that will get you in and out of dade city. no delays on 75 in pasco and 275 looks great in hillsborough. back to candace and gene. >> leslee, thank you. >>> a man suspect ed ed of attacking a masseuse and publix employee is locked up. ralph forte attacked a masseuse and went to a publix where he attacked an employee there. they tracked forte down by fingerprints. on thursday morning schools were lock down. some locals are critic >> he ran in the opposite direction of the high school so notifying a parent at 10:00 at night that a crime occurred and the suspect pled in the operate posite direction of the high school i'm not sure that's a decision that a parent wants to make. >> forte admitted to the crimes. the injured masseuse is expected to recover. >>> now on the 8 on your side consumer alert, another death blamed on the takata air bags. died while driving her 2001 honda civic. the air bags can inflate and it causes the metal to rapture and spew shrapnel. >>> taking a standby sitting down. >> a woman calls only news channel 8

miami-dade county recently to get tested for zekea. this includes women who live in or have visited the area since august 1st. miami-dade county is the only area in the continental u.s. where mosquitos have been spreading the virus since this summer. zika is mainly spread by mosquitos and can cause severe brain related birth defects. >>> good morning. looking at 60s and low 70s now. we're clear and we'll stay that way. it will be sunny today. warm, not so be even drier heading into the weekend behind the front we've been talking about all week. 72 clearwater and 74 st. pete. it will be mid to upper 80s once again by later this afternoon. we'll talk more about the cooldown coming up in a few minutes. >>> quick check of traffic at 4:36. live look at i-275 near roosevelt, st. pete. no big issues there. looks like traffic is move wellle we'll look at the roads again in 15 minutes. >>> the pinellas county with n.o.p.e. to hold their candlelight vigil. the organization's vigil remembers those who died from drug and alcohol related overdose.

and miami-dade, they never officially closed down. we expect flights to resume tomorrow morning, as well. so considering how many people live down here in south florida, this is very, very good news. the storm looks to have spared them as it works its way up the coast. >> we'll take the good news wherever we can. anecdotally, you are one of the driest correspondents i've spoken to in our coverage. >> reporter: yeah, the rain has been very spotty in and out here. the wind and rain, since we were just getting the outer bands, was off and on all day and into the night here. that is, in part, if you look at the track of the hurricane, as it was working its way up the coast, it did something kind of funny around ft. lauderdale. it jutted out in a northeast direction, so it stayed about 100 miles offshore as it passed here. so we're only getting the outer bands of this hurricane as it past. >> black mccoy, thank you. and we hope you stay dry obviously as we're getting in little pieces of good news over the course of the early morning hours.

she convince me to go to this place in dade city. they are six houses we went bed lamb 3 d first really creepy clown house. >> yeah. oh put 3 d glasses on it's really cool idea. but it's so he especially how they creep up behind you you don't know you're thererunning into dead ends. and they pop up out of nowhere. that one tomb we were right around corner we were saul so scared no one would go. we're like somebody go. terrified. so, this was one of about like i said six attractions. my favorite one is infection. because that's has chainsaws i really just, that freak out that was bothered me sound chainsaw and woods they chase you in that one. jen are you you run into dead ends they had new haunted attraction this year. the prison. christopher. we said heck no. no way. we sat town. cool thing about draw about scream geddon they have two interactive houses basically means if you're willing enough which you were not you get to wear glow necklace that means if you have that glow necklace on actors are able to touch you whether grab thing

the test is recommended for pregnant woman who visited miami-dade whether they have symptoms are not. >>> the california sheriffs deputy is dead. he is the 4th officer killed in the line of duty in just 2 weeks. jack hopkins was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call in northeast california. he joined the 4th just last year. -- force just last year. >>> a mentally ill woman shot to death by new york city police officer will be remembered today in a prayer 66-year-olds deborah's apartment. the sergeant who shot her said she was armed with scissors and charged him with a baseball bat. the new york mayor called the shooting unacceptable. >>> 8 people were injured after a gas explosion rocked the building. the gas company explains construction in the area caused a gas line to rupture. ghastly to ignite. >>> the us department of education is investigating the baylor university handling of sexual assault cases. this falls a complaint from the coordinator resigned several weeks ago. she claims rather than protecting students, administrators made, quote, sure they were protect

