this is fox5 news at 11. local las vegas. the deadly hurricane matthew may reach the florida warning area within the next few hours. it's bringing 130 mile per hour winds. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. the category four storm has already claimed the lives of hundreds of people in the caribbean... and the death toll is expected to rise. president obama has declared a state of emergency for georgia... south carolina... and florida. yon pomrenze is in daytona beach with the latest. closed captioning

gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "it's here. it's absolutely here." high winds and heavy rain. hurricane matthew is battering florida's coast. gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "we're already starting to see the impacts and it's a monster. again, our number one priority is protecting every life in the state." but the worst hasn't hit just yet. the storm is expected to pound the area with high surf and spawn tornadoes. gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "this storm will kill you." two million people in matthew's path - florida, georgia, and the carolinas- are being told to get out of the way -- it's the largest mandatory evacuation since superstorm sandy in 2012. officials are warning people the hurricane could

cut power to millions -- possibly for days... and first responders may not be there to help. gov. nikki haley/ -r- south carolina: "this is really a serious storm. we have in every way tried to prepare as much as possible to keep you safe as possible." closed captioning

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storm. we'll be closer to the average high of 85 on friday with 83 in the afternoon. we'll be warmer with more clouds on the weekend..86 saturday, 89 sunday. slight chances of showers move in on monday with a high of 89 degrees. clouds hang around on tuesday with 88. we'll then see fewer clouds and highs in the mid-80s next wednesday and thursday. a man is dead after being hit by a train in north las vegas. it happened a man is dead after being hit by a train in north las vegas. it happened around 8-30 p-m on the tracks near lake mead and i-15. police say the man was tresspassing when he was hit. no word yet on the victim's identity.

are no road closures at this time. yesterday it was donald trump, today its democratic vice presidential candidate senator tim kaine. he held a rally in las vegas tonight at one of the training grounds for the local carpenters union. thats where fox5s miguel martinez valle joins us with what kaine had to say... senator kaine spoke to us right here inside of the carpenters local training area in las vegas when he touched on his and hillary clinton is planned for jobs, his vice presidenwi debate the other night but not before taking a jab at donald trump. "understand donald trump was here earlier and in addition to not knowing how to say the name of the state" of course it couldn't be avoided he spoke about donald trump mispronouncing nevada last night. but that's not where his critiques of the republican candidate and it. not only did he say hillary was much more qualified to be president he also spoke about donald trumps taxs. calling once again for tromp to

at the rally that him and clinton would do everything they could to keep this country from becoming a deportation nation... he also reminded the crowd about some of the comments trump has made in the past "every time donald trump speaks it's you know women's are pig slobs dogs disgusting muslim should be treated a secondhand citizens he mocked her disabled reporter" kate also talked about him and clintons are economic plan to get more money in people's pockets he says there's gonna be a push for apprenticeships , manufacturing and research and infrastructure investments ... i think the minimum wage and equal pay for equal work . kate also touched on the vice presidential debate the other night saying if he came off assertive that's only because he had two goals one was to defend hillary clinton the other was to see if pence could defend trump

for tomorrow around southern nevada. those details have not been released yet. senator harry reid takes a jab at donald trump... a day after his campaign stop in las vegas. in a conference call today -- sponsored by the nevada democratic party -- he called the republican nominea he says trump was refused a gaming license in nevada... after business problems in new jersey. "i think donald trump is a first class prevaricator. i'm not trying to be funny here. he doesn't tell the truth. he's afraid to show his income tax returns. he raped and pillaged atlantic city. who knows what his tax records would show there? during donald trump's stop in the

with local hispanic business owners. tonight... there's backlash. thousands of people are now calling for a boycott of the businesses who sat down with trump... fox5's cyndi lundeberg shows us why both sides are so passionate. mr trump sat here an di had the privillegd of sitting next to him i was very nervous! twenty four hours after donald trump visited her restauanrt... owner irma aguirre... is still in shock. i have always been a from the very beginning aguirre along with 29 other hispanic business owners spent about 45 minutes with the republican nominee. aguirre says the group discussed how to help local businesses grow.... i think the important thing is he cares for him to come out into the barrio to see what our concerns are small business owners thats a big deal to us while the meeting happenned inside... protests began outside. nats - why are you opening the door to someone that doesnt work for our community this is jose macias - who openly

