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.

space coast. in and around titusville or heading into cape canaveral. that'll be early tomorrow morning. then it will take a path that goes right up that shore. travels 95, curves around the coast of georgia as well as south carolina as we head into the weekend. this is the wave action. those wave heights are over 20 feet offshore. so we could see a very significant storm surge. a storm surge is not just wind, but the deadliest part of the hurricane. that's why they issue evacuations. that wall of water could move into an area. you see all the traffic listening to the evacuation orders. we'll stay on top of this storm track by downloading the cbs boston weather app and look for the storm updates on our facebook page by following our weather team on twitter or on our website cbsboston.com. creepy clowns are setting off scares here and all over the country. now someone is actually facing the consequences. as wbz bill shields explains, a teenager is facing charges of using social media to fuel the panic.

as this juvenile put it, it is just a prank, but it is a very serious prank. he was immediately arrested and taken into custody. >> reporter: this is a 17-year- old arrested on twitter where he calls himself arsenic kid. he was threatening to drop students at rehoboth high. >> he posted these threats online. >> some appearing on college campuses and sometimes they claimed to be armed. it may have started as a prank, but now the scary clowns have taken on a sinister life of their own. parents say it is taking a toll on their kids. >> i know that my son in particular, he's worried every time that it is nighttime that he's going to have a clown come and attack. my kids have made comments about it that it is kind of scary.

frightened kid they respond. it takes away from the more serious duties. >> it's diverting our guys that have other things to do. >> reporter: it might start out as one big joke, but now it is morphed into a situation of serious public unrest and even anxiety. i'm bill shields wbz news. >> that 17-year-old was arrested in rehoboth. two victims of a home invasion last week in are behind bars tonight. this morning police arrested jennifer baston and mark texeira on drug charges. they prompted a massive man hunt. when police searched the couple's apartment they found 100 grams of fentanyl and cash. two of the intruders in the meantime are still on the run tonight. new at 5:30 two new cases of mrsa. this is a staph bacteria that

resistant -- to antibiotics. four of the students contracted mrsa including three of the football players. the state's new electronic tolling system is raising real concerns about privacy because the state wants to be able to keep your information about speed on file for a month. wbz's christina hager is live tonight in boston. christina? >> reporter: well lisa you know every time you drive under one of records information like your license plate, what you're driving, where you're going, how long it took to get there. officials will hold on to that information for some time. the new open tolls light up like the paparazzi making drivers like raymond wolf uncomfortable about what the state is keeping on file. >> because it is your personal information and all this stuff that's going on with the technology today. that's why i feel like it. i don't feel safe with my

registry. >> reporter: today they approve add plan to keep information collected through electronic tolling for as long as seven years. >> we need to be able to produce a document to prove that you were there at that time so that the information that we are sending to the invoices are matched by other evidence to prove that you owe the taxpayers of the commonwealth money. >> reporter: who during that time has access to that information? >> our private vendor and us only. >> reporter: here is the breakdown. the state will keep information about trips for seven years. speed for a month, pictures for three months to seven years, and video for 180 days. some say it is worth the ease of the new technology. >> i think it's pretty secure. i'm not concerned. >> reporter: while others see them as the highway system's big metal version of big brother. >> i think now everybody is tired of what's going on. i don't know if it is trusting. >> the last thing we want is to

stand behind and we're confident we can stand behind that. >> reporter: but they will also keep what is called the people's red flags by police for reasons like amber alerts or the terrorism concern. and the officials, they could hold on to tolling information on those hot list drivers for no more than 30 days. by the way the open tolling system will go online october 28. in boston, christina hager wbz news. >> thank you. campaign 2016 days left in election day. hillary clinton and donald trump are stepping up their appeals to a crucial group of voters. women with children. wbz political analyst jon keller is going over their tv ads. >> a lot of pretty pictures of the cute kids and their parents. but i'm afraid on the cute shortage it is specifics and canter. let's start by taking a look at trump's new tv ad.

deduct their childcare expenses from their income taxes. >> his childcare plan makes a difference for working families. more money, more freedom. he is helping americans just like us. >> well that $5,000 tax break they flashed on the screen looks good, doesn't it? but it is less than half of the $13,000 a year working parents typically pay for childcare here in massachusetts. if you don't earn enough to pay any income xe offers a less than $1,200 annual rebate helpful perhaps, but still a drop in the bucket. and because stay-at-home parents get the tax break too, the cost is huge. an estimated $500 billion over ten years. none of that of course is in the ad. that will ruin the deficit. clinton has run several ads promoting her advocacy for children and families. what about her latest? >> well it is missing one key component.

