bill clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course. not even close. i apologizing if anyone was offended. trump does not have any publicly scheduled events tonight. "nbc nightly news" will have much more on this interview and the fallout from it, that comes up at 6:30. i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. to the latest now on hurricane matthew. it continues to churn off the coast of florida. every hour bringing more damage. and it's far from over. the state has been feeling the impacts of the storm for nearly 24 hours now. some of the worst weather hit this afternoon. wind has knocked down trees, left a million people without power. let's take a live look at florida right now. you can see things starting to calm down, but it's still the strongest hurricane to strike that part of the state. we have team coverage tonight. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live on the space coast. but we begin with chief

meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. glenn, is georgia and south carolina in its track now? >> yes, and the problem is the geography. the track of the storm was just off the florida east coast. now that it's turning north, look what's in its way. the southeast coast of the united states, south carolina, north carolina, right there. it's going to make a sharp right turn to prevent it from making landfall. in the meantime we've got 425 miles worth of rain, from the southern side of the storm to the northern side. that is a huge storm. the worst part is right there in what we call the eyewall, the northern eyewall. the heaviest rain, the gustiest winds. fortunately that has stayed offshore for the entire time. but it's only 40 miles, the eye only 40 miles off the coast of jacksonville. they've already had some record storm surge flooding in parts of the jacksonville area, despite

it being offshore, and not being around the strong side. but if this goes straight to the north and goes into south carolina, you'll see more damage there than we've seen at any time in florida. here is the futurecast. you can see the heavy rain, some of that outer eyewall coming in during the night tonight, in the middle of the night, and possibly making landfall right here charleston. the latest on this storm, 110 miles an hour category 2. what's the difference between the 3 and the 2? five miles an hour. it's not that big a deal. it's still a very powerful storm. we'll have the latest on the track and our weekend forecast, coming up. >> okay, glenn, see you soon. the storm has been relentless along the east coast of florida even though it didn't make landfall. tonight millions are hunkering down. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal has

been tracking the storm for the last few days. he made his way up to cocoa beach on the space coast. how is the damage there, randy? >> reporter: jim, the damage from here south has been pretty bad but not catastrophic. we've been seeing trees down and boats sufferage in the intercoastal. even now, hours after the storm has passed, you see the trees blowing in the wind. we're at a beach sidebar that sustained some serious damage on their docks. the owners just arriving, only able to get over the bridge now hours later to survey what's left behind. >> i think we scabescaped a pre big one here. >> reporter: florida avoided the worst case scenario, but matthew still leaving its mark. we found trees and road signs on the ground. >> you couldn't see much. all you heard was a bunch of breaking and banging of metal. that was kind of scary. >> there's high winds, hopefully

that makes it. >> reporter: as hurricane matthew heads north, president obama reminding everyone about the dangers of storm surge. >> many of you will remember hurricane sandy, where initially people thought this doesn't look as bad as we thought, and then suddenly you get massive storm surge and a lot of people were severely affected. >> reporter: st. augustine up the coast from us is getting hammered. streets flooded. the water even went over the sea wall. our affiliate in orlando flew its helicopter late this afternoon to survey the scene. roofs ripped off a lot of damage. >> i can't replace my life, i can't replace the life of my employees or loved ones. >> reporter: evacuations are under way in georgia and the carolinas as matthew moves up the coast. and back here live on florida's

space coast, we're starting to see some signs of life again, people coming back over the bridge, to see what kind of damage they sustained. we did see the sun come out for the first time in a couple of days. but a lot of concern from residents here for their friends and family up north, in places like jacksonville and daytona beach, especially as this storm continues to barrel there. the big concern going forward on the northern part of florida is those storm surges. live in cocoa beach, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> all right, randy. the hurricane has left behind devastation across the caribbean. the death toll in haiti has now jumped to at least 842 people. video from a coast guard helicopter shows hundreds of homes just torn apart. the united nations says some 350,000 people are in need of assistance tonight. matthew was the first category 4 storm to hit the country in more than half a century. "nbc nightly news" anchor lester holt will report live from florida tonight. look for team coverage from

across the state, next at 6:30, right after this broadcast. new video just into the newsroom shows the two men philadelphia police say tried to kidnap a st. joe's student. surveillance video shows them trying windows and doors outside the house at 57th and woodbine earlier this week. investigators say once inside, they tied up the victim with duct tape and threw her in a closet as they stole things. they tried to get the woman into a trunk but she ran off. if you have information, call philadelphia police. new jersey drivers, get ready to dig deeper into your pocket when you pull up to the pump. law makes passed a gas tax hike today. it will fund the depleted transportation trust fund used to build, fix, and maintain new jersey roads. keep this in mind. aaa says hurricane matthew and a jump in crude oil prices could pose a double whammy at new jersey pumps. >> i think it's crazy.

