hurricane matthew keeps including towards the southeastern united states moving at about 13 miles an hour after leaving more than 100 dead in the caribbean. in haitied a workers are just getting an idea of what could be the country's biggest disaster in years. people living in florida and along the coastline in georgia are boarding up their home and getting out. president obama declared a stat the category 4 storm is gaining intensity and momentum heading for the u.s. with sustained winds of 140 miles an hour and gusts much stronger. the storm surge is predicted to be 6 to 9 feet. hurricane matthew in size is about 500 miles across. that's the distance between tampa and new orleans. it would be a 7 1/2 hour drive from end to end. local law enforcement is telling people they must evacuate. >> i don't lean towards

detective captain earlier today and asked him do you have body bags? are you prepared for mass casualties because if people do not leave and we get 140-mile an hour wind gusts in some of our mobile home places, we are going to have fatalities. >> the florida keys escaped the bulk of the storm and did not have major damage from hurricane matthew. coastal waters could exceed 2 feet which will flood anything at sea level. a husband and wife just moved to colorado from florida's east coast. th sale is in the hurricane's path. 9news reporter maya rodriguez talked with them. >> reporter: it's part of the hurricane drill. stock up, board up and wait. >> it can happen very quickly, but there's also a lot of anticipation for it. it's very stressful and can be very significant. >> reporter: chad ginsberg just moved to colorado from florida, an aerospace engineer, his house on merritt island on florida's east coast just went up for sale thursday. >> my wife and i are relocating

close to family. we packed up the house saturday and ended up outrunning hurricane matthew. >> reporter: outrunning the storm perhaps but not its impact on their lives. friends in florida helped them out. >> we're lucky we have really good friends and one of them went to the house and brought in all the loose items to bring in the house so we didn't have extra debris and some other friends put up our shutters which we're very thankful for. >> reporter: and there was one silver lining. >> all my are on their way to colorado. so i tell myself i'm pretty lucky wi that. >> reporter: but what comes next may not be, a 3 to 6-foot storm surge projected for where his home is. >> i didn't factor potentially having to rebuild our house to try and sell it. i'm pretty worried about that. >> reporter: now he also waits to see what matthew does like millions of others in its path. maya rodriguez, 9news. >> ginsberg says after

and check on the house. at 5:30 lester holt will be anchoring nbc nightly news from melbourne, florida, as hurricane matthew moves closer to the east coast. temperatures were considerably cooler in the metro area. our biggest issue is do we need a jacket this weekend? danielle grant is in the 9news backyard. it's going to be colder tonight. >> we are looking at a situation possibility into this evening and overnight. you can see this will go into effect at midnight until 9 a.m. tomorrow morning encompassing really the entire i-25 corridor and points east as well. overnight lows dip to the upper 20s and low 30s. by tomorrow morning it will be brisk, certainly want the coat early on, but not so much in the afternoon. our average day for seeing our

the latest november 15th. now we have clear skies, blue skies. our storm system is pushing out into kansas and oklahoma bringing them some severe weather. around here a few lingering snow showers up in the mountains. so again we're tracking a frosty start to the day, tomorrow, but then the sunshine is out. wait till you see the weekend, a huge warm-up on the way to colorado. >> that's what i'm looking forward to. thanks. a douglas county sheriff that shot by a suspect was released transferred to craig in englewood. detective dan brite was shot september 2nd responding to a call about a suicidal man with a rifle. the detective was shot by the suspect and the suspect killed by officers. the officer has been at the hospital ever since. the staff lined the halls today and said good-bye. he and his wife are grateful to all for their support. the claire davis act goes

make schools liable for safety. it's named after clair davis killed in 2013 in the arapahoe high school shooting. her parents pushed for school safety reform. an insurance company for colorado schools is offering new training programs on school safety. earlier this year 9wants to know reporter anastasiya bolton discovered some schools wouldn't train for an active shooter scenario, didn't know how or wouldn't tell us if they did. this took you >> yes. it's only fair we follow up and do a positive story about something a school is doing. recently bayfield, colorado, was the host of a school training program. they had training before, but when we visited, they were going for something new. the i love u guys foundation partnered with the self-

shooting and his foundation has done shooter trainings ever since. this year the self-insurance pool expects to reach 65 to 75 members. school safety training is a lot about changing the culture, getting the buy-in from the community. that's something that needs to happen he says and it's a process that takes time. >> three years ago when i started this job, i was one of those folks that if it does happen here, how can we every anymore. i think we can put things in place that are very unrestrictive so it's not a prison, but at the same time we can keep our kids safe and just by i call it buckling our seatbelt every day. 30 years ago people didn't wear seatbelts and now just about everybody does. >> the right way to train for school safety is so very much a

