in miami, phil keating, fox news. a federal judge agreed today to extend voting registration in florida -- because of the impact of hurricane matthew. it's a victory to the florida democratic party and other groups.. registration needed to be moved because of the effects of the storm. the original deadline was tuesday, but the judge had temporarily moved it to wednesday so that he could hold a hearing on the matter. florida voters will now have until next tuesday, october 18th. now fox5 weather 24/7 now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief high clouds are passing across this afternoon with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. these clouds will not bring us any rain; they'll be clearing out tonight. overnight low temperatures will be running in the 60s. a few high clouds will be passing through again on thursday with high temperatures holding in the mid to upper 80s. bigger changes arrive for the weekend with increasing wind across the las vegas valley. wind gusts mph friday afternoon and evening with more clouds around

phil keating has more from jupiter, florida. evacuation orders are now in effect throughout much of coastal florida and south carolina... as officials await the arrival of matthew, the strongest eastern hurricane we've seen in years. category five - tore through haiti, cuba and the bahamas. and now it's taking aim at florida. gimenez says: "there's a greater than 70% probability that we'll have tropical storm-force winds here in miami-dade county tomorrow. there's a 1 in 4 chance that we'll have hurricane force winds." but a new track has matthew curving east as it moves north... folks are battening down the hatches along the south biggest worry at the moment is flooding - with the ground already saturated from recent storms in many areas. mccrory says: "there still is an opportunity for some serious rain, 5 to 10 inches in certain areas in the state, and that's the last thing we need." meanwhile, president obama is meeting with officials from fema and other groups - getting a first-hand briefing on how they plan to manage the s

phil keating is among our reporters on the atlantic coast of florida. and he joins us now from melbourne, florida. >> wow. >> reporter: cue the surge of wind on cue here in the last five minutes, all of the streetlights and the power of this building went to pitch-black, and i can tell you, there's so much rain. it's in the middle of the night. and if there are no lights, it was dark, dark. but they've come back on. and the streetlights have come back on, too. so it might have been crazy surge through the power grid here. but we're back up. so that's got to be great news. but their is is exactly why the don't want anybody on the roads, and they don't want anybody on the roads after 6:00 tonight. that's just dangerous, very dangerous. the wind is howling, and the eye of the storm, hurricane matthew, still, due east of us. it's still moving our way, down off of vero beach right now, about 30 miles to the south of here. we're about the halfway point of the state, roughly, from the florida city, key largo. up to the georgia state line. it's going to be a lo

phil keating reports president obama has already met with officials from fema to figure out what to do after the storm hits. evacuation orders are now in effect throughout much of coastal florida and south carolina as officials await the arrival of hurricane matthew the strongest eastern hurricane we've seen in years. the storm at one point a category 5 tore through haiti, cuba and the bahamas. and now it's taking aim right at florida. >> there is a greater than 70% probability that we will have tropical storm force winds here in miami-dade county tomorrow. there is a one in 4 chance we will actually have hurricane force winds. >>reporter: a new track hazmat through curve east as it moves north. people are battening down the hatches along the south carolina coast but in north carolina the biggest worry at the moment is flooding. with the grounds already saturated from recent storms in many areas. >> there still is an opportunity for some serious rain 5 to 10 inches in certain areas of the state and that's the last thing we need. >>reporter: meanwhile president obama is meeting with off

. >> phil keating has been out all night. i have been out since midnight. you have been out longer than that. what is the situation right now? >> heather, it is too dangerous to be out there and totally exposed where we were at midnight. so we are up at the second floor of our hotel right now. you see how black it is. it is pure darkness all over this part of brevard county. power outages. 88,000 people. households without power right now in brevard county. we lost it about an hour ago. no electricity in the whole building. the streetlights are all out. we are battery power with the camera and the late right now. lo and behold one of the guys who have been living here is lewis. lewis, how long have you been living in this place? >> four years. >> this is the strongest hurricane experience while you were here. are you pretty confident? >> it is a strong building built for storms and hurricanes. >> you p haven't slept at all tonight what have you been doing? >> just watching tv. the lights went out so now i am watching my dvd. >> no more television no more ca

