>> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. erika: we begin with breaking news. devastating hurricane winds sustained at 145 mile per hour shaking haiti this noon. heather: hurricane matthew reached the vulnerable island nation as a category four storm. heavy rain causing flooding all over the island. erika: this is a huge system, very powerful. slow-moving. mike, you have been watching the track of matthew. hurricane watch has been posted for parts of florida. mike: this is an incredibly

the entire caribbean, there is where we are focusing on. right near the island of espa?ol especially in the haiti area. cuba, just a little bit ways away is also going to be in line for more of that as we had through the afternoon. the eye of it is not as easy to find. you can see what it's doing now. because it is interacting with land you are hours earlier. it should be in guantanamo at about 8:00 tonight as a category four storm cuts to the bahamas. a very powerful storm. eventually toward the florida coast. this is thursday morning. this is friday morning. getting very close. after that it looks like it's headed for the carolina coast and may reemerge and begin to impact our weather as we talk about the weekend.

here. a lot of disparity in the computer models. the possible solutions that are out there, all over the place. we will talk about what we can expect if it moves in here. heather: so far there is one confirmed death in haiti as that storm closed in and four deaths in the dominican republic. elizabeth hur has more on the devastating storm. elizabeth: hurricane matthew making landfall this morning in haiti. strongest hurricane for this region since 1963, being blamed for taking at least four lives across the caribbean. >> people who are out to sea day. people who are missing, people who did not respect the alerts. a lost their lives. elizabeth: with wind reaching 145 miles per hour powerful enough to wipe out parts of haiti.

foot of rain in some areas. gio benitez is there >>. we are not out of the woods yet. the clouds you are seeing are from the edge of hurricane matthew. jamaicans are looking at this with guarded optimism. elizabeth: in cuba the forecast is calling for up to 40 inches of rain possible in parts of the island, enough to wash away entire villages. cubans are keeping busy boarding up buildings and filling sandbags. prep u.s. with a category four hurricane on the move now tracking west, threatening the east coast by the end of the week >>. if matthew directly impacts florida the destruction could be deadly. we are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. elizabeth: hurricane watches in effect across parts of florida with states of emergency declared in florida and north carolina. >> the wind has been more so than we thought.

live early this morning. we then spoke to the director on the phone who described the wind and rain is coming in waves. he told us all the kids and staff are ok. he did say a main gate blew out of place but that was secured with chains. overnight family members of staff call for help worried about a rising river. they were brought to the orphanage building which was well-stocked and boarded-up ahead of the storm. plenty of diesel. plumbing, everything is working. the building is very secure. erika: outside the walls debris, parts of the roof, branches blowing around. about 80 miles east -- limiters east of where the worst of that storm is forecast to hit. you can track hurricane matthew on our news app. download them in the app store on apple and android.

destroyed in an explosion after neighbors reported the smell of gas and firefighters arrived to investigate. it's unclear if anyone was injured in that explosion around 9:30 this morning. this is paterson, new jersey, home to businesses on several blocks were evacuated as a precaution. erika: roman catholic bishops in massachusetts are publicly stating opposition to legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana. ba the use, cultivation and taxing of the drug. the church leaders call marijuana a significant part of substance use in america heather:. an early-morning robbery at a diner near boston's south station. sera congi is live. sera: all is back to normal here at this well known and longtime diner on kneeland street near south street station after an armed robbery earlier this morning. boston police were called to the south street diner at a quarter

the suspect did show a weapon according to boston police. no word on what kind of weapon. fortunately, no one was hurt. i checked with bpd a short time ago. no word on arrests but there are surveillance cameras at multiple locations outside the diner. the diner owner tells me nothing like this has happened in 20 years. on the lynch boston, sera congi, erika: a man has died after being struck in a hit and run. the accident happening on the cranberry highway in wareham. doug meehan spoke -- doug, what have you learned? doug: this case is in the hands of the plymouth dish best plymouth district attorney's office. the victim's name is ernest raddatz. well-known in this area.