bayfield, the local paper in durango published an editorial about parents' reaction on the first day of elementary school when some were surprised by the new security system with locks, buzzers and cameras. the paper said in part, "many were dismayed by what they viewed as a learning atmosphere changed from one of welcome and wonder to something more cent undertone." the editorial said, "critics of the new measures and public funds spen that the likelihood of a serious incident occurring at schools is miniscule." training advocates would point to columbine, platte canyon, deer creek, sandy hook and many more. so the discussion continues and we'll have much more on the story tonight on 9news at 9:00 and 10:00. >> so it's all about prevention, taking the steps and hope the worst never happens, but if it ever does, we'll be ready for it. we'll look for that tonight. thank you. a former teacher and

an underage relative. 44-year-old dean mccullom was arrested yesterday. investigators say the assault took place between2006 and 2011. mccullom was a teach are at bowder elementary school and as gymnastics coach in fort collins. a police officer suspected of causing a fatal crash in a guilty to vehicular homicide. he's accused of engaging in a 5- mile episode of road rage at speeds reaching 90 miles per hour and eventually crashed his subaru into another driver's pickup forcing the pickup driver to lose control and crash. moreno was killed. according to the greeley tribune, jackson entered his plea wednesday. the 35th annual great american beer festival got

152 breweries will offer up their creations through saturday night. according to the brewers association based in boulder, there are 21 new comers in the bunch. most of the people who attend gabf are men. at 6:00 kyle clark talks with the woman who has organized the festival the past 15 years. >> bringing the girl friend along this weekend adding one more to the mix. >> is she going willingly? >> yeah. she loves beer. more problems for samsung. you'll remember the an fire hazard. now there's an investigation into the replacement phones. >> also ahead a lake you definite wouldn't want to swim in. >> and people are living

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when you think of a lake, you think cool, inviting and swimmable. not this one. this is on the big island in hawaii where kilauea continues to erupt. molten lava is splashing up the crater walls of the lava lake. it was shot from the edge of the volcano's summit crater. this particular eruption has be because of the way the magma rises and falls within the volcano it's not always visible. kilauea is the most active volcano in the world. the wildfire that destroyed eight homes in southern colorado is now 50% contained. investigators believe the beulah hill fire started monday from a spark from a cdot excavator. a cdot spokesperson said the equipment was used on a maintenance project and was moving rocks. the excavator operator called 911 when he couldn't get the

residents evacuated are being allowed back into their homes now. the faa and consumer product safety commission are launching new urgent investigations after a phone seemed to catch fire on a southwest airlines plane in louisville, kentucky. the owner of the phone said the phone was a new replacement model of the galaxy note 7 he got after his original phone, part of a worldwide recall last month, turned in. the phone forced evacuation of it all started when brian green tried to power down his galaxy note 7 before the plane even left the gate. >> just placed the phone in my pocket and within a few seconds i heard a pop similar to like a ziploc bag popping open. i kind of looked around to see what was going on and i had smoke billowing out of my clothes and pocket. >> samsung issued a worldwide recall of the phones last month after dozens of reports of spontaneous dangerous fires. the faa has strict orders now

cannot be charged during flights. since the phone was a replacement and shouldn't have had a problem, the consumer product safety commission is launching that information. the faa is concerned the replacement lithium ion batteries might pose a danger like the original ones. the phone that caught fire was so hot it burned right through the carpet of the plane. people live longer with advances in medicine and healthier lifestyles. however, there is lifespan has a ceiling which we reached. the calculated the average maximum lifespan is 150 years with an absolute limit of 125. the oldest living person in history died in 1997 at age 122. experts say humans should focus on improving the quality of life in old age rather than extending how long people live. >> live every moment, doesn't matter how long you live. how's that?

life yet. >> that's right. you haven't. keep it going. >> i've got a long way to go i hope. rain is moving out. cooler temperatures will stick around. >> danielle has a freeze

danielle, but here we're just worried about a little rain in the high country. >> wasn't that a nice way to wake up this morning? once again this afternoon sunshine is back. we will be watching for some extremely cold temperatures later on tonight. freeze warnings in place for the denver metro area and the eastern plains, too. up in the mountains several inches of snowfall coming down, this one out in bailey. doesn't that look like it should be framed? dave masters reminding us it is still fall, mother nature bringing fresh snowfall in evergreen. our temperatures this afternoon managed their way to the mid- 50s, out at the airport, greeley, fort collins, warmer in southeastern colorado mid- to upper 60s, 36 in leadville, low 60s in grand junction and cortez. 51 at the airport, sunshine. the winds have picked up out of the northeast around 13 miles per hour. in the 9news backyard our temperatures are beginning to cool off, about 50 degrees. if you have plans this evening,

temperatures will cool off very fast. that cold front that pushed through bringing us a little rainfall in the metro area, snowfall in the high country quickly moving out across parts of the midwest, omaha through wichita looking at severe thunderstorms moving in. they are under that tornado watch through late tonight. around here still a couple light little snow flurries popping up in the high country along the continental divide and a couple rain showers through larimer and weld counties. we'll zoom out and look at hurricane matthew. it is a monster. slowly going to be grazing up the coastline of florida. this really is going to be dramatic. we can see right now current wind speeds 140 miles per hour and from the center of the eye you go 60 miles in each direction and you are going to feel those hurricane force winds. so as this storm system just lines up just kind of clipping parts of georgia as well as the carolinas, folks will be feeling this well into the inland areas.