liz: let us take you live to miami-dade college.dall campus, theodore gibson center. hillary clinton. you see vice president al gore appearing for first time on behalf of hillary clinton and her campaign. it is almost 16 years to the month that al gore face ad florida recount in that very state. we'll listen in just a little bit to hillary clinton. then we'll get in our experts here. so let's listen in. >> and above all we can fulfill our moral obligation to protect our planet, for our children, and our grandchildren. [shouting] now let me just say -- [shouting] so, let's, let's remember, let's remember -- liz: so there apparently a heckler that you just witnessed. we don't know what is happening with that. hillary clinton continuing her discussion at miami-dade college. when al gore begins to speak we'll listen in to a bit what he has to say therein lies the question what does he add to hillary clinton's campaign? we're keeping an eye on this as we bring in democratic strategist christie setzer, along with republican strategist, me

that spee delivered instead at miami-dade college today. a realliy at florida memorial university in miami gardens, the president plans to urge floridians to take advantage of early voting. >>> even though the president isn't coming to the bay area today he's trying to help a local politician get elected to congress. >> the voters of pinellas county have an opportunity to elect a public servant who charlie crist. >> the president notes crist crossed political lines as governor to get things done. republican david jolly is running against crist. >>> also happening in miami- dade county -- elections officials in florida are testing voting machines as concerns grow about the threat of hackers. each voting unit is being tested for logic and accuracy several times before it can be used in the election. >>> a prisoner foiled. you won't believe who took him down. other inmates. bartow police say david ross used a shank to get the jump on an department of corrections officer supervising a work detail with four other inmates. police say ross forced

just yesterday there were six more cases of zika announced in dade county. these tropical diseases has spread so quickly partly because of airline travel and the transportation revolution, but the change in climate conditions change the places where these tropical diseases become endemic and put down roots. the mosquitoes mature faster and then the virus in the mosquitoes incubate much faster and they bite more often because they're cold-blooded and when the temperature goes up, their metabolism goes up and they spread the disease way more quickly. so these and many other consequences, including the fires out west that secretary clinton talked about, they are really wake up calls for us. mother nature is giving us a very clear and powerful message. we cannot continue putting 110 million tons of global pollution into the atmosphere every day as if it was a sewer. we have got to stop it. we have to wake up and recognize the need for change. [applause] mr. gore: so, most people know that we have to change this, but here is the really good news that more people

officials in miami-dade hit the streets with words of warning. fox's omar lewis has the story. >> residents got an unplanned knock on the tour friday morning from miami-dade county officials, letting them know that zika had made neighborhood. >> i knew it was coming sooner or later. >> they are also getting rid of standing water and giving information to these residents on how to keep mosquitos from breeding on their property. >> lots of people have water on the yard, and they don't throw it out. >> we're deploying code compliance inspector garbage pickup, publication, cleaning. >> there are two zones in a 4.5 mile area on miami beach and little river community between northwest 79th street and northwest skate street. from northwest 10th to northwest miami avenue. >> i keep clean so mosquitos don't come in. >> luis is keeping his property free from mosquitos after learning that three people from a mile distance has the virus. two controls are planning to do more ground spraying every day for more than a month but they insist that there will be no

that speech now happening in miami-dade college today. a rally in florida memorial university in miami gardens the president plans to urge floridians to take advantage of early voting. >>> even though the president isn't coming to the bay area today he's trying to help a local politician get elected to congress. >> this year the voters of pinellas county have an opportunity to elect a public servant who has always put the people first. charlie crist. >> charlie crist is getting support from the president in this new ad. the president notes charlie crist crossed political lines as governor to get things done. republican david jolly is running against charlie crist and has yet to comment. >>> elections officials in florida are testing the voting machines. as concerns grow about the threat of hackers. the tests are happening in miami-dade county, each voting unit will be tested for logic and accuracy several times before it can be used in an florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. ivan here with that. >> talking about big temperature changes

. >> they observed exhausted weak schooled tigers at dade city wild things and being forced to swim with patrons and being yanked by their tails when they tried to escape. >> the pasco county sheriff's office took a look at the video. >> it doesn't look right and we need to investigate to make we take the appropriate actions. >> peta filed a lawsuit alleging mistreatment of the tigers but the owner says peta has targeted her place for years and her and her trainers love the tigers and have taken great care of them for 20 years. she didn't want to go on camera but told me over the phone the opp tives neglected their duties to make things seem worse.

