ormond beach as the pushed inland. >> we should back away. >> yeah, i know. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands are without power aftermath through started its assault overnight. first light revealed south florida was largely spared major damage while empty streets in daytona beach showed floridians heeded warnings and got out of the way of the violent storm. now a category 3 with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour the storm is far from letting up as it pummeth florida before starting its march up the coast. >> we're still on the front end of this hurricane. we're not on the back end. so we don't know how bad the damage could end up. >> reporter: georgia and south carolina are bracing for the impact now with landfall near charleston a real possibility. >> our barrier islands, it's the biggest concern we have right now is the fact that we need people to move. >> reporter: more than 300,000 south carolinians have moved inland, the governor warning

>> at that point it will start to be too late for anyone to evacuate. so we would still encourage all of you to take shelter somewhere above ground. this is going to hurt. >> reporter: millions of people still in the path of the storm as matthew churns in the atlantic. sarah rosario, nbc news, daytona beach, florida. >> we will check in with sarah live coming up in a few minutes as we take a look at florida's the current forecast is charleston, south carolina, in matthew's part. we'll check in there in our next half hour. parts of nebraska have had their first measurable snowfall. snow fell in the northwest region yesterday evening and into the morning hours. this is about an hour north of north platte. temperatures there have been hovering around freezing. blue skies in colorado today but definitely cooler outside. meteorologist belen deleon is

for the weekend, though. >> yes. that cooler weather we had just in the past few days, just a little bit of taste of what that winter feel is like. in fact, that same front that you just saw that caused that snow in nebraska was our front that caused that snow in the high country as well. it was chilly this morning, folks. we had our first freezing night in denver. we had 32 degrees this morning. the coldest spot was leadville. they had 12 degrees early this morning. under that sunshine eventually we warmed was 67, so really close to our normal high for this time of year. the view right now in fort collins is bright, blue, sunny over the csu campus. our temperatures in fort collins are mid-60s, denver 67, boulder 64 and greeley now very similar temperatures. here's the front range. you'll notice that the higher elevations have temperatures in the 50s up there, but a beautiful fall day across colorado. winds not an issue and as

spend some time with the kids outside, the forecast looks just nice to head out to the park. we'll have aches s a bit longer, sun -- 60s a bit longer, sunset close to 6 p.m. and 50s by 8:00. if you're headed out to the football games, bundle up. 50s by the start of those games. by the end temperatures in the 40s, but clear skies and winds just a little bit of a breeze. 36 will be your overnight low, so not quite freezing but stl a possibility to wake up to see some areas with frost tomorrow morning. winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. temperatures around the front range will range in the mid-30s to the mid-40s closer to the foothills and up and over the divide. the weekend looks really nice, highs in the 70s and listen up. if you are the owner of a business, you have an organization and you have not signed up for our snow closure list, i'll tell you how coming up in the forecast. no, we don't have any snow in

need to get them prepared. you got to do it now before the flakes start to fly. >> you just wanted to have fun with the graphics, didn't you? >> i feel like we're getting whiplash. we're talking about the warm temperatures, then snow. the former marine shot and killed by police on the cu boulder campus had just been discharged from the marine corps five months ago. 9news confirmed with the u.s. marine corps' manpower reserve affairs office today 28-year- old brandon simmons was an active marine from 2006 until detail about why he was discharged. simmons was shot wednesday inside the champion center on the football field. police say he had threatened someone with a swordlike knife in the parking lot before go into the center. when officers asked him to drop the weapon, they say he refused and that is when he was shot. the obama administration is formally blaming the russian

organizations. a statement from the department of homeland security links the kremlin to e-mail links on the sites dc leaks and wikileaks. there were leaks from the former secretary of state and the democratic committee and colin powell. there have been attempts to hack in at least 20 states. a spokesman for vladimir putin called the accusations nonsense. hillarclinn and donald debate stage sunday. they are probably not prepared to talk about audio of donald trump making lewd comments about women. the washington post released the audio from 2005 of donald trump speaking with billy bush and him talking about a married woman he tried to have sex with. trump accused bill clinton about saying worse things about women while on the golf course but he did apologize.