clinton. following trumps visit... he posted this online calling for a boycott of every business in the meeting. its now been shared thousands of times. i feel angry and sad i feel seeing a presidential candidate it wasnt normal seeing the hate he was creating since day one aguirre says since trumps visit shes received death threats... attacks on yelp and dozens of phone calls. macias says he just wanted the latino community to know who this business supports. take a look at the big picture and if youre going to be critical be critical of hillary clinton you know the fact we cant trust her there's one thing both macias and aguirre agree on.... this is an important election and im just not going to be bullied im mexicna american and im making usre my vote is countin gin the ballot box the restaurant... el sombrero mexican bistro has field a police report after one of the callers threatened to come in and hurt employees. a north las vegas fire captain has

the fire department says he died weeks after fighting a fire. how the fire department is remembering captain yaphet miller tonight. plus... a small nevada town sets an example in school spirit. how they're celebrating the longest game winning streak in high school football... for homecoming weekend. you are watching fox5 news at 11.

when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember!" "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump.

honoring captain yaphet miller... a 22 year veteran of the las vegas fire department. captain miller fought a fire last month, then had a medical episode when he left. due to those same medical complications, captain miller died last night. today we spoke with his friend and colleage. 1346 his dream was always to be a firefighter, i remember being in the academy with him cedric williams told us about captain miller's last fire fight. 233 a 3 alarm fire near rancho and washington but when he started talking about captain yaphet miller, the man, 3010 and uh, (clears throat) his friend... 653 (wiping tears)

618 he made a difference. he was a big guy with a soft heart, and uh, he made a difference. we loved him as that. it was a tough loss for all of us captain miller leaves behind his wife nickey and two children... as well as the child he saved from a fire in 2007. this child, whom he held a few weeks later. but didn't want his picture in the paper. 1307 that was capt miller, he didn't want accolades, he didn't care at north las vegas fire you see the words "our city, our people, our duty". you now also see the solid black mourning band over the badge. 1334 this dept, this city, this country has lost one of its best the north las vegas fire department is considering captain miller a line of duty death since he was working the three alarm fire on his final shift before his medical emergency. now fox5 weather 24..7. with chief meteorologist ted pretty we'll be closer to the average high of 85 on friday with 83

with more clouds on the weekend..86 saturday, 89 sunday. slight chances of showers move in on monday with a high of 89 degrees. clouds hang around on tuesday with 88. we'll then see fewer clouds and highs in the mid-80s next wednesday and thursday. we'll be closer to the average high of 85 on friday with 83 in the afternoon. we'll be warmer with more clouds on the weekend..86 saturday, 89 sunday. slight chances of showers move in on monday with a high of 89 degrees. clouds hang around

we'll then see fewer clouds and highs in the mid-80s next wednesday and thursday. closed captioning will resume shortly we'll be closer to the average high of 85 in the afternoon. we'll be warmer with more clouds on the weekend..86 saturday, 89 sunday. slight chances of showers move in on monday with a high of 89 degrees. clouds hang around on tuesday with 88.

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it's a big night in a small town in nevada! and they have a lot to brag about! we'll show you how alamo, nevada celebrates their homecoming weekend... after having a 98 game winning streak. and...

cubs cursed? why one fan believes this will be the year for the team to win their first world series... ray steiber: i was in charge of homicide. i know when something's not right. the attacks on question 1 are wrong. question 1 protects the right of law abiding nevadans to bear arms.

protection. it's all there. doesn't change. and no one goes to jail for swapping guns while hunting or at the shooting range. what changes is convicted felons can't run to a gun show or go online and buy guns without background checks. that will save lives. yes on 1.

a small nevada town celebrates big when it comes to high school football. they have a 98 game winning streak -- the longest streak in the country for high school football. we sent fox five's dave hall to alamo, nevada for a special edition of field trip thursday.

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anxiety is in the air for chicago cubs fans! the team is looking for a world series title since 1908. "what about this curse we're trying to reverse? to hell with the curse. there is no curse." we'll hear from one cubs fan who believes this new goat will change

is this the year for the chicago cubs? some fans think so! they're gathering at chicago's original billy goat tavern to see this new goat. exactly 71 years ago today -- william "billy goat" sianis tried to get his pet goat "murphy" into wrigley field -- during a world series game. the goat was denied entrance... and the cubs have lost that series and have not won one since. now there's a brand new "murphy" in hopes of changing the team's luck. "do you think murphy will reverse the curse. (nats: yeah, he has his head up) i came over here to see it, somebody told me it was here. it's fun."