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in miami, dade county florida.... now.... the centers for disease control and prevention is stepping in! the c-d-c has named this area..... of florida..... the quote "designated zika zone"..... due to the number of cases.... and now.... congressional leaders are asking for help! it appears as if district 24 has become a living laboratory so far... -1- hundred -68- people have been diagnosed with zika..... in the miami-dade region... more than.... any other county.... in the u-s. hurricane's for one south carolina... mark child birth! -27- years-ago.... this woman was born in charleston..... while hurricane hugo was barreling down.... and just last week.... she gave birth to a healthly baby boy.... in the same city.... are dong just fine. a big clean-up effort is still underway around san francisco.. which saw flooding and property damage from record rainfall last weekend. it was part of a massive storm that hit the pacific northwest. san francisco got more rain last weekend than it did in all of october of 2015. searchers hav

wesley chapel dade city. way in inverness. that's nice stuff. venice and sarasota till hanging on to 70. 70 in frostproof. everybody else in upper 60s. >> you go back to the northwest, look at the cooler air. look at the difference between dallas and wichita. 56, 75 degrees. yeah a cold front out there. as it slides southeast ward, you look at the difference in humidity levels. it's only going to be a matter of a few days before we drag in that dryer air. really going to be i believe on friday to come through. it's not going to bring us a lot of rain. okay. very little if any at all. but it is going to hift our wind to northwest late friday night. so when you wake up saturday morning maybe you got some early soccer games you got to go to. just outside in general you'll notice a big, big difference. that's going to be on saturday morning. so mostly sunny and warm today with high temperature around 87 tonight. low temperature near 70. then scattered clouds continued warm tomorrow. once again go back up to around 87 degrees. boaters still moderate

look at dade city, wesley chapel us 60 for. we're 2 degrees cooler in tampa with 4 degrees cooler than this time yesterday in brenda brandon in about a degrees cooler and brooksville. humidity is not too bad . i almost put it in the pleasant category. today's afternoon high, 86 just 2 degrees above the average. at 5:08 i will take you hour by hour through your thursday you can make your plans. >>> the roadways look pretty good overall. i have an update on the construction i just told you about. so now you have lanes taken away on university underneath i 75 sarasota. popping over here still trying to wrap up but no delays state road 52 in oak street -- and oak street. downtown dade city is up to speed and we are looking very good through ybor city. the veterans expressway is up to speed as well.>>> in your vote: we don't gain anything. >> debate. there were accusations, personal attacks and as you just heard the candidates were talking over each other. they sling one-liners that had the internet buzzing. >> no question there wer

two news cases of zika and both in miami-dade county. neither of these cases are travel- related. this comes as the c-d-c is urging all pregnant women miami-dade is the only area in the continental u-s where mosquitoes have been continuously spreading the virus since the summer. whether you have symptoms -- pregnant women who have either lived in or visited the area since august first -- need to get tested! zika is mainly spread by mosquitoes. infection during pregnancy can lead to severe birth defects. it's not looking good for wells fargo. new this morning...california 's attorney general is now investigating the bank. they've launched a criminal investigation over bank opened millions of bogus accounts. according to a search warrant the state's d-o-j is demanding names of employees involved in the accounts scandal...along with other information. the bank could face felony charges of impersonation...and improperly using personal information. ever feel like your cell phone just isn't running at top speed? or like you aren't getting what you paid for? well -- it's not your imagina

this is around mac dade boulevard and on the southbound side.raffic moving towards 95 might be affected by this. you can see we have police activity on scene as well. a little sign having traffic directed over to the right-hand side. one lane moving through, by the scene and slowly. a little bit of a backup there as well. the northbound traffic looks unaffected. also in norristown, we're watching an early gas leak that's already been cleaned up, still closing part of route 202 between marshall street and elm street. you'll be detoured around this, moving out to south jersey, somers point, a vehicle off into the woods. an accident seen here on the parkway, blocking off the right-handç shoulder. for now, not seeing delay because of that. on the northbound side. moving north around laurel drive. vai? >> thank you, jessica. dumb and disrespectful. that's what supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is saying about a hot button issue across the country. >> we'll hear from the 83-year-old justice about colin kaepernick's protest. plus, she weighs i

the president will speak at miami-dade college encouraging young people to sign up. it will rise by 9% by 2017 but needs more young adults to pay into the system but doesn't use much health care. right now payouts are leading to double digit increases and fewer insurers. >>> and now looking for ways to control the mosquitos that carry the zika virus. they are suggesting introducing bats. rosa gonzales is proposing bat houses in areas. it was passed in dade county. >>> right now a check of your accuweather forecast with david murphy when we come right back. don't go away. >>> before we check in david and accuweather, a quick note dickinson high school in delaware is dismissed because of a power outage. 750 students being sent home in dickinson high school in wilmington because of a power outage. now back to the accuweather forecast. and the summer like temperatures -- >> they are starting to go down a bit but fairly warm and comfortable. lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have been on the lookout for a sprinkle or shower but most of it is off to the north

