hmmm... >>> jacksonville beach had been home to tiffany zienta. now it seemed home had turned on her. did you think, there's a chance i could get arrested? >> yes, for something i didn't do. arrested, and neither was anyone else in the months following corey parker's murder. a year went by. state attorney angela corey. so this wasn't solved after the commercial break? >> oh, no. no, no. we went into this knowing we were in for the long haul. as they, what's that phrase, we knew it was going to be a marathon, not a sprint. >> reporter: they had their list of possible suspects, but they didn't have the evidence or the science yet to definitively link anyone to the crime. >> dna testing was actually in the middle of evolving at that time. >> reporter: eventually, the science and the evidence came together. investigators recovered a strand of foreign hair from corey's underwear. they believed that single strand was rich in dna. >> it had been clearly ripped out of a head. >> reporter: likely, they believed, the killer's head. now they had to test it a

just because it's a category 2, it can still do a lot of damage. 40 miles east of jacksonville beach, 110-mile-per-hour winds. moving north at 12 miles per hour. carolina coast, maybe making landfall in charleston. continues out past the north carolina coast where there could be a lot of damage as well due to storm surge. the areas of purple and blue are the strongest winds. brunswick, savannah, charleston, up into myrtle beach saturday. sunday, we get into wilmington and the outer banks. a lot of problems there. the storm surge continues. flagler beach to savannah, six to nine feet above high tide. from savannah to cape fear, five to seven feet. and we've got flood warnings and flood watches stretching from norfolk all the way down to brunswick, 15 inches of rain possible, some areas may pick up even more. but, lester, i cannot stress enough, even if this does start to weaken, it can still do a lot of damage and the most damage and death happens with that storm surge. lester? >> all right, al roker. thank you. we'll have a lot more on this storm in just a moment. but we want to move

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities. but local authorities say many people heeded the evacuation. so far, no reports of any injury. matthew not finished yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight.now at six... a man arrested on murder charges in the death of his girlfriend --just before he tried to fly down south. plus.. the iowa department of publice safety is looking to hire -- and you could be their "it puts him in a craze, you know. they're really scared. and.. a dog is rescued after being "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at six." good evening everyone, i'm amanda goodman. and i'm ron steele. thanks for joining us. before heading to the airport to fly down south. 48-year-old jimmy mcdaniel taken into custody at a hotel in prairie du chien, wisconsin. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live in prarie du chien with more. shirley. i'm here outside of the crawford county sheriff's office. authorities not tel

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities.orities say many people heeded the evacuation. so far, no reports of any injury. lester? >> all right, gabe. matthew not finished yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. . >>> the kardashian show stamps down production. are kim's days on reality tv over? now on "extra." >> extra, extra. extra, extra. >> "keeping up with the kardashians on hold as the first family reality tv, are they rethinking the future? >>> the shocking about kim's bodyguard. >> his ex-wife's claims about domestic violence. >>> new couple alert. sean penn all over a mystery woman. he's 56. she's 24. who her famous father is. >>> trump versus clinton, round two. before sunday's showdown, secretary clinton opened her playbook to aj. >> my staff is ruthless. >>> then bill o'reilly's advice for trump. >> trump needs to be a

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities. but local authorities say many people heeded the evacuation. so far, no reports of any injury. >> all right, gabe. matthew not finished yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and >> now at 7 state of emergency. >> a deadly and destructive hurricane roaring up the coast. >> we need everybody to consider evacuating. >> reporter: this storm is on a dangerous path. >> anchor: also at 7 a car barrels into a local library. >> anchor: 7 news goes one on one with bernie sanders. >> anchor: off the field into surgery. as tom brady returns another pats qb on the road to recovery. >> 7 news at 7:00 starts now. >> anchor: the storm is churning north. south carolina bracing for damaging wind and rain. a live look right now at myrtle beach south carolina. still very intense.

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities. but local authorities say many people heeded the evacuation. so far, no reports of any injury. lester? yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. hurricane matthew is turning off the coast and a destination place is bracing for impact. also earns abandoned, why one group worked to make sure these lives would not be forgotten. that we are also keeping an eye on a front that will bring us cooler temperature and rain chances. >>> plus cleveland rising, and do book that could help you find what to do this weekend. >> announcer: from the station that sees the possible this is gentle 3 news. -- channel 3 news. it is your home. now gentle 3 news at 7 pm. >>> at evening i am russ mitchell. jimmy is off. hurricane matthew continues its destructive path along the southeast coast. florida it left behind widespread power outages, down trees and ripped roofs off buildings. some of the heavily populated area

