. live from the station takes action for you this is abc action new. >> >> hurricane matthew a dangerous category four barreling through the caribbean. we will talk about the impacts coming up. >> this area where standing, hurricane hermine hit it hard. a lot of flood damage. fema is here to help but some people still have their doubts. the bay area is once again the center for the fight. joe biden for hillary clinton today, the foe with us -- the focus is the economy. hurricane matthew closes in. the eye of the storm, category four hurricane expected to pass

very close to the south west tip of haiti today or tomorrow. this storm crowd dump up to three feet of rain on this island. >> absolutely. in fact that's one major story here that's going to be developing. in fact it is already pouring across haiti. this is a multiday event for them as far as torrential rain and because of the top okra if you, they're in on some significant mud slides and flash floods. there's the center of the storm, the late frost the nch, 130 miles per hour winds, that makes it a category four and it is slowly moving to north which is why they're going to get so much rain, not just in haiti but in ja may can and along with that we are talking about 130 miles per hour winds, clipping the western side of haiti and then it threads through the eastern part of cuba and the west part of the the island of espanol before going into the bahamas in the middle part of the week the closest pass would be thursday and friday. that's when i expect some

we will talk more about that and about this uncertain as far as the cone, as far as the exact track. we will talk about that and our impacts in a few minute. >> >> two minutes after 9:00. thank you, storm preps are underway in haiti where hurricane matthew could drop 40 inches of rain, jamaica, cuba also mr. line of fire,. >> how people in those country prepare for potential devastation. >> this particular hurricane by virtue of its trajectory will have severe impact on >> the prime minister underscoring the seriousness of the threat posed by hurricane matthew. >> we're expecting there will be land slides and that will mean also damage to agriculture. >> forecasters warning matthew will bring life threatening flash floods. some though are ignoring pleas to leave the threatened coast. >> i feel like staying here. i am safe here. i am from here. i will die here. >> i will stay ivan and dean. >> the massive storm churning in the caribbean also

s0q structure is still fragile after the 2010 earthquake. cuba is also bracing as u.s. officials evacuate hundreds of employees and their familys from the naval base at guantanamo bay. the national weather service said sunday it was too early to say what matthews affect would be on the united states. while the impact on the island nations in the caribbean is expect today be serious, some remain optimistic. >> the resilience of jamaica will be demonstrated at the enof this episode. >> reed bin i don't know, action news. we will check in now with a look at the morning commute. how are the roads looking right now. >> if you are heading out if door right now, you pretty much missed that morning rush hour. we are looking great on i-275 over in penellis. this is at begandy where we had a back up north. all of that is clear and 275 through donetown at i-4 looking great adds well. the only slow spot is i-4

red. 32 is the average speed there. thank you. 3 minutes after 9:00. happening that morn, fema crews are here beginning to assess the damage -- happening this morning, fema crews are here beginning to assess the damage. everyone is encourage today apply for aid online. >> james, how is fema deciding who to help? >> >> reporter: well, dan, they will talk with local authorities to determine where they should go and areas that were i'm here at new port ritchey, that's synonymous with flooding the river is about a hundred yards to me behind these houses. here is what it looks like today. take a look. okay. now, let's show you what it looked like just after hurricane hermine hit this area. the river flooded this entire street for several days. people's homes and personal property damaged as a result of that. fema says you must register with them, if you need help. >> you could be eligible if

but some people have their doubts they can get any assistance. >> i found out i may not be able to get any help because i don't have the title to my home. >> you tone trailer? i mean that might help you with, you know, damages that would happen with your trailer, but i think with you renting a trailer, no, i mean they were pretty much standing by the street and said hey. >> i brought this up to fema this morning, a specks person telling for homeowner and renters including grabs and low interest for home repairs and can reimburse for some property damage because of this. the easiest way though, you want to register first and you want to go to disaster assistance.gov. it will let them know you think you need help and they will come by and take a look. reporting in new port ritchey. 9:05 we should get a better

will be use today fight the spread of zika. senior officials with the health and human services are set to give us an update this afternoon. congress passed 1.1 billion nods prevent the virus from spreading but we will watch to see how much of that money will come her to mr. new tests suggest there are still infected mosquitos in miami beach the cdc still has to confirm those results. happening today tbay area front and center once again in the race for white >> joe biden is head lining a rally for hillary clinton today in sarasota. abc action news reporter, rodney is following the vice president's visit. he joins us with more on that. he will focus on the economy today. >> he will and not only that, but he will outline the vision for the country. they said the vice president will lay out the high stakes of november's election. vice president joe biden also set to lay out how hillary clinton will build a stronger