miami-dade county mayor joining me this morning. we are waiting for florida governor rick scott to speak as hurricane matthew heads toward florida. we will bring that to you live when it happens. we'll be right back. (♪) (♪) when you are suffering from chest congestion try mucinex 12-hour. mucinex is absorbed 60 percent faster than store brands. and lasts a full 12 hours. relieve chest congestion with mucinex, and enjoy living well. so relax you wear many hats, at our 1000 americas and canadas best value inns. enjoy free internet and instant rewards at most locations. >>> all right. we are awaiting the governor of the state of florida, rick scott, to speak at any moment. he's been holding a series of news conferences this morning warning his citizens to get out. on the right-hand side of the screen is a shot of miami. you see the winds are already picking up. hurricane matthew bearing the brunt in the bahamas right now. rick scott, the governor of florida, said this morning there is still time to evacuate. get out now. if you are in

dade city 63. 69 bartow. tampa, clearwater degrees cooler than you were yesterday. the humidity is in the not too bad category. i almost put it into pleasant. it feels really nice outside. afternoon high of 86 slightly above the average of 84. i will take you hour by hour through your thursday. leslie will take you through your thursday comet. >> we have great drive overall on the bay area interstates. this accident has cleared from cleared. we do have an accident tying up lanes on linden drive and mariner boulevard. it is more in the spring hill area. that is in hernando county. in pinellas county, 54th avenue north at 22nd street north we do have a collision just be on the exit. it looks like they were trying to find it on the camera but you just see a tree limb. here's another view of 275 around 54th avenue north. on the interstate it ok traffic.>>> bruce -- we don't gain anything. iran is taking over iraq . >> a heated presidential debate . there were accusations, personal tax and as you just heard the candidates were talking over each other.-based traded barbs

. >> at the miami-dade county jail we ran into a young inmate who was washing his clothes in the sink in his cell. and he was an interesting looking kid, so we asked for an interview. >> this for the birds, man, this [ bleep ] for the birds, getting locked up. >> the interview was not unlike a lot of interviews we conduct with jail inmates. it had a lot to do with lazaro complaining about conditions. >> crackers ain't playing, man. they're giving out permanent homes across the courthouse. [ alarm ringing ] >> and the next thing we know, officers were running in telling us we had to grab our gear and go. there was some kind of disturbance going on and they were locking down the floor. that's one of the things that's makes jails really interesting. there really is a strong sense that anything can happen at any time. >> and nowhere is that more true than behind the walls of this sprawling jail complex that serves america's largest city. >> while new york city is the safest large city in america, and crime has been going down, one of the reasons that crime is going down is because the pol

across the miami dade region, 168 people have contracted the virus. that county is the only one in florida with an active spread of zika. the state has yet to receive any of the federal money that was approved two weeks ago. >> florida is right in the middle when it comes to state gun laws and violence. some democrat ins the state believe we are going in the wrong direction. reporter matt galka to find out why. >> reporter: stricter gun laws equals less gun violence. that's the take away from the center for american progress report that ranked every state in order of how their mandates related to gun violence. the findings, the ten states with the loosest gun laws had three times the amount of violence than the states with the ten strictest laws. florida was 27. tallahassee mayor andrew gillum says things are going in the wrong direction. >> i think it is appropriate in this state that the laws that we have enabled or the absence there of. that are creating the conditions in my opinion for gun violence events. >> reporter: and he says his hands are ti

talk about voter registration, the number of democrats now outnumbers the number of republicans in dade county and you still get very cuban support for republican candidates like donald trump. there was a protest in miami for trump on behalf of cuban americans who are furious with the obama administration for opening up relations with cuba. here is what a few of them told us. >> castro would disappear if he has trump because -- [inaudible] >> we are tired of that. we are tired. >> everything is going to be worse if hillary comes to the white house. everything is going to be worse, worse. adam: yet people have been here for decades, talk about the transition taking place as younger cubans and younger hispanics either join nonaffiliated parties or register of democrats. here is what two of them tell me. >> i think it has to do with the younger generations of what the government can do for you, make easier things for you and i don't think they get the whole idea that nothing in life is free. they don't know that you pay for everything that you get for free. >> this country cannot handle an