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities. but local authorities say many people heeded the evacuation. lester? >> all right, gabe. matthew not finished yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. ?? >> announcer: right now, from milwaukee, this is today's tmj4 "live at 6:00." >> a sweet gesture for a teacher who plymouth community. the teacher fighting cancer gets a surprise when students at river view middle school showed up at his front door. >> and veronica macias shows us how students arrived with a special dose of medicine for the terminally ill teacher. >> plymouth high school had a very special grand marshal for their homecoming parade this year, but earlier, river view middle school took their homecoming to him. at 1:00 p.m., river view middle trip they will never forget. >> he is a 5th grade teacher here at river view. he is just not only an amazing teacher, but also an amazing person in the community. >> he is just truly an in

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities. but local authorities say many people heeded the evacuation. so far, no reports of any injury. lester? >> all right, gabe. matthew not finished yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday for all of us at nbc >> announcer: today on the doctors friday news feed. new details on robbery, and staying safe, cleaning up after hurricane matthew. and was there a cover-up? then overwhelmed by cancer. she went against the typical treatment! now, could a breakthrough test change the way we treat cancer? then our celebrity insiders, dishing dirt. and can you fix your face -- >> dr. travis: by drinking collagen? >> that's today! [ applause ] ? ? time for the friday news feed. everyone along the eastern seaboard here in the u.s. is following the path of hurricane matthew throughout this week. first and foremost, we send our thoughts and prayers to all being effected, who's been effected or will be effected by the storm. when you saw the whether weather pattern, that storm, you don't need to be a

right now, several streets in jacksonville beach are flooded, so are several other communities. but local authorities say many people heeded the evacuation. so far, no reports of any injury. lester? >> all right, gabe. matthew not finished yet. that's going to do it for us on a friday for all of us at nbc [ female announcer ] the following is a paid presentation for the keranique hair regrowth system, brought to you by keranique, the women's hair-growth experts. there's a problem shared by over 46 million women. it's like this taboo subject that we all want to pretend isn't really there. it's -- it's embarrassing. you know, if you don't talk about it, maybe it's not happening. [ female announcer ] women with this problem feel embarrassed, frustrated, and alone. like, even with a close girlfriend, i'm embarrassed to talk about that. [ female announcer ] the condition is female hair loss. my face, it looks good with my hair pulled back. but i can never do it. i'm so ashamed. i wish that it wasn't like this. deep inside, you really don't want [ voice breaking ] but it's just, like

jacksonville, florida with the very latest. nats fierce winds.. nats gushing waters.. s nats hurricane matthew whipped central florida's coast friday morning.. battering areas like daytona beach and st augustine with more than 100- mile-per-hour winds. and as northeastern florida now braces for impact.. gov. rick scott / (r) florida: "we're very focused on jacksonville and there's potential for significant flooding there." coastal communities in georgia, south carolina and north carolina are also on gov. nathan deal / (r) georgia: "storm force winds effecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so for the next 24 hours. butt sot gov. nikki haley / (r) south carolina "it is getting worse and so we're looking at major storm surges, we are looking at major winds" butt sot gov. pat mccrory / (r) north carolina: "the greatest impact to north carolina will be saturday thru sunday morning. president obama is urging residents in those areas to be on guard.. (pres. barack obama) "those of you who live in georgia, i think should be paying attention because there's been a lot of emphasis but this thing is going to keep on moving north through florida into south carolina. there

remain across the eastern seaboard as we continue to watch category 2 hurricane matthew off jacksonville beach florida... pushing north into south carolina by saturday. locally we remain quiet and calm--and continue to expect mostly dry conditions to continue. a live look outside shows just a few clouds but lots of sunshine. ............ the moapa river reservation this weekend... tonight and tomorrow... thousands of these lanterns will be released into the sky. it's all part of the "rise lantern festival"... this is the third year the event has taken place... you're looking at video from last year. people are encouraged to release the lanterns... which symbolize peoples' hopes, dreams, resolutions, goals, and desires./// ((paul joncich)) >>> "first friday" has reached a major milestone... tonight marks their 14-th anniversary. the theme tonight... "one world to food vendors... and lots of people selling and showing off their art. tonight they're even going to have performances by tyler glenn... he's the lead singer of 'neon trees.' "first friday" is already underway in the downtown las vegas