. >> phil keating has been riding out the storm in palm bay, florida. good morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning to you all. we are just on the city limit line of palm bay and melbourne. just offshore, you've got that eyewall, the most intense, fiercest winds, just a mile or two ar further offshore. so the bands right now could be getting some of the most heavy. it all depends on how far west this inner eyewall makes it. how far inland. whether it just skirts off the shore. that really will make all the difference in the world right now. down in port salerno, martin county near stewart, they had serious damage overnight in the early morning hours. a lot of palm trees blowing violently as well as traffic lights. that's been the story coming up the state as it moves and marches north heading towards jacksonville. going to be another long day ahead for floridians. >> all right. >> thank you, phil. >> earlier, we saw phil soaked in water. his hair was dripping wet. maybe the store moved up north now. >> miami has to feel good, right? they feel as though t

phil keating reporting. fox news meteorologist rick reichmuth is at the weather center in new york. good evening, rick, and what can we expect? >> reporter: conditions in florida are certainly getting worse, and we will certainly see impacts in florida. what they are still remains to be seen because the storm is getting close to it and run parallel to it instead of making landfall like we traditionally think of in a storm. this is where we're looking at now in the case of the bahamas. last few images on the satellite look better organized and the latest flight reconnaissance did show the pressure dropping. we're likely see that strengthening happen and we think it will get back to a category 4 storm. we have hurricane watches in effect in the coast of georgia, northern parts of florida and we have hurricane warnings in effect anywhere you see the red from the north miami up towards daytona beach and includes interior sections including orlando. we expect to see hurricane-force winds inland in orlando, the population of the i4 corridor has to watch this. this has the potential to mov

in jupiter, florida, phil keating, fox news a cooler thursday in store for us with just 79 degrees as a high with full sun and a light north high is 85 degrees. we'll see the low 80s on friday with sunny skies and very light north breezes. we'll be warmer for the weekend with 86 saturday, 88 sunday with a few clouds. slight shower chances move in for monday with 89 as a high. we'll stay in the upper 80s for tuesday as we a cooler thursday in store for us with just 79 degrees as a high with full sun and a light north breeze..the average high is 85 degrees. we'll see the low 80s on friday with sunny skies and very light north breezes. we'll be warmer for the weekend with 86 saturday, 88 sunday with a few clouds. slight shower chances move in for monday with 89 as a high. we'll stay in the upper 80s for tuesday as we welcome some drier air. closed captioning will resume shortly just 79 degrees as a high with full sun and a light north breeze..the average high is 85 degrees. we'll see the low 80s on friday with sunny skies and very light north breezes. we'll be warmer for the weekend with

fox news corre phil keat keatiment ng has the report. >> severe flooding and he have ak actions continues in parts of the state. tense of thousands of people -- ten -- tens of thousands of people are still in the dark. >> i've 45 and i've never seen it flood like this in this area. >> the state's governor warning that new potentially life threatening flooding is still possible across much north carolina, with some rivers set to reach record levels. right now flood waters have parts of 95, interstate 40 as well as sections of u.s. 70 shut down in north carolina. >> we've got a lot of damage on roads. a lot of those roads are still under water. we have to do serious engineering assessments. >> overall matthew has killed nearly 40 people from florida up to virginia and has left billions of dollars of damages in its wake. >>> meanwhile here in florida, some good news as florida power and light has restored powe 1.2 mm p. >>> come -- 1.2 million people. >>> coming up news from a new jersey hospital room. >>> it's about the changing attitudes that change all of our daily lives. . >>> the man ac

phil keating has more from juan tier, florida. >> evacuation orders are now in effect throughout much of south florida as officials await the arrival of hurricane matthew, the strongest hurricane we have seen in years. the storm, a category 5, tore through haiti, cuba and the bahamas and now it's taking him right at florida. >> there is a greater than 70% probability that we will have tropical storm forms winds here in miami-dade tomorrow. there is a one in 4 chance that we'll have hurricane force winds. >> reporter: but a new model is showing it veering east towards the carolina. but the biggest worry in florida is flooding with the ground saturated from recent storms in many areas. >> still an opportunity for serious rain, 5 to 10 inches in certain areas of the state and that's the last thing we need. >> meanwhile, president obama is meeting with officials from fell fema and other groups getting a first hand look at how they'll handling the storm after wards. >> if you get an evacuation order, just remember that you can only rebuild. you can always repair property. you cannot restor

