to reach towns devastated by hurricane matthew. >> storm's now powering toward the bahamas and the u.s. coast. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is following matthew's track. >> where is the hurricane headed right now? >> it's headed right into the bahamas, there's plenty of warm water in its path, so it may very well strengthen again before it comes close to the state of florida, we saw the eye pretty clearly an hour or so ago, indicating some possible strengthening, we'll see what happens with the 5:00 advisory, to see if it has indeed strengthened already. from daytona beach all the way south to ft. lauderdale, that's a whole lot of real estate.

there's a thunderstorm watch, and a tropical storm warning from miami down toward many of the florida keys. so a lot of the state of florida is going to be affected by this. category 3, threat to the florida east coast maybe even back up to a category 4 by the time it hits, if it does strike land. the right turn that we have been talking about for days, is going to be even farther south than what we thought yesterday. which means little or no impact around here. the showers we get on saturday are from a cold front, not from matthew. 120-mile-per-hour winds, at the last advisory, moving northwest now, that is the change and the forecast takes it as a category 4 very close to the florida east coast. we'll talk more about the path, more about our weekend too, in

just a few minutes. our team coverage of hurricane matthew continues now, with nbc 10's keith jones. >> the united nations has actually dubbed this the worst humanitarian crisis to hit haiti since the devastating 2010 earthquake, this is video from cuba. 140-mile-per-hour winds, destroyed dozen of homes there. container cars, tossed around like paper bags, roads blocked by the storm, leaving the city cut off from the surrounding province. this storm was described as catastrophic in parts of haiti. communications out across most of haiti. a local haitian pastor who operates an orphanage in haiti,

he knows at least one of his churches flooded out. before the storm, he made sure the kids in the orphanage were taken to a safe facility. the hurricane is taking aim at the united states. as we told you a short while ago, president obama was briefed about hurricane matthew this morning at fema headquarters in washington. fema has deployed -- this was the scene in south florida today, drivers lined up waiting for gasoline, many gas stations ran out, shelters are already in place throughout the state for those seeking help and assistance. governor scott is warning residents to be prepared for the worst. >> protecting the life is the number one priority right now. if matthew directly impacts florida, there will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years. again, this is a deadly storm approaching our state. >> the governor not minutesing

words out there, meanwhile in south carolina, over a million people are set to evacuate. bumper to bumper cars. residents rushing to gather supplies and gasoline. south carolina governor nikki haley has deployed the national guard. and it's a similar scene in north carolina. despite the models that north carolina will divert a district hit from matthew. they're evacuating the outer banks by ferry, heavy rain and strong winds are still likely. cruise ships up and down the east coast are being cancelled or postponed thanks to matthew. the ship was supposed to head to the islands from baltimore on sunday, but the ship instead, docked in new york city when the hurricane hit the islands. from new york, carnival plans an alternate trip to north, to canada, but because of the weather, that too has been cancelled. clearly everyone is taking the

utmost precautions and anticipating matthew, the hu hurricane is expected to hit florida late tomorrow night. keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> count on nbc 10 for complete coverage of hurricane matthew. download nbc 10 app to follow the storm right on your smart phone. take a look at this video right here. within the last 90 minutes, sky force 10 captured these pictures. that's a horse being flown to safety after a rescue attempt to took hours. >> we go to tim furlong who joins us live from the scene. >> the collide clydesdale isn't the woods, but he is out of the woods. cyrus is at least 18 years old, but he may be 20 or 25, he was

rescued from an auction about two week ago. and this morning the woman who feeds him couldn't find him, within minutes, we had quite a rescue operation under way. dozens of rescuers here to help. in the 2:00 hour, after the caked out mug -- he was finally resting in a field. all of his buddies came over. we just spoke a few minutes ago with the equine veterinarian who was here helping cyrus. >> we were trying to get the limb s profused with blood. right now he's doing quite well, he's stable, he's comfortable, we kept him calm through this whole thing. >> they are part of my life, they're part of my own, and i take care of them like my own. >> we can't hear anything.

