well, overnight while you were sleeping, hurricane matthew did slam into the florida coast. it weakened a little bit to a category 3 storm, but it's still bringing intense winds, lots of rain as it moves north. >> up and down the coast florida is getting pounded with rain and wind from coastal areas like daytona beach all the way inland to orlando. the en fury of hurricane matthew. >> higher in the north, getting hit hard as well, katie jefferies from our sister station in jacksonville is in jacksonville beach this morning where the rain has picked up in intensity ahead of matthew's arrival. >>reporter: katie jefferies here at jax beach where conditions have gotten significantly worse. you can see the rain swirling around us at this point, really starting to come down. in fact, i'm sorry, it's kind of hard to even look directly at you guys into the wind.

up along first street, so do be careful out there. i wanted to address something that was seen on social media, some people have been posting that there has been looting happening in jacksonville beach. want to be clear. jacksonville sheriff's office along with jacksonville beach say there has been no looting whatsoever in this area. that is just a rumor that has been fueled by social media, but, in fact, they have seen no looting out here. and, in fact, we've only seen officers on the street. we haven't seen a soul else out here which is good because this weather is getting if you're in jacksonville beach, if you chose to stay, hunker down. back to you. >> and that is excellent advice. we see the eyewall of hurricane matthew about 10 miles off the coast of cape canaveral, and, of course, jacksonville several miles north of that, hurricane warnings extend from west palm beach all the way to charleston, south carolina tonight and tomorrow. we've had a 93-mile-per-hour wind gust measured at the air force base at cape canaveral

that eyewall. coastal flooding huge issue with this storm as the combination of heavy rain and that storm surge as it moves inland in florida. now, it is raining heavily throughout central and northern florida, temperatures this morning there are in the 70s. wind gusts right now running up to close to 48 miles per hour at st. augustine, jacksonville at 63 miles per hour. this is a category 3 storm. anything category 3 or higher is a major currently with 120-mile-per- hour sustained winds, anticipated to parallel the florida coast today. so never really going inland into florida. what we're really concerned about is tonight. this is about 10:30 mountain time. this could make landfall near charleston, south carolina as a category 3 storm. that is a major storm. it would be the first landfall of a category 3 storm or larger since 2005. and not only will we see the

charleston, we're looking at anywhere from a foot to 15 inches of rain over the course of the weekend. so florida is getting hit badly, but the worst may be yet to come. >> marty, thank you. aerial views out of haiti this morning show the wide path of destruction caused by hurricane matthew. the storm flatened entire neighborhoods leaving countless people homeless. at last check 300 people have died from the aftermath of hurricane matthew, and as say, as those waters recede, that number is expected to go up. missionary that works in haiti says an orphanage housing 133 children there is completely gone. >> we had no death, but right now most people lost everything, their clothing, their clothes, their shoes, their home, and so they have no shelter and so that's why i come back to see what can be done. >> u.n. peacekeepers have arrived on the island to help

nbc news has uncovered some troubling allegations of price gouging in states that were preparing for the hurricane. for instance, some florida gas stations are being accused of charging as much as $10 a gallon for gas, and, you know, millions of people are trying to get out of town, were trying to get out of town. some people online also complained about cases of bottled water costing $30 and some hotels suddenly tripling their rates. >> they're just taking advantage of they're taking advantage of making money, extra money because there's a hurricane coming. >> nbc reporter jeff rossten stopped by one hotel to check the price. it was a whopping $199 a night up from the normal rate of $62 a night. hurricane matthew keeps moving and changing, so we'll keep following it throughout the morning. we're going to have a live report from daytona beach coming up at 6:45. you see those images. >> yeah. >> this is just the precursor to what will be the real eye of the storm, right?