we cannot allow this man to become president. you can watch the debate on channel 20 at 7 p.m., the same time as sunday night football. the game is on channel 9. on tuesday you can watch colorado's senate candidates in a live debate. democratic incumbent michael bennet and republican challenger darrell glynn will debate live on 9news. brandon rittiman and kyle clark will moderate. it starts at 7:00 on channel 20 on monday rail service will start up again at the hoboken, new jersey train station after the crash last week. new jersey transit says only a portion of the hoboken terminal will reopen. investigators say the train was traveling twice the speed limit when it crashed. a woman standing on the platform was killed by debris. more than 100 others were injured. the damaged train wasn't removed until yesterday. police in denver are

morning at washington street and 50th avenue during the rush hour. one car rolled and the police were trying to find the driver. police say a passenger was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. details on what led to the crash haven't again released. if you have any information, call denver police. there is a vigil tonight for teenagers killed in a crash near county line road and delbert road east of parker last weekend. brrs was killed. their vehicle left the road and rolled several times before bursting into flames. they have not said what caused the crash, but excessive speed was a factor. the vigil tonight is at praise center church at 8:00 open to the community. controversial messages continue showing up on du's free speech wall. it's intended for students' expression, but some students

9news reporter jessica oh is live near the driscoll student center. students are trying to do something about this, too. >> reporter: yeah. they actually just wrapped up a rally and went on a walk right now hoping to bring attention to what was written recently on that wall. obviously a big concern for some students and the university as well. university officials said that they started noticing an escalation of these types of racially driven messages showing up on this free speech wall a few weeks o. so a big concern for them especially at a time when racial tensions are very high across the country. the artwork you see on the free speech wall outside driscoll student services is always changing, for the most part students can write or draw whatever they'd like. >> minority students started writing messages on the wall concerning their struggles. >> reporter: students like bee phan thought that would help the diversity struggle, but what has been seen lately is

there are messages that condone with someone crossing out the word black in black lives matter, but things quickly escalated. thursday someone wrote lyrics to a song guilty of being white on the wall catching the attention of university officials. rodriguez believes what's happening on this wall is a reflection of the racial tensions happening across the country. >> that doesn't come with the simple dichotomy society likes to do, right? being pro black lives matter anti police. >> reporter: the university sees this as an opportunity for students to engage and learn. >> just to give you another idea of what students are doing check out this wall. this is a party of the rally that they were holding today. they created this #dumatter you do matter and putting handprints on the wall showing

and something is going to being done about it. we mentioned that they are on a walk right now. afterwards some of these students will meet with the chancellor to talk about this and they're saying that's really the start to a productive discussion. there's only so much paint can do, but when they actually start to talk about this that a difference can be made. >> yup. keep the conversation going. thanks, jessica. plan. we want to check in live -- we want to check in live with nbc h beach today. it's been quite a day for folks in florida. what does the damage look like now? how bad is it? >> reporter: ryan, things have calmed down significantly compared to when the worst of the storm moved over the area this morning in our time zone around 10:30, 11:00 this morning is when we saw the brunt of it with sustained winds more than 60 miles per hour, debris flying all over the street, lots of damage

look behind me. across the street from where we're standing at our hotel look at this building. it's had its roof blown off, parts of it still laying in the street. you can see there's debris all over the streets, specifically in front of that building as well, parts of it still hanging off that light. just fallen off that light -- it's just fallen off that light pole there. people in central florida are breathing a sigh of relief as they're finally getting a chance to look at some of this take a couple of days. >> it's hard to believe people actually stayed. we've heard officials warning folks for days now to get out, but we know that a lot did not heed those warnings. have you seen folks in the street? did people stick around there in daytona beach? >> reporter: yeah. we saw a lot of that. yesterday and today we saw people walking barefoot on the beach. the beach was flooded up -- we were about 15 feet above sea level now where we were