tomorrow afternoon. it drops down to about a cat 3. still it will be a beast as it pulls through charleston and makes its way kind of wrapping back around losing some of its steam but still managing potentially to hang on as a tropical storm as it takes this bizarre southerly track and long range models actually show it maybe going all the way back to where it once started before. you can see the rainfall. the computer models are really picking up south carolina, north carolina easily between to 12 inches of water. across the coast lines that's not even counting the storm surge that will happen out there as well and the intense winds. tonight 31 degrees. it's going to be freezing out here for most of eastern colorado, chilly in the high country areas and we have a freeze warning in place for the far northwestern section, frost advisories for portions of the eastern plains as well along i- 70, burlington, ray.

evening, showers wind down, clear skies build in. if you haven't taken in your tomato plants, do it now. you can see by about 6:00 tomorrow evening, nothing but sunshine and clear skies tomorrow night. 65 again, widespread frost early morning, 60s and 70s eastern colorado, 50s in the foothills and mountains. the planning forecast only warms up from here. we stay in the 70s this weekend, maybe a few showers next tuition, but wo tuesday, but wow, maybe even 80 degrees by next friday. >> it's going to freeze our plants and then the sun comes out and says ha ha, joke's on you. three days before the broncos play the falcons trevor siemian decide to see how much

the dow jones industrials climbed out of hole this morning. the dow ended down 12 1/2

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from colorado's sports leader here's here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. broncos quarterback trevor siemian shrew a football today the first time since he got sacked sunday. siemian -- threw a football today the first time since he got sacked sunday. siemian participated on a limited bases. trevor has expected to play against the falcons this weekend and now that's a more realistic possibility. >> i think the biggest thing is just you're so sore, you know. when you throw, your trunk is moving. everything is moving. trevor threw the ball fine today. you can just tell the rotation and stuff is something you got to get used to, kind of like working through a hip corner the way it's described to me. you guys know what that feels like, doesn't feel good, something you got to work

going again. i think he took a good step today. >> the falcons are averaging more than twice as many points as the broncos are allowing this season, but as the defense told 9news sports reporter rod mackey, so what? >> reporter: 100%, the denver defense has passed every single test so far this season. they've shut down the best of the best, but sunday they'll see a team with firepower like they haven't seen, the atlanta falcons are coming to town with th >> who hasn't lit it up the weeks before we played them? so everybody has. every week we had a hard test. so it's just another test, another quality offense that we got to face. >> we're licking our chops every week. it's another opportunity to go out and prove ourselves and put another performance on film. >> reporter: the falcons' 38 points per game average is more than the broncos offense scored in any game, but with a defense like denver, the offense

star wars kind of numbers. still emmanuel sanders wouldn't mind a 300-yard game like julio jones had. >> if i had a game like julio jones, i wouldn't be up on this podium. i'd probably retire. my last touchdown that 70 yards, that would have been the last time you all saw me. no. that was awesome, man. kudos to him and the atlanta falcons offense. we definitely got our hands full. >> reporter: which is just the way denver d likes it. rod mackey, 9news. >>ro playoffs, but devil guys who used to play in purple pin -- but several guys who used to play in purple pinstripes did. remember troy tulowitzki? he belted the first bases loaded triple in jays playoff history today. toronto leads 10-0 now in the 9th inning. pop quiz, time for tonight's drew or false

drew or false, san francisco giants ace madison bumgarner who pitched a shutout in the new york mets wildcard game last night once dated a girl named madison bumgarner? true or false, bumgarner's high school girl friend shared his identical first and last name? the correct answer is -- that's too silly -- oh, come on, it's true. bumgarner is from caldwell county, north carolina where there are several in fact, there is now another girl named madison bumgarner enrolled at that same school. it's an uncommon name anywhere but there apparently. >> there's baum gartner. >> there's no t. it's tougher to find a nice girl you want to date in that town who isn't named madison bumgarner. >> clearly. >> so it got out.

>> bring them in if you have to. tonight will cold. tomorrow afternoon mid-60s and the weekend arrives and mid- to upper 70s. the broncos game looks fantastic. >> all right. nbc nightly news is next. after that visit next with kyle

breaking news tonight, life-threatening danger here on the florida coast. millions are bracing for disaster. a category 4 monster closing in. >> this storm will kill you. time is running out. >> late today, pleas for residents who are refung to leave. get out before it's too late. tonight forecasters warning of widespread devastation. an unprecedented system threatening to wreak havoc for 60 straight hours up the eastern seaboard. states of emergency and mass evacuations all the way to the carolinas. tonight we're with families who are ignoring warnings to evacuate, with those who have fled. our team is in place. we have extensive coverage. al roker with the very latest storm track. "nightly news" from the storm zone, begins