>> came down, nailed him. the guy flew about 70 feet in the road and slid it the truck did not stop. doug: clark yergin was returning from work when a violent crash unfolded outside his front steps. police receiving a call of a pedestrian hit around eight: 30 monday night. when they arrived they found 56-year-old man lying in the street. >> me and my other friend sat here crying last night. was hours before the accident that she invited him over for dinner. >> he must've been crossing the road when he was coming to my house and that's when he got hit. doug: those who live in the area know how dangerous this roadway can be. >> a real shame but people need to slow down here and think about other people instead of themselves. doug: police are searching for a white cup truck possibly with front end damage.

erika: one person dead after a crash in melrose last night. police say a car hit a landscaping truck on howard street striking and killing a worker loading equipment. the car ran into an suv before rolling over landing on its roof . three people from the car were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the suv driver was not hurt. heather: police are investing a crash that involved an ambulance and two cars. this was the scene responding to a call interceding through a red light when it was hit by a car setting off a chain reaction. four people taken to the hospital, all expected to survive. a man accused of posing as it uber driver in holyoke and sexually assaulting a umass amherst student has been arrested for a second time. police arrested daniel texted her for failing to follow --

ir. he was arrested last night at his home where he was wearing his gps bracelet. he will be in court today. erika: first responders and nashua, new hampshire are reeling from the deadliest month for overdoses this year we in september 7 people died in the city and already this month three people have fatally overdosed three of first responders say they are frustrated by the ongoing crisis and they are pushing for safe stations program where people struggling with addiction can seek help. bloomington school superintendent is off th resigning after being arrested for drunk driving in august. mary delai met with committee members for more than three hours of last night. she is now on probation. heather: federal regulators have sanctioned the sale of nursing homes following a resident's suicide there. investigators say the grosvenor park health center failed to take the steps necessary to prevent a suicide.

comments on killing himself and a suicide note in his medical records. the man shot himself with his legally registered handgun in august. two days after he was admitted. erika: shelter in place orders and merrimack college have been lifted. a tweet about an armed person dressed as a clown roaming the campus. a college spokesperson says that tweet was a false report. the twitter account name several other colleges around the country. evacuated the campus and north andover police say they found nothing. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte backpedaling after a claim she made about donald trump. what the republican incumbent said she is now retracting. heather: how much weight does america put on the role of vice presidential candidates? we will take a look at tonight's vp debate. mike: the latest on the track of matthew and how it may impact our upcoming weekend. when sunshine returns before the hurricane.

superstar, maria sharapova, banned for doping, will be back on the courts sooner than later. >> the 10:00 news on metv boston with maria stephanos and ben simmoneau, on comcast channel 942, verizon 461 and over the

erika: you have your senator kelly ayotte backtracking after calling donald trump a role model for her children to the comment came during a debate last night. >> would you tell them to be like donald trump?

are many role models that we have and i believe he can serve as president and so absolutely i would do that. erika: less than three hours after the debate a issued a statement saying she misspoke adding not a trump nor hillary clinton have set a good example. af has avoided officially endorsing trump for president but has said she will vote for her party's nominee. tonight in virginia. the first and only debate. a new abc news washington post poll shows tim kaine and mike pence are still largely unknown. as maggie rulli reports, this is their chance to introduce themselves and defend their running mates. maggie: tonight it is time for the number two's on the presidential ticket to take the stage. we should expect a hear from two well-prepared politicians. donald trump's running mate, mike pence, indiana governor in

radio talkshow host. hillary clinton giving tim kaine her folk of evidence. the virginia senator and former governor worked as a harvard trained trial lawyer for years. >> they will make a difference at the margins. some of our elections of been decided at the margins maggie:. they are seasoned but not necessarily well-known. an abc news washington post poll found 40% of americans could not name either party's candidate so tonight both americans. many viewed and underwhelming debate performance by donald trump last week. >> he is to turn a kit he is to platonic and on maggie: -- trump's campaign manager said your should expect a feisty or pence the normal. his democratic rival is under the glare of the spotlight hoping to build on clinton's postdebate bounce in the polls and to not let pence off the hook for comments best for

i have legally used the tax laws to my benefit. maggie: hillary clinton campaigning in ohio were polls show trump is up these it differently. >> what kind of genius the $1 billion in a single year? maggie: both men's main jobs tonight, don't mess anything up for their presidential candidates. erika: massachusetts officialserika: have charged morgan stanley with dishonest and unethical conduct. contests focused on the sales of security-based loans. officials say the contest in massachusetts and rhode island created a conflict of interest. morgan stanley says it objects to the allegations and will defend itself. heather: the state treasurer in illinois suspended $30 billion in investments with wells fargo yesterday. that is over relations that bank employees open millions of fake

