this morning -- the eye of a powerful storm moves north. many people in the u-s are now being told -- get ready to leave home. plus -- how to keep prisons from becoming a revolving door. one program is putting inmates on the right path. and a heated 90 minutes. the first and last vice presidential debate forced both candidates to defend their runningmates. i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning.

tracking through the area early this morning, but they will dry up... it is keeping mph... they will turn to the southwest... we will dry out and should see 70s. we stay mild tomorrow with more storms in the forecast. i'll have that for you in a few minutes. the big story this morning is the big storm. hurricane matthew roaring toward cuba. matthew has weakened a bit -- but is still powerful. storm -- packing winds of 125 miles an hour. 11 people have died because of the storm -- which could hit the "if you think you're going to few minutes. the big story this morning is

hurricane matthew roaring toward cuba. matthew has weakened a bit -- but is still powerful. it's now a category three storm -- packing winds of 125 miles an hour. 11 people have died because of the storm -- which could hit the florida coast by thursday night. reid binion tells us how those states are getting ready. before the roads get clogged." florida governor rick scott -- warning residents to the u-s. "right now we expect to see impacts all the way along florida's east coast, from the keys all the way through jacksonville." roadways - already clogged in south carolina... governor nikki haley -- also issuing a warning amid coastal evacuations. scenario is to be stuck on the coast and have no place to go because you didn't meet the parts of north carolina... ...and all three states plus georgia have declared states of emergency ahead of hurricane matthew... ...which proved deadly on its rampage through the caribbean. with forecasters predicting that matthew will brush up against the east coast areas are preparing...

water... ...to fuel and cash... "i'm hearing a lot of screeching of tires, and i'm just waiting my turn because i know it's going to be worse tomorrow." i'm reid binion reporting. members in haiti where matthew has caused all kinds of destruction. kwwl's shirley descorbeth spoke with her uncle -- who's there. he says rivers are overflowing and people have lost their livestock and land. he says people have been asked to leave home -- but not everyone is doing so. to see...they always like to wait and see when something is gonna happen then they'll try to move, at that time usually it's too late for them to move, that's why we have so many casualties."

the southern part of the country and there's also no transportation. rescue crews across the atlantic coast -- hope everyone takes this storm seriously. a water rescue team has been getting ready. dozens of firefighters are being deployed to either north "with wide area flooding the water comes up really quick bauecse your vehicle won't drive even three or four inches of water sometimes so we'll have to go in and help evacuate houses that didn't leave early enough." south carolina's governor says she'll given an evacuation order today -- so one million people would have enough time to leave the coast. funeral services for the man shot and killed by police in charlotte, north

because of the hurricane. services for keith scott were supposed to happen today and tomorrow in south carolina where he was raised. scott was shot and killed by an officer last month. his death sparked protests in charlotte. the investigation into what happened continues. police are now releasing the full dash cam and body camera video of what happened. in at least one video, officers can be heard telling scott to "drop the gun" a number of times. his family says they don't think "it's my belief that if that firearm was within that section of his body, you would have seen it. police say a gun was found and say lab tests show scott's d-n-a and fingerprints were on it. still no answers in dubuque -- a year after a man was murdered. this is video from the police investigation last october. police say jimmy richardson was

friends come together to remember him, and to ask for anyone with information to come forward. "i know a lot of people have to why none of you have said anything." police say they have arrested one suspect on unrelated warrants. they say this is still a very active investigation. investigators now have the data recorders from a train -- and hopth one person died and more than 100 were hurt when the train slammed into a train station in new jersey last week. the engineer says he doesn't remember what happened. investigators say they found his "we will look to see if the cell phone has any information that pertains to the time period during the accident. this day and age with all these types of devices we look to see if those were in place or being used at the time of the accident." the n-t-s-b was asked if it knows

when it crashed. it says it's not ready to say anything about that publicly right now. today, a six-year- old boy will be laid to rest -- after being shot on a playground. the boy was shot in the leg -- and the bullet hit a main artery. his mother wants people who are going to the funeral to dress up as superheroes because her little boy loved them. we want to give you a warning be upsetting. police arrest a caregiver -- saying she was caught on camera abusing a four-year-old who has down syndrome. a nanny cam shows the woman sitting on the child as she changes his diaper. it also shows her dragging him across the floor. the woman is pleading not guilty this morning -- we're seeing the video of a man who stole a shuttle bus at an airport.

-- and got out to give a piece of equipment to another driver. that's when another man -- jumped right into the driver's seat and took off. the man was later arrested. no one was hurt. out of prison and into the barber shop. an illinois man started applying for his cosmetology license behind bars. this is part of a new program in my goal is to eventually go bcak and get my barber's instro he finished his cosmetology classes and received a state license -- behind bars. accusations, interruptions. very common during tuesday's vice presidential debate. at one point the moderator said the people at home couldn't understand what tim kaine or mike pence was saying -- because they were interrupting each other so much. kaine pressured pence to defend

clinton's record. here's one of the exchanges. when donald trump and i russia has been stronger on the world stage than this administration, that's stating painful facts. that's not an endorsement of vladimir putin. that's an indictment of the weak and feckless leadership of hillary clinton and barack obama. this is a very challenging part of the world and we ought to have the commander-in-chief who is prepared and done it rather than somebody who putin as a great leader. today, pence is campaigning in virginia and pennsylvania. kaine is in pennsylvania. senator bernie sanders is campaigning for clinton in des moines today. chelsea clinton is in dubuque. it's hard to sum up 100 years in a single story. one world war two veteran who's