beach in sight -- wasn't a beach in sight especially early this morning where all the water had come in. just north of us in st. augustine and jacksonville they're experiencing flooding. the governor warned people this storm can kill you and we can't save you and yet people still decided to stay. there is a curfew in place now. officials are patrolling the street. we've seen some security officers patrolling the street to try to make sure people partner on the roads because that curfew is in place until tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. so people have but one local told us this morning there are 4,000 people in a shelter. that's the biggest response they've seen out of any of the storms they've had here in daytona beach. at least a majority of people did heed the warnings, but yeah, definitely some people stuck around, too. >> it looks like things have calmed down, but we know the storm surge is the major concern moving forward. you stay safe. thanks so much for being with

the people evacuated because of a wildfire in southern colorado can go home today. the pueblo county sheriff's office says enough progress has been made on the beulah hill fire that it's safe for residents to return. yesterday authorities announced the fire was likely started by a spark from a cdot workers excavator doing routine maintenance work in the area monday. gino, the st. bernard, springs fire burned down his owner's home. >> the owner is a first responders whose home was destroyed in a fire this past july. they think gino is alive and maybe picked up by a stranger and are offering a reward to bring him home. they have a facebook page called finding gino. it asks people to check shelters and craigslists about any post that could be possibly

help. >> a lot of times social media can help. so keep your eye out for that. as hurricane matthew does develop, so do the ways first responders and volunteers move in to help. >> coming up why the red cross now has people just to monitor social media. as we led to break, here's a -- head to break, here's a check

with hundreds of thousands of people without power in florida, georgia and south carolina the red cross is taking a different approach to helping with the storm. they have digital volunteers monitoring sites at a national level to provide information back >> nigel holderby is here with us from the red cross. talk to us about how this work or more so how does the red cross connect with people in need? >> we have digital volunteers that are part of a team trained to be in the social spaces. so on twitter we're really looking for specific hashtags for people asking for help or looking for resources and then providing links to the different places where people can seek shelter, so a list of

instance, was shared and connected people to where they can go to get out of the way of the storm. >> oftentimes it seems like these days everyone turns to social media for help or they're going to their phone or laptop if they have access to that to figure out what they're supposed to do for help. it sounds like the red cross is on board with providing people information so they can get the help they need. >> absolutely. we know that that's where people are. so not only do we have more than 1,800 volunteers on the ground really in those shelters, but monitoring watching what's happening and helping to also inform the operations. so if there's information shared that we would find useful for that operation, we're sharing that back into the national team. >> what do you find most often people are looking for on social media? what's the red cross focusing in on about what people are saying? >> really about damage and how

red cross give help? so finding places to go when the power is out. just some of those different disaster type hashtags is what we're watching. we have a list, a strategic plan that we're looking for help asking for shelters. >> people in haiti are losing people in denver are going how can i help? >> i would really encourage anyone who wants to get involved, the red cross is doing amazing things on the ground, also in the digital space. so by donating to the red cross we are deploying volunteers in the physical form as well a having those digital volunteers. >> i don't think people realize how wide reaching the red cross is at times and we think about the effect that a colorado red cross can have on the east

has there been an effect? >> absolutely. we are really looking at not only are we continuing to support locally, so i was just down in pueblo this afternoon with the wildfire. so we've got people here working on those as well as continuing to reach out across the country and looking at how we can put those people where they are needed most. so volunteers are amazing and they really do they're called. edcross. >> that's the best way to reach you. it's nice to know where your resources are. thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. the best of luck to you this week. in other news sunday is buddy check 9 day, so we figured we would go ahead and get a head start on this.

cancer awareness month. we have a male breast cancer survivor with us. >> yes, i am. >> people must say what? >> everywhere i go if i mention it, they're just like men? you got breast cancer? so they don't believe it. >> you were surprised, too. >> yes. >> you find this bump basically. >> yeah. actually it was in 2014 and i felt a lump on the side of my chest and i ignored it thinking

it's nothing. there's no history of breast cancer in my family or anything, so i just let it go and my wife finally said you're going to the doctor and i'm like okay, fine. i'll go. i went. the next thing i know i was getting everything, a mammogram, ultrasound. i had four biopsies, so there was four places that the cancer had grown on both sides of my chest and the lump was now 3 centimeters large and it had moved to my lymph nodes which meant it was getting very aggressive and starting to move. mastectomy the day after christmas and they took whatever they took and then they also took 18 more lymph nodes out of me to make sure that it couldn't travel in my body. so because of that i have to wear a compression sleeve which if i go anywhere over 8,000 feet or in an airplane, i'll have to wear it the rest of my life. >> you're taking tamoxifen. >> yes. >> a drug we are very familiar