october 11th is also on his agenda the last time the vice president was in florida, it came with a bit of negative attention. more than a thousand protesters showed up in south florida where biden met with jewish leaders in that commune. it is enclear if we will see a large number of protesters today. he will be speaking at the robert taylor community complex. the doors for that event open at 2:30. the event will run from 4:30 to 6:00. >> of course as we get closer to election day, we will see plenty of big campaigning for being sides on wednesday. president obama is scheduled to campaign for hillary clinton in orlando and the president will also deliver a health care speech right here in tampa. we will have full coverage of that event as well. as for donald trump, he's speaking to supporters at a big rally today in colorado. his running mate, governor mike pence is making an appearance in ash land, virginia. guys, back to you. and tomorrow night, it will be the vice president usual candidates turn to take the debate stage.

kayne and mike pence to focus on discussing issues without the distraction of their polarizing running mates. kayne will focus on trump's comments on women and his refusal to release his tax returns. watch it right here on abc action news. 8 minutes after 9:00 a move to florida is proving costly for the long-time cheer chief of the indian tribe in rhode island. he has been stripped of the title he has held for nearly 20 years afterhis move here the groups executive board vote today impeach -- matthew thomas, the tribal assembly voting on saturday. they found out thomas obtain a florida driver's license and registered in the state to vote. travel election rules say the chief must live in rhode island or at least within a 50-mile radius. thomas can appeal the impeachment. he has been at the helm of that tribe for nearly two decade.

minnesota. gun fire erupt, six people hit by bullets, what led up to violence. showers and storms across 95. it will continue to develop and intensify: we have tropical downpours by later this afternoon. much a repeat of what we had yesterday. of course then i will take you to the tropics as well. a big update on hurricane

we are following breaking news from overnight. two men are shot opens fire outside a minneapolis police presing. just 15 minutes later, four more people are wounded just one block away. one victim was shot in the chest and is in serious condition at a local hospital. all the other victims have expected to survive. detectives are trying to determine a motive for shootings and figure out if they're related. they did find a gun in a parking lot near the police presing. at the have not identified any suspects in first shooting but

custody. activists are calling on los angeles into the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old black man over weekend the los angeles times reports car fell is the man shot by police on saturday. police said they tried to pull over a car with a paper license plate on it saturday afternoon and after a short chase tdriver and passenger both got out and fled. the passenger was snell. he ran in the back of a house where he was shot. that driver escaped, has far been found. they did recover a gun at the scene. the investigation continues. a funeral services are set this week for the black man shot and killed by police in carolina. scott's wake is wednesday night followed by his funeral on thursday. they said an officer shot scott after he refused to drop a gun, but police individual yeses don't show whether scott was armed. his death led two nights of

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all eyes on hurricane matthew right now. >> we have two parts of matthew train side which going be devastating for islands and the wind. it is still a category four hurricane. let's talk about this. we have a lot no get through here. 130 miles per hour winds with pressure down to 943. now, one thing it is moving vagary slowly to north and you almost see like a few matthews here in these cluster which can put down inchs and inches in just the bo the issue. it has already begun to cause, as you can see there haiti and this just continues to slow low move north. that's rain part of it here: we expect upwards of a couple of feet if not more. there's jamaica with the hurricane warning. pay attention to the wind here. currently it is at 130. i'm not expecting that to increase in intensity, it is holding at 130 through tonight, making land fall or just

tip there of haiti and heading into the east part of cuba where we have began tan ma city, they're going to have to deal with this as well. 130 miles per hour winds and then it heads to the north, hooks west which we don't like but we think it will head east of florida. that's what we're thinking right now. with additional model runs it can change: ly show you the difference in the european and u.s. model but had is a track that would give us some gusty winds on thursday and friday: we would be on the drier side of the storm. if this holds i think we will be in pretty desen shape the winds, this is important as well. with matthew, the tropical storm force winds which is 39 or above extend out almost 200 miles but the hurricane forced winds only about 30 miles so the more destructive winds are very concentrated near the senor. that's where we will talk about significant winds right where