miami-dade county is the only area in the continental united states where mosquitos have been spreading the virus since the summer. >> a government panel for the c.d.c. says preteens need only two doses of the h.p.v. vaccine instead of the previously recommend three. the panel points to studies that show two doses is just as effective in preventing cervical cancer as three. experts hope this revelation will result in more the shots since it will take less time. >> a possible break for airline passengers is in the works. listen to this. the obama administration wants airlines to refund baggage fees when luggage is substantially delayed. there's no definition of what's a substantial delay. airlines will change in how they report the bags mishandled or investigation over fraud allegations by its employees. california's attorney general is launching the probe after reports that bank employees had been opening accounts for customers without their permission. wells fargo has already been fined $185 million for the scheme used to boost sale quotas. its c.e.o. resigned last week. a rally for as

and accuracy several times before it can be used in pregnant women who recently spent time in miami-dade county to get tested for zika. this includes women who live or visited the area since august 1st. zika is mainly spread by mosquitoes and can cause severe brain related birth defects. >>> good evening everybody. in weather tonight titan doppler quiet. it is going to stay that way even though we have a pretty strong cold front coming this way. now usually once you hit january or february a cold front means a cooler air is on the way. right now temperatures are in the upper six to low to mid 70s, although still upper 70s in st. pete. first thing thursday morning still a comfortable start, low to mid-60s. that front is not here yet and is not even going to arrive until friday. when it arrives, will you know it because saturday morning and sunday morning temperatures our northern county. tonight clear skies, waking up to the 60s. >> thank you. >>> new information about creaxz officer taken hostage by a prisoner. investigators say before david ross ran he locked four other prisoners in a r

>> one first thing we tell people here in miami-dade is fill up your gas tank. as soon as we feel that we're under any kind of threat from a storm, we a fill up your gas tank, and a lot of people have generators, make sure those tanks too. and fill up your gas tank, number one is have three days supply of food, supply of water, and then fill up your gas tank, that way, if you are under an evacuation order you can get out. hopefully they made arrangements for that further north. i would heed the governor's warning this a very powerful storm. i am seeing it strengthen in front of my eyes, i can tell when the eye starts to shrink, and eye wall getting well defined much you have a powerful storm. i was here for hurricane andrew, i have seen this kind of storm, i have seen the damage it can do. in those areas, where they are prone to a big storm surge, those people on the coast, need to get out issue get out of the way, storm surge, it is not wind that is the killer, the killer is storm surge. if you are threaten by storm surge get out, go further inland and seek she

but women that have probably traveled through miami-dade since august since august 2 traveled shouldst to make sure. >> officials say if a mosquito carried zika it can take up to two weeks to cause symptoms which include fever, headache, rash, joint pain and it causes babies to be born with much smaller heads the normal. >>> hundreds of people that their goodbye to the daughter of us olympian tyson day. funeral services for the 15- year-old were held at lexington , kentucky yesterday. she was hit by a stray bullet during a shootout outside a restaurant last sunday. police later arrested three people. her father said he wants to use the tragedy to educate other young people. >> this is something that no one should have to live and i never thought i have to use my voice and my situation to put a light on this senseless gun violence and educating our youth . >> she was a rising track star herself. her burial is scheduled for monday. >>> a man in bakersfield is facing hate crime charges for attacking a man. he was attacked by a man who threw soda on him because he appeared to be of a dif

look at broward and dade county.th had record turn out and strong democratic counties. 30% of the voting so far are among people who are new to the loss or who only voted in the last three or four elections. showing off early for hillary clinton. >> is any of this gap attributable to the fact that the trump campaign has not been emphasizing early vote as much as the romney campaign? >> we are slower to adapt to the party in general to be honest. if you take a look at a state like iowa where the republicans let five days in early voting, it is reflective of what we are seeing in the numbers. i don't think there is any big surprises and that's what it means. very close races in all the battle ground that are tied or within the margin of error. >> i am going to shift and steve, you will love this stuff. i'm only going to show three, but we could geek out on some of this stuff. you have been tracking different counties and weathers. i will pull up three. virginia, florida, and nevada. your most recent tracking had clinto

the miami-dade express way authority. this expands my direction from this morning suspension of tolls in counties with evacuation orders. i directed state staff to the deployed to help assist with has water, food, and onse other life saving materials stationed in north and south florida. these resources will be able to be deployed in affected areas immediately. i have directed state office be closed on thursday and friday east coast. i have directed 45 state parks to be closed. all parks located east of 95, and in the florida keys. this is a dangerous storm. it is never too early too evacuate. if you live in a low-lying area, if you live on a barrier island or the area is prone to flooding, get out. don't wait for an order. get out now. or you will see traffic pick up as more people take this seriously. and we go fr mandatory evacuations. so, if you know you are going to evacuate, don't wait to evacuate. get out now. it could be the decision between life and death. current evacuations palm beach county. voluntary evasion