comes later. >> yeah. all right. it's 6:04 now. police are searching around the globalville area this morning looking for a driver who ran from officers after a crash that shut down an intersection and caused some detours for rtd. we're talking about the area near the national western complex. 9 news reporter is near 50th and washington. even the denver helicopter has been helping in this search this morning. >>reporter: yes, this is an active scene. everywhere. they have blocked off a four by six-block perimeter. i've seen officers without with their flashlights looking for this driver who fled on foot after this crash. it's amazing this person survived. the passenger in the passenger seat was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. let me show you some of the damage. you can see the axle of a car on the ground over here at the intersection of 50th and washington. and over there it's a little difficult to see, but there is a mangled car. it ran into a pole and rolled

say that driver took off on foot. now denver police have sent out an alert. police, again, here in the area of 50th and washington after that one-vehicle crash. one party transported with serious injuries and when that driver fled after 3:00 this morning, that's when officers shut down this area, and it is causing major backups. we can see just north of here, 51st heading north on washington there is a major backup. an backup in that area as well. they being looking for a suspect who was wearing a black hoodie and this is ongoing. i just talked to an officer, and, tracy, he said that it is going to be at least one to two hours before this intersection opens up at washington, a major artery that heads into downtown. so avoid this area if you can this morning, if at all possible. and, tracy, also rtd bus routes peablghted with this as well. >>reporter: morning the

impacted by these accidents. we also have a second rollover to report, but another bad accident. we're looking from sky 9 at sheridan and jewel. this is closing down that intersection reportedly a t- bone accident, and reports still trying to get people out of those vehicles. so a very bad accident, sheridan and jewel this morning, closing that intersection. if you are headed that way, you may need to find an alternate route as well. we've had some really bad, unfortunate accidents so far this morning. this accident that we're watching now we'll continue to give you morning. you see the crews there as well. but also that accident on washington and 50th, like vitta was mentioning, you're going to want to avoid washington if you can this morning with that intersection closed. also now another rollover being reported on 29th and quebec. so we've had two rollovers already this morning and a very bad t-bone accident down at sheridan and jewel. cheryl. >> i guess everyone just has to remember, tracy, it's friday, right? 6:07 now. we have learned the name of the

long people who saw it thought it was a machete at first. this is the scene on wednesday. the boulder county coroner's office has now identified the man at 28-year-old brandon simmons of thornton. he was a marine who was recently discharged. investigators say simmons threatened someone with a knife in the parking lot of the champion center near the football field. then he went into the complex where he was later fatally shot by two officers after he refused to drop that knife. the man accused of stabbing somebody to death in strasburg arapahoe courtroom this morning for a preliminary hearing. deputies say jeremiah pepper got into a fight with andrew martinez in august. things got heated enough to the point where pepper stabbed martinez who later died. pepper faces first-degree murder charges. a denver woman will spend the next 25 years in prison for her role in the death of her 23- month-old son. candace lampley was sentenced thursday after previously pleading guilty to child abuse

prosecutors dropped a first- degree murder charge as part of a plea deal. investigators say the toddler was brought to a hospital in july of last year with bruises and abrasions on his face and scalp as well as on his back. he also had burns on 15% of his body. lampley's boyfriend, delante clark heads to trial in february, facing first-degree murder charges for his role in javian's death. a candlelight vigil is set for tonight for the five teenagers killed in a car crash in arapahoe county over family and friends will gather at the praise center church tonight. it's at 8:00. the community is encouraged to come. the teenagers were driving east on county line road early sunday morning when the suv they were in rolled near mon arc. this weekend a denver marine who's been missing in action since world war ii is going to be buried with full military honors at fairmont cemetery. last year the nonprofit history flight organization recovered

class ronald vosmer and 35 other marines. vosmer died in the battle of tarawah and has been listed as missing in action for more than 70 years. his remains and others transferred from that island to hawaii for -- last september for identification. vosmer will be buried next to his parents. services begin at 11:00. they are open to the public. after yesterday's rain and snow, colder air skies cleared and we're hovering near or below freezing in several areas. here are the latest readings from here on the front range. a few folks slipping right near freezing now, and we still have another hour, hour and a half to go before we actually start warming up. so a lot of us are going to hit freezing or below during the morning this morning. we anticipate skies to stay clear around here through a good bit of the day, and a rebound into the 60s to near 70 degrees on the plains and in the western valleys.

