>> 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.

right now as matthew is churning off the coast of florida. this is a very strong category 4 storm, which means that you have 140 miles per hour winds. i know that there is the hope for many here in florida that the storm would weaken after it hit over the bahamas. that is not the case. instead the storm has strengthened, prompting the largest evacuation in america since 2012 super storm sandy. we're talking roughly two million or so people in florida, georgia, and the highway on our way down here from south carolina today completely full of traffic backed up. the lanes only going in one direction. at this moment people who waited until the last minute, many of them to get out of town. what does that have to do with the fact as we say thank you to people joining in. there was plenty of optimism by people that are going to be happy about the fact that maybe it would turn. thinking that they were going to have a chance to see this storm out.

problems there, but for all the concern right now they were hoping that the storm would turn away. the eye is still a question mark. for people in florida and up and down the east coast it's going to be a long time. >> on the top of the newscast you heard a small part of an interview where you heard the governor of florida saying that this will kill you. he is obviously trying to put a scare into people in some ways, eric, because he really wants them to evacuate on out of there. >> governor chris christie in sandy said to get off the beach, trying to escalate the situation and prove to people that it could be a so hopefully it works because certainly a storm like this has the potential to turn deadly. there are two hurricanes right now, nicole to the east, matthew here is right on the doorstep of florida. 140 miles per hour winds and it has been intensifying today. you can see a classic looking hurricane. and what we will watch tonight are little wobbles in the track. you can't predict them. basically the eye is going to wobble to the west and to the east. we saw a little movement to the east earlier and now it's scooting west turning here around freeport into the bahamas. that'll turn towards florida.

unfortunately still on track. that eye wall just scraped through freeport. so we'll see what damage reports come out of there, but winds were gusting over 100 miles per hour. and hurricane warnings extend from just north of miami reaching up the florida coast and all the way through jacksonville. the coast of georgia as well as into charleston, south carolina with hurricane watches posted farther off towards the north. so a large section of the coastline all being impacted. here's a look at the timeline. so we're expecting that eye to get really close to the melbourne area and the space coast as we head into late tonight and early tomorrow mornin that is where you're going to see the absolute strongest winds. then from there it is really very close to worse case scenario because they parallel the coast and moves up through jacksonville, brunswick, savannah and up into charleston before eventually it starts to turn out to sea. once it reaches north carolina you have all the cities and the towns that are going to see a powerful hurricane. cat 4 is expected until it gets to north florida then weakens to a category 3, still dangerous. then as they get to south

flooding and heavy rainfall. it starts to stall and moves off the south. then it might come back to florida or the bahamas as we start into the middle of next week. now you heard the governor, but also looking at some of the images of the storm from where it has been would make people more motivated. pamela gardner has more of those pictures tonight. >> reporter: matthew has left its path of destruction across the caribbean. the tragic remains of some communities, entire neighborhoods nearly wiped buildings left behind. so far haitian officials say 108 people died in this storm, but that number could rise. authorities are concerned about the northern tip of haiti slammed bit storm and now cut off from the rest of the country. the people of haiti are now scouring for food and clean water as they try to pick up the pieces of their island. in the bahamas those riding out the storm captured this video showing the incredible power as matthew's high winds win around

tossing boats like toys. this is some more aftermath from the bahamas here. a car nearly crushed in a parking lot that was flood out. back to you lisa. >> all right, pamela thank you. so much devastation. we're going to stay on top of this storm and you can as well downloading the cbs boston weather app. you can also look for storm updates on our facebook page and you can follow our team on twitter. we'll have the very latest on our website, ocbsb -- on cbsboston.com. florida. scott pelley will be anchoring live from west palm beach tonight at 6:30. a big story breaking back here at home and breaking news at 6:00. an elderly man found dead, his wife seriously injured. it appears that there was a home invasion in this normally quiet town of orange. wbz's luisa muller is live with the very latest from the scene. >> reporter: well david the medical examiner arrived here at the scene a short time ago.

