homeowner in hope dale. surveillance cameras capturing an amazon driver going over the lawn. this is just unacceptable. >> amazon contacted the homeowner and said they would pay for the damage. bill shields talked with him. >> reporter: like everyone else, paul has had a hard time keeping his lawn looking good. so it probably didn't help when a delivery driver decided use his grass for a turnaround. >> i liked at the tape and this guy is barreling through the driveway and turning around in my yard. that's just caught me so off guard. >> the driveway is big enough for just about any truck to turn around in but this guy decided the grass would make it even easier. he says he was happy that amazon delivered the package on

looking into it. >> honestly, something as simple as an apology. that's what would make all the difference. it's just unacceptable to do stuff like that. >> considering that amazon is pushing heavily the use of drones to deliver their products. maybe now would be a perfect time. in hope dale, i'm bill shields, wbz news. we're tracking hurricane tt dozens of homes in cuba and the winds are taking aim at the bahamas. there are mandatory evacuations in parts of the southeastern u.s. as officials are bracing for this strong storm. and eric fisher is here with the latest. >> and this is going to be different from a lot of hurricanes which might go across the state and head to the gulf. this gets to the coast and then rides it all the way up to

more communities than it otherwise might. winds at 10 miles per hour. the center is moving up to the bahamas and away from cuba which should allow it to get stronger in the overnight. here's why it may not impact us. there's a big area of high pressure in the northeast and that's going to steer it west to florida, georgia, and south carolina. initially, you see the dip in the jet stream across michigan. that was going to come down deeper, grab matthew, and steer and now it's a flatter flow and it's not enough to grab the storm and bring it to new england. there's the official track as a category 4 hurricane right along the coastline. and then stalling out and moving south. we'll have more on matthew and in the meantime, what a great stretch of weather over the next couple of days. details on that coming up. download the cbs boston weather app to stay on top of hurricane matthew.

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in the books, the focus shifts to the second presidential debate. jon keller is here now. >> you've got me cornered. >> i promise i won't interrupt you. what can hillary clinton and donald trump learn? >> in light of the generally good marks mike pence got and the dismal response to the gop's first debate performance. i think trump important lesson. don't take the bait when your opponent needles you. that happened repeatedly in the first debate. it's dangerous for him to wander off message at all. especially to issues preferred by clinton. watch as pence deflects tim

pence can defend the insult driven style of donald trump. >> you and hillary clinton would know a lot about an insult driven campaign. >> anything pence did that trump should avoid? i'll say this. it's considered standard procedure to -- if you deny statements caught on risk having the clinton campaign pounce as they did today with this. >> more nations should get nuclear weapons. >> he never said that. >> wouldn't you rather in a certain sense have japan have nuclear weapons. >> there are other ways to change the subject. and that's what pence and trump should do. not deny making comments that are easily verifiable.

anything that tim kaine did that helped her or hurt her. >> no, i don't think there was. his showing i felt was inferior to hers in every way. especially all the interrupting. the next debate is a town hall for mat with citizens asking the questions. if they are sitting there and you're making a jerk of yourself by being overly contentiouit >> and president bush just looked at his watch. that can be a mistake. and join us sunday night at 9:00 for the second presidential debate. and this one is a town hall style debate. it's sunday right here on wbz. >> thank you. the former massachusetts governor says his main focus over the next month is to stop donald trump from winning. the former massachusetts

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well, off the rails. a freight train derailment in the bronx caused amtrak delays between new york and connecticut. several cars went off the tracks but there were no injuries. three babies born off the coast of italy. so many trying to get out of syria. the italian coast guard has saved more than 10,000 migrants during 72 rescue operations. and a young football player showing off his skills. he could go all the way. and he does. so cute. touchdown. that's the thrill of his life, isn't it? >> we should get you on thursday night football. >> they ran a flea flicker. and then he juggles it and almost lost it again.

>> i'm johnny. >> that was quite a catch. a future right there. you have got a lot on your plate. and we've got beautiful weather but rooking at florida -- looking at florida. >> a really bad situation for the alabama, florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina. and matthew is over warm water and i would expect that the power of the storm will go up overnight and into tomorrow morning. the immediate u.s. florida. hurricane warnings there in the bright pink, and then tropical storm warnings are in place. and hurricane watches are in place for the jacksonville area and heading into south carolina and georgia. we take a look at some model expected wind gusts here. as we head to tomorrow morning, we have the center right towards the bahamas. and very strong winds in nassau and the free port area.