>> that's interesting because it's anest general blocker and for men -- an estrogen blocker and for men you offset the balance of estrogen and testosterone, so the emotions come out more. so now i cry over a movie. it's crazy. >> when you talk about the mastectomy and everything, you said you have a new appreciation for what women go through with this di information as i could just to what is all these treatments going to do to me and my oncologist just goes we'll give you the same as we give for women and i'm like what's it going to do? he said we don't really know. there's not enough statistics out there. there's not enough information, so we'll wait and see. of course, the 16 rounds of chemo that they gave me was really bad. i ended up with neuropathy that

now the tamoxifen for five years. >> but you're alive today and your message is men, do get breast cancer. >> yes. i want to make sure that it's known out there that men do get breast cancer, too. i know it's a really devastating disease for women to get, but there are men out there that get it, too, and that's the main message. if they can just not ignore something and become an actual survivor versus a fatal statistic, then it's worth it. >> thank and good health to you, okay.

hurricane matthew has weakened over the course of the afternoon, but that is not helping people in florida, georgia and the carolinas. matthew's rainfall and storm surge are expected to bring the biggest impact. areas are flooding quickly. >> reporter: we're here in bric southeastern part of the state, a small coastal community where you can see brunswick river made its way over the banks onto land here. about an hour or so ago this was completely green. now it is completely under water. we are underneath a major bridge here and the major bridge has been closed because the wind is so bad right now here and this is not what residents wanted to see. they're really scared about the wind and the storm surge.

they're hearing 8 to 10 feet. if that were the case, much of the island could be wiped out. we'll monitor it all. in brunswick georgia i'm jennifer titus. another live picture from myrtle beach this afternoon. this storm has knocked out electric power to over 1 million people. the hurricane is being blamed for at least 800 deaths in haiti. >> and the storm surge could cause the most problems heading into the weekend, the problems on the east coast far from expecting dry weather with highs in the 70s this weekend, no rain problems here. >> no, certainly not. we do want to check in with meteorologist belen deleon in the 9news backyard, a lot of sunshine out there today. >> yes, there is. it's a beautiful day and into the weekend it's going to be really nice as well. so start making those outdoor plans. i want to show you the most recent track of hurricane matthew. maybe some of our viewers are curious. there's lots of ways for us to get information about the

hurricane hunters. these folks have a very dangerous job taking an airplane flying it through the eye of a hurricane several times to collect data about the hurricane, where it's headed, movement, also the pressure that indicates whether the storm is strengthening or weakening, so very important information that the hurricane hunters gather that ultimately comes back to us so we can give you that information. there's the wider view of where the rain is now and where the center is. you'll notice even the cloud shield of florida and up towards the mid-atlantic while the center of that storm is still over the waters of the atlantic. it's expected to make landfall sometime this evening over the south carolina coast. then kind of make a u-turn into the beginning of next week. right now is a category 2 hurricane, so that is the latest update issued from the national hurricane center with wind at 110 miles per hour. so us with the other meteorologists across the

let's talk about your forecast. it's going to be a chilly night, not quite as cold as last night, but it will be frosty. we'll get closing to freezing. we've -- close to freezing. we've got a great weekend, temperatures warming to the 60s and mainly dry. the next chance for rain is not until next week. so into this weekend keep the umbrellas at home. 607 is the -- 67 is the temperature now at dia. here in the backyard we're let's check the weather with the rest of the state. first what's happening with the big picture we have just very dry air that is moving into colorado, kind of a weak upper level ridge setting up today and into the weekend. of course, that frontal system that moved through earlier in the week and brought us some snow into the mountains, you might be interested in knowing that as this frontal system continues to push east, that is