us will talk about certainly gusty winds but very heavy rain fall is a primary threat across the islands. the european and u.s.: we show you this all the time. watch the agreement and we like to see the agreement because we have high confidence in the forecast. there it is across eastern cuba through tuesday morning but watch what happens as we put into this motion through friday and into saturday. there they go, separating, and i will tell wow what the latest runs from this european have this way too close to florida so this has to be watched very leslie. there's the u.s. going well to north and east. until we have a better consensus east or west it will make a huge difference on what we have especially along the east coast of florida. for us if the track hold it is way it is right now or moves further east, we are looking at 20 to 25 miles per hour winds for our area, dry side of the storm, sunny, winds di conditions on thursday and friday. if it moves further to west, we

across the eastern part of the state. so that is all we have to play with the next few days. we still have plenty of time to watch it for us, of course an imminent threat along the caribbean. what we have to deal with is what we had yesterday. look at this line that crossed us yesterday with one to three inch rain fall. we have a potential to repeat through later this afternoon because of that east wind, which by the way is indirectly, already affecting us from matthew down to the south. that east flow continues and look at what happens as i put future cast into motion. not doing much and they hit the sea breeze and we talk about explosive rain fall totals later on today, upwards of three inches not out of the question. so forecast about 87 for the afternoon high and between 4:00 to 7:00. if you have outdoor plans, we are talking about a nonoctober event here, very tropical rains that could accumulate very quickly. tuesday and wednesday still

and then depending on the fact track of matthew, still calling for breezy conditions for thursday and friday, with diminishing rain chances into the weekend. i'm sorry. >> >> i have an emergency i have to stop the show. still ahead, kanye shuts down, what happen today kim kardashian that made him walk off caught in cross winds, the plane is tossed around the reason the scary site is not so

extra police patrols and security are outside a private apartment in paris where kim kardashian was robbed at gun point over night. armed men posing as pol up and stole millions of dollars in jewelry. this quickly made its way to kanye. he abruptly shut down his performance. >> i am sorry. family emergency. i have to stop the show. . >> what? >> he said he had to stop the show. he had a family emergency. her two kids were not with her at the time of the attack.

not the only celebrity who got a scare over weekend. >> lindsay lohan went underwent emergency surgery after losing half of her finger. of her heavily bandaged ring finger. that accident reportedly happened on a boat off the coast of turkey when she try today pull the anchor up the ryan got tangled and the tip of her finger came off. luckily, the friends found the detached digit on the deck of the boat. a plastic surgeon was able to reattach it at the hospital. >> wow. >> you remember the reporter who quit her job live on the air in a protest of alaska's marijuana law. >> we learned she's facing decades in prison now for running a can bus club. she revealed herself to be the owner and operator of the alaska cannabis club during a live broadcast two years ago. she celebrateed in february of 2015, when marijuana became legal for adults in state. now police are accusing the 28-

>> she's facing 14 charges of drug possession. the charges carry a maximum penalty combined of 54 years in prison. she's plead being followers on social media to help her asking them to donate toward her legal costs with online donations page. it is 9:26 coming up a girl hurt at universal orlando but not because of one of the ride, the device authoritys are blaming. >> plus time is up for people in the mosley motel. deputys are going door to door either now, checking to see if there are any people still there. we are live on the scene with a look at what's happening right

>> this is abc action news. bracing for impact.

what about florida? i will have the impacts on our area coming up. nasty deplorable condition, that's how the sheriff describe it is mosley motel, why some people are still here even after the eviction notice coming up. plus no memory of last week's deadly train crash, that's what the engineer is claiming. what he does remember ability the moments leading up to crash. first though at 9:30. for hurricane matthew. >> it is slowly turning north ward packing winds of 130 miles per hour. we have the latest event. >> >> the event has started for parts of the islands with torrential rain that has commenceed and look at this from up above in space, nasa picture showing well, something we haven't seen in quite some time, in fact since 2007. a category five at one point with 160 miles per hour winds.

about a major hurricane but 130 miles per hour winds. in fact that's what we expect it to hold at. it is not going get any stronger but look at the rain, the plumesover moisture already impacting what the islands. that cannot take too much, and that's what is going to happen. there's the track the question is as it parallels our state, how close will the center be? that's going to determine the impacts we will feel. we will talk about that and of course the rains coming up later on this afternoon. a driver spotted the body along first avenue and palmetto just before midnight. detectives say it peers he was

on any suspects. it was nasty. there's no other way to describe it. i will be blunt about it and tell you it is a dump and people shouldn't be living in this. >> that's the state of the motel in st. pete closed for good. today they're going door to door at the mosley motel threing to make sure everybody is out. ashley is also out there live. you spoke with the sheriff, what else is he morning? but they won't be by too time he leaves here today. here you can see one family carrying the belongings out of the motel and down the street.