it's just another attack on the middle class. now, i agree that they need to fund the transportation trust fund. but what happened to all the money that was in there before? >> the hike could go into effect as early as november 1st. new information this evening about the woman charged with setting the fire that killed two wilmington firefighters last month. at a preliminary hearing today, a wilmington detective testified beatriz ruiz told investigators she was drunk and on anxiety medication the day of the fire. she said she used paper and a lighter to set a pool table and broken doll house on fire. a detective testified she was angry with her stepmother, who wanted her to move out. prosecutors say she set the fire and took off. lieutenant christopher leach died when the floor collapsed beneath him. another firefighter died when he went in to save leave. four others were injured. the push for pennsylvania

today. vice president joe biden exchange for hillary clinton in bucks county. his message, register to vote and show up on election day. as nbc 10's deanna durante reports, biden also took a few shots at donald trump. >> can you imagine any president of the united states, assuming the technology had been available then, getting up at 3:30 in the morning and saying, a former beauty queen, because she gained weight, is disgusting? >> reporter: vice president joe biden couldn't help but take a few jabs at the republican nominee. >> it is malarky. it is malarky. >> reporter: biden says clinton will have solar power running homes, praises her for her plan to raise minimum wage, and offer deep childcare tax credits. >> it's always the republican answer. what you can do is put away extra money, tax-free. if you have no money to put away, it doesn't help you a bit. >> we all love joe biden.

>> reporter: in the speech in front of 700 or more, students, faculty, and members of the public, biden urged people to register to vote and to vote democrat. >> he talked about substance. we're so used to hearing how many people interrupted everyone else. all that stuff is not important to the election. and he came on and talked about education, he talked about foreign policy. >> reporter: not everyone who wanted to hear the veep could get inside. this crowd is one of the largest ever gathered on the lower bucks campus of bucks county community college. >> we know everything about trump. >> reporter: biden told the crowd that a high school diploma is no longer enough in order to compete in a global economy. that's why the speech was selected here for a community college. biden touted clinton's plan to make college more affordable. in bristol, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail as she prepares for sunday's second presidential debate. she was spotted today at a hotel near her home in new york. it comes as her running mate tim

kaine spoke in nevada. las vegas will be the site of the third and final debate. the second debate between trump and clinton is this sunday, catch it live at 9:00 p.m. on cozi tv. nbc 10's lauren mayk will be in st. louis. she'll have a live report on nbc 10 following sunday night football. breaking news right now in port richmond. nbc 10's george spencer is live in skyforce 10 with word of a stabbing outside a restaurant, george? >> reporter: yes, jim, quite a commotion up here. medics and ppd converging on this panda express chinese restaurant in the port richmond section of tioga. we've confirmed with police at least two people were stabbed near this restaurant. we don't know if it happened inside the panda express or in

the parking lot outside. one of those victims rushed to temple university hospital, the other to honiman hospital. again, two people stabbed at the panda express in port richmond. i'm george spencer, nbc 10 news, live from skyforce 10. next, testing for lead. all new at 6:00, the concern growing for philadelphia schools and what's being done in response. also, prepared for game day. the eagles hit the practice field as they look for ways to beat the lions on sunday. glenn? plus i'll have the latest on hurricane matthew. and i'm also tracking rain headed our way for the weekend. i'm having the timing of that and who is going to see the heaviest of the rain. think my s, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves.

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children that are going to your school, you need to make the parents aware of the situation. >> reporter: of the 22 schools and hundreds of water fountains tested, nearly 50 had high levels of lead. four of those were at kramp elementary. >> we immediately shut down the water fountains that were above the action level. >> reporter: the district is repairing, replacing, or removing the high risk fountains. did any of the water fountains present a true risk to students? >> no. >> reporter: the district is responding to scrutiny from city council, parents, and student groups to develop a comprehensive water testing project. the project would test every water fountain in the district in the next year and a half. >> i have two water bottles. i bring one and i put it in my classroom and have the other one in my book bag.