mountains. for the next three days it's a good looking weekend, boy, with starts around 70 tomorrow. now, it's going to be a little bit of a frosty start tomorrow, but we'll make up for that in the afternoon. >> perfect. >> fo any one who has broncos -- for anyone who has broncos tickets, looks lovely. >> look how good we look in september, october. it's october. >> it is october. >> i know. >> oh, gosh, it's october. it's 6:11 right now. he lost all four of his limbs serving his country in afghanistan. now a marine is second chance at pursuing his dreams thanks to a marvel in modern science. >>reporter: and we're in the midst of that first freeze, so what do you do with all those

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we had our first freeze of the year overnight. i saw the glisten on some of the bushes around my house this morning. if you haven't already winterized your plants and your lawn, we're here to help you out this morning. tarhonda is, anyway. tarhonda, you know, i had to pull in some of my planters last night. and they don't look quite that nice. >>reporter: no, they're not this tall. what, are you kidding me, cheryl? come on. get that green thumb going. >> i gotta get going. >>reporter: these are

-- in the city park greenhouse. they know what they're doing. you can barely see me under all this tropicalness. is that a word. sheila is a hotter culturallist with the city of denver. these >> these were over at the zoo. >>reporter: so when we have our plants outside in our yard and we pull them in because it's the first freeze, let's start with where to put them. is there a best place and a worst place? >> what you want to try to do had out in the garden space, so if you had it in a really sunny spot, you want to try to find the south-facing window so that they get that same amount of light. it won't be exactly the same, but it's going to be similar. what if were in a shady area? >> then you could pick like a darker area in your house, one that didn't have -- doesn't have as many windows. >>reporter: but not a basement. >> not a basement. that's a little too dark when the lights aren't on. >>reporter: as we look at the leaves, you say plants are

them inside. >> yeah. it's kind of like when we go from a really warm space to a cold space, they're kind of experiencing the opposite. what might happen is leaves will turn yellow and drop, and not to panic. >>reporter: don't panic. it'll be all right. >> they're just kind of going through an adjusting period. they have to adapt to their new environment. >>reporter: watch for bugs too before you bring them inside. >> yeah, watch for bugs. you want to try to take care of those things outside so you don't spread th plants you have inside. >>reporter: smart idea. what kind of guy is this >> this is a banana. >>reporter: i was going to say that, believe me. so this is going to be great then for the winter since it's nice and inside. we hope your plants do well too. holly, thank you for your expeer tease, we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>reporter: coming up in the next half hour, we're going to go back outside and find out what to do with the plants there. let's talk to marty coniglio. it's not really unbearably cold out there, marty, but the

plants are a little sensitive during the cold. >> it's a banana plant. we have a couple of issues going on this morning, tarhonda. we have the cold temperatures and we have some fog in northern colorado, especially in the valleys and we'll cover that in great detail here in the next couple of minutes. but we are going to burn that off for you during the morning this morning, but we have some dense fog. less than a mile visibility up from eastern boulder county up through loveland, fort collins and over towards greeley. we are going to get sunny here during the course morning. and there's the fog here early on. it's going to burn off during the morning. everybody gets sun later in the day. so even though it looks like an overcast, really crumby day right now in northern colorado, that's going to clear off, we'll end up in the mid-60s, pretty uniformly here at lower terrain, with 50s in the mountains. so there's that nice low pocket of low clouds and fog. should have it out of here by 9:30, 10:00, i would think at the latest. we jump into the 60s, near 70 along the eastern border with

nice october day. 65, we're sunny around here. we shall's not going to get any foggy conditions here. that will be trapped up north. could be a bit frosty tonight, a few degrees warmer than early this morning, and a lot warmer over the weekend as we touch near 70 tomorrow and well above that sunday and monday. >>reporter: a few major and serious accidents this morning here early across the metro area. we are taking a look at sky 9. this is over sheridan and jewell. reports of a d accident blocking the complete intersection. people will need to take a detour for now as they continue to clean up that accident. like i said, a bad t-bone accident, a very unfortunate situation. we'll continue to bring you the latest details as they come in. you can see a few fire trucks there, police crews as well trying to help out on the scene. we've also had a couple of rollover accidents already this morning, so we'll start off that's where that sheridan and

