hurricane mathieu is bearing down on haiti with category winds, dropping heavy rain in the southeast, races for an intense storm. presidential debate t. donald and hillary clinton going head-to-head, taking heat over a ptsd comment. speaking of election, right now, julian assange wikileaks is building a major announcement. details of a mysterious polio-like illness paralyzing u.s. kids.

and leo goes south. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. mathi ma mathep has authorities bracing for a humanitarian disaster. thousa have reportedly refused to evacuate their homes. many still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake six years ago. they face the risk of deadly mudslides and flash flooding. at least three people have been killed in the storm as it turns past colombia and jamaica now. cuba is bracing for a major blow. even the governors of north

of mortgages and urging residents to be prepared. >> right now the projected path is a little off the coast. it can change in a moment's notice. when that happens, we're not going to have a lot of time to be ready. be prepared ahead of time. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking hurricane mathieu for us. >> lots to cover. the destruction is under way in haiti. close to the southwest peninsula and haiti. wind directions it should strengthen overnight. it is moving to the north at a slow pace. that's why haiti is going to get so much destruction today. the other thing, we track this closer to florida. we are watching the bahamas. nasa, koeft close to the coastline, as we go through thursday into friday. all of our computer models have been trending towards florida and the southeast coast.

we will get raked with hurricane force conditions. land fall into the carolinas. we could start the worst in florida, hurricane storm winds arriving and hurricane force winds. this orange color, possibly on the coastline of florida as early as thursday night. ahead of the vice presidential debate, eric sneiderman ordered the foundation to cease the report in the washington post that said the charity lacks required new york certification to seek public donation. a notice of violation letter obtained by nbc news warns the charity, quote, shall be deemed a continuing fraud upon the people of new york unless it supplies the required paperwork in the next 15 days. the trump campaign responding by this -- while we remain very

motives behind attorney general sneiderman's do they we understand. it's labeled as a partisan hack in the past. >> trump also received new criticism after implying veterans suffering from ptsd can't handle war during a q & a, he seemed to suggest suffering vets are fought strong. >> when you talk ab the mental health problems, when people come back from war and combat and they lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over, you are stronger, you can handle it. >> thinking of newly leaked tax records, trump said he brilliantly used tax laws to his benefit. >> the unfairness of the tax laws is unbelievable. it's something that i have been talking about for a long time. you've heard me talking about it, despite being a birthing beneficiary. i must admit. my understanding gave me a big

my competitors who lost everything they had, never to be heard from again. now, they're gone. i'm here, and i'm ready to turn things around for our country. >> now hillary clinton adopted a large part of her campaign speech as he hammers away at the state of ohio. here she is talking about how the businessmen of nearly a billion dollars in 1995. >> in the debate, he said it was smart to avoid paying tacks. yesterday his campaign was bragging it makes him a genius. here's my question. what kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a fiscal year? >> here's what's playing out in important swing states t. latest

up. if you have in florida. up four in pennsylvania. a statistical tie. trump is up five in ohio. clinton maintains a commanding advantage in colorado. today on the trail full court press, hillary clinton has two campaign events in pennsylvania. bill clinton is in ohio. first lady michelle obama travels to north carolina, bernie sanders is in minnesota. senior warren hits las vegas. on the republican side, donald trump arizona, mike pence and tim kaine are in arizona for our one and only debate. it begins here at 6:00 pacific. julian assange is holding a news conference in berlin. he is speaking via remote from the embassy in london where he has holed up for five years to avoid arrest. he says he has documents that would be damageing to hillary

ri live report from london in a few minutes. tensions are escalating over syria. over the syrian human obb servetory for human rights. the cease-fire began two weeks ago around aleppo. the u.s. blames russia by intensifying attacks and preventing humanitarian aid. >> our main points were always the rereestablishment of the sa cesstation of hostility. >> russia has an arms control agreement. they have to disclose what materials are used in nuclear weapons achlts mystery baffling doctors and millions of children could be at risk.

says 50 acute cases of afm has been reported this year, nearly double reported last year n. 2014, the illness terrorized 120 children, good hygiene, like washing hands thoroughly is the best defense against the virus. just ahead, a new marketplace competing to sell animal drugs and adult service. that's just for starters him we'll bring you bill karins is back with the weather. >> it's our preparation day to get the boats tied down, hurricane shutters on, we could have millions of people evacuating coastal areas in the southeast. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. the cold air moved down into the northern rockies, out ahead of it the warm air. that's why we will see the thunderstorm threat in areas of

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black, throughs took to the streets to propose a law that would make all abortions illegal, even in the case of rape or incest. if they fail and the law passes the punishment on women who seek aborings would be a five-year prison term and doctors would also be punished. >> in minutes from now, wikileaks founder julian assange in berlin with a potential october surprise. it could our own presidential election. he is under asylum. he is expected to appear via video link. we are following the event out of lon a. lot of anticipation of what will come out of there. >> reporter: good morning, frances. we are still waiting for julian assange to speak. wikileaks is celebrate anything

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: all right. everybody welcome. 7news "today in new england" ready for you on tuesday morning. >> sarah: here are some stories we're working on for you. breaking overnight, crews in charlestown are working to repair a water main break. the problem started early this morning, sending water on to earl street. crews worki >> christa: and a club scare at merrimack college forcing a lockdown. and it all turns out to be a hoax. this is part of a larger trend hitting the area. >> sarah: plus we're tracking matthew, the hurricane bearing down on the caribbean, bringing wicked winds and drenching rains. >> christa: final round of blind auditions on "the voice." more on that coming up.

>> christa: i love alicia keys. i love she does the no make-up thing, don't caring and looks beautiful. >> sarah: great inspiration. >> chris: it makes getting ready a lot easier, right? temperatures outside this morning, upper 50s in boston down through the south shore. 10mph breeze in boston right now. but the wind is on shore. so we dragged in some low-level moisture. visibility okay. we haven't had a lot of areas of fog, but we have low clouds and moisture allowing for patches of driz a the radar not showing anything, but we have some patches of low-level moisture now. if you look far enough off to the north and to the east, you see some of this drier air downstream of maine and basically essentially crossing over nova scotia. that will back into new england as the high pressure settles in. i do expect the gloomest part of the day to be the morning with patches of drizzle around. we'll break into at least partly sunny skies.

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from suspension. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good tuesday morning, everybody. thanks for waking up with us. i'm sarah french. >> christa: 5:00 a.m., bright and early. i'm christa delcamp. we'll start things off for you this morning with hurricane matthew. this is a category four storm. it's pounding haiti's southwestern peninsula as we speak. and the country is seeing strong winds and heavy rains. this morning we're also seeing the damage matthew is leaving behind. this deadly storm is causing cruise ships to change course. florida and north carolina to declare states of emergency, as well. we have the latest advisory just in. let's go to meteorologist chris lambert with that. >> chris: christa, that eye of the hurricane just south and southwest on the tip of haiti, about the make landfall this morning. it will have a high impact there, devastating parts of haiti and torrential rains through the dominican back through haiti. mudslide potential as locally over two feet of rain a possibility. slow-moving storm off to the