchases you didn't make. if you do see that an atm has been tampered with, call police immediately. a 20-year-old davenport man is charged with shooting and killing his parents. 20-year-old sean freese is facing 2 counts of first-degree murder. police says they found his parents, kevin and donna freese, shot to death in their home in the on davenport's northwest side overnight wednesday. investigators say sean freese planned the killings, but they didn't discuss his motive.

couple times, and they waved at me. just seemed like such a normal family. " sean freese lived with his parents. he is being held on $1 million cash only bond. a dog may not have nine lives -- but a dog that survived a river rescue in maquoketa may have more than one. this dog was found stranded at lakehurst dam in maquoketa. she was there for at least 2 days. onlookers suspect the pit-mix had been left there on purpose, possibly because she just the swirling current, a rescue boat saved the dog. the humane society rescued the dog. ""she's worn out, so i imagine she'll probably sleep most the rest of the day and get something to eat." " ""animals are just like humans. they deserve kindness. they deserve to be treated just like anybody else." " this dog, lucky for now, will spend about 10 days at the jackson county humane society. contact their office in maquoketa if you're

absentee ballots from linn county this year compared to the presidential election 4 years ago. 4 years ago, voters had requested more than 22,000 ballots to vote absentee by this time. now, the number requested is slightly more than 14,000. that's a drop of more than 8,500 compared to 4 years ago. linn county auditor joel miller says both parties apparently held off longer than 4 years ago to send absentee forms to supporters. that means the numbers should start going back up soon. "i hope it ca have lines at the polling places and we haven't had those in the last several years." auditor miller says the number of people voting absentee at the election office counter is running about the same as 4 years ago. people in marion are getting their first chance today at meeting the 4 candidates vying to become the next police chief. the job opened up when chief harry daugherty retired earlier this

candidates at a public reception this evening. it'll be from 5:30 to 6:30 at the marion public library. each of the candidates have at least 2 decades of police experience. lieutenant scott elam and captain doug slagle are currently on the marion police force the 2 others come from out of state. joseph mchale is a commander in the kansas city, missouri, police department. and george austin is the captain of internal affairs with the charlotte - mecklenburg police department in north carolina. school student helped first lady michelle obama harvest the white house kitchen garden. olivia eckerman is one of dozens invited to the white house to participate in mrs. obama's "let's move" initiative. after yesterday's harvest, students helped the first lady make a meal with produce from the garden. she also met president obama. amid the push for people to truly eat local... now, some dubuque schools are serving up their own take on the trend. but they say it's not something they can

but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning!

plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper

continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind:

thanks kaj. plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45

of the local flair in their cafeteria. the lunch menu was made up of corn, chicken, coleslaw, apples and milk --all grown or produced within 150 miles of dubuque. there are several benefits to the farm to school model, including helping the local and regional economy and educating students about how things are grown. but dubuque schools say they can't provide farm fresh local food everyday of the week. "you have to have th supply up of what we need is the biggest barrier." in order to provide the farm fresh meals to every student in the district, managers ordered 1,000 pounds of corn and 7,000 chicken legs. the national czech and slovak museum & library in cedar rapids is bouncing back after last week's flooding with its annual brewnost today. international beer, cider, wine and spirits come to the museum for the event

raised tonight goes directly to the museum's operating fund. facebook has active its safety check, as hurricane matthew impacts the u-s. more on how people in florida are using it, next in today's tech bytes. stay with tv9. it's ---.

created equal. that's according to the libertarian cato institute. a new report finds iowa is the 9th-freest state in the country. samantha-jo roth is in washington with more on the rankings. the united states of america --- the land of the free? well, according to a new study. it depends on where you live. "we have a relatively

is. it's the ability of individuals to use their life, liberty and property as they see fit." william ruger with the cato institute spent over a year comparing each state's policies affecting economic and personal freedom. "these states are laboratories of democracy. they are experimenting with different policies and there's not a one size fits all approach." "to determine the rankings, the authors looked at state and local government intervention. they compared 230 policy factors -- like taxation, educational choice, and drug policy." the most free state in the country goes to new hampshire. oklahoma comes in at number two. indiana three.. south tennessee six.idaho seven..florid a eight. and iowa rounds out the top nine. "iowa is one of those states that does fairly well across the board in the three areas we look at." but ruger says the hawkeye state doesn't do well on gun freedoms and private schooling is associated with many regulations. "it's not a stereotypical blue state or red state in the sense that it performs badly on either economics but well on personal freedoms. or well on personal freedoms but bad on economics. it really is a pretty decent state for freedom which is why it's a top ten state. this is the fourth

sixth most free state. in washington. sjrreporting. in washington. samantha-jo roth . kcrg tv-9 news. the report finds new york is the least free state. to read more about the findings, head to our website, kcrg.com officials now say the e before it crashed. the national transportatio n safety board says new information shows the train sped up by 12 miles an hour before it hit a passenger platform. officials say the engineer put on the emergency brake less than a second before the collision. the n-t-s-b says the investigation is in its early stages and could take a year or more to complete. but some of the people hurt in the crash are already planning to sue new jersey transit. "so, unless new jersey transit is going to come forward with some kind of evidence that shows

this accident, they're on the hook for it" " one woman was killed in the crash and more than 100 people were hurt. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . plan on a cool, windy day!

clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night wi week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45

in today's "techbytes," hurricane matthew trigger as social media safety system. >> facebook has activated its safety check for anyone in the hurricane zone. >> the tool will allow users to inform their friends across the social media platform they're safe with just one click. snapchat goes public according to to the wall street journal the parent company is working on an ipo putting the value a billion. >> the report says the company is hoping to sell shares by march. snapchat has over 100 million daily active users. and verizon is now working with drone makers to connect their devices to verizon's wireless network. >> here's the deal. prices are roughly in line with what customers pay for data. having a data plan will allow drones to connect to the internet and stream all that material back to the ground.

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caught in the hurricane's path. florida's governor says hurricane matthew could cause devastation on a level not seen in nearly a quarter century. praying for a sister parish. several area churches are concerned about the destruction hurricane giving assistance after their service. military veterans are in eastern iowa, providing flooding disaster relief. good friday morning! it's 5 o'clock on october 7th. here's a live look at the