>> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. erika: now, hurricane matthew now a powerful category four storm. >> there are no excuses. in that queue eight, evacuate, evacuate. emily: florida's governor making it leave this making it clear, leave town or potentially pay with your life. the storm getting strength.

to hit this area in more than a decade. mike: instead of it coming straight at the coast it's been vital of the coast talking about a lot larger area that could be damaged. a bit of a shift to the right on the track. let me show you what's going on. wins holding at 149 miles per hour. this morning when you joined us it was a category three but getting over to warm water it may bounce up a bit. the now we pointing it toward the coast of florida. as we had to the day by night we're headed for the eye offshore. it may even get a little stronger than what is now. then it will track its way along the coast. how is paralleling the coast up. certainly a lot of wind and rain

continues its way to jacksonville we does a big loop and believe it or not in a comeback at the coast of florida in a few days. what about the wind? here are the wins at 5:00 tonight. these are the hurricane winds. you see have a push their way in so that by tonight at 11:00 we see hurricane force wind at the coast. inland. daytona beach may be the strongest hit from the system as it makes its way northward. any implications from the storm into our we can forecast and i will have more details on what they can expect in florida over the next couple days. emily: evacuations underway from florida to north carolina as the powerful storm pushes up the coast. marci gonzalez is in myrtle beach cobo florida would revert

marcyi: potentially the most powerful hurricane to hit the u.s. and what a decade. >> evacuate come evacuate come evacuate. marci: unfortunately, this is going to kill people. possibly the largest evacuation ever in florida with orders for 2.5 million people from here to the carolinas. >> i'm thinking just to get as faraway from the flood zone as ib out of fuel. i spent -- some gas stations rug out of fuel. stores left empty and more than 100 shelters open. the central florida. >> i want to do with best for them. marci: taking the threat seriously after seeing the destruction matthew left behind killing dozens of people, battering the bahamas.

forecasters expect matter to make landfall along florida's east coast is a category four late tonight. more than 2500 national guard troops are deployed helping with last-minute evacuations. erika: back to haiti where people are still trying to get a clear picture of the scope of the destruction from matthew. these images from the be like bricktown nation. 80 plus southwest -- across haiti plus southwest peninsula. we will keep an eye on the storm throughout the duration and you can get up-to-date information on our mobile app. or online at. wcvb.com emily: protesting the agency's decision to emily: -- sera congi is live at t

one of those arrested includes the union president. take a look at this video of the charleston courthouse where all seven of those union members protesting arrived for their arraignment. transit police saying this was not an issue over what they were protesting but that they were blocking access and potentially putting other t employees in danger. charlestown outside this dish were the mbta processes cash and fairly collected. the agency's move to private sides -- privatize operations. >> these individuals were protesting but in doing so they were presenting access, entrance and exit from the gate.

. we listed the gate -- they prevented a money truck from leaving. >> the other six come best the other six, facing charges for unlawful assembly. the carmen union says they oppose the mbta pass moved to use an outside company to handle money room operations. accusing the agency of not being transparent about financials. >> problems at the money room are legendary. state audit found $100 million unaccounted for in the money room. >> we believe by getting out of the cash management business will be able to better focus on our core delivery service and safety a lot of money. sera: the vote on whether to decide to take that outside company will take place today. the t employees who work in the money room would then be offered a job according to the mbta.

agency. many of them already experienced bus drivers and t operators. emily: trouble for the reggie lewis track and athletic center in roxbury. the state auditor's office says it has reviewed the center at the request of roxbury community college and 10 possible criminal activity. the auditor's office has asked the college to forward concerns the law enforcement for investigation. were not included in that auditor state. erika: today donald trump heads back to new hampshire. he will host a town hall event in sandown, a move that may be practice for sunday's town hall debate with heller clinton. both clinton and trump are focused on how their running mates fared at the showdown. >> i would argue that mike had the single most decisive victory in the history of vice presidential debates. >> on your own running mate will

the top of the ticket i think that tells you everything you need to know. emily: former governor bill wells will headline a rally tonight in worcester. wells is running for vice president on the libertarian ticket but he has caused a political stir in recent days saying his top priority is actually defeating donald trump. well says he still supports the man at the top of his ticket johnson on foreign policy and i'm heading to st. louis for sunday's second presidential debate. watch it on wcvb economical rock and i live my reports on newscenter 5 at 11:00. erika: high school student is preparing to face a judge and fallout from clown scares is growing. the teenager were a clown mask to school.

middle school. it's scaring everyone. erika: the freshman was charged with disrupting school assembly after someone called the police taking he had a weapon. it turned out be his cell phone. cloud threats of gone viral in denim, rehobeth and north andover. police say although it is an annoying trend any to take each case seriously. >> and our line of work you only have to be wrong once. emily: today crews avenue west for academy are cleaning and sanitizing after four students were diagnosed with mercer and staph infection's. three of the students are for pope players. the students have a scheduled day off. the crews time to scroll down locker room, jim metz and equipment. all coaches are reviewing the signs of staph infections with

dr. bernard lavan died when his bike collided with a truck in porter square. he and his wife are residents of lexington. the driver of the truck is cooperating with police. no charges filed. emily: police are searching for a robert after another cvs draft in worcester. a cvs pharmacy was robbed of percocet pills. the most recent incident switcher and the clerk a note demanding pills. the red sox begin their playoff push tonight against an old ally . they are in cleveland to take on the indians and terry francona. a world series win breaking and 86 year drought. the sox getting in one last workout yesterday.