of rollovers accidents. vitta is still at the washington and 50th scene up. if you do take washington into the city, you are going to want to find an alternate route this morning. now reports of another rollover accident near 20th and quebec. so unfortunately a very active morning with some very serious accidents. cory. >> we got busy very early this morning. >> yeah, we did. >> sure did. >> unfortunate. tracy, thank you for the update. he's back at practice, back throwing footballs, but will he be ready to get back to game action? >> thanks to week, still questions about

welcome back. two days away from the matchup with the atlanta falcons and the broncos still not sure who's going to be under center. >> get to pick sphr two great guys, right? >> that's true. >> traverse simeon was back at practice throwing footballs on thsday, but he's noticeably still in pain. our photographers noted him in pain there. it was rookie backup paxt the first-team offensive. earlier in the week coach gary kubiak says he prefers simeon start against the falcons on sunday. his injury in his non-throwing shoulder is a little bit of a problem, though. the last thing the broncos want is for him to get hit and reinjure it and have him out for a longer period of time, and, you know, lynch did a good time so kickoff will be at 2:00 on sunday. we shall wait and see. >> yeah, he looks like he's sore, doesn't he? >> he does look like it. >> oh, my goodness.

much. he made tremendous sacrifices to defend our country. a veteran thought many professional and personal dreams were lost with a cat strorveg injury. this morning he has hope again. >> my personality has definitely changed. i've become more grateful, more humble. >> how modern medical science is helping him pursue his dreams again. but, first, let's check this in on weather and traffic -- check in with weather and traffic on this cold friday morning. >> and foggy. i just lk all the way up toward loveland we have fog, also near greeley. see the halos around the lights. very foggy in northern colorado. that is going to burn off. but, boy, in erie we have a mile visibility, longmont down to a half mile. fort collins, loveland airport, so the south side of town on the border between fort collins and loveland, it's limited. really socked in at greeley, and it's zero visibility at fort morgan. so really tough conditions there. it gets a little better to the east, and we're doing fine around here. so we have clear conditions

to the north, you will run into some limited visibility around here. sunshine is going to be warming us up around here during the day today as we move into the 60s this afternoon. but it doesn't look too great up north right now. >>reporter: an update on an accident at sheridan and jewell this morning. the intersection is closed. two vehicles involved in a t- boant accident and serious injury -- a t-bone accident and serious injuries being reported. crewil alternate route. that intersection is still closed because of a very serious crash. we did have two rollover accidents already this morning, washington and 50th. that intersection is going to be closed through the morning hours. if you take washington into the downtown metro area, you'll need an alternate route this morning. and another rollover accident on 20th near quebec. so a series of very serious accidents so far this morning. you know, with those dry

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do not let your guard down, that's the message to millions of people in florida this morning. hurricane matthew has weakened to a category 3 storm, but it is still a monster storm, and it is still dangerous. this was a look at daytona beach about an hour ago. rain and wind whipping around the trees there. right now it is packing 120- mile-per-hour winds in some places as it's hammering florida's coast. further inland in orlando, the rain and the wind has reduced visibility. it has also forced disney world to close its gates.