lloyd sowers is in for charley this morning. >> we're trying to spread cheer in dade city area. beautiful morning up here at little everglades ranch. it is 2,000 acres of paradise up here. it's the site of the big savage run this weekend. why do they open up this big ranch to events like the we'll talk to the owner of this when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. buesing's firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , running fees up to seventy thousand dollars. now, buesing's running for senate. . hi. hola. let's see... you're back! they're back! ? so glad you've come back. we love to see you so. ? ? you've come for your favorite dish - enchiladas & tacos. ? welcome back! come back again and again for the epcot food & wine festival or even all four theme parks. become an annual passholder now and get it was doggi

and miami-dade. educating people and dumping. and she knew this would happen sooner or later. , think trap mosquitoes. >> there are 1000 confirmed cases 106 involve women. >>> the government eases more restrictions on cuba. it will be easier to bring cigars and rum from the island. and we go to miami with more on the new policy change. >> a limit on run and cigars. >> they are subject to the duties. the future of greater engagement and cooperation and opportunity. announcing back in 2014 they would restore the ties after years of tensions. this is the administration's sixth set during the president's time in office, we need to end this on the restriction on americans who want to do business with them. >> and it is in place. >> in the highs of the president the people are suffering not enough americans visit. and the people are suffering dictatorship. and many visited all trips need to fall under one of 12 approved reasons like professional research or religious activities. the policy will make it easier for the countries to condu

. >> reporter: so as you well know here in miami dade county, 46% of the whole cuban population in thed states lives right here. it used to be solidly republican. but younger cubans are either registering as nonaffiliated with either party or more than often not, registering with the democrats. republicans still out numbered democrats among the cubans but in miami dade county, democrats outnumber republicans. >> and millennials are really singing a different tune, aren't they? >> reporter: absolutely. the millennials are siding more with democrats not only among the cuban community but there's an influx of preekort reekens registering with the democrats. but what's also happening is you have people like the mayor of miami dade county he is a cuban immigrant. he's a republican, and he has come out saying he will not vote for donald trump. even mr. rubio who is the senator running for reelection, a cuban american, his campaign slogan is you know me. well, he may not know his electorate so well. he will not campaign with mr. trump. although he's still voting for him. >> thank you for much

> reporter: shepard, global warming is not the only climate change in evidence today here at miami-dade college the warming of relations between al gore and hillary clinton, both clintons is truly unbelievable when you think where we were just a few months ago. remember, al gore did not endorse hillary clinton during the contentious primary. he sat that one out. he also sat out the democratic convention. he did not attend the convention. he endorsed her very late in this process. but with the rise of donald trump, the frostiness of the clinton/gore relationship has melted faster than the polar ice caps. this was arranged by clinton's campaign chairman john podesta for which climate change is his passion. the choice of florida in the wake of hurricane matthew is by design. of course, they are having trouble getting millennials excited about the clinton/kaine ticket. here they are. al gore is a rock star on college campuses because of his climate change and that's where they are turning to him now in the late inning to try and deliver florida for the clinton campaign. shepard? >> what sho

. >>> this is video secretly recorded at dade city wild thing. it's been viewed more than 24,000 times. people for the ethical treatment of animals shows a through a cage and others being forced to take pictures and swim. >> they observed exhausted weak schooled tigers at dade city wild things and being forced to swim with patrons and being yanked by their tails when they tried to escape. >> the pasco county sheriff's office took a look at the video. >> it doesn't look right and we need to investigate to make we take the appropriate actions. >> peta filed a lawsuit alleging mistreatment of the tigers but the owner says peta has targeted her place for years and her and her trainers love the tigers and have taken great care of them for 20 years. she didn't want to go on camera but told me over the phone the opp tives neglected their duties to make things seem worse. killed one of her cubs and trainers were pulling the other cubs to safety as quick as possible. all three employees were fired for not doing their jobs before the video surfaced. they a

we're told that now more than 10,000 are without power in the miami-dade area.. we are going to be hearing from senator marco rubio with the latest warnings that have been given to floridians to get out of dodge or at least out of this hurricane's path as quickly as possible. time is running out. within the next hour all the major amusement parks and parks known around the world including