concerns over your water. erika: the pipe that delivers water to most people in massachusetts are falling apart. the steps to keep the water supply safe. an update on bob halloran's recovery. his setback and health signs they could save your life. mike: the passage taking and if it will have a negative effect two hour rain emily:. after years on the run a mafia boss is under arrest. where police finally f a look at his unique dining place, next. >> the 10:00 news on metv boston with maria stephanos and ben simmoneau, on comcast channel 942, verizon 461 and over the

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reelection bid. >> it may be trump. >> a fast-changing state. the tradition of being a republican stranglehold that the democrats have begun to make this a truly competitive state. lana: the north carolina voters i spoke with were concerned about a range of issues. >> tax plant in general. >> second amendment. >> the economy. >> the economy. lana: which of the two candidates act costs? >> i don't think either of them know that. out of all of the citizens of the united states to come up with two candidates were more favorable than the ones we have to choose from. lana: andrew and samantha agree. clinton has been here 10 times. the nation is washed as more -- not currently been thrust into the national spotlight over police shootings of blackman

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year erika: turning back to the weather. hurricane matthew sitting over the bahamas. mike: it certainly is. headed toward the coast of florida. northwest of 14 miles per hour. the problems for florida very shortly. even this afternoon we start. on radar you can see that well-defined eye sitting there. now it's headed toward the coast of florida and you can see spiral bands. th around it you see wind gusts. winds sustained at 140 miles per hour. as it works its way toward the coast of florida you see the spiral bands are starting to move their way out toward florida at this point, we've been talking about matthew. nicole is right behind you. nicole is just short of becoming a hurricane. latest projections are it will meander out so let's focus on matthew.

thought there within a four if i found distance from the center. depending on where that tracks that is key to the wind forecast. the tropical storm force winds are brushing the coast of florida. they will get stronger as we had to the afternoon. here's a computer projection. member projecting anywhere near us. it's expected to do a loop and go back into the gulf of mexico and could possibly stay o tropical system or reform up to hurricane, not until later on next week something to keep in mind. this is not going to be leaving florida anytime soon. category for skirting along the coast. it :00 a.m. tomorrow morning and then we see it moving up to were checks until. daytona beach may be the area which has the most opportunity for being a direct hit for this thing. becomes a tropical storm but after that may come right back again as the coast.

pick up as we had to the afternoon. all day tomorrow the winds will be strong holy along the coast. eventually weakening as you had to were the carolina coast. not only the wind but the rain. noticed the rain amounts we are talking about committee to 12 inches. the carolinas where we could see over a foot of flooding. around here, very quiet. it will stay quiet until saturday's forecast. moisture that we get a little enhancement to the rain. the main storm will stay weight of your to the south not going to impact us at all. i could trigger round of showers as we talk about saturday afternoon into saturday evening. for today, sunshine. little see resetting up. what a gorgeous day coming away tomorrow. we get the chance of some showers in here on saturday. hopefully losing get tropical

drought monitor came out, same trap conditions as a week ago. after that, sunshine come cool temperatures warming up toward the middle of next week. erika: many of you have asked how bob halloran is doing. emily: he is now sharing a remarkable portion of his recovery. bob suffered a brain aneurysm the summer and an initial surgery saved his life. he realized he was having problems with short-term memory operating room as doctors went to work repairing for tilde and the results were immediate and amazing. >> so many times that i had conversations and would come home and tell eileen about the conversation but could not remember who i was talking to. today laying in bed with my what should do, i remembered conversations, places, people

>> i want to live look to be 93 committee guys are stuck with me for a long time. emily: bob keeping his trademark sense of humor. it is important to mention some of the symptoms of an aneurysm. they could include headache concentrated in one area, sudden and severe head pain, pain above or behind the high or some confusion and dizziness. doctor. can't wait to have bob back here with us. erika: so glad he's doing so well. national pet people is coming up. the thing singles find most

emily: next week is national pet teeth week. -- pet peeve week. erika: according to match.com the top turnoff for men and women on the first date is checking your phone to much. what comes to texting the biggest irritation to both genders's misspellings and that grammar and on instagram the biggest turnoff for men is lots of hashtags.

for women it is men posting pictures showing off their bodies. emily: we continue to follow hurricane matthew. video coming in from jacksonville florida. we learn florida power & light's say they expect as many as 2.5 million of their customers could lose power during this thing. a category four storm. mike: this is way up on the northern part of the coast. you're not seeing the main focus which is down south closer to miami so that's going to ride all the so many without power. almost no impact. we are sunshine and 70's. gorgeous weather the next couple of days. perhaps on saturday we might get moisture working off that storm that gives rain some enhancement. erika: that's it for us.

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