matthew into the waters of the atlantic. for us still sunny skies now, temperatures closer to the front range mountains and the divide in the 50s. we've got 60s up and down the i- 25 corridor with not a cloud to be seen. futurecast takes us through the rest of the afternoon and no, it's not broken. it's just going to be quiet. we'll be hard pressed to see any clouds develop. through 10:00 this evening we're in the clear. maybe some garage sales planned, the day looks nice for you or a drive in the high country, forecast looks nice up there as well. by lunchtime fire up the grills. saturday afternoon still quiet across the state with a few clouds increasing saturday evening into sunday over the san juans. 36 is your overnight low tonight. early this morning we woke up to 32 degrees. tonight it's still going to be chilly, not surprised if tomorrow morning you might see

windshield. 30s and even ranging to the mid- 40s closer to broomfield and arvada, lakewood and greeley, low lying areas your temperatures could still get close to freezing. keep that in mind if you still have outdoor plans if you want to -- outdoor plants if you want to bring them inside or cover them up. how about that weekend? tomorrow a high 70 degrees. it will be warmer and on sunday even warmer, high 77, still very dry for saturday are going to be close to 80 degrees on the eastern plains, 79 over in lamar. in the mountains 60s for frisco, aspen 63 and grand junction 72 degrees. several things to do across colorado. i'll be at the pumpkin chunking tomorrow morning, alpacas on the rock. are you intrigued? you could get more information

other events. of course, we've got the falcons coming into town on sunday to take on the broncos. sickoff is 2.05. the forecast looks very pleasant, sunny and just warm for this time of year, highs in the mid-70s by halftime. so it's just looking fantastic for you. here's the planning forecast. the weekend is looking really nice. on monday slightly warmer, high 78 degrees. then comes the next storm. it arrives tuesday. for showers tuesday with slightly cooler temperatures at 69 degrees. then wednesday 71 degrees. beautiful pictures from the high country. larry pierce sent me this one and said up in steamboat springs fall is fading and already we're starting to see snow on top of mountains. you can see on the flattops we've got a little wish as those fall colors are -- winter as those fall colors are just fading off the trees. right now is the time to sign

organization for closings. it's really simple. send an e-mail to closings@9news.com and send your organization name, the contact name, also the number, address, generally just your contact information and what happens is we will get that information and send you an e- mail. that way you have a way to log in and put in that closure whenever it is necessary, but do it now before it snows. i remember ryan saying earlr to use all of your graphics in your forecast, belen. yup, ryan, you're right. counting down to halloween, thanksgiving and christmas, but who is counting, right? i went to the store yesterday. i spent some time at wal-mart changing my tires, getting all season tires, and i went from every season, season to season.

>> the stores are stocked up. >> and on meteorologist belen deleon's forecast. >> i can't believe we're talking about snow closures and all this already. >> it's coming. the snow plow graphic. >> what happens is whenever we do have that snowfall, people want to sign up for closures if it's a big event and it's too late because we're trying to cover the event and we can't get the closure up for them. >> right. >> it's better to do it now and be prepared? >> be proactive like you getting your all season tires. this girl is 15 giant sculptures made from garbage are intended to help the sea from here in denver. >> washed are. >> is a traveling exhibit -- washed ashore is a traveling exhibit from the denver zoo, debris that's all washed ashore. it's meant to send a strong message that all of this is ending up in our ocean and in our beaches here in the u.s.

we will have more plastic than fish in terms of weight in the toward's oceans by 2050. even though we are land locked the zoo says what we do here can impact the ocean. >> a lot of people might not think what we do here affects the ocean because we're so far removed from the coast, but that's not the case. we are land locked, but as much as 80% of the pollution that ends up in the ocean actually originates from on land activities. in denver we have to worry in the platte might end up in the gulf of mexico. >> the zoo wants you to touch and explore each sculpture. just don't jump all over them. the exhibit runs through mid- january free with admission into the zoo. we were just looking at this artwork. this is incredible. >> it is amazing what they can literally do with trash. a great reminder this junk ends up in our oceans, no good for our future. >> definitely a great message. >> makes you think. there are some great ways

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we love this next story. one man has been to every texas state fair ever. meet richard boone. he first went to the state fair when he was just 2 weeks old. his mom worked at the maxwell house coffee booth.