back with us on ground in palm bay florida is our own phil keating. see the winds picking up since what, ten minutes ago. >> reporter: yeah, the winds pick up and the rain has increased substantially since our last live shot. you can take a look up in the lights. it's really blowing like sid sideways, coming off of the indian river connecting the main lands of flod with the barrier islands. here is us 1 which is exactly how emergency responders want it to remain. this is what they were hoping to see. empty. no cars. everybody off the road. not trying to drive anymore. if you're further up north the coast you still have time to head out and head inland further. but once you are here in brevard county and just south of us where sebastian is in palm beech counties, it is not the time to hit the road and getting out in your car or truck trying to get out. it's too late. you should have evacuated two days ago when the governor told everyone to evacuate inland. that's 1.5 million people in florida currently under a mandatory evacuation. this is the story th

phil keating with more from jupiter, florida. >>reporter: evacuation orders are now in effect throughout much of coastal florida and south carolina. as officials await the arrival of hurricane matthew the strongest eastern hurricane we've seen in years. the storm at one point a category 5 tore through haiti, cuba and the bahamas and now is taking aim right at florida. >> there is a greater than 70% probability that we will have tropical storm storm force winds in miami-dade county tomorrow. there is a one in four chance that we'll actually have hurricane force winds. >>reporter: a new track has matthew curveest as it moves north. people are battening down the hatches along the south carolina coast. but in north carolina the biggest worry at the moment is flooding. with the ground already saturated from recent storms in many areas. >> there's still is an opportunity for some serious rain 5 to 10 inches in certain areas of the state. and that's the last thing we need. >>reporter: meanwhile president obama is meeting with officials

the governor - rick scott - a in miami, phil keating, fox news. it's time for your news and weather together. the medical examiner says fond du lac state senator rick gudex died of a self- inflicted gunshot wound. his body was found early this morning around 1-30 in the town of eden. law enforcement found him with a single gunshot wound to the chest. gudex was elected to the state senate in 2012... last year he announced, he would not run for re-election. his seat is on the november ballot. clinton expands her lead to 7 points in the latest marquette university law poll over donald trump. the shift came as a video surfaced of trump making sexually aggressive comments toward women last week. however -- the race for u-s senate has tightened up.. it's within the margin of error. russ feingold is leading ron johnson 46 to 44. milwaukee public schools is no longer required to take part in the announcing today -- m-p-s has moved out of the bottom category of the state report card for two consecutive years. that means it can no longer be forced to partic

fox's phil keating has more on how residents are preparing for the worst. hurricane matthew is big, it's strong and powerfully barreling through the bahamas as it chugs towards florida. the current storm track projects the cat three, major hurricane may strengthen back up to a category four when the eye approaches the eastern coast of florida. on the space coast, mandatory evacuations began at three o'clock, county's barrier islands and the cities of melbourne, cocoa beach, cape canaveral and merritt island. obama says: "we can rebuild houses, you can replace property, we cannot replace lives." the president is urging everyone on the entire u-s east coast to take this storm very seriously. obama says: "i want to make sure everyone is paying attention to your local officials. voluntary evacuations are also happening up and down the state. the hurricane warning applies to broward county on the south up to jacksonville. many gas stations have already run out of fuel, closing shop and sending drivers to sit in long lines at the crowded fuel stations which remai

in deerfield beach, florida, phil keating, fox news. >>> so we're all about weather right now.r fox 29 weather authority of course on top of all of this. kind of a collective sigh of relief from a lot of people with outdoors plans this weekend again still shifting. >> still a few days away. chief meteorologist kathy orr has your forecast in 15 seconds. >>> so we are relieved in the northeast and even through parts of the mid atlantic. but all eyes on florida and of course the bahamas at this hour. with hurricane matthew really losing some of its well defined inner core eye right now it inter acts through the bahamas but that is going to change. dangerous category three storm. it is expected to regain its strength to foot category four storm in the next 24 hours. you can see the outer bands of precipitation already brushing against the coast of florida. where you see the red north of miami from fort lauderdale to daytona beach, this is a hurricane warning evacuations already going on because this storm is eminent as we track matthew you can see the sent of circulation through th