for kids and families. and it will be my mission to build a country where our children can rise as high as their dreams and hard work takes them. that means good schools for every child in every zip code. college that leads to opportunities, not debt. >> now that's awfully vague from a campaign that has attacked trump for being light on policy specifics. while clinton has vowed to cut childcare costs at 10% of e explain how that's going to work. her promise of good schools in, "every zip code," relies on major increases in federal spending. and her call for free tuition for in-state students at public colleges doesn't mention that tuition is less than half the cost of attending those schools. those are important details. again both candidates are just whipping on that. maybe that's why a lot of undecided voters are still

any substance. >> this is a topic that might come up during the debate on sunday. speaking of that debate, 9:00 right here on wbz and the second presidential debate. you will catch it right here on wbz lisa? all right, liam, thanks. not home for their amazon delivery. the unique idea that could prevent your packages from getting stolen. an armed man attacking workers at a technology company. how those employees fought back. and how a renovation project at a new england chug is aim -- church recapturing camelot. ever dream of being on wheel of fortune isn't the big chance is this weekend. the wheel mobile will be at the hall on saturday and sunday noon to 4:00 looking to draft contestants for the game show.

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linkedin just opened a new launch. it will try to block recruiters from your company on seeing the information. facebook is trying to protect some of your online conversations. your messenger app conversations can now be encrypted so that they will not appear on another device. just hit the word secret when you start a new conversation. amazon delivery right inside your doors. the online retailer might be working on a way to have your stuff left inside the it could work with a smart lock letting users grant temporary access to the garage or hallway, you just choose the option to check out and delivery drivers would get that one-time use code. it seems a little sketchy. >> that's -- that's true. hiding in plain sight. an italian mob boss is finally discovered. where police found him coming up. spent a lot of time talking about matthew, but here at home

there. 72 in lexington. mendon up at 70 today. belmont in the 70s. your five-day forecast coming

this is just a wild scen >> you see the employees fighting back against an armed man with a knife. police say that one man barged into the technology company and they started sweeping that weapon around. he threw one employee to the floor and that is when several others would join in to fight him back. they were able to get him outside where police, they arrested him a few minutes later. >> italian police just captured a mafia boss hiding in his kitchen behind the cup boards.

toilet paper, and a portable fence. a dramatic rescue in singapore, an animal rescue officer saving a kitten from a 12-story ledge. the cat jumped out of the open window trying to catch a bird. i guess they do have nine lives. >> they call that high-rise. >> i'm sure that it happens often. >> yeah, he is right up there. there you go. >> all right. let's talk about matthew because this storm particularly for this part of florida looks horrible. >> hey, it's not a part of the state that's seeing those the track that's expected to take it. it is usually south florida or the keys to the florida straits on the gulf side of florida. hopefully everyone is prepared out there tonight. we are not just hyping it out. this is a dangerous storm. take a look at the current stats. you can notice to the east we have another hurricane that is just east of matthew. they will keep each other at arm's length over the course of the next couple of days. matthew has 140 miles per hour

mill bars. what does that mean? the lower the pressure goes, the more the winds will respond creating the pressure gradient to the center and the atmosphere around it. when you get to that point that you'll talk about those strong winds and the stronger that they could come as we have these bands that will be moving in across florida tonight. but it is the inside one with the core and the strongest winds. it is a strong area like a mini tornado warning like we saw it in hurricane andrew and a top- line hurricane. the damage is so intense, in a very small zone. it is moving across with that eye wall just moving through. expect to see quite a bit of destruction on the island because of the storm as you probably won't see it until tomorrow. taking a look at the track, it will head right up towards the space coast looking like a possible rainfall near melbourne. it is going to parallel the georgia coastline as well as the south carolina coastline. by the time we head towards

but they may even try to return towards florida or the bahamas as a tropical storm a weaker system later next week. so far that is off just focusing on the short term at this point. here at home, you know, we have opinion talking about matthew with our weather that has been stellar with the 60s to the mid- 70s out there. high pressure in control. we're going to get an identical day tomorrow and we will have the twin hurricanes off the south. what we're looking at is this front to the west, bringing us a chance for a couple of rain showers next weekend. that's about it. tonight, clear skies and patchy fog where it will -- skies and a patchy fog allowing us to lose the heat of the day. going for the low in the 30s again. 41 in jaffrey. boston sitting at 50. now another big temperature swing day. look at highs for tomorrow afternoon a picture-perfect friday. this had weekend is not bad. we'll see some changes. mild day on sunday. we'll see increasing clouds. as this front approaches likely to see some showers as we head towards saturday evening and night. right now the timeline looks to be after sunset.

