>> up governor there declaring a state of emergency. the latest advisory came down just about a half hour ago. matthew is a category 4 storm with winds at 140 miles per hou. let's head over to jeremy reiner for the latest on the storm's track. >> you can see there is the eye wall, the center of the hurricane. hurricane matthew, in fact a bit of a double eye structure. it's got two of them, which is the signal of a very powerful hurricane. and the outer bands of the east coast here of florida. fort lauderdale as well as miami with winds at times gusting around 35, 40 miles per hour. but look at the eye call coming into freeport. when we talk about maximum sustained winds at 140 miles an hour you found it right there in the eye wall. so it's possible we may be talking winds 120, 140 miles per hour about to rip over freeport

folks. >> east coast of florida after moving over freeport, then it does head toward the east coast of florida perhaps near fort pierce, after midnight tonight it's not quite known if it will technically make a landfall, the eye comes on land, the eye wall itself will be very close to lad and that's again where you find the strong wind. also very heavy rain along the 5 corridor. rainfall tallies, miami proper not too bad, 2 inches of rain, but north of perhaps 9 inches of rain through tomorrow night and into saturday morning. >> authorities of the caribbean left to pick up the pieces after hurricane matthew left a pile of destruction there. >> bri eggers is here with a closer look at the damage. >> they're starting to feel the effects of the storm in south florida and people have spent te last 24 hours there preparing fr it. mandatory evacuation orders are in place for several counties with voluntary evacuations for many others and the governor of

be a deadly storm. the bahamas also hit very hard y matthew today. you can see the strong winds blowing, knocking down trees in nassau were wind speeds rose to 140 miles per hour as the storm became a category 4 over the islands as j.r. was just explaining and so far haiti has been the hardest hit where more than 100 people have been killed by the storm. more than 350,000 people need immediate assistance after the storm destroyed their homes. aid workers are still since communication is down in some of those areas. and president obama has already declared a federal disaster in florida and national guard troos are being sent into help. in the newsroom, i'm meteorologist bri eggers, 7news. >> some people in florida partly cloudy up -- packing up and heading out. >> not everyone is doing up. robin simmons is live in fort lauderdale. i understand the rain is startig

off and on all day long. take a look. that is not deterring people frm coming out. some with their pets, some with their surf boards. we've seen people preparing for the storm for the past several days. school canceled for hundreds of thousands of students for thursday and friday ahead of the storm. it is looking like we are going to dodge the most serious impacs of this hurricane here in this part of south florida, but of course farther to our north they are going to the more difficult effects, but family have been coming out, taking advantage of the waves, even though authorities want people to stay away. there will not be anyone to come in and rescue anyone who finds themselves having trouble in the water, but, again, we're dealing with some of the squall weather, a lot of rain, but the really serious impacts of hurricane matthew are not going to be hitting this part of south florida. for now reporting live near fort lauderdale, florida. robin simmons, 7news.

hurricane matthew. it's making its way up towards the united states. you can keep up with the storm any time online at whdh.com or y using our mobile and tablet app. >> we're following some breaking news out of orange. police are now searching for a suspect after an elderly man was killed during a apparent home invasion last night. his wife was apparently also hurt. the man is in the hospital. the shelter in place has been deadly train derailment in new jersey. the train up crashed into the terminal was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact. they also say the train's engineer hit the emergency brake less than a second before the crash. now, the speed limit for the station area is 10 miles per hour. the ntsb is saying the train was traveling at 8 miles per hour ad then sped up for about 30 secons before hitting 21 miles per hou. a final report on what caused te

person and injured 100 -- more than 100 could take a year or longer to complete. >> and we are following more nes today. a new hampshire man in court accused of using a front end loader as a weapon. police say he used a loader to destroy construction equipment and threaten police. >> steve corporate is live in bw with more on the story. steve? >> i've been talking to investigators at headquarters al day long and they tell us this s a up for them and ton behind the wheel of a front end loader is now behind bars. >> 54-year-old peter emanuel pleads not guilty during his arraignment. the charges that he attacked his brother with this front end loader at the family's recycling business. >> he used it to push over the crane.