boone turned 100 years old last month. he has been to every state fair except for the years it was put on hold by world war i and ii. he said it's important to make his annual pilgrimage. >> if i go and get a corn dog and see big tex talk, i'll be happy. >> reporter: that will be a good day. >> love him. i mean that smile alone. boone and his family used to live across the street from the fa get some free admission. he parks across the street for free because he still owns the lot. >> i hope that he parks for free. look at the suspenders. >> they should let him in for free, oh, wow. >> no kidding. i single handedly keep the fair going. with the help of 9news it only took an afternoon for a colorado photographer to find the woman who sold her a very special wedding gown from the

kimberly hardouin and the dress she bought a year ago for a wedding shoot. the owner sold the vintage gown. kimberly told the woman she would share the photo that she took but couldn't find her. after sharing the story on facebook julie craig commented she sold the dress. she was glad kimberly found her and so are we. kimberly was able to share the photos from the julie's mother's dress. we were keeping our fingers crossed. >> i couldn't get over how beautiful the dress was and you said vintage is in. >> all that lace, i love that. a cool start to the weekend, but we are drying out. it will get warmer. we have nine things to do in colorado this weekend on 9news.com and the 9news mobile app. >> there's nothing quite like taking a perfectly good pumpkin

tomorrow and sunday in aurora at the mile high racing and arapahoe park. you can get some food and beer and check out the pumpkin patch. kids 12 and under are free, 13 and older five bucks. it is otter weekend at the aquarium downtown. this is no joke. look at these guys. you can see these 5-month-old sisters olivia and amelia. they will be out for special activities they'll also be on exhibit. keep in mind, though, they're very busy otters. they typically have a packed schedule with six feedings a day and plenty of naps. the great american beer festival by the way is going on at the colorado convention center. you can get tickets on sites like stubhub, but they can be expensive. they jack them up on the third party sites when it gets closer to the event.

like it pumped about $27 million into colorado's economy. there is plenty of traffic downtown. >> a lot of people not working today. we are. a lot of people aren't. >> don't worry. i'm out of here in a couple hours. you know where i'll be. the broncos are getting ready for sunday's game against the falcons at home, but we still have not heard who the quarterback will be. >> that's still a big question mark. trevor siemian was back at practice yesterday ball. you could see him wince trying to launch the ball into the air. rookie backup paxton lynch was taking snaps with the first time offense earlier in the week. the coach said he prefer siemian start against the falcons sunday. his injury is his nonthrowing shoulder, but the last thing the broncos want is for him to get a worse injury, plus if he's really hurt in that shoulder and -- hurting in that shoulder and takes a hut of any

kickoff is at 2:00 sunday. we will be live with coverage on 9news at 5 p.m. >> there is a new option for people going to broncos games from colorado springs and fort collins. cdot's bustang will get fans to the stadium 90 minutes ahead of the game. there is service scheduled for the game sunday and october 30th. it is $30 round trip. let's take a look from sky9 today. a beautiful in look at this shot, the anderson farms mays. it is so fund to -- maze. it is so fun to try to find your way through. i got lost last year and had a 5-year-old walk me back to the right spot. >> i've never been really good at those either. it's been several years since i tried one. look at this 1 and anderson farms maze looks beautiful, wonderful this time of year. that's why i love fall. fall in colorado, amazing. >> you can't beat the temperatures today and the next

folks. art and music are often up to interpretation letting the viewer define it. >> coming up next one man who says they've helped him as he

define himself. his write and music are excerpts of larger work. >> we pray inside your survival walking jagged mountains watching the palace turn to water, fighting your feet's doubt. we like fireworks for you. >> reporter: as you listen to the words, he is the artist who uses them to frame a story. he is molina speaks. >> do the south fair for saturdays, low rider sundays, charlie, vietnamese sandwich every day. [ speaking spanish ] do the south bay jitterbug. >> there's a lot of culture, a beautiful art scene, a really powerful music scene and good people. i think sometime denver doesn't get credit for that. the community and inspiration