phil keating in south florida for us. if anybody who's ever lived in florida understands the predicament, when you go to evacuate, it's difficult, you got to deal with kids, you got to pack up the house, got to find a place to stay. it's very expensive. you have to eat out while you're away if you don't have someplace to stay. then you have to get back in all that traffic and if nothing hits it's like man, we did this again. then one will hit. and then everything changes. everybody who lived through hurricane andrew in south florida knows, they don't all hit, but when they do hit, as a resident of coastal united states, you have a responsibility when the leaders say get out, you got to get out. it's expensive, it's horrible. isn't it nice living on that beach on the rest of the year? really is. a family who did it for 25, 30 years on the horrible coaflorids horrible. >>> team fox coverage ahead. the team barrels toward the southeast, we'll go live to south carolina. a new broadcast now. the governor ordered hundreds of th

phil keating has more from jupiter, florida. evacuation orders are now in effect throughout much of coastal florida and south carolina... as officials await the arrival of matthew, the strongest eastern hurricane we've seen in years. category five - tore through haiti, cuba and the bahamas. and now it's taking aim at florida. gimenez says: "there's a greater than 70% probability that we'll have tropical storm-force winds here in miami-dade county tomorrow. there's a 1 in 4 chance that we'll have hurricane force winds." but a new track has matthew curving east as it moves north... folks are battening down the hatches along the south

. >> tonight, phil keating jones us from melbourne, florida. phil? conditions are now what? getting more painful. sideways, shaping anybody outside up against the side of the face. so it's going to get worse. we haven't seen any pedestrians on the streets. on u.s. one for multiple hours and all of a sudden, they're standing by to go live. this is a man walking up the street. you live in an apartment building a half mile away? >> yes. >> you're watching fox news channel and saw the coverage here and thought -- >> absolutely. >> thought based on what you saw on tv and these pictures what are you thinking? >> i was like it's in the that bad. we have a lot of masking but it's rough. it's comparable to stuff i've seen in japan. i spent a decade there and the typhoons come through 45 times a year. and i have to say the difference being is that america is not used to this weather. it's something. this isn't new to me. >> yes. you know, these wind speeds are going to double before all is said and done. >> it was a calculated risk. have valuable stuff and i wanted to protect it. i ga

phil keating reports. >> reporter: up and down the barrier islands is a near total blackout and manyntersections have become four-way stops because signals are still not working. no red, no yellow and no green. this hurricane could is been far, far worse so a big sigh of relief. before matthew struck, both owners tied up their vessels to moorings, marinas and trees tucked away on the western side of the island and afterwards, for most, it worked and this being the first major hurricane to hit the state in 11 years. a different story up north. matthew's eye wall passed closer to land. that is going to allow residents and tourists to take in the scenic drive but far, far better than feared. tomorrow there remains downed tree debris. floridains can say we can clean up. >> keeping an eye off shore was a big part of the puzzle. what about power? how long does it appear to take? >> for 11 years, florida power and light and each improving the security and force that could be taken by the lines up on the polls so difference is that the eye wall bringing in hurricane winds and further into th

phil keating, he joins us how from female born. what's the latest? >> oh my gosh. this is the worse it has been without a dowel. >> ache a look on u.s. one behind me. this is too yous louse to go booid me. >> we found the last remaining hotel room and you can jus just -- the wind and the rain is just howling the streets. >> the strength of the hurricane to 125 miles making it a category three storms. basically of the same latitude of sierra beach right now. >> that's 30 miles south of where we are. >> the storm is still on its way at the center of the storm. we have another two hours of worsening conditions. >> this is the worst that we have seen. 10:00 tonight. the palms are going, i have not seen any trees fallen over yet >> so far, structurally, everything is holding up and this hotel is described by this people as. although, a couple of hours ago, there was a family, a husband and wife and a little kid chofs a stroller. >> the husband was hauling the baby crib done to the -- down to the lounge inside the hotel. which is protected by boarded up windows, the nort