46 years. no wonder florida's governor is calling hurricane matthew a monster. streets of rain have been coming down sideways in vero beach, florida, and the worst is yet to come. street signs don't stand much of a chance in these whipping winds. more than 270,000 people in florida don't have power already this morning. this is the strongest storm the state has seen since hurricane wilma in 2005. there's a state of emergency from florida through georgia, into th the danger of this storm is all too real this morning. >> i talked to my detective captain earlier today, and i asked him, do you have body bags? are you prepared for mass casualties? >> that is sobering, isn't it? 11-foot storm surges are possible. that could be much stronger than the rush of water that took out parts of the new jersey shore. you remember that happening during superstorm sandy. the airlines are sorting

across the country had been canceled because of hurricane matthew. so if you are traveling this weekend, check with your airline because that many cancellations can throw off a lot of different flights. this morning fort lauderdale, hollywood intcialt is back open. they hope to have flights moving pretty soon. miami international airport says it's gradually adding flights throughout the day. several flights from d.i.a. to orlando are still canceled. at least 30 people were rescued from their homes in the past 24 hours in from rising flood waters on the island of new providence. there's been extensive flooding across the island. no reports of any deaths or injuries so far. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is giving us a firsthand look at what it's like to fly through a hurricane. and it looks terrifying. this is what they call the hurricane hunter plane. you can see wind and rain pounding off the windshield, then all of a sudden they get past the wall of rain and they

where they're surrounded by walls of clouds. you can see things are calmer inside the eye. >> isn't that something? >> incredible. >> here they come into the eye right now. >> i would never want to do that. that is terrifying to me. when you see the storm on radar, it looks even more menacing. in fact, this radar image taken by our sister station in jacksonville shows the pink area of the storm sort of looking like a smirking dinosaur skull. >> you can kind of see the scary. >> it is scary. >> it almost looks like it's been altered, but it has not, that is the actual image. there's a black and white version too that's kind of haunting. >> it's big. >> it's big. they're saying the size of arizona. >> we're going to have more on the hurricane coming up in just a couple of minutes including a live report from florida. but right now let's talk about the weather here at home. marty joins us from the 9 news back yard. freezing overnight in some areas. >> yeah, in a lot of areas it is, and fog in others. this is really an active

temperatures now hovering at or just above freezing in several locations. but the big issue for us here in the next couple of hours is going to be fog. we do have a ??freeze warning, goes until 9:00 this morning for most of the front range. the problem we're seeing right now is fog. this is greeley, just north of greeley on highway 85. very foggy in greeley. this is i-25 near the erie exit. we have limited visibility there, less than a mile. we have a mile in ie mile at longmont. greeley is 1/3 mile. zero visibility right now in fort collins, and we have a dense fog advisory. it starts right around highway 7 and runs up through eastern boulder county, up toward loveland and fort collins, and then extends through weld county all the way toward fort morgan and sterling. that's going to go until 9:00 this morning. now, if you're in the immediate metro area, especially 144th to the south, it's going to be dry and sunny. but if you're headed north, be

visibility, both on highway 85 and i-25. >> thanks for the warning, marty. thank you. 6:36 now. 50th and washington in denver is blocked off. this is near the national western complex. police are looking for a driver that crashed, then ran from police. 9 news reporter individual individual is there -- vida urbonas is there working to get information from police. vida, it's been a big search for a number of hours now. >>reporter: yeah. this started after the crash -- at 3:00 this morning. they blocked off this area. police telling me they have a four by six block perimeter right now in place in this area. we've seen a helicopter overhead a little while earlier. but i'm going to step out of the shot, show you what they are working on right now. they say it's going to be at least another hour before this intersection opens up at washington and 50th. we have investigators on the scene, pieces of this car from the rollover crash are lying on the ground.

transported with serious injuries. that was the passenger of the car. the driver fled, and the intersection closed down. that driver, they say, is wearing a black hoodie. now, washington is closed from 48th to 54th, and it's impacting cars, it's impacting the rtd routes, northbound and southbound. there is a detour in place, and another thing that is causing some problems here, this ri here at 50th and washington. basically the plant manager came and said that they are closing production for the day. we have talked to many of the employees here this morning who can't get in, and many of the employees and drivers say that they have to get in there because they have to deliver meat to some of the restaurants in the area today. but since then we have learned that they have shut down production for the day. want to show you also one more shot. the car is -- the cars a little bit of a backup of cars coming down washington and they're

