that is off towards the east. we will talk about that a little later on as we focus at the threat first. it will be the top ten lowest on record in florida if it does make landfall and a very great radar picture. there are two eye walls and the sign of the very strong and mature hurricane. and you can to come right into the city. and a really rough situation on the bahama. then further to the west the hurricane warnings are extending north of miami all the way up through savannah and charleston, south carolina. with the tropical storm warnings furthered west. the big story is that we're going to have a powerful hurricane. and that it will be catastrophic and they will take you to that level. but will they get on shore and

and perhaps making a landfall near the space coast around melbourne and then moving their way off towards the north and east as they head through friday and into saturday as they would face 20 miles an hour east and a big impact lower if it comes on land. and we will talk more about this of course coming up later on the newscast. >> that is scary stuff, thank you. the storm as eric mentioned is historic. a category 4 hurricane has never hit this part of florida. >> it is enough now to close disney world, universal, seaworld all closed through tomorrow. don champion is in port orange tonight. >> reporter: good evening david and lisa, southern parts of florida could begin to experience hurricane conditions in just a few hours. already here to the north we've been going through brief heavy downpours and the wind is picking up. by late tonight matthew will certainly be on its way to becoming one of the worse

waves along florida's coastline are signs of the trouble to come. matthew is barreling towards the florida coast as a category four hurricane. and it could get even stronger. governor rick scott insisted that the storm isn't one to take lightly. >> if you are in an evacuation zone, get out. it had is not something you should take a chance -- this is not something you should take a chance with. >> reporter: port orange seems to be on the fence. >> why >> just in case i'll have the opportunity to try to repair something that may, you know, be able to salvage the home. >> reporter: not far away gary zedaka took his boat out of the water. he's the retired firefighter saying that residents who stay behind do so in their own risk. >> when it gets bad, they don't leave the fire house. they don't leave until after. >> reporter: this area where i'm standing is expected to be

huge waves are expected to inundate the coast. hurricane conditions are even expected inland in orlando where disney is closing its theme parks. at least 2,500 national guard troops have been called up. they're preparing supplies and rescue boats. now as we brace for matthew it is important to note that this part of the coast including the area where the storm could make landfall has never been hit by a major hurricane before. at people were staying in about 60 shelters set up around the state. we are in port orange, florida tonight don champion wbz news. >> the images we see already from the storm are frightening as the power of mother nature is really on full display. meteorologist pamela gardner here with a closer look at thoseimages. pamela? >> reporter: right now matthew is moving towards freeport.

and winds blow the boats around. at least 380 people in haiti were killed. the storm cut off many of the towns in the poorest areas and the scope of the damage is just coming to light. today florida's governor had warned people to stay off the beaches and to not surf. but as you can see some chose not to heave those warnings. the big concern right now with the dangerous storm surge, water can reach the roof levels on some homes as we will keep a close eye on the condition as the storms turn closer. app to stay on top of hurricane matthew. you can find updates on our facebook page and follow the weather team on twitter and of course check our website on cbsboston.com. stay with us for the special evening edition news with scott pelley who will anchor the newscast live from west palm beach. that's tonight and tomorrow both at 6:30. lisa? breaking news now from orange and central massachusetts where one person is dead and another found

home. wbz's is live for us. we just got new information. >> reporter: that's right, we did again confirm that one man is dead, a woman seriously injured. the result of an apparent home invasion. this has been a very active scene here at this east river street home in orange. we've seen investigators walking in and out of the home with booties all day. state police on scene assisting in the investigation. now once more the an elderly man is dead and an apparent homicide and elderly woman seriously injured. the results of a home invasion he says. the d.a. described these victims as elderly, residents of the home. the suspect they're searching for still at large. part of the search for that suspect he says included a neighborhood canvas earlier today. the crime scene was discovered this morning, it prompted the lockdown of area schools. at this point the d.a.

identities of the victims. i did speak to one neighbor who described the man and the woman as a really kind couple who often had company here. >> one cop came over and asked me a couple of questions, he was so nice to me. all he said was ma'am, i'd like to tell you something bad, something horrible happened that's it. >> reporter: now we know the female victim was life flighted to an area hospital. the neighbor also said that they saw two caretakers of couple here and they were crying. we are live in orange wbz news. another breaking news tonight we have new details about gloucester's police chief just days after announcing she was going to fire leonard campanello. she has now accepted his decision to actually retire at the end of the year. liam martin is live with this story. >> reporter: he will remain on paid leave until that retirement takes effect in

leave. shortly thereafter city officials wanted to fire campanello claiming he deleted more than 600 text messages with one of those women from his work phone. campanello's attorney at time called it a witch hunt, but today the chief agreed to retire with his pension instead of being terminated. in the statement he says he is retiring for the sake of his family and city. you might remember campanello became a national figure for his angel opioid overdose people into a program. >> liam, thank you. breaking news on last week's train crash in new jersey. federal investigators are saying that the transit train was going twice the speed limit when it hit hoboken terminal. it was going about 20 miles per hour. they also say the engineer hit the emergency brake less than a second before the crash. of course one person was killed, more than 100 were hurt. we are now just hours from

league divisional series wbz sports director here all pumped up. >> i'm so fired up for this, yes. no question about it. this is the best of five series as the red sox have all the conference in the world as they can beat the cleveland indians no matter where they play them. sox were 4-2 against the indians. they've got rick porcello who is 22-4 going into the game tonight. they played at augusta field over the past two decades. these two teams have met four times in the post season since 1995 with both clubs winning two series each. thtr finishing 53-28 on home soil. that's where dan roche is staning by live with more. danny? >> reporter: well steve, all kinds of story lines in this one. we know good stuff to say the least that the red sox are playing their first post-season game since 2013. let's talk about the relationship with the managers terry francona has been with boston for four years now. we know that.

