and don't miss cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm s captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, october 6th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." hurricane matthew heads for florida. breaking this morning, millions of americans have been ordered to evacuate, while the president urges those staying behind to take this powerful storm seriously. >> just remember that you can always rebuild, you can always repair property. but you cannot restore a life that is lost. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york.

i'm anne-marie green. some 2 million residents of the atlantic coast have been told to evacuate ahead of hurricane matthew. the deadly category three storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour is expected to pass directly over the bahamas today before moving very close to the east coast of florida by late tonight. the storm is already being felt in nassau, where rain and heavy wind is causing power outages. a hurricane warning is posted for the entire florida atlantic have been urged or ordered to evacuate. in georgia, 30 counties are under a state of emergency. in south carolina, 500,000 people have been told to head inland. matthew is being blamed for at least 27 deaths in the caribbean and new aerial video shows the widespread destruction from the storm in haiti. parts of the island nation still recovering from the devastating earthquake in 2010.

east coast. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. that deadly storm has turned this area into a ghost town, as florida governor rick scott said last night, they are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. as hurricane matthew roared through the bahamas, parts of florida game a ghost town. >> don't become a victim. make sure you get out and get out tonight. >> reporter: people along the east coast began heeding evacuation warni flocking to gas stations to fill up. >> i've driven around looking for gas and gas stations haven't had any gas. >> reporter: as others cleared store shelves and boarded up their properties, this boater in daytona beach decided to move further inland. >> we have ridden out a lot of storms in the past but this one, i think, will be much more dramatic. >> reporter: hurricane matthew is expected to regain strength over the next few hours. officials say people along the florida coast should begin

>> you will start feeling tropical storm force winds and we potentially could feel hurricane force winds too for an extended period of time. >> reporter: the storm has already left behind a path of destruction in haiti and cuba, flattening homes and flooding streets and knocking out power. the coast guard is already warning beach-goers to stay out of the water. >> definitely not a good time to go out to the surf to be curious or adventurous. >> reporter: matthew is expected to bring draining storm surge and beach erosion to georgia and south carolina tomorrow, before moving out to sea this weekend. more than a thousand flights have been cancelled for today. the airports with the most cancellations include miami and ft. lauderdale. >> marlie hall in daytona beach, thank you. >>.

fisher is following the storm. >> matthew is gaining strength. approaches florida that is a dangerous thing the next couple of days. here is a look at the track and it's still on track to move toward the florida coastline, approaching on thursday night and late thursday night into friday morning, a possible landfall. now we haven't had a major hurricane which is category three or stronger, winds over 110 miles per hour since 2005 and this could end that record streak right around the space coast as we head into early friday morning. the track takes it up the coastline of georgia, south carolina and north carolina before finally heading out to sea. a lot of cities and towns all impacted by this storm. certainly hoping everyone is taking it seriously. some of the wind gusts thursday night over a hundred miles per hour in freeport. winds will be coming up across the coast of florida. the strongest winds are right around the center. so, again, as that eye is moving along the shore right up 95, many towns will be getting that wash winds 90 as strong as gusts over 130 miles per hour. that is not out of the question. strongest winds won't be in any one spot a long time but it

damage. big surf moving in. it will create storm surge in the bahamas and waves and create erosion and coasting flooding from florida on up into north carolina. one other thing to watch here. the heavy rain potential. in particular, much of the charleston up into eastern north carolina, a place has seen a lot of rain the last few weeks. so rain like this over a half foot could cause widespread flooding. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. coming up on "cbs this morning," full coverage on hurricane matthew from the caribbean, florida, and the carolinas. and now to politics. both hillary clinton and donald trump are gearing up for their second debate sunday night in st. louis. the candidates are still trying to make the most of this year's vice presidential debate. trump is taking the credit for mike pence's performance and pence says it's all about trump. mike pence rallied with voters

he is being praised for his performance in tuesday's vice presidential debate but he is deflecting that praise on to his boss. >> some people think i won. what i can tell you from where i sat, donald trump won the debate. >> reporter: donald trump is on a campaign swing through nevada. he visited a private school in las vegas. >> everybody love school? >> reporter: before holding a rally in nearby henderson. >> in 34 days, we are going to win this state and we are going to win back the white house. >> reporter: hillary clinton spent wednesday at her washington, d.c. home raising money and preparing for sunday's debate. trump and clinton will square off in st. louis. it will be a town hall style format featuring questions from voters. >> i think it's a natural format for her and she likes really engaging with people, so we are looking forward to it. >> 90 minutes. >> reporter: tim kaine might not

the vice presidential debate but the clinton campaign put some of his one-liners to use in a new campaign video released wednesday. >> donald trump said keep him out if they are muslim. mike pence put a program in place. >> total and complete shutdown of muslims. >> he is asking everybody to vote for somebody that he cannot defend. >> trump participates in a town hall meeting today in new hampshire, sort of a dress rehearsal for sunday's debate. coming up on "cbs this morning," w and the campaign with the republican vice presidential candidate, indiana governor mike pence. another national security agency contractor is charged with stealing classified information. harold martin was arrested in august. he worked for the same company boos allen hamilton that employed edward snowden. they found highly classified information in martin's maryland home. he admits he took the material.