you posted and let you know when we know more when this major artery into downtown denver is going to reopen. tracy. >>reporter: thanks, vida for all the details on that closure. that's right near washington. so if you do take washington, here's a look from sky 9, washington and 50th of that intersection. that is closed off. so this morning if you haven't hit the roadways yet, you may want to go around this intersection if you use washington to head into the downtown metro area. as vida said, it coul police crews still there trying to search for the suspect or the crash. we do have another rollover on 29th and quebec. so, unfortunately, two rollovers so far this morning. another accident on i-70 heading eastbound. that's right near havana. and then another accident on i- 76. so these accidents are starting to pop up across the metro area, and we still have that very severe is accident on sheridan and jewell, that intersection blocked off as

need to be made this morning. so plan ahead and plan a couple extra minutes. >> thanks, tracy. marty was talking about that first freeze that a lot of people saw. that meant save the plants. save the plants! time to think about those things. let's send it out to tarhonda thomas with some good advice we all have to tune in to. >>reporter: okay, cheryl, let's be honest, though. first of all, just to be honest, i'm not one known for saving plants. everything that my hands touch seems to die. but we're going to help i'm getting a lesson from holly shields who is a horticulturalist with the city of denver. good morning. >> good morning. >>reporter: you have taught me so much already this morning with this first little freeze that we're having and help to help our -- and how to help our plants survive. let's talk about the plants that come back year after year, perennials, you taught me that. there's a way to save them. what should we be doing? >> what you can do is go out into your garden and collect seeds from specific plants.

>> this is a butterfly weed, very important for the monarchs. >>reporter: let's pick this up. i'll kind of pick a little piece, maybe cut it right here. so we go down and we get these from our yards. and what can we do with these? >> i'll get this one too. >>reporter: you got a better one. >> there's some seeds. oh, good god. >>reporter: they don't want to cooperate with us. so when we do go to get the seeds, what should we do with them? >> you want to have a zip-loc bag handy, and you're just going to drop them in and let them t so that they can dry out. and after about a week you can pop these open. they might pop open by themselves also while they're drying, and you can see the little seeds -- >>reporter: there's seeds in there. >> you can see the seeds inside the pod and you'll want to store them in a cool, dry place over the winter. >>reporter: so we can put these in a zip-loc bag, label them so you remember what they are, and you maybe leave them in the refrigerator for the winter?

all year long. >>reporter: we know how beautiful your parks are. we want ours to look exactly like yours. so a great tip to save those plants and have them come back year after year and it'll save you money in the spring too. so thanks for the tip. appreciate it. >> your 'welcome. >>reporter: okay, guys, i got a chance of maybe having somewhat of a green thumb, maybe not lime green, but pewter green. >> i've already killed everything. >> that does happen this time of year sometimes. thanks, guys, appreciate it. >> at least you can blame happened. >> that's did it. except for it was in august. 6:41 now. coming up a live look from daytona, florida as hurricane matthew continues to hammer the coast there. but at least one area chose to be optimistic about the whole

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welcome back. 6:44 right now. dozens of business leaders including some lifelong republicans say republican donald trump would be so bad for the economy they can't possibility support his bid for president. in an open letter sent to the associated press, they write that, quote, american business needs as much predictability, reliability and stability in our government as possible, end quote. and they don't believe trump can provide that.

include the founder of wikipedia the secretary of commerce under president george w. bush. hillary clinton is getting a big endorsement from evangelical leaders in the latino community. an organization representing more than 6,000 latino churches across the country endorsing mrs. clinton over donald trump. the group called open usa says that clinton has provided -- as proved, i should say, her willingness to engage in difficult conversations, li engage faith leaders. the group says the democrats' commitment to public service is exemplified through their campaign's focus on embracing diverse perspectives and creating a more inclusive country. both clinton and trump are letting their running mates handle campaigning today while they get ready for this sunday's debate. you can watch the debate on channel 20 at 7:00. it is on at the same time, by the way, as sunday night football. the football game will be on channel 9. again, the debate on channel 20.