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. >> it is greg again, we were talking with phil keating in the same area that you are in and he said people seems to heath the warning although one fellow walked up to him. what about where you are, did most of the people get out or did they hunker out in their home or what? >> i think we lost our communication. >> yeah, we lost our audio. >> i asked them where they're going to ride out the storm. i was down in charleston and covered hurricane george, i think it was at that point and we had to take, we were in a live truck. we were not in a little truck. we had to put ourselves behind large buildings. otherwise, satellite do shakes and you lose your signals. >> it is difficult to do these things. the most dangerous thing about it other than the pain and suffering that you endure feels like a million stinging pins. >> like needles coming down on her face >> you have to worry about the signs that get blown off structures and they hurl at you and they can be deadly. >> yeah. >> that's what you have to worry about, tree limbs, of course, and flying debris which opposes a serious health r

phil keating, thanks so much. >> it'll be too soupy. >> yeah. got to give it away. >> phil was saying they were breathing a sigh of relief there, but an anxious morning for those along the coast of georgia and south carolina. >> right. hurricane matthew is bearing down on that area. very high winds. storm surges. a huge concern for those in the storm's path. so stay with us for more of our live special coverage of hurricane matthew. >>> we were just checking in in florida, the damage there a day after the hurricane hit in earnest. let's head up to south carolina. full force of hurricane matthew is hitting. joining us now is laura joseph, deputy public information officer with georgetown county. lauren, describe the situation as it is right now. >> well, gregg, where we are up in georgetown county right now, we're still getting lots of heavy rain and wind. we have not had as much wind as was forecast but we still have a ways to go with the storm. we have scattered power outages throughout the county and our beach areas, but so far we have no major

correspondent phil keating tells us from miami that the two parties couldn't be further apart when it comes to this issue. >> reporter: in miami beach, high tide flooding in streets and neighborhoods is so routine, warning signs get posted days in advance. accepting climate change and rising seas are happening and considering itself ground zero, the city is spending half a billion tax dollars elevating roads, replacing storm drain pipes with bigger ones, and putting in pump stations to flush the increasingly frequent flooding into the bay. this is an issue that reflects everybody. >> the ocean isn't republican and democrat. it just knows how to rise. >> reporter: many around the country believe the seriousness of climate change is an exaggeration. trump echoed that sentiment. >> climate change is an expensive form of tax. a lot of people are making a lot of money. >> reporter: earlier he dismissed the issue altogether. >> obama is talking about all of this, what is it, global warming. a lot of it is a hoax. it's a money making industry, okay? a lot of it. >> reporter: trump later said

in miami, phil keating, fox news. >> well, luckily we don't have a hurricane coming, but we do have aignificant storm on the way, bill martin. >> yeah, we do. and commenting on that flooding back east, the problem with that kind of flooding, all that water is draining out of the hills. it's not like flash flooding. it's just a slow moving creep of water that keeps going up and up. it's kind of a slow motion disaster in which some ways makes it almost worse. if they know the water is going to get to you, you know the p sirkz, you know how much water is coming out of those hills, you can calculate how high the water is going to rise on the flood plains. so they know what's coming. it is just causing all sorts of problems out there. so for us we've got something coming our way as well. the clouds out there are certainly reminiscent of fall and winter. there is the system i am tracking. as i mentioned sts over 3,000 miles of moisture which is coming all the way from across the dateline. and again if this wasn't coming off summer, if this was november or december and we had already had rai

phil keating reports from miami sunday during our program 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the commerce department says the economy grew 2.9% annual rate in the third quarter of the year. that's the strongest pace since the third quarter of 2014. it could lead to a rise in interest rates next month. here is i fascinating look at what the fbi announcement -- when that announcement was made about the new e-mails did to the market this afternoon. check that out. the circle, it produced a huge downtu downturn and then a quick recovery. stocks ended in the red. the dow lost. >>> my one on one interview with donald trump. >>> the fbi will review thousands of knnewly discovered e-mails. it's a development that breaths new life into the donald trump campaign. two hours before this was announced, i talked with trump and his running mate. you will see more of that tomorrow night on "special report" 8:00 p.m. eastern time. then i talked with the nominee one on one. he started by laying out the electoral map, his path to the presidency and how he is more confident about hi

phil keating, thank you very, very much. you be safe as well. all right. we told you we're going to have governor rick scott of florida talking to us a little bit about what kind of preparations he's making. he's already got the state on the highest of alert as two other states, north and south carolina, most of georgia. anything along the potential path of this hurricane. let's go to michael brown, the former fema director. michael, always good to have you. one of the things people always say is distance and time can make folks forget. virtually a whole new generation of floridians here. as phil pointed out, it's been 11 years. go through the kind of things they have to do. >> well, phil is exactly right. i think complacency is probably the biggest danger. we talk about 120-mile-an-hour winds. rick talks about the cone of probability of where it might land. i think all those things are important to talk about but what's more important is the fact you have 120-mile-an-hour sustained winds right now. you have warm water. what you're going to have is as this

