winds right now, this is is the 5:00 update, no change from the mid afternoon update, 120 miles per hour, moving northwest at 12 miles per hour. category 3 storm, and we'll maintain that intensity overnight tonight through tomorrow morning moving through the bahamas, right over nassau most likely during the day tomorrow, and approach florida late tomorrow night, around midnight tomorrow night through friday morning. and it does intensify. and this is not a good scenario for the east coast of florida. basically miami up through so corridor, all the cities and towns gonna be under the gun for several hours on friday with incredible wind. winds around 130, 125 miles per hour, just offshore, as well as very heavy rain. and then it does begin to curve northeast, head toward the south carolina coastline and then loops back south. you see this looping back south, so it never gets north of north carolina. new england is out of the threat and likely will stay out of the threat for the duration of the storm. we'll talk more about your forecast in a few minutes. right now we're talking about the devastation in southern haiti.

communication systems are down. the destruction has many in the southeastern states in our country fearing what could be coming their way. brandon gunnoe joins us now in our newsroom. >> a church pastor in haiti called hurricane matthew's damage a total disasters. now those living in bahamas and the u.s. are either trying to brace for impact or get out as quickly as they can it? >> reporter: the devastation was at its worst in southern haiti wherein hour pummeled the nation. roads have been cut off from the rest of the country. 10 people total have died in thescreen, the youngest may have been a teenaged boy who was swept away in a landslide while cleaning a drain behind his home. hurricane matthew now taking aim at the bahamas and the u.s. coastline from florida to north carolina. >> with the storm going up our coast, a small deviation with this track could mean a catastrophic change along florida's east coast. we have to prepare for a direct hit. >> reporter: in florida the governor has ordered people to

low-lying areas. in south carolina, bumper-to-bumper traffic lines the interstate out of charleston with a rush on supplies and gas. >> the main thing is their safety and our safety. >> reporter: following the governor's order tuesday, more than a quarter million people have been told to leave immediately with the rest of state's coastline now on notice to evacuate thursday. >> we are not in stable territory yet. we're still kind of moving as the storm moves. >> reporter: also hundreds of buses are moving into south carolina to assist. >> if there is an evacuation order in your need to take it seriously. >> south carolina is looking to evacuate a quarter million people. north carolina says the models look better for it, but warns models move. in the newsroom, brandon gunnoe, 7 nuts. stay with 7news as we continue to track hurricane matthew. just a reminder, you can get updates anytime from our mobile and tap bleat apps as well as our web site whdh.com. we're following breaking news right now. four students diagnosed with

keli o'hara is live at the school with the latest on the breaking story. >> yeah, they're going to scrub down the school all day tomorrow after this outbreak, and news of it obviously has spread. what we have found out is three student athletes along with another student have been infected by staph infection. all parents of the high-schoolers here have been notified. there was no school scheduled for tomorrow. the superintendent says his top priority now is to make sure the high school i day tomorrow. >> we have to treat it responsibly, quickly, and aggressively to make sure that the bacteria does not spread. s. >> reporter: the superintendent hopes that there will be no more illnesses at all. that's why they're going to scrub down the school all day tomorrow after four students here were infected with the viruses. kelli o'hara, 7news. also on 7, a deadly collision in cambridge. a man riding his bike was hit after he was hit by a

us it is a problem intersection. 7's victoria warren with the story. >> reporter: a bike wedged up a tractor/trailer. police say the cyclist didn't make it, shutting down the very busy intersection for hours as they investigate. >> some guy just went through the light over here, too. mostly this slight pretty quick, so people try to bolt through it. >> reporter: people who live nearby say this intersection is incredibly tough, whether you're on foot, in a car or on a bike. they don't follow rules, swam drivers, too. i mean, you know, it's pretty swings over here. ole oh it's pretty dangerous over here. >> reporter: this man bikes the area a lot and says the added bike lanes aren't doing enough to keep bicyclists safe, he says there are so many distractions on the road. seeing scenes like this sadly should remind everyone to just slow down. >> just be patient.