can't hear anything. >> all right, take it back from tim furlong there. but it's been a trying day for drivers here along the pennsylvania turnpike in bucks county. the southbound lanes of the northeast extension were closed for more than five hours. because of this crash between the quaker town and landsdale interchanges. that's a tractor trailer right there. it had roofing materials in it. the southbound lanes of the turnpike finally reopened around 2:00 this afternoon. to decision 2016 now and new information from the campaign trail. >> nbc news has learned the secret service investigated the threat of a veteran who talked

about shooting donald trump in virginia. here's what we know. the veteran told his neighbor that he was going to shoot trump but then decided he could not go through with it. this all happened in february and the veteran told investigators he was just messing around and did not intend to shoot trump. meanwhile both vice presidenting nominees head to pennsylvania tonight after last night's debate. tim kaine is going to meet with sheet metal workers and pence was in virginia earlier today, meanwhile some mexican americans are taking issue with a comment pence made at last night's debate. it came when he was pressed to defend donald trump's derogatory remarks about mexicans. >> when donald trump says women should be punished or mexicans are rapists and criminals, and john mccain is not a hero, he is showing you who he is.

>> you whipped out that mexican thing again. >> the mix than thing began trending on twitter. >> the web address, that mexicanthing.com, redirects to a donation page to hillary clinton. mike pence also found himself in the role of defender, fending off attacks on truclinton's tru worthiness. >> donald trump always puts himself first. >> after the debate, both sides claimed victory, and just within the last 30 minutes, donald trump spoke about pence's performance during his campaign stop in nevada. >> mike pence did an incredible job, and i'm getting a lot of credit, because that's really my first so-called choice, my first hire, as we would say in las vegas. he was phenomenal, he was cool, he was smart. you just take a look at him. >> trump just wrapped up his

event in reno, nevada, a couple of minutes ago. bernie sanders is stumping in wisconsin today. sanders defeated clinton in the wisconsin primary back in april. clinton has no public event scheduled today. vice president biden will be in bucks county to urge people to register to vote. he'll be speaking at bucks county community college in bristol. if you want to vote in november's election, and you are not registered, time is running out. the deadline in pennsylvania is this tuesday, october 11. it's october 15 in delaware and in new jersey, it's october 18. the race for the white house search heating up here in pennsylvania, count on nbc 10 for complete decision 2016 coverage, as we count down to the general election. and our interviews with the

presidential candidate, just tap the nbc 10 app. today brought a rude awakening for drivers in philadelphia's fairmount section. 26 cars in all were vandalized along popular and 25th streets. it doesn't look like anything was stolen from the cars, but that's no comfort for its victims. >> it's not fun. this early in the morning. i get the kids to school and all that stuff. >> police are still looking for the vandals this afternoon. 20 minutes of nonstop news continueses with new details on a house fire that killed two people last night. investigators say there were no working smoke detectors inside that bustleton house. a husband and wife died in that fire. >> take a look at the damage you see behind me, the fire marshall's office is still on scene, we're told when the fire marshall arrived, you could see

flames already coming from the roof. >> i'll tell you, it's -- i cried. i can't help it. they're nice people. >> neighbors say they're still in shock. the couple moved here about a year ago. they were found unconscious inside their philadelphia home. firefighters said they performed cpr but it was too late. neighbors say they saw flames and smelled smoke just before midnight. a neighbor tells us off camera, the black smoke was so thick she had trouble seeing and it was her son who alerted neighbors on both sides of the house they needed to get out. >> the flames, i mean they were just as high as that treat. -- tree. i mean it was just terrible. >> reporter: investigators were back at the bridle street house were -- the fire marshall's