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phil keating reports that president obama is meeting with fema and other disaster relief organizations already planning on how to deal with the storm's aftermath. >> reporter: evacuation orders are now in effect throughout await the arrival of hurricane matthew, the strongest eastern hurricane we have seen in years. the storm at one point a category 5 tore through haiti, cuba, and the bahamas and now it's taking aim right at florida. >> there is a greater than 70% probability that we'll have tropical storm force winds here in miami dade county tomorrow. there is a one in four chance that we will actually have hurricane-force >> but a new track has matthew covering east as it moves north. people are battening down the hatches along the south carolina coast, but in north carolina, the biggest worry at the moment is flooding with the ground already saturated from recent storms in many areas. >> there still is an opportunity for some serious rain of five to 10 inches in certain areas of the state. and that's the last thing we need. >> meanwhile, president obama is meeting with officials fr

phil keating is tracking the aftermath. how is it look something. >> reporter: it's looking like a near blackout. not a total blackout in neighborhoods and communities up and down the barrier island beach islands of community's atlantic coast. this is what you see in many, many places. make-shift four-way stop signs, traffic signals still not out and residents asking, hey, do you know when florida power and light are coming out here? that's one of the major utilities. and they just are putting out now some very promising news saying number one, 650,000 floorfloo floorians have already had electricity restored and by the end of sunday, all florida power and light customers from palm beach county all the way up north into the state will get their power back. so that's some darn good news for floridians who number one are cleaning up all weekend and number two shuttered up inside of a hot, hot house where the temperatures in florida continue to be in the upper 80s and around 90. duke energy is the other big utility in the stat

getting more on situation from the ground, are fox news phil keating live from melbourne, florida goodning to you. >> good morning to you as well we are on the city line between melbourne and palm bay conditions have noticeably improved past hour and half, in wee hours of this morning power went out electricity the streetlights, about 3 a.m. it was pitch black out there now you can see predawn lighting coming out you really still cannot see the barrier island accuse the main part of the center of this hurricane system remains out there on those coastal islands and all no polites out there there is no power out there for certain, and right now there is an extreme wind advisory for northeast brevard county specifically cape canaveral kennedy space center patrick is over base, cocoa beach within hour 100 minor wind gusts was reported in cape canaveral, so -- the eye of the storm it is still offshore, but heeding north volusia county daytona beach next going south so southern part of the state of florida where it was very high winds, and lots of heavy rain yesterday, dade county broward co

we're joined by phil keating watching this for us in deerfield beach this morning. as spoken, phil. what are you hearing where you are? reporter: well, what we have learned this morning as of the 8:00 a.m. national hurricane center advisory that florida will more than likely experience landfall of the eye of this currently category 3 hurricane matthew, 115 miles-an-hour. the trajectory on the spaghetti models has shown this morning, hitting a little further south down the peninsula. the governor is huging all florida residents who live on the eastern half of the florida peninsula, prepare for direct impact. it not to say that you will get a direct impact where you are, but you must be prepared because, if you don't prepare, it could be too late and it could be deadly. here is the governor moments ago. >> we have to prepare for a direct hit. we'll likely start to see impacts within our state within the next 24 hours and last through the weekend. this is very slow moving storm. that means people have less than 24 hours left to prepare, evacuate, and shelter. having a p

bill keating is in downtown miami where people can vote right now. how is it going at the polls today, phil? >> reporter: it's going very well, actually, except for a couple of ballots that went out in broward county, which for some unexplained reasons the adviser did not have the medical marijuana initiative on the ballot. really, complaints and issues regarding early voting have really been hard to find. here at the downtown government center, you can see the line is basically one guy in line right now. zero wait time. that had been up to 20 minutes throughout the day. it's been a pretty steady stream of early voters here downtown. there were a couple of other locations, though, that have 30, 45-minute, up to o-twho waits in line. a lot bettethan it was four