breaking news this morning on "world news now," hurricane hermine is hitting florida. the storm made land fall bringing heavy winds and rain. we'll head live to the gulf coast as the storm heads inland. >> in the race for the white house, donald trump speaking out again on his immigration policy attempting to clarify mixed signals on his issue. this as the fbi sends a warning to both candidates. we'll tell you why as we bring the latest from the campaign trail. and collin kaepernick gets a shower of boos. >> he kept protesting during the national anthem, taking a knee this time as well as getting help from a teammate. and a playboy career appearing in more covers than any other magazines in the

why is she now calling pornography a public hazard? we'll explain in "the skinny." it's friday, september 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm devin dwyer. the big story this morning, the hurricane in florida. >> hurricane hermine is packing winds of 80 miles per hour and officials are advising residents to stay indoors. there are. s tornado watches in effect up to georgia. tropical storm watches and warnings are posted along most of the east coast all the way to new jersey. >> both north and south carolina also getting ready for heavy rain and flooding when the storm reaches them. coastal areas of the florida panhandle are seeing flooding before the storm made land fall. abc is in the florida panhandle this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is an area that was bracing for some of the worst of the storm, but you can see things are pretty calm here. not much rain.

the rain has been off and on, but that is not the case to the south and east of here. hurricane hermine hammering parts of florida's gulf coast. strong winds relentless rain and the biggest concern, the storm surge. expected to reach up to 12 feet in some places. >> it's important that we are to all put in our minds that this is life threatening. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations ordered in some coastal communities. >> please protect property and evacuate immediately. >> reporter: even before land fall, the outer bands flooded streets and damaged home. shelters open overnight and a state of emergency in place for much of the now soaked sun shine state. >> when you live in florida, this is what it is. you listen and watch. if it gets bad, you leave. if you think you can ride it out, ride it out. >> reporter: some riding it out with sandbags in place, windows boarded. >> there's no way to mak

it's mother nature. >> reporter: and this message for the first hurricane to hit florida in more than a decade. there are concerns this could spawn tornadoes. tropical storm watches and warnings are in effect all the way up to the jersey shore. >> anything specific officials are trying to encourage residents to do in your area? >> reporter: at this point they're just telling people to stay inside. the time for evacuations has passed. they're just urging people to stay indoors and not to come out too soon to check on the damage. wait until the sun comes up and the storm passes before you come out and assess things. >> it's been almost 11 years since florida's been hit by a hurricane. what's the mood like there? are people prepared for this one? >> reporter: you know, they are. they were taking it pretty seriously, i'd say, but they say it's just a category one. they have seen worse, but they are watching t

watching the trek. but saying they know which areas get hit really hard when a storm passes through here, and so a lot of people decided not to evacuate. there are some areas where there was a mandatory evacuation, but the voluntary areas, people decided to stay behind and wait out the storm. >> marci gonzalez live for us. >> north and south carolina preparing for hermine. other states keeping a wary eye on hermine as well. >> let's check in on where the storm is headed. justin, good morning. >> good morning to you. it looks like hermine is setting it sights on the carolinas next. winds currently 80 miles per hour. trucking along at 14 miles per hour. that is some good news. this storm system does have some wheels. at least the heavy flooding rains will not be over a prolonged period of time. still, though, 5 to 10 inches of rain in five or six hours is not good news.

the pressure is still low. this will be weakening as it moves inland over the course of the next couple of hours. located right now about 10 miles to the north and east of st. marks. that's where the lowest pressure was, and just getting pounded right now in tallahassee. lots of downed trees and power lines and lots of flash flat flooding. this will go north and east over time. look at the rainfall amounts. anywhere from 2 to 9 inches of rain, and we are not finished with the storm system yet. tornado watch following storms for possibilities of some rotation. >> and justin, how will things look further north as the system heads up the east coast? >> as we venture toward saturday, saturday night and sunday, as nice as it is right now, conditions can deteriorate toward the coastline. it's the combination of high pressure and hermine that will funnel winds toward the coastline. we're concerned about major flooding a d