information could cause, quote, exceptional grave danger to national security. martin remains in custody. samsung says it is trying to figure out why a replacement galaxy smartphone note 7 started to smoke, forcing the evacuation of a southwest passenger jet. >> we got smoke in the cabin. could you send the emergency xipt over here? equipment over here? >> reporter: southwest flight 994 from louisville to baltimore was sitting at the gate wednesday morning when a passenger reported smoke was coming from his phone. brian green said he had turned off his phone and put it in his pocket. >> i heard some popping that sounded like a zip lock bag popping open and looked around to see what that was and there was smoke just billowing, pouring out of my pocket. >> green said he had picked up the replacement phone after samsung announced last month it was recalling 2.5 million galaxy note 7 because of a battery flaw. a land mark climate change

takes effect next month. as of yesterday, 73 countries that account for over 56% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions agreed to the deal. >> today, the world meets the moment and if we follow through on the commitments that this paris agreement embodies, history may well judge it as a turning point for our planet. >> the deal requires countries to reduce the emissions that cause global temperatures to rise. melting glaciers and raising sea levels. the supreme court appears likely to side with a texas inmate who claims he was sent to death row because of his race. conservative and liberal justices agreed yesterday that duane buck is entitled to a new penalty hearing. a witness called by his attorney testified that buck was more likely to be violent in the future because he is black. >> that is indefensible. that is incomprehensible and that his own lawyers introduced that. and it is unconstitutional.

not disputed. a ruling is expected early next year. a first grader who died after being shot at his school was remembered as a super hero during services in south carolina. mourners in townville were urged to honor jacob hall yesterday by wearing costumes to his funeral. >> may a 6-year-old boy become such a part of our lives that this community shows the rest of the world what hope is all about. >> another student and a teacher were wounded in the shooting last week. the suspect is a 14-year-old boy. coming up on the "morning news." now a political showdown hits the big screen. we will tell you why a theater chain is showing sunday's presidential debate. the national league wildcard game nail-biter. the giants come up big against

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>> blue origin successfully tested an escape system of its new shepard rocket. jeff bezos space company launched and landed it yesterday in texas. the crew capsule was separated in flight and parachuted safely to the ground. on the cbs "moneywatch." new protections for prepaid debit card holders. the mall of america takes a stand on thanksgiving. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. the price of u.s. benchmark crude oil closed nearly $50 on a barrel the highest price since late june and that pushed energy stocks higher which in turn led to overall gains here on wall street. the dow climbed 112 points and s&p finished 9 points higher and nasdaq gained 26. supreme court appears reluctant to change insider laws. trading laws. court heard arguments yesterday in a case involving an illinois man was convicted of

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in the first half of the year. >> we have an immediate crisis on our hands. >> reporter: on wednesday, several government agencies and safety groups announced a new coalition with the coal of eventually ending all traffic deaths. distracted driving is an ongoing issue. low gas prices are also part of the problem because americans are driving more. but mark rosekind, the head of the national highway traffic safety administration says that doesn't fully explain the new spike in deaths. >> vehicle miles traveled might be part of it. it's barely half of it so we ha >> reporter: technology could be part of the solution. car companies have agreed to make auto braking standard in virtually all vehicles by 2022. and self-driving cars could reduce human error down the road. debbie hersman from the national safety council says 100 vehicle deaths every day, answers need to be found now. >> 100 fatalities is a day is the equivalent of two regional jets crashing every day.

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here is look at this morning's top story. hurricane matthew is expected to come close to florida's atlantic coast by late tonight. matthew is moving through the bahamas this morning. some 2 million people from florida to south carolina have been ordered or urged to matthew is blamed for at least 27 deaths in the caribbean. there is already heavy rain and wind in nassau. matthew is a category three storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. a democratic presidential candidate has won pennsylvania in the last six elections. recent polls give hillary clinton the edge there, but weijia jiang went across the state and found out this year the outcome is less certain.

pennsylvania are undeniably hillary clinton country. at this philadelphia farmers market, die-hard democrats crave the chance to cast their ballot. >> very passionate. >> reporter: in 2008, 83% of the vote in this city went to president obama. 85% in 2012. clinton hopes the same turnout will help her clench the state's 20 electoral votes. >> theseil around. at least we will have medicare. >> she will make the best president. she has been in politics for years now. he just got in. >> reporter: but as the city's scape fades along the pennsylvania turnpike, so does hillary clinton's support while donald trump support emerge. we met this man at a johnsville steel yard, turned scrap yard,

>> reporter: a ghost town? >> yes. >> reporter: the steel industry employed about 18,000 people here at its peak in the 1950s. foreign competition and new technology wiped out those jobs and the community has yet to recover. he thinks trump can change that. >> he wants to try to bring jobs back to america instead of shipping them out and, you know, letting them build stuff overseas. >> reporter: jwf industries is one of the few steel factories still operating in town. the ceo bill bachuck says he believes trump will protect us manufacturing. how many of your employees are registered democrats? >> roughly, 75% are registered democrats. >> reporter: and how many are voting for donald trump? >> about 90%. >> reporter: a loyal base has helped the democrats win pennsylvania since 1992, but many voters told us this year, they are looking at the candidate, not the party. weijia jiang, cbs news,

coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we launch the new series campaign 2016, issues that matter. today, we talk with senator lindsey graham about foreign policy. plus, how a top high school football team in washington state is having trouble finding an opponent after three teams forfeited. that is the morning news for this thursday. i'm anne-marie green.

right now on cbs 2 this morning...the last few roads to open back up after the 2016 floods. the permanent steps cedar rapids is taking to protect the city from rising flood water. the developing details about hurricane matthew while it inches closer to florida. welcome to cbs two this morning...i'm kevin barry.and i'm jenee ryan - kelly d'ambrosio's off today. ? ? let's get a check of our cbs 2 weather