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.

timeline here, the wind speeds close to 100 miles per hour in west palm beach. melbourne sustained 50 miles per hour and then up ramps up overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. winds sustained likely around 100 miles per hour. so the 95 corridor is a real tough go late tonight into tomorrow. rainfall totals to exceed 6 inches of rain in many locations. melbourne north up through portions of georgia and south carolina. more of your holi w j.r., thank you. >> gas stations and store shelvs are bare. many people in florida are warnd to be inside by 5:00 if they haven't evacuated. the. >> kim at this hour officials in florida are urging people to sty off the roads as conditions quickly deteriorate.

their lives. >> the storm will kill you. time is running out. we don't have that much time left. >> florida governor rick scott s not messing around and neither s hurricane matthew. >> the category 4 hurricane has already killed 100 in the caribbean, most in haiti. >> it's packing sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. it's expected to >> there are no excuses. you need to leave. evacuate. evacuate. evacuate. >> 2 million people in matthew's path are being told to get out f the way. it's the largest mandatory evacuation since super storm sandy if 2012. officials are warning people the hurricane could destroy homes ad cut power to millions, possibly for days. and first responders may not be there to help. >> we're not going to be able to save you. there's a point in time where

services because it will be putting first responders' lives in danger just to get to the call. >> if they haven't already, people up and down the coast are preparing for what's to come. >> leaving bare shelves at grocery stores and long line at gas stations. >> i want to be 100% prepared ad preparing to have all the fuel that i need for at least a week. >> coastal counties in georgia are being evacuated today and in south carolina, governor nikki haley says a quarter million people have gone inland so far and another 200,000 c today. airports in fort lauderdale and miami have closed, thousands of flights have been canceled ahead of the monster storm, and national guard troops are standing by. bracing for the worst but still hoping it won't come. >> universal studios and disney world just shut down at 5:00. they will remain closed and plan to reopen on saturday. live in the newsroom, i'm alex diprato, 7news.

simmons is dealing with the outr bands of the storm. last time we talked to you, what's it like now. >> the rain is gone, ryan, we're giving you a little bit of everything with this weather up hurricane matthew has been bringing to south florida, and a lot of people want to come out and see it for themselves. they're getting in the water to surf. they're coming out with their cameras. their smartphones just to take everything in, because this has been a challenging 48 hours for folks here in south florida. ol major school districts here for the -- for two days for this storm. businesses boarded up. people spent the day in long lines at grocery stores getting their hurricane supplies together. but as you can see it looks as f we dodged the bullet. the brunt of the storm is going to be to our north, so here everyone is able to sort of take a little bit of a breather. this was the closest call up we've had, the most serious stom up we've had this hurricane season so people didn't want to

while since a strong storm hit south florida, so right now people are relaxing and enjoying the day off and hopefully not looking forward to dealing with something like this in the near future. for now live in lauderdale by te sea. 7news. >> we'll continue to track matthew and have updates on air online and on our mobile apps. >> we are following breaking nes outs of orange right now. police are searching for a suspect after an elderly man invasion in up house last night. police say the man's wife is alo seriously hurt. the medical examiner is working to determine how the man died. we will keep you updated as we learn more. >> also breaking right now a cae of tuburculosis. it can be spread right through the air. however it the massachusetts department of health says tb is difficult to spread in a school environment because that would

we'll continue to follow this breaking story and bring the latest as we get it. >> also breaking, gloucester's former police chief goes from fired to retired. the city's reversing its decisin to terminate chief campanello. jadiann is here with the breakig details. >> the form gloucester police chief leonard campanello announcing his retirement. th his retirement. this just days after city officials announced they will fire him. he will remain on paid leave until he retires on january 3rd. this is all stepping from allegations about his relationship with two women. during up srs gas station the mayor says he was caught lying and tampering with evidence on his cellphone. the former chief reacting to the news today. >> it's in the best interest of myself and my family, but it wil

manner up the administration believes is best for the community. this has been an extraordinarily difficult time for myself and my family and i am bleeding that te city of gloucester and the mayor have agreed to an applicable solution to this matter. >> deputy police chief john mccarthy will serve as the interim chief for the departmen. >> live in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, 7news. >> apologized for the crash up killed mattapan. today he faced up girl's family. 7's byron burnett live in bosto. more than a year after the death of this girl the accused driver in this fatal hit-and-run has nw changed his plea to guilty and today the victim's family gave painful impact statements in court.

the dorchester girl was killed n june of 2015 while riding a bike with her 12 years cousin in mattapan. police say a speeding car came p on the sidewalk and hit them and that the driver kept going and was arrested the next day. today up driver, 46-year-old james horton of dorchester pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges. in tearful impact statements family members say she was a happy littleir dreams. the prosecutor read a letter frm her cousin who survived the crash. >> the last thing i remember was crossing the street with my little cousin. when i woke up in the hospital not knowing why. i cry on birthdays and holidays because she doesn't get to enjoy any of these things anymore. >> the boy's mother says her son will never be the same.

victims' family. i accept full responsibility for my actions and although my actions cannot be justified -- >> horton will be sentenced tomorrow morning. the prosecution is asking for eight to 10 years in prison and four years probation that's the latest live from byron barnett, 7news. >> police in clermont, new hampshire, are investigating two robberies they believe might be related. officers responding to an alarm around 3:00 yesterday morning at t bird mini mart. the door had been smashed, cartons of cigarettes stolen. then later up morning another oe had forced themselves inside and rummaged through offices. so far no arrests. >> now to the red sox playoffs.