office is not saying where the fire broke out or what they think caused it. the roof is almost gone, and neighbors say the back of the house is where the kitchen and laundry areas are, with the master bedroom above that. the couple was found judownstai. the couple had just returned yesterday from taking their daughter to new york city. >> i talked to them before it happened and they enjoyed the trip up to new york and everything else and now this. >> now the fire department said last night after the fire was put out that there was some evidence of a gas leak that fire officials discovered that they capped and moved on. right now the fire marshall's office and lni saying there's no evidence that the gas leak contributed to the fire, but again, this whole thing still under investigation. reporting live in the northeast. a temporary reprieve for

drivers in new jersey, lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that would raise the state's gas tax, but they postponed the vote until friday. they will vote on a bill that would -- the money would be used to pay for road, bridge and transit work throughout new jersey. >> big news, out of camden, governor chris christie, is there this afternoon where he just announced plans to build a new camden high school. total cost of that project $130 million and it's expected to be completed by the year 2021. nbc 10's syd nrsydney long is t and she will be reporting on nbc 10 news at 6:00. governor cuomo is denying that he was connected to the lane closure scandal. david wildstein testified that he was told that the two governors discussed issuing a report to diffuse questions

surrounding the scandal. today wildstein testified today that the goal in the after math of the lane closures was to protect christie's office. a st. joe's student attacked at her house. >> nbc 10's andrea kline-thomas is live at overbrook. . >> reporter: now both students and families live along this beautiful tree lined street. we spoke to a landscaper who said, they have only had minor issues here. but never a home invasion. just after 5:00 this morning, two men burst into a home in the 6600 block of wood vine avenue. one had a gun. >> i didn't know anything about it last night, but early this morning i got a text from my roommate that said something had

happened. >> reporter: officers say she was duct taped, her wallet, ipad and phone were stolen. >> knowing that it was on our block, it was a little more realistic for me. so i made sure we lock all our windows, lock the doors and keep everyone safe in the house. >> the university sent out an aletter to all students to report suspicious activity. at last check, no arrests have been made, philadelphia police and st. joe's security will be increasing patrols in this area. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a new target, now open for business in center city. >> there it is right there, it's located in rshs rittenhouse

square. the new target, it's a flexible format store. >> some students dressed to impress, and they had their resumes ready. according to drexel, this is the largest group of employers at the fall fair in the last five years. a big weekend is on tap at penn's landing with the navy's newest warship. >> a cheesesteak cooking demonstration for the cooking staff. that was according to followed by a cheesesteak eating contest. look at them go. i don't know who the winner was there, but we have a live

picture from the area where the ship is docked. the ship can carry 700 troops, it will call the port of san diego home. yeah, beautiful day here, but we have a hurricane, a major hurricane to hit the eastern tip of cuba and now it has made the turn to the northwest in the general direction of florida, and of course that's bad news, it's going through the bahamas right now, the ocean, it is extremely warm, warm enough to support strengthening, a hurricane warning in effect for about 240 miles of the florida east coast. that's a tremendous area, it's going to be affected by this, and a tropical storm warning farther to the south. so we have a category 3 hurricane that may become a category 4 again, major threat to the florida east coast. like i said, this is going to

affect more than 200 miles, this is not just a narrow area that is going to be hit by this. that right turn that we were talking about yesterday and saying that it was likely that it would not impact us, does appear to be the case. little or no impact for us. but we'll get some showers from a cold front as we go through, into saturday. the spaghetti plots showed a lot of them right over land now, and breaking right up the coast and then curving right along the south carolina coast and then there's that sharp right turn. but that's not just it. look at this. as we go into early next weeks, a lot of them start curving it back to the south and even back toward florida. so we're waiting for a new advisory, at 5:00, we'll have the latest coordinates, the latest wind speeds, the latest

track. but there it is, category 4, or close to a category 4, very close to the florida east coast. cape canaveral sticks out there, and then close to south carolina, and then making that loop, but it weakens, once it does that. so even if it comes back to florida, it will not come back as a category 4. here's the future cast showing thursday night, the center of the storm moving right up the coast, extremely heavy rain and also a pretty big storm surge from jacksonville up into south carolina, the rain from this storm, not coming up our way, and there it goes farther to the south and east. and we end up with some nice weather sunday. 71 now, philadelphia, we're 72 in the lehigh valley, we have got sunshine all over the place, it's not going to stay that way. here comes some showers for