two. john ferrell needed a ride when he was diagnosed with cancer last year. terry francona would write for him. both in opposite dugout as they set to do battle. >> everybody wants to win, that'll never change. but that will also never put a dent on our friendship, our relationship whether it is on the field or off. he's one of my best friends in life. >> reporter: john ferrell feels the same. and he says he has learma >> the one thing that he always spoke of, be true to yourself. if you have done your work and you're prepared to the point, making those decisions, true to your self, you can live with the criticism or balance it with times that are successful.

managers indeed. both are winners too having won three world series titles between them as they get set to do battle tonight. we'll have much more including a focus on rick porcello tonight's starter for the red sox. now live here at progressive field where it is 79 degrees. it was about 50 degrees less than that when we checked in on opening day. let's go back to you. >> all right, have some fun tonight will you? bill belichick will hit the practice field for a second straight day down in foxborough. yes, tom brady was out there fo after returning from a four- game suspension. brady should be plenty motivated to play well in cleveland as well as the rest of the team after their performance in buffalo last sunday. he put his own spin on it today in the locker room. >> you play the game you need to have a chip. everybodies chips serve differently like ray's. you might be a barbecue guy or a sour cream and onion guy, but as long as you've got your

gets you through your game. >> no, adele is like a pringle guy, i don't consider those chips. >> remember for a preview of the team, be sure to check out football all access tomorrow at 7:00 right here on wbz. we'll have more on bennett. on sunday we'll start you off with game day at 11:30, kickoff at 1:00, then followed by the fifth quarter post-game show over on my julian edelman limited at practice. >> yes, is he hurt? >> you know what, he didn't have enough time to heal correctly because right now he's hurting. >> there is some question in that. >> he needs good energy. >> there you go. >> david? lisa and steve, thank you. are the samsung phone problem solved? maybe not. coming up the scare in the air as the smoking smartphone

in the money room and the decision that they made, which makes people even angrier. an arrest after a report of a creepy clown, but it wasn't a clown. new tonight on wbz at 6:00, two officers are under investigation with questions about their out-of-state police training and a car wreck. kelly: you know me. not from thousands of false, negative ads- but as your first female attorney general- appointed by republican and democratic governors. as your senator, i'm fighting for equal pay and against workplace discrimination,

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some new questions tonight after a samsung phone overheated and forced the evacuation of a passenger jet. now, their owner says that the device was actually a replacement for the same type of phone at the center of that worldwide recall. >> tonight, this is a part of a federal investigation. >> just smoking, popping, that noise was coming from the galaxy note 7 after trying to power it down. >> a few seconds later i heard some popping that sounded like a zip lock bag popping open. i looked around and there was smoke just pouring out of my pocket. >> there is smoke in the cabin. >> reporter: crews evacuated flight 994 as it sat at the gate at louisville international airport. the consumer product safety

samsung galaxy note 7 phones. noting 92 reports of batteries overheating in the u.s. burning at least 26 people, and damaging property at least 55 times. >> we're moving aggressively to investigate this incident. >> reporter: the head of the agency is looking into green's claim that the device overheated was a replacement for the phone he turned in as a part of the recall. green showed us the serial number that according to samsung's website is not among the list of affected devices. >> we need that needs to be verified one way or another. >> reporter: for now brian green is no longer using a samsung phone. >> it is just scary to think that i could have been driving when this happened, someone could have had this in their luggage on the plane, under the plane. it could have been a lot worse. >> samsung says that they don't have the actual device in hand so they cannot confirm that this was definitely a note 7. but assuming that it is the company says they will work with southwest and with the investigators to figure out

a private contractor to handle the so-called money room. that's news that will not make union members very happy. early this morning during a protest, seven mtba agencies brought the cash collection facilities locking the gates there. after transit police cut the locks, seven protesters continued to block access to the building. police arrested them and they appeared in court this afternoon. >> we believe that by getting out of the cash management business we'll be able better focus on our delivery service and save the t a lot of money. >> the eye team exposed security lapses at that money room. just last week they released this photo showing someone sleeping on the floor in that room with stacks of cash on the table right there in the photo. we want to show you a live picture right now of the traffic camera from orlando, florida. this had is i-4 -- this is i-4 and people getting out of hurricane matthew. >> it looks like they have the highway in both directions only