nelson has made a few friends seen a few things too. sliced bread in 1928 ... and i bought her a ring; $25." things were a lot different back then, but one thing is the same. "i've still have this up here, my memory. still got it." a baker and chef by trade, he was drafted into the merchant marines during world war ii. even though he was assigned to the engine room ... he had a special surprise for the ship's captain. "i made him a birthday cake." which is why when it came to his birthday ... damn people." even after a century ... "it's been a good 100 years, oh yeah." there are things he still wants to do. "if i decide to skydive, are you gonna come out and watch me come

keep him as healthy as possible. so he's responsible for all the other 95." and how has he stayed so young? "we didn't eat all that junk food you guys eat." so put down the pizza ... but nelson says grab another slice of pecan pie. "you don't make it like i do." much more to come this morning on today in iowa: competitors on the floor during the game -- they're standing together as one beforehand. plus -- contractors start one job -- only to learn they now have another. they started taking apart the wrong church. showers and storms overnight are dying out as they track through

next 24 hours. i'll have that forecast "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: stormtrack7 live weather network cameras may catch some showers plenty of sunshine for the afternoon. it won't last long, though, as storms return later tonight and continue through tomorrow with a few showers lingering into friday. the main thing we are watching is hurricane matthew... tracking over cuba now and heading north to the bahamas and then the east coast of the u.s.... aiming for florida tomorrow. and, believe it or not, the system affecting us right now, will

in a few days. right now we have a line of showers dying out as it tracks through the region... we will see more tracking in tonight and tomorrow with a few rounds possible... then that system tracks to the east and will help push matthew out to sea... but it may circle right back to florida.... our rainfall amounts could be anywhere from not much to almost 2" depending on how many storms track through the region. we t sunshine for the afternoon and highs in the 70s. storms track back in tonight with lows in the 50s and we stay mild thursday with highs in the 70s as we see a few rounds of showers and storms tracking through. a few showers may linger into friday before that front finally tracks away from us... we cool into the upper 50s to around 60 for friday and saturday with lows around 40. we warm

few showers possible... but we are going to be watching hurricane matthew very closely to see which track it takes... any of which will cause major problems with wind and rain. the time now is still to come. which will cause major problems with wind and

the time now is still to come. a wild start to the postseason. nine innings are not enough to settle the score. plus -- right time, right place for a 10-year-old. she had no choice but to take over the steering wheel -- and what she did might have saved lives. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in wadena, garnavillo, new hartford and all

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i'm chuck grassley, and i approve this message. a bang. into extra innings. bottom of the 11th -- orioles and blue jays tied at two. this is edwin encarnacion a three-run walk-off homer, and the party is on, toronto wins 5-2. baltimore's season is over. toronto moves on to play the rangers in the american league division series -- beginning thursday. it's rare to see a preseason

game get a lot of attention. and in this case -- the focus is on the players before the game. during the singing of the national anthem, knicks and rockets players stood next to each other in one long line with their arms around each other's shoulders. a sign of solidarity. one of the rockets players said they respect the movement started by 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick --- and also says that's the great thing about america -- the freedom you have to demonstrate however you want. one says it will not tolerate marching band members who kneel in protest during the national anthem. nineteen members of the east carolina band took a knee before the school's football game saturday. some of them played instruments as they did that - others didn't play at all. they were protesting racial inequality and police brutality. some fans booed. the band director called the protests hurtful and disrespectful to our country. it's always better to forgive and

and a thankful roofing company. a contractor hired to replace a church roof in indiana -- took the roof off another church -- a block away -- by mistake. workers realized they were on the wrong roof when a delivery driver with a load of new shingles saw the address of his delivery did not match where the workers were. the pastor says it's a good "the bible says, your sins will don't own 'em up." honest mistake and he'll finish the job. a ten-year-old girl leaps into action, saving her family. michigan police say the girl was riding in the car with her mom and her two younger brothers, when her mother blacked out. the 10-year-old took control of once they were all safe, she called 9-1-1. "at first she was talking and said it's cold, and then she arstted looking around so i took

the woman was taken to the hospital. doctors expect her to be fine. we all want a good night's sleep. but sometimes... we also want a snack before bed. coming up -- what kind of food should we avoid?

haley hernandez tells us about the worst foods to eat at night! sleep tight and don't let just a few types of food that will spike your blood sugar." catherine kruppa from advice for eating says - sugary foods make your blood sugar rise and then drop and you don't sleep as well - so really almost coffee." "six hours before is when you want to cut off caffeine." the biggest misconception might be alcohol... "alcohol is one many people drink to get them to go to sleep and it does make you tired deep."

you're prone to acid reflux and digging in to high fat foods late at night--- "pizza for instance is greasy but it also has tomato sauce so the acidic tomato sauce and the high fat n the pizza. so in general high fat meals: burgers, really heavy meals, that kind of thing, will disrupt your digestive tract so just be uncomfortable and are more likely to cause acid reflex" also includes spicy foods and anything citrus. we're getting a look at storm track seven live doppler radar.

forecast. not as windy today but still mild with afternoon sunshine. storms track in tonight and continue in a few rounds through into the weekend. the weekend is dry but could see a few showers on columbus day. it's and coming up on reports of creepy clowns hit eastern iowa. for some -- it's making it hard to leave their homes. plus... some fans of a pop star recording studio. in iowa next.

now on today in iowa... sparks fly in the first and only vice presidential debate. a recap coming up. plus... time to pack up and move out. many people on the east coast are preparing for a hurricane that's and from waverly to the white house. find out why a middle school student is going to washington today. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and