long. they is been out here since the sun came up trying to help people get out of here. they're invested with cop roachs and rats, they want people to find permanent haomas way from here. one woman on her way out said it was hard to be told to leave her home. >> didn't know what to do for a minute. >> everyone has been notified for at least a week. the homo tell information foreclose your and sold the new owners plan to knock down the building and develop this area. out here live, animal services is here. deputies all working to get people and their pets somewhere else and some place safe. of course, we will keep you up

. >> new development this is morning, they say the train engineer doesn't remember the crash at all. >> the engineer, 48-year-old gal gear says all he remembers is waking up on the floor. we will show you aftermath that killed one person and jirds more than a hundred others. they have recovered one data recorder from the rear cab but it is not working. >> he told investigators that the train was operating poorly thursday morning before the ntsb is still working to remove the debris and shore up unstable structures. it has to be complete before they can access the train cars and recover a second event reporter and -- from the control cab. more bad news, passenger in a flight from st. petters after they were diverted so syracuse. they said they weren't told the airline wasn't providing buss

getting themselves to saracuse, from saracuse rather tore niagra falls. officials confirm weather was to blame for the diverse. they say it is up to the pilot to decide how to operate that aircraft. our sister station in buffalo has reached out the alley gent for comment but has not heard back. >> that's a passenger plane that's about to miss its landing especially among people who are afraid to fly. i will show you a closer look. you can see th swerving back and forth as the winds and the pilot tries to touchdown in england. before he lands successfully. this chon because airlines are susceptible to wind but they insist there's nothing to worry about saying they're well trained nor kind of thing. wow. >> an update on if death of a toddler, the owner of the day

aggravated manslaughter: they say someone left two-year-old angel in a van outside the facility for six hour. >> involving an e-cigarette. she was on the -- express train when someones e cig mother exploded the girl from tennessee was rush today the hospital. she has burns to leg the man who had the-e cigarette also suffered minor injuries as well. >> students started filling out form this is weekend and the fast fa is an important component of the college finances and it is also the gateway for federal student loans. in the past, parents and student also to wait until january 1 to start filling out

>> mostly higher today and here is a look at the dow right now, open for 7 minutes down 81 points to 18,227. a japanese biologist win it is prize for medicine that can help find a cure for cancer. how our cells recycle material. ho and how mutations in cell can say cause cancer. hillary clinton picked up a big game, basketball star, lebron james is endorses her for president. a champion for children and

of in acron, ohio today. >> the new trump international in dc hit by vandal, officials discovered it graffiti saturday afternoon but couldn't cover it up before pictures and video spread on social media. black lives matter and no justice no peace were spray painted on the front of the building. you see there pieces of plywood are covering that up. the vandalism comes as racial tensions are fro a both trump and clinton agree that vandalizing pronerty is not the way to protest. >> if you have an opposition to something don't destroy property, you know, peaceful thing, you know, not damaging

year lease to it can -- into this hotel. a fan ran on the field during the came in chicago yesterday and was swiftly arrested. he was upset over black lives matter protests during some games. he was dressed up in a gorilla suit and wore a t-shirt. it read olivers matter. the back readr >> a few nfl players including san francisco 49ers kaepernick have protested by not standing during the national anthem. >> there didn't appear to be any protests by the lion or bears before yesterday's game. it is an unbelievable loss. >> a massive fire, destroys more than 30 school buses, how

this morning. wet into the weekend, of course

>> a balloon festival will go on despite two terrifying hot air balloon crashes over weekend. this is video showing the moment the first hot air balloon collide busting into flames on impact. luckily the explosion immediately cut off power going through the lines. nobody was hurt but the crash did knock out power to about 1200 customers in area. and then not too far away, another balloon hit power line, one person was hurt but it happened when they were getting out of the -- is school on replacement buses after a massive fire in a bus depot near milwaukee, look at cell phone video yesterday afternoon. this fire destroyed 35 school buss and the bus barn. more than two dozen fire departments several explosions.