the name of the victim, the district attorney's office and the cambridge police department are still investigating what caused this crash. in cambridge, victoria warren, 7news. >> counting down to the election, just 34 days until voters head to the polls. >> no, no, don't put words in my mouth. >> all right. >> well, you gotta give him time. >> and yet he is asking everybody to vote for somebody that he cannot defend. >> last night we saw back and forth between the vice-presidential candidates mike pence defending their running mates hillary clinton and donald trump, now set for a second showdown. this time in st. louis. ? god bless america ? today donald trump claimed his judgment was valid dated last night. >> mike pence did an incredible job and i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice, that was my first hire.

reassure potential trump voters. >> someone who is a social conservative in talking to other social conserve 5s and republicans saying, look, you can trust this guy, you can trust donald trump. >> donald trump called me late last night from nevada to congratulate me on the debate. >> reporter: hillary clinton off the trail to raise money had sent khan to attract trump. did you work on that one a long time. >> reporter: kaine iru posted a video. he also said, what's the -- >> this is important. >> reporter: and pence was unflappable. >> just trying to keep up with the insult-driven campaign on the other side of -- >> reporter: and kaine did make a case benefits trump. >> he's called women slobs, pigs, dogs, disgusting. >> reporter: a certain clinton line at the next presidential debate sunday which will be in town hall. clinton's favorite format. she was in d.c. practicing. >> trump aileds say this time he

tax returns in which he apparently didn't pay his income taxes for up to 18 years. and hillary clinton and donald trump will face off sunday night for the second time. >> tom brady is back, the quarterback taking the field and taking charge at gillette today for the first time since the end of his deflate-gate suspension. while coach bill belichick may be refusing to talk about brady's return, the players, a little more vocal about their excitement. 7sports ject director joe joe. >> tom brady back on the practice field with his teammates but technically not back on the 53 man roster. he has an exemption that goes all the way to 4:00 on saturday. with that being the case, he does not have media responsibilities this week. this ordinarily would have been the day where brady steps up to the podium and explains what's going on this week as they prepare for the cleveland browns. so instead of brady, the patriot sent rob gronkowski to answer

and gronk, always a treat. >> the demeanor has been the same throughout the building. we gotta prepare every single week to the max. so just like any other week, except tom's back as quarterback, baby. >> reporter: rob gronkowski unable to hide the satisfaction of having his all pro quarterback returning to action, and gronk not the only player happy to see number 12 back in charge. >> looks good, man. looks good. good hair... good per usual. >> he looks great, tan, happy, pumped, and you know, we're all really excited to get to work. >> reporter: but as expected, the joy in the patriots' locker room was not expressed by their head coach. >> tom, how -- are you feeling about getting tom back, do you feel like you can finally

to win. >> reporter: and there's no doubt belichick's message has been received loud and clear. >> great to have him back, but doesn't really change anything for us. everybody's still doing our job. he can't do our job for us. >> this is the ultimate team sport. and as a team if we don't prepare and play well, it doesn't matter who we have on the team. >> that is the patriot way, isn't it? even the return of tom brady from a four-game suspension is not something they have the green light to just and the patriots are absolutely favored big over the 0 and 4 browns. but to this point, tom brady can't beat the browns alone. everyone must do their job in foxboro this week. reporting live at gillette stadium, joe amorosino, 7news. fans even more excited to see number 12 calling the shots again. byron barnett continues the coverage from gillette with their happy reaction. >> yeah, you can definitely feel the excitement around here.

relieved to have their starting qb back in the house. >> reporter: tom brady back in action in his first post deflate-gate practice at gillette. pats fans have been anxiously awaiting this day. >> very excited. i wish i could go watch them right now but it's a closed practice. >> it's time. it's time, we were just talking about tom brady being back, and it is time. long overdue. >> reporter: fans think the four-game suspension will the team. >> i gotta wonder if he's as tired as i am from hear being this deflate-gate. i think he got a raw deal and i'm really, really glad that he's back. >> reporter: and fans say back-ups jimmy garoppolo and colby bursett did a good job standing in for tb-12 and handing the back to brady with a 3 and 0 record. >> i was impressed with bursett's first performance. we're pretty happy with that.