and extensive beach erosion. this could be the case all the way north toward coastal portions of new england. impacts far and wide this weekend. >> justin keeping a close on this all night and all morning for us. thank you. the hawaiian islands are assessing the damage from one hurricane and getting ready for another. >> there were no reports of significant damage. but now hurricane lester is on track to pass north. forecasters just expanded the watch area. florida officials announced the first discovery of zika virus carrying mosquitos in the u.s. the virus was found in three groups of mosquitos in miami beach. there are now concerns infected travelers could spread the virus when they return home. in chicago august was the

they recorded a staggering 90 murders. 384 shootings and 472 shooting victims. so far this year the windy city is averaging 12 shooting victims a day. they got a national face when a 32-year-old mother of four was gunned down while pushing her baby's stroller. she's the cousin of dwyane wade. gorge stephanopoulos speaks with dwyane wade in an interview later this morning on good morning america. the dallas police chief is stepping down weeks after winning national praise for his grace under pressure. he got high marks for handling the ambush style attacks in july. >> several hispanic advisors of donald trump are turning their back on him. they say they're disappointed in the hard line he took on wednesday night. less than 24 hours after his speech, trump seemed to be striking a less severe tone.

>> we're going to sit back, assess the situation before we do anything further. i want to see how it shapes up when we have strong -- i use the word impenetrable border. >> also since the speech he's been engaged in a bit of a twitter war with enrique pena neito. trump tweeted mexico will pay for the wall. enrique pena neito tweeted i repeat mexico would never pay for a wall. >> fbi is warning both nominees they could be prime targets for foreign spies. it's the result of aggressive efforts by foreign governments to access american secrets and potentially influence the upcoming elections in the united states. teams from the clinton and trump campaigns have gone through what the fbi describes as awareness briefings. some california residents got a surprise when they spied a few bears playing around in their backyards.

the mom and her cubs came down from the nearby mountains. >> they jumped into at least two pools before being chased out of the area by a brave dog. it was covered live by the l.a. tv stations. almost as fun as a car chase. >> making themselves at home, aren't they? >> it's bear day here. >> the dog was a small dog. it's always the little ones that say that's it. enough. get out of my yard. >> coming up, collin kaepernick has a controversy. he sits out another national anthem. >> and we are tracking hurricane hermine. there are widespread power outages and drenching rains. we have a full report ahead. >> "world news now" weather brought to you by american

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a powerful 7.1 earthquake rocked the coast of new zealand today. residents describe it as fierce and scary. the quake triggered a small tsunami. a 5.7 quake hit the same area on thursday. collin kaepernick is under fire for refusing again to stand for the national anthem. >> this time it was in san diego that was billed as a tribute to military personnel in the area. >> reporter: san francisco 49ers quarterback collin kaepernick sitting out the national anthem to take a stand kneeling down and joined by his teammate. this time it was against the chargers on military night. reportedly a coincidence. >> he's entitled to his opinion. we fought for that. i just think he's a jerk. >> what he's expressing is his freedom to do as he wants. >> reporter: his perceived sl

some so upset they have burned his jersey. earlier this week the hashtag veterans for kaepernick going viral. and kaepernick made a point to stand up and applaud during a rendition of god bless the usa when military were asked to stand. the debate and outrage coming after the protest before the packers game. kaepernick protesting, he says, police brutality against african americans. >> cops are getting paid leave for killing people. >> reporter: even ahead of the san diego game, the quarterback igniting a new controversy by wearing these socks at practice, depicting police officers as pigs. kaepernick on social media saying he's worn them before as a statement against rogue cops to put the community in danger by creating an environment of tension and mistrust. and the san francisco police association is asking for an apology, but also extending an

visit the academy. all right. when we come back, one of the most unlikely celebrities takes aim at celebrity. >> and why blake shelton is bringing a taste of hawaii to oklahoma. "the skinny" is next. bringing a taste of hawaii to oklahoma.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> time for the skinny. we start today with pamela anderson taking aim at pornography. >> she has co-written an editorial in the wall street journal calling porn a public hazard of unprecedented seriousness. >> she's talking about the anthony weinooeeiner sex scanda. she blames porn for the breakup of his marriage. >> so pamela and her ex-husband were at the center of a sex tape scandal. she's been a playboy model. she appeared on more playboy covers than any model in their history. >> now that she's no longer doing that, anderson says she is advocating for a porn free future. >> turned a new leaf