>>> federal officials are now urging all pregnant women who live in or have recently visited miami-dade county to get tested for the zika virus. >>> plane crashes in three states. new details about the air accidents across america. first, though, watch this. look at that landing t. pilot was forced to land with malfunctioning landing gore right there. on the nose of the plane. it was d down the runway t. pilot walked away unharmed. in ft. lauderdale, iwitnesses says this twin engine plane landed after crash landing on a runway. the plane's landing gear is under way. the pilot and a passenger on board were not hurt. a different story for the pilot of this small plane. he and a passenger on board crash landed into the back yard of a house. this is in southern new jersey. the first responders saw the it took 20 minutes to free them. all the crashes are being investigated. >> scary. >>> is america about to have a new sports capital? >> intelligence officials say they caught the russian hackers. nbc news investigates. next. nbc news investigates. next. free to seize the savings on medicare p

county, saying they think this democrat turn out may be down as much as 100,000 votes in miami-dade,nd in perspective, mitt romney lost florida by 74,000 votes 4 years ago, this is the game over next 10 days is about turn out. and these early states this may push people over the edge. charles: no doubt, if you are undecided or apathetic to the whole thing, this is not getting you to vote for hillary clinton or even out to the poll. a podium there, there is scuttlebutt going on that hillary clinton may come out and address this issue. she had two campaign, vines today -- evens today, she did not mention it at all. so shocking in many ways she would not address the biggest bombshell of this election. what do you make of it? if she came out and blamed the media or the republicans again, would that be a huge mistake? >> i think it would be a huge mistake. i think she needs to address this come clean, not just this particular issue. but on the podesta e-mail on the fbi. and for once admit the truth to american people, say i'm not going to operate like this any more, and if you will vote f

we're told that now more than 10,000 are without power in the miami-dade area. and on and on it goes. we are going to be hearing from senator marco rubio with the latest warnings that have been given to floridians to get out of dodge or at least out of this hurricane's path as quickly as possible. time is running out. within the next hour all the major amusement parks and parks known around the world including disney and universal and sea world are going to close. all at the same time. that's how bad this is. that's how big this is. and as janice dean can tell you, janice. >> still a category 4 storm. it's been a major hurricane for almost a week, which is a record for atlantic hurricanes in the month of october. and matthew is about to make its closest brush with florida in the next couple of hours. 140-mile-per-hour sustained winds. gusts of 165 miles per hour moving to the northwest at 14. and about 120 miles offshore of west palm beach, florida. just to give you a perspective of what a category had is, 130 to 156 miles per hour. 157 plus, that would be a cat

and it is asking women to consider postponing travel to the miami-dade should avoid it. >>> and we're talking about an area. >> and a three month period and the guidelines could affect a lot of people. linda, they do affect a lot of 16.5 million people between 2014 and '15 stayed one night. it has the largest port and airport servicing 100 airlines t is asking people who visited to consider waiting 8 weeks before getting pregnant. men should wait six months. the recommendations may be modified by the doctors. >> what does this say to contain the virus. >> that's a hard area. that took it off the list for the travel restrictions. and it has been more challenging. there are buildings and some who are opposed to spraying all together. a difficult situation we hope it is under control. we know you will keep us updated. all of us know someone >>> we all the know someone up touched by cancer. the bodies of courage. meet the artist who started it how her work is helping people heal. >>> the makers of pringles want to get you in the spirit than with special holiday flavors. are you ready. >>

we've got about 23,000 without power in miami-dade and brevard county, just with thunderstorms. but the track is interesting, as we talked about last hour. a closer inspection, it hasn't changed much. some models want to give us a 6:00 a.m. landfall at cape canaver canaveral. if it just hugs the coast, it's going to create tremendous damage. west palm beach, maybe hurricane force winds, but they're not going to have the surge. that's from the storm center northward. this is where the winds start to extend outward a little bit and cause more problems with the storm surge in the jacksonville area. >> some of the warnings and watches have changed for parts of south florida into last hour, right? >> that's right, it's because of the angle of approach, because of the wind direction. here's what we know. it's been dropped from around boca, south to golden beach. it's just a tropical storm warning. we're still going to see tropical storm force winds. the southwestern part of florida has lost this yellow, which was the storm watch. yes, there could be some strong winds, but all of the d

earlier today the president visited miami-dade community college and talked about obamacare, both thed some of the problems with the law. he said he have to put aside political rhetoric and, quote, be honest about what's working and what needs fixing. >> never in american history has the uninsured rate been lower than it is today. it's worked. now, that doesn't mean that it's perfect. no law is. >> one of the president's proposals is to create a government-run option to help states in which there isn't much competition among private insurers. kevin cork live at the white house now. this speech, kevin, was different from the president's other speeches on obamacare. >> yeah, john. i think you're right on the money about that. in particular when you think about the fact that they're pretty open, i would say, about this notion of a public option. yeah, they're trying to figure out a way to boost up the existing affordable care act and by rolling out this idea that maybe a public option is the way to go. frankly, for those of us who have had a chance to cover this story for some time, we w

