i like to say there's always a bull market somewhere. millions of americans are bracing for potential devastation at this very moment as hurricane matthew slams the bahamas and barrels twarld the united states. good morning. i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. at this is rapidly intenifying as it nears the atlantic coast. a state of emergency is in effect from florida to the carolinas where the impacts of the storm will be felt as early as tonight. forecasters now are projecting an historic level of damage to the state of florida as this monitor storm nears category 4 and potentially category 5 level strengths. president obama issued this

>> i want to emphasize to the public this is a serious storm. it has already hit haiti with devastating effect. it is now in the process of moving through the bahamas. because it's not going to be hitting enough land, it is going to be building strength on its way to florida. >> at least 25 people have been killed in the storm, most in haiti. that number is expected to climb. rescue teams are assessing haiti and cuba as the storm continues to batter the bahamas. tammy leitner is in the bahamas with the latest. what are the cessions there now? >> hey, the northern edge of the hurricane is just pounding the island here. i want to give you a look at what we're seeing. look at that wind and rain. it's going sideways. the trees are bent over it's so strong, and this isn't the worst of it. it is going to increase. the full force of the hurricane

we're told the eye could go over the island and we could get a direct hit. while the wind and rain is a big concern, also the storm surge is an even bigger concern. itted be up to 15 feet. that could cover a lot of the houses here. extremely dangerous. back to you guys. >> tammy leitner, thanks. >> i want to brng in bill karins who is here. on where matthew a no signs of it weakening? >> not at all. strengthening over night. the winds should be going up throughout the day today. i can't imagine a worst case scenario for the klein of florida. cat-4s are catastrophic hurricanes and there's a slight chance it could jump up to a category 5. 125-mile-per-hour winds. only 200 miles away from

potch beam and weakening as the storm ravages areas around south carolina and georgia. ee could start to feel the hurricane effects in south florida as soon as this evening with this outer eye wall. right now, the worst of it is over nassau in the bahamas, and then towards areas of south florida. this is what you want to avoid, the western eye wall of the hurricane, 11:00 p.m., that's when the power outages and then they'll say winds they have never seen before from the space coast up through daytona beach, even orlando could get hurricane force winds with major power outages and tomorrow, we devastate the coastline of north florida and into georgia. the storm surge is devastating, the winds are going to cause devastation, and then the rainfall in the days ahead. this is an historic event, one

sandas, and andrews. >> thank you so much. in the wake of hurricane matthew, haiti is jet again facing another humanitarian crisis. u.n. officials say it's the worst event to hit the nation since the devastating earthquake of 2010. while u.s. aid agencies have dispatched response teams and are pledging to send nearly $2 million in aid, 350,000 people at this very moment are in need of immediate assistance. rescue teams are struggling to reach the island's most isolated >> stranded but determined. one by one, they fight a raging river. this woman almost swept away, rescued just in time. this bridge about two hours east of port osprince was a lifestyle. >> the end of the road is right here. this is where the bridge washed away, and flow the rush is on to repair it and get that side the help it so desperately needs.

supply lines ravaged. the mayor says in his town aloneering at least 14 people were killed. haiti's official death toll expected to rise dramatically. this man told us it was worse than the 2010 earthquake because now his damaged home is cut off. for him and so many others, the road may have ended but the path to recovery is just beginning. gabe gutierrez. >> beginning of the destruction. >> we're now learning new de insider breach, andatize hathe potential to cause grave danger to our country. the man remains in custody, accused of stealing top secret information. the 51-year-old was arrested in august after a cache of nsa hacking tools were offered for sale on line. they shared some of the same

the fbi is investigating where there is a link between the two. booze allen hamilton is the company that contracted hamilton and edward snowden. martin faces up to ten years in prison for theft of government property and one year for the removal of classified materials. his attorneys say there is no evidence he intended to betray his company. >> now to the battle for the white house. the approach matthew is reportedly having an impact on the presidential campaign. politico reports the clinton campaign will be airing ads today in several cities in florida hoping to take advantage of the typical increase in viewership that often occurs in a storm. field offices for both campaigns may also have to suspend operations in any of the states that have been hit by the hurricane. >> and this morning, the trump campaign has made a change to the schedule to get ready for sunday's debate.

town hall meeting. the same format in sunday's debate. it's viewed as a dry run for trump whose last town hall was months ago. hillary clinton has far more experience with the town haul format, and the "wall street journal" reports that trump's allies want him to be more like mike. but there was speculation pence might have prep trump for the debate. but hallie jackson says the campaign wants to keep pence on the trail in swing states. morning gives clinton a ten-point lead over trump. but she only holds about a four-point edge in the real clear politics national average. trump, meanwhile, is facing more questions about his divisive comments on women. a tv reporter asked trump if he understands how hurtful his remarks can be. >> sure, i do. a lot of this is done in the entertainment business. i'm interviewed for apprentice long before i thought in terms

of the was done for the purpose of entertainment. and you know, when people hear it, there's nobody, i can tell you this, there is nobody, nobody, that has more respect for women than i do. >> are you trying to tone it down now? >> not a question of trying. it's very easy. you're in the entertainment business. you're doing the apprentice. row have one of the top shows on television, and you say things differently for a reason. >> right. >> now it's a much different world. >> now, in parts of trump's comments about women, the hillary clinton for the third time ever in making a presidential endorsement. they're calling trump a demagogue, a zen aphobe, a sexist, a know-nothing, and a liar. >> still ahead, breaking news in syria including a dire warning for families in the aleppo region. >> first, bill karins is back with more on the potential landfall of hurricane matthew. >> besides the winds, we're concerned with the storm surge.

to three feet. but it's seven feet around ft. pierce, and then the melbourne area, that's up to a ten-foot storm surge, and up to georgia and savannah, a 7 to 10-foot storm surge. this storm is going to cause considerable damage with wind, water, and rain. that's a look at the big weather story. here's a closer look at the day ahead. well, the pacific northwest, still lingering with that storm em showers, cool temperatures in the 60s. the desert southwest warming it back up. temperatures in the low 90s from palm springs to yuma. 89 today in phoenix. "early today" is back in two. is that ice-t? nope, it's lemonade. is that ice-t? lemonade. ice-t? what's with these people, man? lemonade, read the sign. lemonade. read it.

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