loss. and we have had about the same timing. >> i am going on nine years. >> and then i keep saying every year i am going quit but i can't because i lover my littles and i lover driverring a bus. . >> too get every student to school, the case of the fire is now under investig it happened over the weekend near new smyrna beach. a 32-year-old man was hit on the side saturday evening while surfing. his injuries are minor. re. >> and conditions and a lot of fish in the area, and this weekend's attack mark it is 13ing and 14th shark bites of

>> this is a time when we're going to bed. >> at the time we're going to bed, in the middle of the bucks game, what an eruption for the second week in a row, torrential downpours and before that, again this afternoon, and into the afternoon tpattern hasn't changed so why wouldn't we rain pretty good here. i will tell you what though, october now, this is -- >> tropical air mass. >> sunshine for the eventuall if you were planning a day out. , tampa bay area, in fact our high today. in fact this is quite a developing area across brevard. it has been raining since this morning. i wouldn't be surprise today get flash flood warnings but storm will eventually fire

west. this was the radar. look at titan doppler along 75, this line very heavy rain fall, and thunderstorms which put down .3 inches of rain fall here, -- a quick 3 inches of rain fall here, and it crashed with our sea breeze to get that additional lift in a very small corridor and that's exactly what happened yesterday and potentially again for today as long as we get this easterly flow, courtesy, by the way of high pressure to the north but low pressure to the south of the form of second. future cast it for you, and you will be able to see the storms getting going so that by lunchtime i still think we're dry here but by 2:00 or 3:00, quickly the storms fire and this again will favor areas left of 75 and winding down tonight and we will do it again for tomorrow. here is matthew, a category four hurricane, 130 miles per hour winds, fluctuations and intensity are not that uncommon. we can go up to 140, back down to 130.

going weaken enough and it is not going to be an event where we're not going have enough rain for this to be a -- i think a calamity for some partsover haiti the reason for that, just any of port of prince, the capitol here: we have hill that is essentially surround and funnel the water down, even when they get a regular water storm, it can flash flood quickly, imagine a couple of feet plus of rain the more dangerous part of the storm is on the east side, although jamaica will get hit tworst of it looks to be right now across haiti and portions of eastern cuba and then of course it will barrel through the bahamas, as it does so it will not just bring heavy rain but keep in mind, water is going to get pushed in. we call that the storm surge and that is usually one of the most dangerous things about

we will be on the dry side of storm and that means the rain chance also be done. we will keep them at 50% and turning breezy and drier on thursday and friday: ton back sides of matthew, clear out in

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>> three sisters in ohio will never forget the homecoming dance over weekend: they got escorted to the dance by the police officers but it wasn't because they were in trouble. their father, officer thomas was killed in line of duty last january. his brothers in blue stepped up on what was a memorable night for officer ca tremendously's daughters. the three girls got dressed to nines and the officers could

in for their dad. >> they drove the three girls and dates to dance. the mom says there aren't enough words to express their gratitude to these men for stepping in. as your kids head off to school today, some school leaders look into possible cheating. first uncovered by i team. >> the accusationsover cheating at clear water include grad point, the -- recovery program, but now investigator adam has uncovered new evidence that district employees knew this problem for years. >> i feel it is ethically and morally wrong. >> fed up with what they call cheating. >> they completeed it entire years worth of work within day, sometimes as little as two day, receiving an a or a b. >> dozensover documents we obtained from whistle blow percent provided to district shows stuns receiving 80s in almost every grass class n.

grades minutes after students failed tests. >> you are a hundred% confident in this program. >> michelle topping oversea, we asked her about a clear water high with 80 students enrolled in one period but just 25 competers. >> i don't know how you could have 80 students in a lab if there's only 25 seat. >> what do they do when they're not in lab just wondering the halls or what happens. >> i can't speak to that specific situation, i am not

off on these grades anymore. i'm adam taking action for u. >> closed captioning is brought

>> tracking more showers and storms heading in our direction between 4:00 and 7:00. highs today in tupper 80s. high rain chance by the way at 60% and of course tracking matthew still account for 130 miles per hour winds and we are less than an hour from the 11:00 a.m. update. say ryan will bring you that and dennis with her at 4:00. >> we have continuing coverage of the top stories abc action news.com. >> tampa bay's morning blend is next.

>> thank you for spending time with us have been dieing to ask how was the birthday disney trip. >> i am a little tired. yes moidore had the big four- year-old birthday party, we did the disney thing that's her happy place. have you heard of peppa pig. we have a long way to go.