. hurricane mathew continues its deadly path towards the eastern seaboard with over a million already ordered evacuated. late-breaking details ahead. >> the number twos on the ticket go head-to-head. each attacking the top of the ticket. >> six times tonight i said to mike pence i can't understand how you can defend your runing mate on each issue. on both issues. >> let's don't put words in my mouth. you have to give me time. >> yet he is asking everybody to vote for somebody he cannot defend. >> and a life saving revelation to howard stern that you have to hear. . plus, vice president joe

biden goes under cover in study or die. >> got the moves. >> are you ready, mr. vice president? >> it's rock 'n' roll, man. >> "early today" starts right now. >> it's good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. the eastern seaboard is on high alert as hurricane mathew the strongest storm in years closes in on the u.s. >> overnight, the eye of the storm made landfall in eastern cuba with its strength and tact, a category 4, winds reaching up to 140 miles per hour. eight deaths have been tolled so far. this after it tore through haiti, flooding streets, flattening homes in what could be the worst crisis to hit the nation since the deadly earthquake in 2010. >> each hour, mathew is

weakening. officials are taking zero chances. a state of emergency is in effect from florida to the carolinas. south carolina, calling for a complete coastal shutdown. >> our goal is to make sure you basically get 100 miles awoi from the coast. -- away from the coast. what i will tell those people thinking of fought leaving, if you think you can take care of yourself. think about my law enforcement and my national guardsmen. pause they are going to have to be the ones that go out and try to get you. you are putting their lives at stake. >> let's get an update how this storm is playing out. officials not calling for evacuations. bill karins is keeping an eye on it, bill. >> reporter: the bottom line is 36 hours from now, hurricane force winds are arriving in florida. it's off the coast of cuba. we will see if it can regenerate itself to a category 3.

it could easily go up to a category 4 over the warm waters over the next 48 hours. this is thursday, 8:00 p.m. near freeport. clo those areas near ft. lauderdale, that's when it will be along the florida coastline. we go 24 hour hours, at least, with hurricane force winds, all across the east coast of florida, from west palm beach, indian riff, ft. pierce, melbourne, daytona beach, flagler, possibly towards savannah with damaging winds, storm surge issues on the coast and the possibility of flooding rains. if one improvement has been up here in areas of north carolina. the trend is further to the south. i won put too much credence into this at this point here. so again, our computer models are targeting areas along the east coastline of florida and raking the coast guard.

this can be a devastating blow for about 24 hours along florida's space coast all the way up in the northeast corridor. now to the only vice presidential debate of the campaign, it was combative. democrat tim kane and republican mike pence squared off in a 90 minutes hotly contested showdown. most of the night was about defending their running pate, sparring over a whole range of topics from domestic issues to foreign policy. at very times, the issues of trump taxes resurface. >> we have a tax code, for, that actually is designed to encourage entrepreneurship. >> why won't he release his taxes? >> we're asking the question about the business thing. >> i do want to come back on this. >> his tax returns showed he went through a very difficult time, but he used the tax code just the way it's supposed to be used. he did it brilliantly. >> how do you know that? in there first and foremost, donald trump supports our troops. donald trump supports our veterans.

>> he won't pay taxes. >> donald trump has paid all the taxes -- do you not take deduction, how does it work? ho? it is about our troops. >> i understand why you want to change the subject. >> kane continued to attack pens's running mate in a heat discussion about nuclear weapons. >> ronald reagan said something interesting about nuclear proliferation in the ''80s, he said the problem is nuclear proliferation some fool or maniac could trigger a catastrophic evechlt i think that's who governor pens's running mate is, who ronald reagan warned us about. >> senator,s that was even below you and hillary clinton. that's pretty low. >> reporter: pence was mild mannered, kane was far more aggressive. the two battled over which campaign hurls more insults. >> he says ours is an insult-driven campaign. did you all just hear that?

ours is an insult-driven campaign. to be honest with you, donald trump had said all the things you said he said in the way you said he said them, he still wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton levelled when she said that half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. she said they were irredeemable. they were not america. i mean, it's extraordinary. >> did donald trump apologize for taking after somebody in a twitter war and making fun of a rape? did he apologize for saying african-americans are living in hell? did he apologize for saying president obama was not even a citizen of the united states? will you look in vain to see donald trump ever taking responsible for anybody and apologizing. >> the combative kane repeatedly challenged pence to defend trump. >> six times tonight i have said to governor pence, i can't imagine how you can defend your running mate's position on one issue after the next. and in all six case, he's

refused to defend his running mate. >> don't put words in my mouth. if he's going to do that, you have to give me time. >> yet he is asking everybody to vote for somebody he cannot defend. >> you heard there tim cane bringing up donald trump. donald trump was watching the debate. he tweeted through the entirety, mike pence won big. we should be proud of mike. cnbc john harwood tweeted a trump adviser thinks pens won but missed opportunities to defend the presidential pick t. pundits will argue over who won, debate, there is early word on what americans think. a new cnn-orc poll taken after the debate thought 48% thought pence won. 42% gave the nod to kane. >> as for the presidential candidates, themself, earlier in the day, donald trump and hillary clinton made campaign stops. as usual, they launched more attacks on one another.