we are keeping an eye on a crash in dade city. serious crash with roadblock in both directions at old lake highway and clinton avenue. old southbound. take 301 and 98 to work your way around that. we have a crash reported u.s. 19 through clearwater. this is going to be at belleair road. december operate the crash i checked your speed. you are at 62 miles per hour. not causing delays there. clear shot north and southbound on u.s. 19. back to you guys. >>> breaking news this morning driver has died. we found out 61-year-old lynn taylor passed away at the hospital. a driver struck her tuesday at the intersection of mobile and gulf gate drive. florida highway patrol is searching for the driver. taylor's daughter is pleading for anyone to come forward. >>> we have a consumer alert for florida drivers. if your vehicle is on the takata airbag list, park it. >> a california woman is the 11th person to airbag exploded. lindsay logue is live with an urgent message for drivers in florida. >> reporter: good morning. that vehicle was considere

have a greater chance for rain here on the east coast of florida around the i-95 corridor and around dade county. that is today. here in our neck of the woods looking fantastic. clearwater, beautiful with a high of 85. water temperature at 74. there's a light breeze and even gusts here and there, up to 20 miles per hour. going to be warm and dry and as far as halloween night for trick-or-treaters, temperatures neerp 80 degrees at sunset and then they'll be falling through dry. don't forget the bug spray. i know a lot of neighbors were saying they almost got bit bad last year but this year will be similar. 64 degrees will be the low -- the typical low, well average low i should say. 82 the average high. as we look at the temperatures, already well above average, 67 in brandon and 66 in brooksville and 68 degrees degrees degrees in bartowe. tomorrow looks like winds are lighter and till with a high of 86. halloween day, 85 degrees as the high. so it's going to be a nice warm trend through the majority of the week. take a look at this. also on the dry side. not until we get to thursday and f

miami-dade leads the ?state in early voting turnout. through wednesday, they've had more than 270 ?thousand early voters... about 20 percent of voters in that county. the rising too. by thursday, there was almost a 27 percent turnout in pinellas... and a 22 percent turnout in hillsborough county. in the last presidential election, statewide turnout was 71.5 percent. and a few bay area counties are still waiting for early voting to start. hardee, highlands, and pasco county don't begin until tomorrow, october 29th. that's also the date ?every county in florida is required by law to start it's early ?ends the sunday before election day... november sixth. and the general election day is tuesday november eighth so there's still plenty of time to cast those votes. and as we've seen in ?most florida elections lately... ?every vote really does count. and whoever ?wins florida... will most likely win the white house. guys, back to you. today in pinellas county: it's called a "stand down"... a resource fair for homeless veterans. they are held all over the country. the james a. haley v-a hos

we saw south florida, miami-dade county really dodged the bullet so far. the hope is here where a lot of people worried of surviving the night and having their homes survive. >> i saw one report where they were told to expect possibly as long as two weeks to lose power. >> reporter: yeah, the warnings have been incredibly dire from officials, the governor himself saying this is a killer storm and certainly it has been in haiti with more than 300 people dead and people are taking those warnings to heart. we are just not seeing the wind power right now here yet. that could change in the next two or three hours. >> all right. steve harrigan live in sebastian. now, lets head north, phil is joining us now from melbourne near cocoa beach. how are you doing there, phil? >> reporter: we are doing all right. it is worsening since the last report we did for you. a few minutes ago where we are, emergency operations center and fire rescue says at this point, their personnel as are not gettg on the road and no rescues is happening until the worse of hurricane matthew m

secretary clinton: hello miami dade college.t is so great to be here with all of you and i want to thank everyone for gathering, and i want to thank all of the elected officials, thanks to congressman patrick murphy who is, i hope the next senator of florida. thanks to congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. thank you to mayor philip levine at miami beach. thank you to mayor phillips daughter. thanks to all the others who were part of the program. we heard lots of energy coming from this crowd. i was told as i was coming out are --s an overflow we we are so happy you are here, so thank you to the overflow crowd. what i am most excited about is to be here with one of the world's foremost leaders on climate change, al gore. ms. clinton: about a decade ago, al made a movie called "an inconvenient truth." maybe some of you have seen it, but if you haven't, i hope you will watch it tonight. it does not have a lot of special effects, but it does have a lot of drama. and here is the main message -- climate change is real, it is urgent,