the coast of florida. tomorrow night, very row beach. >> and titusville. and this is moving northward, bringing the strong gusts up to savannah and charleston. not just the wind but the rain. and what i'm focused on for the sake of impact is south carolina and north carolina over 10 inches of rain in the past few weeks. and if you see 10 to 20, there could be catastrophic floods there. a lot of things to watch when it comes to matthew. temperatures are mainly in the 60s. the cloud cover today has been persistent across cape cod, the islands, the south shore. everyone else in the sunshine. and we should see mainly clear skies and a chilly evening. we could see patchy frost.

the immediate shoreline. a cold morning and like many fall days we warm up beautifully. and temperatures in the 70s inland and we'll stay in the 60s along the coast. and more of the same as we look at friday. sunshine, less wind, gorgeous warm afternoon in the 70s. and saturday we start to bring in rain. even though matthew is well off to the south. usually you get a plume of tropical moisture that can ride up the coastline and meet with the front which is helping to protect us but at the same time will channel some of the rain. the best chance for seeing the much needed rainfall is saturday evening and night and might linger into sunday morning. it could impact some weekend plans. going for low 70s on saturday with the increasing clouds and the chance of late day rainfall. clearing on sunday and breezy out of the northwest. and temperatures will hold. and look at columbus day, full sun, less wind, 60 degrees.

and sunny and quiet. the game time wind at -- as we look at thursday and friday no weather issues are expected and then when they return to fenway park, also looking good. clear skies and 62 degrees at first pitch. and the weekend plans may take you north. look at northern new england. it's near peak conditions, in and around conway. getting up to the there's great color. if you're heading north, the perfect weekend for it. and looking into next week, temperatures stay system and bright sunshine -- seasonal and bright sunshine. a group of third, 4th, and 6th graders. danielle niles visited and they had great questionings, including the odds 06 being

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happen. >> thank goodness i purchased flight insurance and i'm getting my money back. >> the insurance recommended during booking only covered medical issues. >> i'm an attorney and this is what i do. i read the fine print or i'm trained to read the fine print. the way the website is set up it's deceptive. >> there were other complaints. >> one woman wrote this insurance is misleading manner. >> there's always a loophole in travel insurance. >> the founder of airfare watchdog says insurance policies are moneymakers for airlines and travel companies. find a third party carrier that deals specifically in trip insurance. >> there's insurance called cancel for any reason insurance, and it's more expensive and has loopholes of its own.

>> reporter: travelocity is testing a new option which includes cancel for any reason insurance. if customers like it. they'll make it widely available. >> in the meantime a spokesperson told us we would highly recommend that customers link on -- click on the link to the policy details and take a minute to read through. >> he believes the option he had was deceptive. many credit cards offer some protection so be su you might be able to skip the insurance all together. kate merrill, wbz news. >> when you're going far away, it's something to think about. >> the medical stuff and what if you're going to cancel? that can run loo is a lot. >> even if you get the stuff that covers everything, there are loophole. stay with us. the news at 6:00 starts now. hurricane matthew, powerful and dangerous, and now setting

england, good signs that may stay south. the latest track tonight. a man on a bike hit and killed in a busy cambridge square and it's not the first time. the action city officials are taking to keep everyone on the road safe. tom brady hits the field for the first time since the suspension ended. >> every day i look down, i will drive on through the pain. i will never give up. >> he lost all ur fighting for our country. and after an incredible surgery in boston, this marine is excited about the future. live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news at 6:00. bracing for impact. millions of people in the southeast are preparing for a worst case scenario they hope to avoid as hurricane matthew storms north. the east coast is on alert.

powerful and deadly storm. >> right now in florida, evacuations and emergency preparations are well underway. the governor says this could be the biggest evacuation ever in that state. along the atlantic coast there's a rush to stock up on grocery stores and gasoline ahead of the storm. parts of the caribbean are just beginning to assess the damage. >> matthew hit haiti as a category 4 hurricane and the results, catastrophic. death. and that death toll sadly could go up. the storm destroyed schools, washed out roads, and forced 14,000 from their homes. and high winds and a strong storm surge destroyed dozens of homes in cuba. >> there are reports that the 125-mile-per-hour winds trashed a tourist town.

eye on the track of the storm. >> good news for us but not the folks in florida. >> the trend has been our friend in new england. doesn't look like we'll see direct impact. right now 120-mile-per-hour winds and that makes it a category 3 hurricane. but it's expected to grow stronger overnight and into the day tomorrow. returning to category 4 strength. and on the track, you see it regaining the jupiter, florida, by late tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. from there, it may make landfall on the space coast. and then as we look to friday and saturday. it's going to move along the coastline of georgia, south carolina, and north carolina before taking a dive stalling and moving back to the south as we head to next week. the probability of hurricane force winds, basically a slam dunk across the bahamas