traffic after what police are calling a violent crime against an elderly couple. police tape surrounded this east river street home on thursday afternoon, and investigators walked in and out with booties. >> i saw two ladies out on the yard. an elderly man was killed and his wife suffered serious injuries. the results of the apparent home invasion the crime discovered on thursday morning. police suggested that all schools will be placed on lockdown and the search began for a suspect. >> one cop came over and asked a couple of questions, real nice to me. all he said was ma'am, i can just tell you that something horrible happened. that's it. >> reporter: she heard nothing last night. and people who live here, it is a nice elderly couple who often have company. >> well, they were a very nice

everybody likes them. it saddens me that something happened to them. >> reporter: again, a suspect is still on the loose according to the district attorney. in fact a neighborhood canvas was conducted here earlier today and that the elderly woman was life flighted to umass medical center for treatment. we're live in orange wbz news. campaign 2016 now, donald trump will be in new hampshire meeting. that format will be similar to sunday night's second debate. trump will be taking questions primarily from the audience, an event that starts at 7:00. it is not open to the public. hillary clinton is not campaigning while she prepares instead for the next debate with her top aides. her husband former president bill clinton, tim kaine, and bernie sanders have all been campaigning for her. still ahead here at 6:00, two local officers are under investigation tonight. >> the questions about their

we all know he's a pretty special individual. but i think even he will acknowledge that a couple days to recover, recoop, reenergize is needed. the red sox are hoping for a ready to go david ortiz while the red sox are undertaken. taking on the cleveland indians here tonight. >> and all clear in cleveland. great weather there and in the red sox that will come home. the latest on

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for north hanover police. what we have obtained from the police department will go against the law that they are sworn to uphold. now, they are trying to figure out what happened when these officers attended an out-of- state conference and whether one could face drunk driving charges. according to the accident report, two north hanover police officers rear ended an vehicle. the driver fled the scene along with his passenger detective brandon gallagher. they say crevier failed to notify police of the accident and damage to the vehicle, which was a part of a bridge construction project in state college, pennsylvania. it was a passing motorist who saw the more heavily damaged police-issued dodge charger the officers were in and called 911 fearing someone was seriously injured. but police say they found the officers at a hotel, a

and that crevier had been drinking. north hanover police would only issue a statement saying that two police officers were alleged to have been involved in a motor vehicle accident, while at a training session in pennsylvania. those two officers had been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. the witness told us that the police car was totaled and it seemed luckily that the officers were able to walk away. police in pennsylvania say that this is a pending investigation. so far no charges until they get the results from blood tests. i'm beth germano wbz news. >> thank you. a live look right now from singer beach as we continue to track hurricane matthew tonight. and boy the hurricane is still pretty good ways off the eye passing over the bahamas. the waves are kicking up. >> yes, and that picture has to speak to the strength of the

cars evacuate. we talked about it being so long. florida has not had a cat 3 hurricane since wilma back in 2005. that was 4,000 days ago to the date. now tonight we watch matthew that is continuing to strengthen, it is still a category 4 hurricane. it is moving right towards freeport into the bahamas, then it will move towards melbourne in the central coast of florida. so here is a look at the radar as you can see l spiraling bands moving ashore. if we zoom in over freeport you can see that the eye wall will look into the city. that will continue to track towards ft. pierson for tomorrow. now here is a look at the forecast winds, provided that the center will get to the coastline as we should be looking at winds that will top

the strongest winds are into the eye wall. everyone into these hurricane- forced winds, where that eye wall will move through is where you can see them topping 130 miles per hour late tonight and tomorrow. it is a track that unfortunately just stays along the coast. moving all the way up through south carolina and north carolina. the winds won't be quite as strong when it gets to south carolina. however look at rainfall totals here approaching 10 inches. they could even pass that. eastern south carolina, north carolina has seen so there is a big flash flood threat and also a coastal flooding threat. so a lot to go on here and certainly that it will be one of the highest impacts that the u.s. has seen in quite a while. here at home tonight, for us we're on the quieter side of things with the temperatures in the 60s, it's been a beautiful day. high pressure in control. although that this are two hurricanes just off to the south, we have nicole and matthew, well our weather will remain pretty quiet. tonight chilly at 46 degrees. we'll have clear skies with

light winds. then as we look towards this blow, 39 degrees in norwood. 46 in plymouth. we will jump up a good 30 degrees tomorrow well into the 70s with a lot of sun and a great end into the workweek. if you are making a long columbus day weekend you chose wisely. now as we head towards saturday, clouds will be on the increase during the day, it's a mild day. and a chance for some showers will arrive towards the evening and the overnight. they will all be after sunset. any day time plans will be fine. but the one weekend is how quy the best chance of them lingering is in southeastern massachusetts. towards cape cod and the islands with a shower mixed in there also. we'll be clearing and cooling on sunday with the highs in the 60s on columbus day monday that looks picture perfect, crisp and cool. 60 degrees with a ton of sunshine, not much wind. no issues there in cleveland over the next couple of nights. for us here at fenway park, 62 degrees at first pitch all dry on sunday. it will be chilly and in the stands that night.