saturday afternoon, that is unrelated to the hurricane. the temperatures go up friday, and then down saturday's the day with the showers. allentown gets showers on saturday as well. and wildwood, the temperatures in the 60s, but everybody has decent weather sunday, the 10-day forecast a little bit later. an $11,000 check held up in the court system. >> and the woman couldn't get through to anyone for help. so the nbc 10 responds team got the wheel rolling on a refund. plus the price the parents said they had to pay to hold their newborn baby for the first time. first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street on this wednesday. an up day all around. we'll be right back.

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pokemon go, probably heard about it, it's become the fastest downloaded game in history. and now officials are talking about a pair of pokemon related accidents. a man was playing pokemon go while driving. and then later in the day a woman fractured her pelvis to avoid hitting someone who wandered into the street while playing that game. we all know hospitals, they can be pricey, of course. but one dad says he was charged nearly $40 just to hold his new baby. >> and now his social media post about the charge has gone viral. ryan grassley's wife gave birth last month in utah.

ryan says the hospital asked the couple if they wanted to have skin to skin contact with the baby. it's a common practice where a newborn's bare skin is placed against its mothers to help them bond. ryan shared a photo copy of his hospital bill. it shows $90 for skin-to-skin contact. his goal was easily reached and the post has been viewed nearly 3 million times. the hospital says there was an additional nurse in the room during the c-section and the charge is not for holding the baby, but for the additional care giver needed to maintain the highest levels of patient safety. maybe they shouldn't call that skin-to-skin contact. >> it's a category 3 storm which could be one of the biggest ever seen. >> hurricane matthew set to hit

parts of the sunshine state by tomorrow night. glenn? >> it's a part of the state that rarely gets a direct hit. florida's governor says the state may be facing its biggest evacuation ever. i'm tracking the timing of matthew and it's impact on the u.s. plus the nbc 10 responds team takes action to make sure an $11,000 check gets to a woman who has been fighting for a refund.

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>> thoughts of retirement make special needs teacher juanita martinez anxious. >> i'm not a rich person. i work, i have to work. >> reporter: martina says three years ago, she borrowed money from her credit card for a court case involving her relative. $11,000 would go to the attorney to start the case and if her family member was set free, she would receive $11,000 check the the court. >> if he didn't go to jail, he w wasn't going to charge me that money. >> reporter: that second $11,000 check according to a court clerk needed his signature for release. >> he has to come and sign that check, that's the only way that you're going to get that money. >> reporter: martina says she called the lawyer's office dozens of times for close to a year. >> oh, juanita, okay, no, he's not here. i give him the message, yes, i

have the paper work, well, he's busy, he's on vacation. every time a different excuse, every time. >> that's when she called nbc 10 responds. we contacted the lawyer who told us he didn't realize his signature was needed to release the check. the next day his office called to say he went to court and signed off on the money. >> and martina tell us us the money will help with her retirement. and that money gets added to our recovery counter now at $130,635. >> that's amazing, what a relief for her. >> and all that was needed was a signature. >> and she got it in a matter of weeks. >> and she got every excuse in the book. if you have a consumer complaint for nbc 10 responds, give us a call at the numbers there on your screen.

coming up tomorrow on next 10 responds, a college graduate gives back his textbooks but never gets a check. this's tomorrow on next 10 news at 4:00. and now to the latest on hurricane matthew. haiti and cuba are picking up the pieces today after matthew brought heavy winds and rain. at least 11 people have been killed as a result of the storm. matthew is currently bearing down on the bahamas and the u.s. where hurricane warnings and watches are in place in florida. evacuation orders have been handed down in north and south carolina, as residents there try to get out before the storm hits. florida's governor says this could be the biggest evacuation every. >> for the latest track on matthew right now. >> matthew continues to move toward the northwest, toward florida, it's in the bahamas right now and may be strengthening, we'll have the new advisory coming up at or