55-year-old brother wasn't hurt, even after the suspect rammed te front end loader into the crane his brother was operating, causing the huge piece of equipment to topple over. and emanuel wasn't done yet. police say he then tried to crah into one of their cruisers befoe he jumped into a trash truck and took off. >> ever seen anything like this. >> not like this one, but i "never say never." >> police arrested him a short time later. court he appeared high bail was set. >> a friend of the family leavig court wasn't so interested in talking about what happened. >> i really don't feel comfortable talking about this, because it's a conflict of interest for me in up i represet both brothers and the company. >> police say they're thankful everyone is okay. >> no one was hurt. we were able to come to a successful conclusion and let te court system work and see what

>> investigators telling us a little while ago it's unclear right now what the motive is for all this. as for his bail that was set by the judge today at $170,000. we're live in bow, new hampshir, tonight, steve cooper, 7news. >> also on 7. >> get on the ground right now! on the ground! >> a wild wreck after a police chess in pelham, new hampshire. the driver going more than 80 miles an hour. the chase came on the side of the road. 7's alex diprato has the story from pelham, new hampshire. >> high speeds and high drama on the streets of new hampshire as police say justin soam flips a car in a did he say separate and unsuccessful effort to out run n officer. >> get on the ground right now. on the ground! on the ground! >> how come you ran? why did you run?

questions after being released from the hospital as to why he was traveling 80 miles per hour on route 38 in pelham. >> the speed drew the attention of an officer who immediately began the chase. >> he blew through stop signs ad even forced other drivers off te road during the pursuit at 3:40 wednesday morning. pursuits are dangerous no matter what. >> it only came lost control and hit a rock and flipped his car in the next town of windham. >> that was quite the impact. he was lucky to be alive. >> the impact jolted bob from been. >> i heard a loud bang. it woke me up. and i didn't know what was going on. >> one reason he may have run, police say he was drunk. >> where were you drinking? >> that's enough, guys. thank you. >> i'm alex diprato, 7news.

in revere when a car comes crashing right into his bedroom. a 10-year-old was sound asleep when the driver lost control and crashed through the bedroom wal. his dad came rushing to his rescue pulling him out from undr the car. >> he was crying, and i said, orlando nightclub okay. are you okay? >> it was scary, not safe, and i just my heart was going fast. >> he and his dad have now moved out of the damage department. >> state police arrest a man in brockton accused of assault. he was taken into custody today and police were looking for him after an armed assault in sharon over the weekend. he will face several charges including assault and battery. >> plans to return a government

back today. crews took it down in may to mae repairs and to remove some dents from the 227-pound kettle. it is used to serve as a landmak for the steaming coffee shop. the starbucks now sits underneah the kettle. >> trouble for the nsa, federal agents are investigating a case of stolen secrets. 51-year-old harold thomas martin a former contractor took classified material from the it's now raising new fears about national security. >> the nsa holds the crown jewes for the u.s. government and it's where cyber and national securiy meet. if we can't secure up data, then we're in trouble. >> federal officials say martin has been somewhat cooperative. his lawyers say there's no evidence he betrayed his countr. >> the united nations security council has approved the portuguese prime minister to replace the un secretary genera.

expressed his gratitude on december 30 up after serving for 10 years as the head of the un. >> police in yulee capture a criminal this hiding. an italian mafia boss was found behind the kitchen cupboards. >> prince's home and recording studio is now open to the public today. paisley park opened its doors fr the up time april. >> being see the purple rain rom and the motorcycle up prince roe in the movie. also some of his awards, instruments and custom made clothing. >> ahead on 7news at 5:30, a terrifying attack in a store. how customers banded together to take care of the scary man. >> donald trump hitting the campaign trail in new hampshire.

granite state for sunday's big presidential debate. >> we continue to follow breakig news where police are searching for a suspect where an elderly man was killed during a home invasion. police say the man's wife was also seriously hurt.

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on camera in oklahoma. a man walks into a business and starts attacking workers with a knife. witnesses say he then starts yelling he's going to kill them. >> customers were forced to fend off the violent intruder. >> a man barges into a business and starts swinging a knife at employees. >> he came in streaming and yelling that he was going to kil all of us. >> jacob beasley is the owner ad he says this man, joel walker hs been in the store earlier in the day making threats to employees and then about an hour and a haf later he returned. you see a woman running to warn them up he's coming. >> one employee gets thrown to the floor and then several othes join into help fight him off.

man outside where police arrestd him minutes later. >> we were lucky to have the gus we had there around us. >> all right. coming up here on 7news at 5:30, it's a big weekend for tom brady and the pats. but which players should have you -- you know what i am trying to say? >> what do you need for your fantasy team? >> also we'll continue to track hurricane matthew >> we'll take a closer look at matthew and your holiday weekend forecast as well. >> and is -- red sox on the road for the playoffs.