has pushed from off the coast of miama to now jacksonville with the eyewall of matthew off jacksonville beach, florica. -- obviously it's traveled almost the length of the state--but current speed is tracking at 12mph winds and dangerous storm surge arriving in georgia. ........... a slew of watches, warnings and advisories are in place right now -- one thing i'm watching besides flash flooding, strong, high water surges is a tornado watch currently in place for the northern edge of eastern georgia--near savannah up to just north of charleston south carolina. ................. let's look at futurecast and you can see how ts seaboard... expect this hurricane to reach the georgia, south carolina state line by saturday. ................. we'll go into more details on your mjost accurate valley now forecast in just a few minutes. katie boer >>> if you're interested in helping the cause... our parent company.. nexstar broadcasting... set up a link to donate to the red cross. you can find that on our website... las vegas now dot com... or just go to red-cross dot org./// ((denise valdez)) >>> donal

jacksonville beach tonight is getting a $7 million restoration and it's because of hurricane that storm leveled the sand dunes that protected homes and businesses the army corps of engineers is rebuilding those dunes from jacksonville beach they plan to start the project within the next 12 days. >> we're learning today, but a people are facing charges for stealing 23,000 iphones. that's valued at more than $6 million. the fbi says that the group used a disguised truck seal the phones. -- many of those phones were sold off. those responsible several federal charges. having told that all of them have been arrested. >> it's that time of the year, do you need a flu shot? you can get one for free. you don't even have to get out of your car. >> and this is happening tonight. the health department there on sunday sixth avenue the flu shots will be available until 8:30 pm tonight. >>> the food delivery service uber dates is officially these are the areas where they actually service it includes those east of 73rd st., north just launched last month in tampa. you can order food from restaurants l

jacksonville sheriff's office along with jacksonville beach say there has been no looting whatsoever in this area. that is just a rumor that has been fueled by social media, but, in fact, they have seen no looting out here. and, in fact, we've only seen officers on the street. we haven't seen a soul else out here which is good because this weather is getting if you're in jacksonville beach, if you chose to stay, hunker down. back to you. >> and that is excellent advice. we see the eyewall of hurricane matthew about 10 miles off the coast of cape canaveral, and, of course, jacksonville several miles north of that, hurricane warnings extend from west palm beach all the way to charleston, south carolina tonight and tomorrow. we've had a 93-mile-per-hour wind gust measured at the air force base at cape canaveral that eyewall. coastal flooding huge issue with this storm as the combination of heavy rain and that storm surge as it moves inland in florida. now, it is raining heavily throughout central and northern florida, temperatures this morning there are in the 70s. wind gusts right now

about 15 miles east of here, jacksonville beach. the water has breached. fierce wind, gushing waters, and flying debris. hurricane matthew whips central florida's coast friday morning, battering areas like daytona beach and st. augustine with 120 miles per hour winds. and as northeastern florida now braces for impact. >> we're focused on jacksonville, there's potential for >> reporter: coastal communities in georgia, south carolina, and north carolina are also on notice. as hurricane matthew continues on its path. >> storm force winds that are affecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so. we're told for about the next 24 hours. >> it is getting worse. and so we are looking at major storm surges. we're looking at major winds. >> the greatest impact in north carolina will be saturday to be on guard. >> those of you who live in georgia, as they should be paying attention, because there's been a lot of emphasis on florida but this thing is going to keep on moving north through florida into south carolina. there are large population centers there t

we know now the surge has arrived in jacksonville beach. let meggett you to the 2:00 update on the hurricane. the path will be updated again as we get towards the 5:00 hour. this is the new update here. we are still at a category three. we have a major hurricane off the coast of jacksonville, florida. it is dropped down from 120 to 115. it is moving quickly. we are waiting for that north ward turn. that'll take us to georgia and savannah and we'll wait over night that's predicted. we kind of lost the eye a little bit. it shows some sign of weakening. we'll be down to a category two as we go through the evening. here is the path. from this point on, it should be moving north ward and northeast component. it is a nervous time in the savannah area. you are wa unfortunately, for our friends in the south carolina coast, it looks to be too close for cover. i would be surprise if you don't get in the eye of this point. we are plotting every hour. we plot them on the map then we draw it and show you. that could be the side that we stopped moving th

it has reached, the storm surge causin intense floodingng jacksonville beach and at saint augustine the most dramatic pictures i have seen thus far i the united states from hurrican matthew. this entire area is underwater, the water is up to doorways of some historic hotels. the problem is there are some people who do not leave, and i in these hotels and historic homes. there now stuck. storm surge is the biggest threat to life right a hurricane, how are you first responders preparing to address this aftermath? the key word is aftermath because currently are not storm, they made very clear th they willy not be operating during the storm but afterwards they will be rescuing people to get them out to those places at some timew and after that they have to work to get people back to areas once deemed safe, some that are underwater they will not be able to go home for a while.meha ms storm surge, asas long as the wind is kicking up, the storm to the jacksonville area until matthew completely passeses and takes away the wind, that continues the storm surge and keeps people nervous about t