next, we've been talking about it. now we're seeing it for real. >> we're talking about the budding romance between rihanna and drake. this happened at the miami stop of drake's summer 16 tour. he brought her out for a surprise performance, but that wasn't the only surprise. a little pda there. >> a little kissy after the performance. they were caught backstage in front of everybody on tape. >> earlier this week on sunday drake presented rihanna with the video vanguard award and made a touching statement saying she's someone i've been in love with since i was 22. she's one of my best friends in the world. she's a living, breathing legend in our industry. apparently drake has been courting her for some time, and he was never really interested until this is, you know, one of those great nice guy gets a girl stories. >> we love love. >> next a

couple reportedly getting ready to tie the knot. >> that's right, blake shelton bringing a taste of hawaii to oklahoma for a wedding gift for gwen stefani. it's a getaway home constructed not far from his ranch. >> when you said he was bringing a taste of hawaii, i thought you were going to say pineapple. not an entire house. the main house is a beach styled all white mansion with aqua blue doors and shudders. and there are some three huts with thatched roofs. some observers say they could be private mini homes for the sons. >> there's a nice pool with the palm trees. maybe the most hawaiian touch, a tiki fence. >> they're expected to tie the knot this fall and base their family in oklahoma. th

just over 3,000. >> what makes that home hawaiian? it looks like a texas ranch house to me. >> it's the thatched roofs. which, i didn't know what a thatched roof was until i read the script. >> pineapples are inside, we think. finally if you're looking for a gene wilder fix this weekend, look at your amc theater. >> the chain has announced it's bringing two of his most beloved films. factory" to theaters around the country this weekend. they'll be shown on saturday and sunday. tickets just $5 per showing. >> that's pretty good, and you can check out more information on the amc website. wilder died at age 83 on sunday. we'll remember him. willie wonka this weekend. >> i want to see "see no evil hear no evil". we can make it a new cult following.

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it's been another busy summer of news headlines including gun violence, political posturing and now on nfl quarterback is stirring up his own controversy. >> it was kicked off we chaos at lax. here our friday rewind. >> shooting in progress, lax. unknown number of shots. >> it's chaos. we got off the plane and were exiting and saw a crowd running toward us. >> there was a flood of people saying there was a shooter. >> she wasn't aware her short life was standing as an example of a clear failure in the criminal justice system in chicago. >> i was angry. i didn't understand why. why my baby? >> i have two patients. patient number one, unresponsive.

>> his friend bumped a girl by accident and apologized. >> when you get the warning, you walk right up in here and see nothing. you idiots. >> i thought he was going to shoot me. he took the gun out like this, put it in my face and said get the f out. >> we did discuss the wall. we didn't discuss the payment of the wall. >> it takes more to make up for insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a new hours. >> my first hour in office, those people are gone. >> those conversations need to happen. i think it's something that can bring everybody closer. >> you have to respect the flag and stand up with your teammates. it's bigger than just you. >> it's not my right to tell him not to do something. >> my role models are truman, ford, hughes, disney, jobs,

west. >> she's someone i've been in love with since i was 22 years old. ladies and gentlemen, the recipient of the michael jackson vanguard award for 2016, rihanna. ♪ ♪ we also have some big food headlines coming up. it's national waffle week. >> didn't you just eat waffles? >> that was waffle day. this is waffle week. >> where's kendis? >> he's on vacation. maybe he thought it was national waffle week, so he decided to go away. >> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, hermine makes landfall in northern florida marking the state's first hurricane in more than a decade. >> it's kind of crazy out. kind of scary. we're just sitting inside the house hoping a tree doesn't fall on us. >> the storm has a long way to go with millions in its path. we have coverage from across the storm zone straight ahead. "your voice, your vote," critical voices being heard by both donald trump and hillary clinton this morning. trump losing the support of one of his closest hispanic allies while the clinton campaign braces for the release of detailed documents from her time as secretary of state. spacex rocket explodes on the launchpad. we have the latest on the blast and its potentially worldwide impact. back to school time with