pulled $75 billion in business with wells fargo. maria sharapova pasta doping ban was reduced to 15 months three and the tennis star can come back in april and return to the grand slam play at the french open. sharp ova, a five-time grand slam champion and former number one ranked player to appeal the suspension imposed by the international tennis federation. a panel found she took a substance for the purpose of enhancing her performance. erika: running into trouble. the social media site launched marketplace yesterday, and apple users can buy and sell items. within hours people were selling drugs, animals, and adult services. the company says it will take appropriate action to clean up that site. heather: where we stand with hurricane matthew. flirt came -- florida under a

snapshot of what we believe is happening right now. as new information comes in we can fine-tune it. keep that in the back of your mind. a category four storm. look at the abu -- the abrupt right turn. moving at about 10 miles per hour. here is where it begins to impact florida. a category caught tro or category three storm. this area is what we call the cone of uncertainty. if it this we would consider it a successful forecast area don't focus of much of a straight line, focus on the potential that out there. thursday morning to friday morning, closes approach to florida. we have it moving across the carolinas, moves over land and eventually reemerges and goes offshore. a category one hurricane at this point and we are talking about it :00 a.m. sunday morning. a real strong possibility we could have some hurricane strength areas around the

computer models. it brings it up and it keeps it about 100 or a little more than that, what hundred miles offshore. that would be good because it keep the wind offshore but give us the beneficial rain. look at the possibility that we could get some decent rain out of this whole thing before it moves out of here. still very uncertain about the track and intensity of the storm . i'm certain we will see ocean swells and rough surf. i'm not concerned about coastal flooding and the reason for that, astronomical he astronomically low tide. rain could start as early as saturday night focusing mostly on sunday at this point. look at how big this is, 500 miles across. that cone of uncertainty, 500 miles this way or that way is a big amount of an area. the actual center of this is right here. hurricane force wind and those beyond our about 45 miles away from center. the tropical storm force wind

you have a great deal of variety of the kind of whether you can expect. today the weather we are expecting, gray skies across the area. 62 degrees and a northeasterly breeze keeping a school. at the northeasterly breeze has been busy today. it has nothing to do with the hurricane. this is all out ahead of it. beautiful sunshiny weather before we have to worry about that hurricane this weekend. the northeasterly wind we have right now, today skies. limited clearing this afternoon. tonight, partly cloudy, patchy fog. 42 to 50 degrees for overnight low. as we had through the afternoon, the limited clearing going on i don't think you will be seeing much sunshine towards the cape have seen a few brights at the station. it cools off that's where we get patchy fog. may have a few clouds tomorrow and we get into some sunshine which will be looking nice into

lots of sunshine thursday and friday, warming up into the low 40's. rain possibly as early as saturday night. it may hold off until sunday. sunday is the best opportunity for rain or wind from this ending on the exact track of it. once the hurricane goes through, behind it you will see a wedge of cooler drier air moving in. blue skies moving back to the forecast by sunday. you need to keep updated on what'go forecast because each day we get more information so we get a better idea of what's happening. erika: whether you are buying or selling, the hottest trends could be a big help to you. experts say there are three staples that are in big demand. if you've ever seen a hope in the show home and proven show -- more homebuyers are looking for the kitchen to be open to the family room. heather: hardwood floors, especially on the main floor.

erika: a modern kitchen updated is not enough anymore. experts say the biggest trends art kitchen islands that double as eating spaces. heather: they are wonderful. erika: a restaurant devoted to dogs on the go. the new fast food option for our

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heather: every dog has his day. now that includes picking up snacks for the drive-through. a pennsylvania restaurant just for the four-legged. it offers dog friendly foods vegetables and meat alter ego. customers can order -- all to go. customers can order exit toppings peanut butter. the owner calls them yeappy meals. mike: if the dog does not eat it do they bring it home for us in a doggie bag? we got some sunshine for the end of the week but keeping a close eye on what matthew will do this weekend. saturday sunday is what we have to pay attention to.

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