>> reporter: it's an option brenda says she's considering for her girls. andrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. back to the latest on hurricane matthew. glenn is here now. that storm not taking that turn back out to sea just yet, right? >> not yet. it will eventually. the question is will it run out of room and hit south carolina before it does make that. and if it hits landfall there, there will be more damage in south carolina than what you've seen in florida. and you haven't even seen all the damage that's occurred in florida yet. you can see just how big this storm is. you can get an idea. florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina. it's covering the whole area. that's how big it is. and the most intense part of that, right around the eye. this is called the eyewall. and fortunately it stayed just offshore. this is the track of the eye. this is the florida east coast. you can see how close it was and

how it stayed 20 to 30 to 40 miles offshore the whole time. but it is still crushing northeast florida. you can see these big bands coming in from the northeast. but the heaviest, the eyewall is still out over the ocean. the problem is the eyewall moving to the north, guess what is in its way? south carolina. that's what we're going to be watching tonight. 110 miles per hour category 2 storm. it dropped five miles an hour. the categories have to start and end somewhere, but it's not that big a deal that it went from a 3 to a 2. as we go through the night tonight, it's headed towards savannah, then makes a right turn. how fast that right turn is will of course be critical. still over 100 miles an hour

when it gets to south carolina. 90 miles per hour when it's passed charleston. then it makes that right turn. and then another right turn, and it's going around in a circle, but does not come up in our direction. like a typical hurricane would at this time of the year, come straight up. so that cold front that's coming through tomorrow is really going to save us. there really aren't any computer models that show anything else. coming to the east, then to the south. as unusual as that track is, there's a lot of computer models agreeing on that. maybe going to florida, maybe going to the bahamas. but it will be much, much weaker. 71 degrees now. we got up to 78 today, 74 lehigh valley. we have beautiful skies across the area. there's moisture starting to advance. we have a cold front coming in

from the west. that's all going to combine to produce some showers. not so much first thing in the morning. it will be a cloudy day. then here come the showers. during the afternoon, the temperature only in the low 70s. and then the heavier rain tomorrow night and into sunday morning at the shore, it's going to be the heaviesheaviest. it will last the longest at the jersey shore. the weekend forecast only has rain on sunday. right there, jersey shore, southern delaware, much more sunshine, cooler weather, a lot of clouds saturday and some showers. but it's not a total washout. next in sports, will it be the motown blues for the birds or can the eagles soar above the competition? after this. katie v/o: she works hard.

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>> announcer: this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. good to see you, i'm danny pommells from csn. all the eagles need is to win over the lions sunday in detroit. the birds practiced indoors today, coming off a bye of course. eagles are pretty healthy coming into the game. benny logan is questionable with a calf injury. tight end zack ernst missed a game due to a rib injury.

>> the eagles offense will be facing a lions defense that has given up five touchdowns to tight ends. that's the most in the nfl. so this is a really good time for the birds to have all three tight ends healthy for the first time this year. take a look zack ernst out there practicing. he says he will return sunday after missing two games. and doug peterson has been waiting to finally have them all healthy. >> i love using all three of our guys. number one, i think selleck planned extremely well. trey burton played consistently. now zack doing what he did in that cleveland game, it just kind of opens up a few more things out of that package run and pass for us. >> that's something we practiced a lot in the springtime, all of our tight end sets. unfortunately we haven't been able to use them the first three weeks of the season, trey went down the first week then i went down. it's tough seeing guys being out

there every day. very tough for me personally. but they were 2-0 without me, that was great. i'm looking to help the team on sunday. >> john clark, csn. eagles are relatively healthy. the flyers are not. not clear where this injury happened or if it did at all. the 26-year-old has a left knee injury. that's your look at sports. i'm danny pommells. join us tonight for the high school blitz. >> see you tonight. now for a look at what else is coming up on nbc 10 news at 11:00. a warning from the u.s. government that russia is trying to influence the election. how the hackers are testing our security, at 11:00.

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city, after a judge ruled that uber is no longer subject to a cease and desist order in the city for continuing to operate in the city. so back on the road again. and our weather here not too bad. >> right. we've had some beautiful weather over the last few days. tomorrow is not going to be picture perfect, but at least the hurricane is going to be making that turn. we hope it makes the turn before it hits the south carolina coast tonight. it's going to be making that loop, as you can see, and not affecting our weather at all. and then the ten-day period, once we get past the clouds and showers tomorrow, mainly in the afternoon and evening, we've got some dry and nice weather for nearly a week. we could see the rain linger into at least sunday morning at the jersey shore, that's the one place i would be more concerned about. they'll get more rain overall this weekend. >> but nice sun coming our way.

all right. thanks for watching. i'm jim rosenfield. "nbc nightly news" is next, live from florida. we'll see you again tonight at 11:00. have a great evening, everybody. tonight, breaking news on several fronts as we come on the air. storm surge, slamming the florida coast. cities under water and tonight forecasters are warning the worst may be yet to come as hurricane matthew takes aim at georgia and the carolinas. trump tape bombshell. donald trump caught on a hot mike months after marrying melan melania, making vulgar comments about groping women. saying, when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything. we have the tape. more breaking news, the u.s. publicly accuses russia of trying to interfere with the election, blaming putin's government for political hacks and e-mails exposed. and cries for help from a little girl in