before 5:00. you can see the small eye as it track s to the north and whiche. a huge area is under a hurricane warning, it's a huge area of coast line, and that's a huge evacuation. if the hurricane was coming in from the east, it would just be an area like this, but now they have to evacuate the beach areas for over 200 miles. then there's a hurricane watch, that goes past jacksonville up to the south carolina khocoast. that may have to be up graded to a warning. if it hits the florida coast, at least it could be a 4 if it does that. we talked about the right turn that it would take before it hit the carolinas would protect us from the storm, that certainly appears to be happening, that

means little or no impact here. the showers we get on saturday were from a cold front. 120-mile-per-hour winds, moving northwest at 12. we'll see if that changes in a few minutes. there is the latest track, with category 4 right near the florida east coast. and that's an area that really doesn't get hit much. and then look at the predicted track. it curves around and some of the models showing it continuing to curve in a complete circle going right back toward florida. we'll have the latest on matthew and our weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> all right, glenn. and count on complete coverage of hurricane matthew, before it makes landfall in the u.s. live coverage of the storm's path ahead on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

investigators say there were no working smoke detectors inside the home. investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire. fresh off their only debate before the general election, both vice presidential come knees are in pennsylvania. tim kaine will be speaking to a group of sheet metal workers. mike pence holds a rally just outside harrisberg. crews rescued a horse in chester county today. the 18-year-old clydesdale got stuck in a muddy area. rescuers hoisted it to dryer ground. here's a question, to open or close. that's the question for stores when it comes to thanksgiving shopping. we'll tell you which malls are keeping their doors shut for the holiday. we're talking about those fitness trackers, i mean are they really helping you develop

healthier habits. we'll explain next. and now this week's football game of the week, ridley at marple newtown, or lenape at rancocas valley.

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develop heart problems. if you have one of those fitness trackers, that tracker may not be likely to help you moving in the long run. researcher s followed 800 peopl who used fitness trackers. after six months, the people who didn't get cash, showed no signs of increasing their activity. the group that got the cash, did increase their activity at first, but then they became even more sedentary after the cash incentives stopped. >> i need a schedule. >> you need a trainer. >> forget the cash. hot new flight from philadelphia to one of the coolest destinations on the planet. >> where you can fly nonstop from philadelphia for your next vacation. and i don't suggest flying to jacksonville during the night tonight. it could be one of the biggest storms florida has ever seen, especially in that part of the state. i'm tracking the latest on hurricane matthew and its impact on the u.s. next.

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one of the largest malls in america is taking sides on a controversial debate. should stores stay open on thanksgiving? mall of america has decided to close for the holiday this year. the minnesota mall has been open for turkey day since 2012, but this year it wants to offer its workers time with their families. the mall will open at it 5:00 black friday morning. it could be one of the hottest new flights right out of philadelphia. >> that's right. to one of the coolest places on the planet. nonstop flights to ice land will begin next year. ice land air will begin flights to the capital of ice land in may. how long does it take to get there? about five and a half hours or

so. >> the decision by ice land air signifies international recognition of the strength of the greater philadelphia area as a travel destination. >> the flights will operate four days a week in the spring, summer and fall. bon voyage. eagles rookie sensation carson wentz raking in the pink. >> wentz wore pink cleats on the practice field. wentz and the birds look to go 4-0 when they take on the lions in detroit, kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. we're getting you ready for game day against the lions. join us starting at 9:30 sunday morning for eagles game day kickoff and our one-on-one with eagles coach. now your next 10 first alert weather.