then on tuesday you can watch colorado's senate candidates in a live debate. democratic incumbent michael bennet and republican challenger darrell glenn will debate live on 9 news. brian rude men and brian clark will moderatate. can be seen on channel 20. we'll also stream it for you on 9news.com. very real concerns this morning that hurricane matthew will bring deadly storm surges to the coast of florida, some maybe as high as 11 feet. the storm has weakend to a category 3, but it packing winds well over 100 miles per hour. nbc's jay gray join us live from daytona beach with the latest this morning. jay, so many people now worried about that storm surge. >>reporter: yeah, with good reason, corey. we're seeing it build here, the conditions really intensifying as this storm moves closer to the shoreline. in fact, let me give awe realtime look. you can -- let me give you a realtime look. the wind blowing the rain sideways here. it is very intense.

through the morning here, some huge waves off in the distance, and that water already pushing into areas it is not supposed to be. and this is low tide. as this ?

the next couple of hours here. it's going to be a rough ride. guys, back to you. >> all right, stay safe, jay. thanks. >> one hit seems unfair. two just seems incredible. >> to come back around, man, that's a weird deal. all right. fort lauderdale missed the brunt of the storm and apparently people decided to celebrate. associated press reporting that crowds were partying at local bars last night as the storm stayed at sea and aimed well north of the beachfront town. people weren't that concerned all day thursday, as of fact. video showed people body surfing in huge waves that were generated by that storm. the storms forcing a lot of couples to drastically change their wedding plans. jen and eric were supposed to get married this weekend on st. simons island in georgia. no luck. that is a dangerous space. look at everything they packed up. that's the cake in the trunk of the car right now. the dress, the flowers, everything they could fit in the car as they evacuated and drove almost five hours north

now about 70 will be joining them. >> so many things that we planned that aren't going to happen, but there's so many really neat things that we never thought would happen that are in a really good way. >> they're not completely out of the woods yet. they still need to find lodging for all their guests because all the hotel rooms are booked because people have been evacuating, so, marty, they just put out a call on facebook asking people to live in the area, hey, would out? they're starting to hear from people. >> that's cool. >> because these kinds of situations, they do bring out the good in people too. >> wonderful to see folks reaching out and helping them. big weekend for them and a huge dangerous weekend in the south, as jay just said. this storm, the center of the storm now about 39, 40 miles southeast of daytona beach, anticipated to parallel the florida coast, hitting it with hurricane conditions, hurricane warnings extend all the way

miles per hour at cape canaveral this morning. they continue to be very concerned with coastal flooding from daytona beach all the way down toward titusville and cape canaveral. it's very warm there this morning. temperatures in the 70s with the intense is winds, now going to 60 miles per hour. category 3 storm, 120-mile-per- hour winds, parallels the coast. the big concern is late tonight, 10:00, 11:00 mountain time, a major hurricane, landfall at charleston, south carolina or near there, and then run along the coast over the course of the weekend. and as jay gray mentioned, it is forecast to loop back around, possibly as a tropical storm early next week. a quick look out at the roadways today. a couple more accidents being reported. hereby's a look at i-70 -- here's look at i-70 near 270. we're starting to see the traffic eastbound slowing down. we do have an accident. it is off to the shoulder, but

those speeds to be dropping. so it's that time of morning, but also we've had some early morning accidents that are impacting travel as well. also 270 near commerce city, we do have another accident. that is off to the shoulder. and that is as you head southeast, but your speeds are dropping as well. so you have to go around that accident. so a couple more popping up across the north metro area and we're still tracking those two rollover accidents earlier this morning. >> all right. >> at least it's drivers, pay attention. >> careful, careful. >> running into each other out

foggy, especially eastern boulder county, running up to weld county. that's going to last another at least hour and a half, maybe two. be careful if you're driving north out of metro denver or south out of fort collins. i know it's not really all that bad right in fort collins, but it gets pretty rough just to the east and south of you. so if you are traveling up and down i-25, it's going to be very difficult. storms will stay to our north over the weekend. this one in oregon and washington. there is a small system down southeast corner of colorado sunday afternoon. so a little rain down there. but for the front range and most of the rest of the state dry conditions. so we'll burn this fog off, get a great sunny afternoon for everybody here up and down the front range with seablghts at lower terrain -- 60s in the lower terrain, 50s in the foothills. the forecast model showing you those areas of low clouds and fog, gone this morning, sunny this afternoon. big rebound in temperatures, hovering at or just above freezing in a lot of locations,