clinton criticizing trump's treatment of women and business prowess. andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: donald trump in arizona. >> i started as a very private successful business person. hillary clinton made her money as a corrupt public official. >> reporter: hillary clinton in pennsylvania trying to remind suburban republican women about the past week. in this moment with a 15-year-old girl. >> i see with my own eyes the damage donald trump does when he talk about women and how they look. >> you are more than the way you look. you should be health yell. you should take care of yourself, but we're not all going to end up being miss yuvgs i hate to tell you. >> clinton surrogates out in force, including michelle obama, knocking trump comblain complaining about his microphone. >> when she egets down, she doesn't complain, she doesn't cry foul. >> reporter: clinton is less hopeful when he criticized

obamacare. >> you have this crazy system where all of a sudden 25, 000,000 people and people out there busting it 60 hours a week wind up with their privilege doubled and coverage in half. >> can you imagine what he went through after making that statement? >>. >> reporter: bill clinton talked that back. >> president obama talked about obamacare doesn't need to be sacked and strapped, it needs improved. >> reporter: on the trail today, donald trump will hold two rallies in nevada. his running mate mike pence kicks off a bus tour with a rally in pennsylvania. hillary clinton doesn't have events. bill clinton has two events in ohio. bernie sanders campaigns for clinton in iowa and wisconsin. tim kaine will do so in we are learning more about an apparent security briech, yahoo complied with a classified government directive and scanned millions of customers incoming e-mails back in 2015, citing two former

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hurricane warnings from ft. lauderdale, to indian river, melbourne and daytona beach is at a hurricane watch. these watches will be extended easily up into south carolina, miami, by the way, through the keys, is in a tropical storm warning for you. we will be watching heavy rainfall, primarily, in north florida and up into south carolina. now, here's a closer look at your day ahead. at your day ahead. well, we're going to continue to have a good day of weather today, of prep. there could be a stray shower in florida. for the most part, it's a good prep day. eventually, it will turn into an evacuation day. in new england the storm seems to miss you. more details ahead. "early today" back in two. ead. "early today" back in two. listerine® total care helps prevent cavities, strengthens teeth and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine® total care

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right now on "nbc 10 news today," fire tragedy. two people died overnight in a fire that also injured a firefighter. gas tax vote. new jersey has the cheapest gas in our area but for how much longer. lawmakers vote on a plan to add 23 cents per gallon tax. and the vice presidential debate, talking about unifying the country to donald trump's taxes. "nbc 10 news today" starts right now. >> just before 4:30 wednesday morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get to meteorologist krystal klei. our viewers want to know who

things, current conditions and the update on matthew. >> let's start with our current conditions and we'll take a look at matthew. 58 in philadelphia. highs out the door this morning, it's cool out there. 49 in mt. pocono, 58 in millville. upper 50s across much of the board. some of us know now to the mid or lower 50s. radar and satellite, this is a different story than other portions of the east coast. because we're looking at drier and clear conditions to start out. in fact, today, mostly sunny conditions are in the forecast as we move in through your afternoon. but of course you drop further down to the south, there it is, hurricane matthew, 2:00 a.m. update pushed past cuba just along the edge of cuba and this thing is currently at a category 3 storm system. we are still very large, major hurricane that we are tracking. this hurricane still is forecast, too start to track through the bahamas, through the

bahamas affecting florida. coming up, we'll talk more about this track. the update at 5:00 is the new track that's coming in. for now we talk about traffic with francesca ruscio. >> an accident in franconia, godshall road at indian creek. it's early, we're not tracking reported delays or issues. the vine street expressway, construction is in full gear this morning. will be closed up until the 5:00 hour. we'll be watching that for quite some time. take a look at this in deptford, new jersey, liveç shot, 42 arod route 41. light traffic for this early time of morning. and so far, for the last several days we are even looking at early morning patchy fog. it doesn't look like it's that visible in the cameras. let's take a look at travel times on 95 from woodhaven to the vine, folks, in the green, 13 minutes. within i come back, we'll take a look at the blue route and the rest of the page