>> and fans say that 3 and 1 record in their view sets things up nicely for tom brady to lead the team back to another super bowl. that's the latest live from gillette, i'm byron barnett, 7news. and how about the red sox preparing for their first play-off game also against cleveland. the sox play-off push begins tomorrow night. big papi and the sox will face former manager terry francona and those indians. the team has arrived in ohio, and so has 7's >> what a difference that -- tray dare. >> what a difference six months can make. winter-like stuff, a whole lot different this time around. temperatures gonna be expected to near 80 degrees. the red sox on the field here in cleveland for their wednesday workout, wrapping up some batting practice right now. mentioned the weather was a bit different back in april. close to 80 degrees here the next two days. the pitcher gonna be different. david price on the mound opening

the regular season and a 315 era to help carry the red sox to a second half and the a.l. east crown. tomorrow the cry young contender goes for his first career play-off win and his first career start. >> i think he's matured as a pitcher to understand where his strengths are, how he's best able to minimize damage inside of an inning. so it come down to him executing a pretty specific game plan that has played itself out over six mont obviously, is now it's -- you're playing against the best competition. if you don't win these three games in the first series, you're going home. so it's not like you can look forward to another road trip or another homestand to get things rolling. you gotta play your best baseball now. >> and one of the biggest dangers for porcello here tomorrow, this indians club just a totally different squad when they're inside their own home park, one of the best records in all of major league baseball, playing at home this season.

out of the five games here in cleveland. reporting live on the field at progressive field, trey daerr, 7news. >> all right, trey. he'll be in cleveland as the red sox make their play-off push, and trey's live reports continue all week right here on 7news. still to come this evening, acting out, tom brady taking on a different role during his suspension, starring in a commercial. then at 5:30, taking to the streets. some harvard university workers going on strike. so what do they want. >> also ahead, a dangerous dog, several people attacked in and then in just one hour, a life-changing transplant, a veteran who lost all his limbs in an explosion in iraq, talking about a successful surgery. swrch

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>> question know he's not just a star on the field, tb-12 starring in a new role for commercial, for shields healthcare. it starts airing tomorrow, but 7news is getting a sneak peek. and i think it might make a lot of people smile. >> we're also hearing from brady's costar what it was like to ability alongside the quarterback. jadiann thompson has much more. >> reporter: tom brady is back.

field. >> tom... >> hi. >> reporter: tb-12 is starring in a new commercial for local mri provider shields healthcare, and in the spot, brady flashes his four super bowl rings when the nurse asks him to remove any jewelry. the quarterback who was forced to sit out for the last four weeks letting pats fans know that he is hoping to add to his collection. >> is that all? >> for now. >> we're gonna need to get you a bigger locker. >> reporter: actress and wellesey native erin o'riley scored the role opposite brady. >> oh, myh. like -- my husband almost like exploded and we were running around like, tom brady, can you believe it's going to be tom brady. it was huge. we love tom brady. >> reporter: the pats fan feeling like she was more of a teammate by the end of the shoot. >> we're like giving each other high-fives and fist bumps like after all of the good takes. this is so cool. >> reporter: even getting a chance to try on brady's bling. >> i was like i want to put on every single ring. i just tried on one. i didn't want to go overboard. >> reporter: but the commercial

he and his brother peter are the team behind dumb and dumber. there's something about mary... and boston based fever pitch. brady even worked with the rhode island natives on the 2003 dom dee stuck on you which starred another local favorite, matt damon. in a statement about the new commercial, bobby fairly praised number 12 saying in part tom brady quite simply is the greatest of all time. >> o'riley says she is with him on the commercial. in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, 7 news. next, we're getting a first look at the feature film based on the boston marathon bombing. >> for tomorrow, a mix of clouds and sunshine. we have your holiday weekend forecast after the break. >> and then at 5:30, an email scanning scandal, and how yahoo is responding to claims it gave u.s. intelligence agencies