plans, i don't think that any rain will be in your area yet. the one real big question mark is how quickly the clouds will thin out on sunday. a lingering shower is moving towards cape cod and the islands that will get a grayer day on sunday. there's a look at your columbus day holiday. i'm told it's not too bad. saturday during the day stays dry. chance for those lingering clouds towards the cape on sunday and cooler. then a gorgeous crisp columbus day. 60 degrees with the higher elevations in the 50s. there too. so right now in oktoberfest it is going on. a slight chance for the shower late on saturday, but again most of the day is dry. sunday looks very nice as well. and the foliage is unreal. now we have talked about the foliage outlook how the drought could bring out the drier colors. if you are heading up towards the lakes region of the mountains the weather will be cooperative. i wouldn't wait because the drought will have those leaves fall off a little bit faster than usual. so here is your accuweather

is basically no rain all around us. >> eric, thank you very much. on the health watch tonight a warning for parents, they say that you should stop using homeo teething gels. they could cause severe reactions including seizures d with the blood sugar test that could help treat diabetes. they consider the age of the person's red blood cells making the readings more precise as they claim that it will be 50% more accurate than the current ones. no one knows how long they would live, but there is a limit to old age.

>> yes, that is a lot. >> well, they are making a return in newport, rhode island, this is a beautiful space. john f. kennedy married jacqueline at their church, which became the primary perrotish -- pairish. st. mary's is now using blueprints from 1937 in this restoration. when the project is comple, during the kennedy era. >> have you ever been there? >> i haven't. >> it's a beautiful chug. >> looks spectacular. >> the chance to own your own island right here in new england. >> and plus a look at their faith and asking price. coming up tonight at 6:00, it is shaping up already to be a catastrophic storm. we'll take a look at the incredible damage that is left behind by hurricane matthew. and of course tracking the very latest that the storms will head for florida. and also tonight an

they take a trip out of town for police training. we will tell you about the questions that are being raised

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bathhouse, plus a stone patio, tennis court, and a hot tub. there is also a guest cabin, boat house, four beaches, and a hammock strung between two of the trees that will give the island their name. >> i think that it is certainly bringing about more excitement to have an island come up for auction. it is not every day in this area or even in the world that you can own your own island. >> reporter: right now everything runs on propane and there isn't any wifi or cable, at least not yet. the ti $1 million. the island goes up for auction on wednesday. brianna pitts, wbz news. >> it is going up from there, we have much more still ahead. >> and the news at 6:00 starts now. a monster category 4 storm now zeroing in on florida. packing a punch with winds of more than 140 miles per hour. millions of people in the path. how this history making hurricane could be.

record. and the latest on the track and the rain showers on the weekend forecast in new england. breaking news, a crime scene investigation will put local schools on lockdown. what police are looking for right now. and questions tonight about a smashed up car and two local police officers. they were out of town for training. millions of people in florida are being told to evacuate. >> we will give you a live look right now at florida and that the storm has claimed more than 100 lives through the caribbean as you can see in florida that the waves are whipping up, you can see the trees are going back and forth and authorities are warning flooding could

>> they are right now lashing the florida coast. they're getting their first taste of this. we want to give you a live look at singer island, a massive hurricane we've been watching for days only picking up strength tonight. >> we say it is historic the very first time that the hurricane of this magnitude has hit that particular area off florida and those conditions are quickly deteriorating. good evening to you i'm david wade. >> i'm lisa hughes. we're glad to have you with us tonight. things are obviously getting much worse and much more millions of people on the move are getting away from the southeast coast. >> reporter: here in jacksonville they're slowly starting to deteriorate. it started raining not long ago and it has picked up. since then you can see behind me, the water is much higher than what it typically is, it is choppy in this area in the north florida area. if you go down south, you can look around the beach.