selling home, selling dreams, dispensaries selling legal dope, capturing the bumble and the sound to help the hustle people cope, do the south fair fudge jitterbug kumbaya stare. >> reporter: we asked molina speaks to share with us a piece of who he is. he asked us to meet him at cherry bean coffee. >> a new book of poetry that i'm publishing this fall called harvest we're here beside this beautiful mural, one of the artists on the mural, the artist for the cover art on my book. >> reporter: how often do you write? >> i write every day in some form or fashion every single day whether it's lyrics, poetry, fictional stories. >> reporter: what inspired you when you were little? what inspires you now? >> my father, my mother, children, partner. like i said, it's just being

we declare our right to human rights, universal rights. >> reporter: you give back. why? >> we owe it to ourselves to get as much as we can out of this experience and give as much. it's about continuing to create opportunities to work with people in meaningful ways. >> reporter: for molina speaks writing has been a 20 year journey based on a simple belief. >> it is believing that your words matter, believing that your words lead to action it's a meditation and a form of empowerment. >> a marathon run, a chip toothed smile, the threats of universal spiraling truth, double helix proof lay down in a vocal booth. >> i'm a poet. i'm a writer, performance artist, educator. >> feel the power to be.

reporting. molina speaks is from rollins, wyoming. and he said he found a home here in denver. >> to learn more about molina speaks and his work in the

another live look at myrtle beach as we keep an eye on hurricane matthew. you can see it's getting pretty dark there. hurricane matthew's eye wall is heading east this evening. >> nbc news is reporting two people have died in florida. a woman was killed by a falling tree. another woman died overnight from cardiac arrest. emergency personnel stop and they couldn't get to her. the national hurricane center downgraded the storm to a category 2 this afternoon, but the big concern still that storm surge and the winds still pretty significant. >> now that sun is going down there because they're two hours ahead of us. this is when people need to be tuned even in more because let's look at that rainfall. we're talking about the storm surge and amount of rain impacting the georgia and carolina coastline where some

see upwards of a foot of rainfall. so we'll keep talking about this storm as it continues to skirt along and impacts that area through the beginning of next week. you can see the eye, the center of the storm right there, and the rain bands that are currently affecting parts into north carolina. just behind it is tropical storm nicole. this also has the national hurricane center keeping an eye to has winds at 65 miles per hour. so much smaller in comparison and nicole is expected to stay over the waters of the atlantic. so let's bring it back to colorado and our forecast over the weekend because we're looking at very nice conditions. tomorrow the high 72. our normal high for this time of year 70, so just a bit above, that very mild day. we're warm by october standards, sunday 76, broncos

nice. monday 78 is the high. then we dial the temperatures back. 68 is the high tuesday. we'll have a chance for showers and start climbing right back again by the end of next week. as of now we're looking at another nice week for us, but we'll be here over the weekend and my friend danielle is in and will keep an eye on what's happening with matthew as it makes its way into the coast into georgia and the carolinas. >> the carolinas concerned and the georgia governor warning that you have to many people and some have not heeded those warnings. there could be more fatalities in addition to the two and, of course, the hundreds in haiti earlier this week. >> absolutely. here in colorado a beautiful weekend. we're really winning on the weekend end. >> thanks, belen. >> this is it for us. 9news at 5:00 is coming up

next at 5:00 hurricane matthew continues on its deadly path up the southeastern united at the damage the storm has left in its path. >> also ahead two women, two widows forever linked by what police call an incident of road rage, an incident that doesn't make sense to either one of them. >> and the u.s. government says russia is interfering with the election after several failed hacking attacks next on 9news. >> this is 9news. it was so senseless, you

i know people get angry. >> he will not just get out of the car. out of nowhere or even with a disagreement. he was not a violent person. >> two men, two husbands, two fathers, they're dead. police say it started as road rage. neither wife can believe it. here's 9wants to know reporter anastasiya bolton. >> reporter: life at the moment doesn't make sense to kathy johnson. >> it i just couldn't fathom that. i still don't. it's just very hard. >> reporter: it doesn't make sense how her husband of 40 years would be killed on his way to work when he stopped to help an injured man lying in the road. >> those are just things, you know, that he would do. he would give you the shirt off of his back if you needed it. >> reporter: september 8th