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meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> hurricane matthew, category 4 storm, again, it is worst of it is going to stay north of miami, west palm beach.

when we talk about category 4 winds, 140 miles per hour winds you find them in the eye wall ad the eye wall is absolutely pumml ing freeport at this time. you also notice if you -- let's see if i can back this up here. watch how it takes a little shit to the west. it's kind of wobbling around and that's typical with these powerhouse hurricanes, because one side of the eye wall with te heavy wind and on the southe there's not as much, so the weight of the storm is not eveny distributed, but the general motion continues off to the northwest. at about 13 to 14 miles per hou. winds right now, again with some of these outer bands clipping te east coast of florida, not up bad. miami international, gusts of 30 miles per hour. it's been knocked off the grid s has nassau and that's probably going to be the case for several weeks now.

anticipated, approaching the florida coastline, especially north of west palm beach later n tonight and early tomorrow morning. melbourne, in particular you see this deep shading, that's at least 74 mile-per-hour winds. hurricane-force winds and up rides the coast overnight tonigt through tomorrow morning. the space coast and then up through jacksonville. granted it's getting a little bits smaller as it's kind of wobbling between ocean and land, weakening somewhat, but several hours and several miles where you're talking hurricane-force again initially with the eye wal approaching the space coast, cae canaveral, titusville, winds perhaps over 100 miles per hour. all the storm driving a lot of water toward the florida coastline. granted the search is not as powerful with the nor'easter asa category 4 hurricane. miami metro 1 to 3-foot surge ad

sebastian up through portions of south carolina, jacksonville in particular, because of the shape of the coastline, the water coming in from the southeast and the coastline shaped like up, there's no way for the water to escape. so a 7 to 11-foot storm surge will inundate. there is the official track from the hurricane center. you notice it bends back to the south. it does not bother anyone north of north carolina. in fact, it may take a second swipe at northeast direction net week. if that were to happen, it woul would not be another hurricane. >> 7 on 7 forecast. it's real simple and i didn't want to short change you, but it's a simple weather story. sunshine tomorrow, a use few sprinkles saturday evening. and columbus day. see you at 6:00. >> hey there, pats fans. i'm jadiann thompson here with trey daerr. i don't know what you are doing. >> tom brady wishes he could lok this guy.

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again in new england. the leesburg are changing color. >> that's right. people are starting to flock to vermont. look at that shot. that had to be from a drone, right? >> so you can tell there's pleny of green left out there, but pek conditions are quickly approaching. state forest officials expect around 3.2 million travelers to

i don't see a lot of color in there right now. >> look at that. you could just look at that. >> this weekend jeremy was talking about the weather. it should be pretty decent aroud here. get out and enjoy it, because we only have a short amount of time before the leaves all come off. >> there's another 30 minutes of susan g. komen straight ahead. thank you for joining us i'm jue thompson. >> major hurricane matthew now has its eyes set on florida. >> >> breaking news. a local city reverses course. a police chief was just fired. up decision now changed. >> and a boston red sox making their playoff push. we'll take you live to cleveland as they prepare for game one of this series.

>> a deadly storm. >> you need to evacuate and you haven't, evacuate. the storm will kill you. >> mandatory evacuations from florida to north carolina. >> this area has never been hit with a storm of this size from the ocean. >> tonight we're tracking hurricane matthew. >> president obama has already declared a state of emergency in florida because matthew is serious. >> the category 4 hurricane is barreling toward the east coast with 140 mile-per-hour winds. take a live conditions in fort lauderdale as the storm approaches you can see the waves whipping up there. matthew is being blamed for more than 100 deaths across the caribbean. our team hurricane coverage begins with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> right there, the lauderdale camera showing they're in betwen the feeder bands. this one dropping through fort lauderdale. now moving through miami. that will drop south, and it all kinds of swirls up into the center of the storm, the eye wal

freeport in the bahamas for the last 30 to 45 minutes. when we talk about a category 4 form and winds at 140 miles per hour you find it right there in the eye wall. it's conceivable up we just had 140 mile-per-hour winds rip across the city of freeport within the last 30 to 45 minute. devastating to say the least. from there it does continue to move northwest toward the east coast of florida later on tonight. these are one of our computer models here and a lot of warm colors indicating the heavy bans of rain and that's also where yu nd heavy bands of rain. here is the eye wall approaching fort pierce around midnight tonight and from there it looks like it's going to parallel the florida coastline overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. still maintaining hurricane status. it likely weakens from a categoy 4 down to a category 2 storm. but still talking about several hours of destructive wind on the east coast of florida. west palm beach winds will intensify overnight tonight.