70 degrees on the eastern and western borders, even mountain areas are going to be quite pleasant with highs in the 50s. we'll go 65, sunshine today, not very much wind. tonight a couple degrees warmer, but because it's going to be clear and calm, it could still be a bit frosty for you tomorrow morning. that's not going to last long. we hit near 70 tomorrow. closer to 80 on sunday and monday. our next chance for any kind of rain comes up tuesday afternoon. it's a weak front, there's not going to be clear back out by wednesday. >>reporter: good morning. we've had numerous accidents and some serious accidents already. here's another look at sheridan and jewell. that's a look from sky 9. we do have part of the roadway blocked off. it was a bad t-bone accident earlier today, even before that sun was up where serious injuries have been reported. two vehicles were involved in this crash early this morning. still expect some delays as this roadway is blocked off as they continue the investigation

sheridan and jewell. that's a look from sky 9. so that's where that accident was. we've also had two rollover accidents this morning, one on washington and 50th. that intersection closed as well. so if you take washington into the downtown metro area this morning, you're going to need an alternate route because it still could be several hours before that intersection is open. another rollover at 29th near quebec, and now we do have a new accident on i-70 eastbound near savannah, and another one on i- york street. so we're going to continue to battle all of these accidents this morning and that influx of traffic. is going to continue. >> all right, tracy, thank you. feast your eyes on this. it's got my name written all over it. it is a bacon bloody mary made with bacon-infused vodka. they also have a bacon old- fashioned cocktail made with yo

week for our "9 neighborhoods." sunny sides makes you think how to make an egg, but it's all about the bacon. they even have a whole restaurant named after bacon. bacon social house, a locally owned an operated restaurant focuses on bacon. you can get a dish made with six different kinds of bacon or maybe bacon shrimp, bacon shrimp and grits, bacon hash. vegetarians are freaking out. they even have bacon you' interested. the local chef it's about using colorado products on their menu. this is north of the highlands neighborhood. >> we get a lot of different local vendors, local goat cheese, local bacons, also local lamb, local beef. it's real important to us to kind of support the community. >> and if you're not a bacon fan, they do have vegetarian options too. but, really, it is about the bacon. >> yeah. as it should be. >> as it should be. >> one of corey's favorite

>> i share, though. i share. >> it's nice. >> it's good and healthy. >> and healthy. >> you can join our "9 neighborhoods" instagram tour this afternoon. all you want to know about bacon and the sunnyside neighborhood. >> there you go. all right, marty, we've got some cooler weather here and you're tracking matthew. a busy day. >> it is going to be busy. we'll keep doing that over on channel 20 and a look ahead not only the next few days, but the next nine days, puts coming up on tuesday, and then very warm a good bit of next week. so those folks that saved their plants here this morning -- >> don't look at me, marty. >> but you have another run if you get through today. >> and the weekend looks amazing. so enjoy it. >> you didn't cover your pe tunias. >> all right. it's something that's becoming

who suffer to make life a lot easier. we'll talk about that over on channel 20. we'll see you there. congratulations, you made it through the week. >> what day is it? >> definitely friday. >> if you look in the prompter right now, there's question marks. i think in honor of honor's day maybe i should -- >> not so fast. >> how is the weather in the back yard? >> it's nice out here. >> not bad at all. >> not cold at all.

breaking news. hurricane matthew slamming florida's east coast right now, as a major category 3. the strongest storm to hit that state in a decade. wind gusts up to 150 m thousands. a sandy like storm surge expected, airports, schools and theme parks, all shut down. the worst is still to come today, friday, october 7th, 2016. from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today"