7's trey daerr live in cleveland with an update. trey, what's going on? >> inside. two hours to go until up pitch and really in a way both teams getting a chance to play their strengths here tonight. the cleveland indians with an american league best. 53 home wins. so far this year the red sox don the stretch, outstanding on the road, the sox step aside. you can see hit right behind the cage. he's in there right david ortiz just wrapping up soe hacks a a little bit ago. >> we look at the line up for tonight. we saw down the stretch, he sets the table at the top. he will start at third, after playing the outfield pretty much right until the end of august. >> this is the next step and

core group that's going to win a lot of games going forward. i like end it to the year up they've got guys around up they can lean on and have conversation. i know i've had conversation wih a couple guys as well in up the game is still the same. it's everything around it up might be a potential noise for them. but as long as they anticipate the situation, the game is still the same and if they anticipate, they'll make the right decisions >> should be an electric atmosphere here. as we mentioned, cleveland 53 home runs. haven't really played in front f a big crowd. that will not be the case tonight. they finished third in attendance. the place sold out in 14 minutes when the tickets went on sale. >> you've got trey for live coverage of the playoff push there for the sox. it will continue all week right

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blic education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> here's matthew right here. this is doppler radar out of miami florida and the outer bans down through fort lauderdale, miami proper. here is the eye wall. when we talk about the category4 winds, 140 mile-per-hour winds it's found right at the eye wal freeport now just grazing freeport. and this will continue on up northwesterly track over the net several hours. the winds are 43 miles per hour and miami international 33 miles per hour. but the core of the strongest winds will approach melbourne. late tonight through the day tomorrow with hurricane-force winds.

codes up the structures had to withstand 120 mile-per-hour wins and that's going to get tested tonight at the immediate coastline. but thankfully after andrew came through they've upped those building codes and they've got some much stronger structures in the united states as to what you've been seeing in the pictures from haiti the last couple of days. >> we'll keep our fingers crossd for our friends in florida. it is a rough go and up also continues to be the case through jacksonville and charleston, north carolina. the storm surge the further norh you go, the worse the problem i. they're starting to pile water with the storm driving toward cape canaveral is where we're talking 4 to 6-foot storm surge and then even higher levels daytona beach, melbourne, 7 to 11-foot storm surge. you see the coastline. up works against you in the situation, because the water is coming in from the southeast and it's pinned right there.

hurricane bob in new england and buzzers bay. so there is the track of the hurricane. it loops back well to the south and weakens significantly throuh the weekend and early next week. and what up means for us, we've got a nice weekend. lots of sunshine. tomorrow, mid 70s, a few sprinkles with a cool front saturday evening. sunday and monday much cooler bt pleasant. upper 50s to around 60. see you at 7:00 with an update. >> and now joe amorosino. >> it's show time tonight in cleveland. the red sox 162 game season was just their opening act. now comes big boy baseball beginning with game one of the men league division series tonight. the sox doing some tinkering wih their game one line up. as for the guy at the bottom of

has more on the young sox player getting his up taste of playoff baseball. tree? >> joe, it looks i can the seasn had come to an end on the turf n tampa back in august, thanks toa nasty looking knee injury. he bounced back and tonight ears the start and a lot of respect from his own manager, john feral l. i young guy that was on the university of arkansas campus maybe 15 months ago, he's now in a major league post season. it's objects a rapid ascent, but as we've seen this is a pretty calm and veteran under control young player. so i'm sure there's going to be butterflies, we'll just hope they're flying in formation. >> it's been fun. i'm looking forward to it.

watch. it's going to be awesome. >> a really cool, calm, selected kind of guy. one year ago he was playing in the college world series at the university of arkansas. he said the only difference he noticed so far was the media attention in the clubhouse. reporting on the field at cleveland, trey daerr, 7 sports. >> the red sox are well aware of what they're up in the did you o -- there's one characteristics n particular you need to know abot his new ball club. >> the fact up we never lost moe than three games in a row all year speaks to their resiliency. my goodness, i hope it doesn't start now. up wouldn't be good. but their willingness to show up on the up pitch and play till te last pitch. i think up has served us well.

scheduled programming for the patriots who once again have tom brady calling the shots under center. but in his second day after returning from suspension there might be a question mark surrounding one of his favorite targets. julian edelman listed at limited in today' practice with a foot injury. not what you would like to hear considering the receiver is coming off not one, but 2-foot surgeries. as for brady and whether the suspension added to the chip on his shoulder, bennett. >> everybody has to have a chip. everybody's chip is different. you may be a barbecue guy, maybe a sour cream and onion guy, but as long as you have the chip that's what gets you through the game. >> do you think the league and goodell may have given some players an extra chip? >> no, goodell looks like a pringle guy. i don't consider those chips. >> nice way of putting it there. ahead of hurricane matthew this weekend's florida lsu game has

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breaking news tonight, life-threatening danger here on the florida coast. millions are bracing for disaster. a category 4 monster closing in. >> this storm will kill you. time is running out. >> late today, urging leave, get out, evacua before it's too late. tonight forecasters warning of widespread devastation. an unprecedented system threatening to wreak havoc for 60 straight hours up the eastern seaboard. states of emergency and mass evacuations all the way to the carolinas. tonight we're with families who are ignoring warnings to evacuate, with those who have fled. our team is in place. we have extensive coverage.