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fantastic fall weather the next few days with a fair amount of sunshine into the holiday weekend. the only risk of some rain will be a few showers saturday evening, tied to a cool front. not tied to a hurricane, matthew, no threat to new england. high pressure up north of us, and in northern new england, actually scraping some moisture

clouds last night and this morning. that never broke apart. the southshore, the south coast and the cape holding on to the clouds, city of boston and west, lots of sunshine. and the farther you are from the ocean are the warmer the air. fitchburg at 66. orange at 67. the city at 57, and where you have those pesky clouds out on to the cape, the numbers in the upper 50s. so there is the area of high pressure. it's a big area of high pressure moving slow. so we'll hold on to the dry air overnight tonight, even down along the southshore and the cape. the clouds begin to thin out overnight tonight. could be patchy fog. norwood in the upper 30s, city of boston theory 50 and for the rest of us in the mid 40s during the morning commute tomorrow. through the day tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. a pleasant day, coolest conditions found at the coastline with the southeasterly breeze. temps between 66 and 72 .

afternoon, mix of clouds and sunshine to mostly sunny skies. edgar town is 69. chatham at 66. friday, a lot of sunshine. a pleasant day. a little warmer on friday with temps on friday in the low 70s. topsfield fair rolls on the next few days, will feature lots of sunshine, cotton candy and temps running into the low to mid-70s. now, on the holiday weekend high pressure is with us to start on saturday with clouds showing up saturday evening and saturday night out ahead of a cool front. this will sweep with a few showers. you notice this band of rain that's coming out of pennsylvania and up through new york state along the front, some of that moisture is being pulled out of matthew from -- by the cool front itself. so this is where we think matthew will be during the day on saturday. again, south of wilmington, north carolina. and moves east, but so does the cool front, and so as the front is moving east, it prevents matthew from heading north, and also that moisture connection is

rain for matthew. there will be a couple of showers with the front, but most of us pick up less than a half an inch of any rainfall saturday night, and it's gone by sundays, including the sox game sunday afternoon against cleveland. that will feature a mix of clouds and sunshine, breezy, noticeably cooler with temperatures at the start of the game near 60, and then falling into the upper 50s through the evening hours. monday columbus day, mostly sunny skies. cool in the morning hours with afternoon highs near 60. see you in a few minutes with an update on mew we're getting our first look at the trailer for mark wahlberg's up coming boston marathon bombing movie. >> the trailer for patriots day was released today. >> how many times you run this thing. >> boston 18, 43 overall. >> that's impressive, boss. >> the film follow as fix fictional boston police officer on the day of the attack. it's set to debut in boston on december 21st, and then opens

ahead here on 7news, a postponed concert leading to some ticket refund trouble. hank helping put money back in the pockets of people shut out of the show. >> and our coverage of hurricane matthew continues. coming up at 5:30, in fact, we're heading live to florida where they're getting ready to

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yahoo facing tough accusations. >> taking a walk dining hall workers at harvard walk out of the job. >> and why fans had to fight for reruns for a postgame concert. >> we've seen flooding, homes destroyed and debris pailed high from hurricane matthew. >> and the storm now making its way north towards the united states coast. it's a category 3 storm with wind clocking in at 120 miles per hour. the big question, what can the states like florida and the carolinas expect? let's send it over to chief meteorologist jeremy reiner for the latest. >> unfortunately, a lot of heavy rain as well as high winds, and a storm surge, too, along the east coast of florida. first, the bahamas.

nassau, freeport, again, these numbers here indicating the category strength based on the salver simpson scale. -- saffir-simpson scale. you'll notice the number increases to a number 4 as it approaches the east coast of florida. the red line, this is is the latest forecast track from the hurricane center. they've actually inched it a little bit closer to the east coast of flo, titusville sometime late tomorrow night, early friday morning. it's a category iv storm, 130 mile-an-hour winds, and perhaps even as far inland as orlando. they may see winds gusting 65 to 70 miles per hour. but the brunt of it will be focused right at the coastline, pretty much along the 95 corridor from miami up through jacksonville. then from there, it does move northeast along the georgia and south carolina coastline, weakening some but still a category ii hurricane and then it loops back to the south, and