>> well, hurricane matthew, about to go down in history, promise, especially because of the particular track that it's going to be taking. it's moving to the northwest now, into the bahamas, after going through eastern cuba and weakening a little bit, but it's still a category 3 major hurricane. a hurricane warning in effect from daytona beach, down through ft. pierce, west palm beach, ft. lauderdale, just north of miami. it's a category 3, definite threat to the florida east coast. at least 120-mile-per-hour winds, possibly becoming a category 4 by the time it gets right to the coast. that right turn we were talking about yesterday, that was going to help protect us does look like it's going to happen, and go even farther to the south. and do a kind of a weird loop as

you will see, and that means little to no impact here, with any showers related to a cold front that's going to happen on saturday. a lot of the spaghetti models going over land or just barely over land then making a curve right near the south carolina coast, then curving back to the right. making that right turn, saying it was not likely to come and affect us, and then look at these other models that are taking it to the south again and some even back westward toward florida again. 120-mile-per-hour max winds, moving northwest at 12-mile-per-hour, and and we have got a new track, not much different than the last update. there's the cape. it has never been hit by a

category 4, not within 100 miles of the cape in recorded history. there's friday afternoon, up near jacksonville, then it curves toward charleston, a lot of populated areas affected by this. then there's that weird curve, but then it looks like it will weaken as it does go around. 71 in philadelphia today. another beautiful one tomorrow. a little bit cool in some other spots, but we're going to be seeing some showers over the weekend, beautiful weather on friday, and then here come some showers, so don't be surprised and they're likely to not be from hurricane, it's just a cold front. here's saturday, mostly cloudy with some showers, near 70 degrees, then sunday is cooler,

breezy, but sunny, and dry. because the hurricane is making that right turn. >> we know you'll keep us posted, glenn. she inspires 5th greaters in her math and science classes every day. >> and she's receiving an honor for all her good work. nbc 10 was there for the honor of a lifetime for this teacher.

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a teacher received the first educator award. >> i'm going to give you a few hints and you figure it out, okay? >> a man started by girlfriendigirlfriend i -- giving out clues and announcing someone was about to become $25,000 richer. >> he kicked off a cross country tour of educator awards. he announced the first of 35 awards this year goes to one of the school's own. >> and that teacher is jada puglise! >> the announced stunned the math and science teacher and brought her to tears. her students surrounded her with hugs and congratulations. students and her principal tell us what makes her so special.

>> if we need help with something, we can text her while we're at home. >> she's a born teacher, she never stops, she has boundless energy, she's a young mom, so i'm always amazed she's able to pull off all of this. >> p. >> i can't believe this, just this honor by a milken educator. it's the oscars of teaching. >> she's known for inspiring students and she used her time in the spotlight for another teachable moment. >> i was actually the first in my family to graduate from school. and i was the first in my family to graduate from college, so you can change your life and you can change everything that your family may for may not provide for you. >> and hails from south philadelphia as well. past recipients have used their awards to fund their own

continuing education, pay for dream field trips and establish scholarships. nbc 10 news at 5:00 is next. >> next on next 10 news at 5:00, we have new video just in to our newsroom, a horse lifted from the mud after being stuck for hours in chester county. see how rescuers finally got the animal free. and all eyes are on hurricane matthew, coming up i have the updated track on what the storm is now doing, and what you can expect for your weekend? new details about this breaking news at trenton, a house, leaning over after a collapse. why police now think some sort of explosion was to blame. approve this message.

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new jersey keepings telling divers they're going to raise the gas tax. and talk about heavy lifting, how rescuers worked for hours to save this stuck horse. we begin with breaking news, an update in trenton where crews are on the scene of a house collapse. within the past few minutes, authorities told us they believe the collapse may have been caused by a gas explosion. sky force 10 was along the scene

about an hour ago along wayne 5. >> we just learned one person was take on the the hospital because he was shaken up. our newsroom is working to get more information and drew smith is on the way to trenton right now. in the meantime right now at 5:00, we have new information just in on hurricane matthew. >> the first alert weather team is breaking down a new model from the national hurricane center as this dangerous storm gets closer to the bahamas. take a look at this, the storm has already battered cuba. police, soldiers and residents are hauling away debris after the hurricane destroyed dozens of homes. the storm was so strong, it blew the shipping container right into the middle of a street. a mass exodus the south carolina coast is under way ahead of matthew. and this isn't rush hour yet, it's looked l