of there. it sounds like, eric, this is just a really scary situation. >> a lot of people there, you know, it's florida. when you think of florida and hurricanes that many people have never been through a hurricane this strong. >> it's been a while. >> we have not had a cat 3 or stronger since wilma. in this part of florida they have never had a category 4 make landfall. so if this does move into the coast it is scary stuff out. there take a look at the satellite picture. certainly not losing any strength, in fact it's been gaining strength. it's a category 4 again. and in that core, it's about to move right over freeport in the bahamas. it'll continue a northwest track that will go into melbourne late tonight and early tomorrow morning. you can easily see the rainbands that are spiraling well around. there's an outside eye wall and an inner eye wall. that inner eye wall is where the strongest winds overall are. if that could get on land, we could be looking at gusts over

florida. so that, of course would be devastating for the area. so here is a look at that track. it just skirts the coastline. little last-minute wobbles are really going to determine how bad it really gets. this is similar to charlie back in 2004. it took a last-minute wobble away from tampa bay and hit the state down towards captiva. you're going to see where that ends up occurring. otherwise it goes right along the coast of georgia, south carolith track that will start to weaken as it moves its way southward and tries to come back at florida next week. that part of the track is very uncertain. it is something that we're going to need to hash out the next couple of days. also a tremendous amount of rain right up at the coast. i've been mentioning how i'm concerned about coastal south carolina and north carolina. they see 10 to 15 inches of rain and then add another 10 inches of rain on top of that, so the flood threat is very high along with the winds.

with the temperatures in the 60s, middle 70s out there. high pressure is in control. we're going to get one more day like this before our front moves in from the west. that front protects us and also brings a chance for a couple of showers this weekend. so tonight clear, some patchy fog, but it is chilly again in the mid-30s for most of the suburbs, about 50 downtown boston, but a cold night and tomorrow morning there will be a chill in the air. just like today we're going to warm back up into the 70s tomorrow afternoon with a picture perfect friday then we move towards the weekend and that front moving in from the west will bring increasing cloud cover on saturday with a chance for some rain showers as we head into saturday evening. during the day there will be a ton of events going on. then the question mark will be exiting the coastline. moving up eastern massachusetts while interior areas and northern new england will stay sunny. looking at the forecast it'll

we're at 60s with a cloud cover. then a beautiful columbus day holiday on monday with full sunshine. it'll be cool, crisp, right near 60. it will be excellent out in cleveland for the next two nights. then when the sox return home on sunday, 62 at first pitch, it'll be sunny, but then it will be chilly when the sun goes down. plan on bringing a blanket. columbus day weekend, you're looking at foliage. near-peak conditions around all the higher elevations. so this is the absolutely if you are thinking about that road trip this is the time to go. here is your accuweather seven- day forecast, 60s and 70s with all sunshine and all dry to go with it. david and lisa over to you. >> all right, eric, thank you so much. well keeping black friday on a friday. >> coming up the nation's largest mall is taking a stand against shoppers on thanksgiving day who are hunting for sales. coming up at 5:30, facebook is making a change to try to protect your privacy. how you can keep and protect your conversations on

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their families. the 520 stores can open if they want, but the mall itself won't be open until 5:00 black friday morning. and i like this move. i mean i'm all for people wanting to shop on black friday, get up early, be there at midnight. i don't understand why it has to start on the holiday. >> friday and friday is an excellent time to go shopping. would you light a candle that smells like an apple? >> an but an apple computer. it smells like a freshly unboxed mac. what the heck does that smell like? notes of mint, peach, basil, lavender, and sage. the $24 candle sold out in hours. >> i would assume this was an april fool's joke if we were in april, because this doesn't

things opening up an am -- an apple product. >> when i was a little boy they would tell you to smell your hand, that's the kind of trick. >> like it would have the paper snakes coming out of it, no. here is a dog with a sense of humor playing dead to fool his friend. take a look. pat's owner says every time he plays dead, he scares his buddy archie. you can hear him crying, worried about the best bud. but jack managed to finally giving up. maybe they need to take him to the vet. [ laughter ] >> he is really mad at his friend, this is some kind of pay back. >> i'll be back at 6:00. here is liam with a look at what's coming up at 5:00. that is a mean trick. that is not very nice. david and lisa, thank you very much. an electronic polling tracking you? the new privacy concern as the state gets ready to roll out their program. the force of creepy clowns that

tonight a teenager is accused of spreading the rumors on social media who is facing charges. and tracking hurricane matthew as a category four storm heads

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florida. millions have been ordered to evacuate. tonight live images from west palm beach. airlines have canceled nearly 3,000 flights for today and tomorrow. >> florida is already seeing some of the storm's outer band. chief meteorologist eric fisher is here tonight with the very latest. >> pretty much it is just wait and see what little wobble this eye might make as it approaches the shoreline over the next 24 hours. right now a direct hit on po clearly showing up right over freeport. we see a lot of lightning wrapping around the eye. that's usually some indication that it is strengthening. the wider eye wall you can see is circling the smaller one. that outer one may collapse and strengthen around the inside one. that's where the strongest winds are found. that's a trend we're going to monitor tonight, but you can see the expected wind gust moving towards the coast towards the coast of florida.