many here heading into northern new england, peak conditions across the higher elevations of new england and new york and that you'll need to wait on this one, just dazzling pictures coming in. they don't usually last quite as long, but definitely check it out if you can. next week the dry beautiful weather will continue. 60 on monday, 63 on tuesday and wednesday and 72 on thursday all with sun. david and lisa over to you. >> all right, lovely here. thank you. hoping that tonight will be going well in cleveland and they >> yes, and those closer spots of craig kimbrel has been rough. but as always the glass is more than half full. >> positive. play ball three days off between baseball games seems like an eternity, but we're finally here. sox and indians game one of the alds in cleveland. here we go. >> ready, anticipating a very good series. i'm looking forward to going out there and competing

let's talk about the line up, shall we? brock holt is batting second, why? >> reporter: well, i think that john farrell wants to go right, left, right, left, right, left. cleveland's bullpen has been lights out since requiring andrew miller the former sox lefty. that's why he wants to get the match ups as early in the 5th inning to prevent that from coming in with a right hander or left hander for several straight hitters. when it comes to this team, steve, you talk about starting he series title since 2004, schilling, pedro, beckett, lester, on and on it goes. rick porcello hopes to join that club starting tonight. >> reporter: the talk coming into 2016 was $217 million man david price. but the man money was 22-4 rick porcello who gets the ball tonight. >> definitely very excited for game one. having the three days off and a little bit of that low there that we're going to be chomping

>> porcello a favorite to win the cy young award has been a model of consistency all year long. he says that'll be his focus tonight. >> going out there executing pitches and controlling the game and the tempo of the game. you know, being able to take my blend of those pitches, taking up the pitches with it, but that's what i have been trying to do all year. >> he is one of the prepared individuals. i don't think that we want anyone else to have that ball for us. >> yes, he is ready for those bright lights of october. >> the most important thing about continuing with the post season is obviously to appreciate the situation that you're in and then everything that will come along with it, you know, the spoiler accounts, beginning into your routine and keeping everything the same.

who will opposed by trevor bauer. if the red sox have hit well in the past they will be fine. i'm dan roche, back to you. >> thank you very much, danny. to the patriots we go. adding julian edelman to the injury report. he broke his foot last season, hopefully this is not too serious. this game in cleveland has been circling for a while. the team is calling it a bounce- ba tom brady has a certain glow. >> he looks like tom, he's a little younger finding the fountain of youth. >> reporter: around the league people are now saying that the pats and brady will set their sights on some sort of a revenge tour. that's not the case. >> we are just continuing to win games. guys will go out there and i think that every guy has played with a chip on their shoulder the entire season. it's not going to change. >> reporter: as much as the

past, they lost. every player not just tom brady is chomping at the bits on sunday. >> we're really taking advantage of the time to work on the fundamentals. it was a reality check for us. >> reporter: the players say they get butterflies before every game, so you have to wonder the bundle of emotions that brady will have on sunday. they might want to run the ball early. they get the feeling that tom brady is going to airmail the first couple of passes. at gillette stadium i'm levan >> all eyes are on the city of cleveland this weekend. back to you. >> all right, steve, thank you. big papi is forever a part of fenway. the special honor for the slugger that's official. coming up at 8:00 over on my tv 38. another clown scare. this time in auburn. the man pictured reportedly stalking the school bus dropping off children. the suspect just identified. how police are still

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up next at 6:30. >> scott pelley joins us live from west palm beach, florida tonight with a preview. scott? >> reporter: david, lisa great to be with you in boston. we're in west palm beach where hurricane matthew is just being felt. we have correspondents up and down the coast. we'll have the latest on the cbs evening news in about 10 minutes. >> all right, scott we'll be watching. thank you so much. also tonight a big honor for big papi. of course we heard last weekend that a bridge will bare david ortiz got the sign for the bridge last weekend. today governor baker signed it into law as it runs along near fenway park. yes, we tip our cats to you

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captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: a killer off the coast. powerful hurricane matthew approaches the eastern shores of florida. >> you need to leave now. so if you're in an evacuation zone, get out. >> pelley: waters are rising. the wind is how long. the rain is coming four states order evacuations gee, i live right by water, so i'm leaving. >> pelley: streets and airports empty out. shelters are filling up as the storm that left more than 100 dead in the caribbean approacheses the southeastern united states, forecasters make a dire prediction. >> this could be not only a very expensive hurricane, but a very deadly hurricane.