for the latest on matthew, we will go to kerry sanders live in jacksonville beach, florida. the issue of the storm and the issue of the storm surge. set the scene for us if you would. >> let me tell you, we moved ourselves about two blocks back from the beach here on jacksonville beach because of that. the storm surge. the hurricane is still south of us and it's tracking along the coast at 55 miles southeast of us and it's making its way on the coast. with that storm surge comes the rotation of the wind. it brings the wind from the north and coming out towards the water to the east. that wind pushes the water. going down, we have a lot of water here with the high tide and a lot of wind pushing the water and it's like a flash flood almost. all sorts of debris. 300 or 400 pounds. it comes crashing through. most of the debris and most of the devastation is because the wind is not causing as much damage as the storm surge. that's how it ties into the storm surge. people don't quite understand until they see it like we showed it to you there, steve. >> kerry sanders in jacksonvil

will wind down a little bit more. 110 mile per hour sustained winds. 55 miles northeast of jacksonville beach. 105 miles south, southeast of savannah, you can see it winding its way. orlando, daytona beach clearing out. jacksonville still getting plenty of rain and low-lying even more rain than they saw in florida. it is continuing to ride up the coast line, once again, those spots have a better chance of landfall. it came very close cape canaveral, excuse me, but really haven't seen much since then. coming up, i'll show you the path and what it is expected to take and of course our own local weather for the coming week in your first alert forecast. >> samsung isn't the only kind of smartphone with fire issues. two reports of a different kind of smartphone in flames just to build thousands of houses. some locals won't have it and they are firing back. >> laying down some new privacy rules for internet users, we'll explain what it means for your private information. before we head to break, a live look at fanfest outside of t-mobile jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen, and as a computer programmer, i

kerry sanders in jacksonville, beach. we want to go to daytona beach next, nearly a million people without power. thousands of folks as you heard kerry talking about, out of the homes as hurricane matthew passes. we have a live report from our colleague sarah rosario from daytona and we'll talk with the head of the volusia county office of emergency management. we have the latest. stick around. i'm beowulf boritt and i'm a broadway set designer. when i started designing a bronx tale: the sical, i came up... ...with this idea of four towers that were fire escapes... ...essentially. i'll build a little model in photoshop and add these... ...details in with a pen. i could never do that with a mac. i feel like my job is... ...to put out there just enough detail to spur the audiences... ...imagination to fill in all the blanks. this windows pc is amazing, having all of my tools... ...right at my finger tips is incredible. 80% of recurrent ischemic, strokes could be prevented. and i'm doing all i can to help prevent another one

daytona beach next and then jacksonville. category 3 storm expected to work up the coast moving along the coast of georgia and south carolina. the bahamas later next week. october weather is fantastic for getting outside and getting hiking in. paradise 58. you are going to want a sweater heading out the door this morning but this afternoon it will be warmer winds nice and light northerly 3-8. tonight mostly clear and 61. a warming trend this weekend. upper 80's, partly sunny and 89 on columbus day. >> kim: let's take you live to the floor of the nasdaq where jane king is standing by. in less than 15 minutes from now we should get the monthly job report and i know you have an indication of what analyst are expecting. >> they try to figure out what most economists forecasting between 165,000 and 175,000 new jobs. that would be down from what we saw over the summer. both presidential candidates will find some data in this report to support their policies. there is one more jobs report before the election but that would happen ju

i can tell you that roughly 15 miles to the east of us, is jacksonville beach. they are experiencing that now with the storm surge. the atlantic ocean is simply running down first street in jacksonville beach, and to the the streets look like streams. there is literally water going up to the front door of some of these hotels an because some people did not evacuate, there are people who are stuck. they are stranded now in st. augustine because of the water that matthew has pushed in to to areas. >> kevin: how's the situation as far as damage, is power still on in jacksonville, have you heard or seen a lot of trees coming down or any other damage? >> >> the reporter: there are reports of trees down in jacksonville. here at the hotel, where we are, we have not had mower even flicker while we were -- power even flicker while we were here, but other parts of the area, more than half of the county is without power at this point, so the wind gusts are responsible for much of that. some of that does have to do with the trees. coming down. but of course, you know here i

is in jacksonville beach this morning where the rain has picked up in intensity ahead of matthew's arrival. >>reporter: katie jefferies here at jax beach where conditions have gotten significantly worse. you can see the rain swirling around us at this point, really starting to come down. in fact, i'm sorry, it's kind of hard to even look directly at you guys into the wind.

here's some 'fresh video' from jacksonville beach... shot from a balcony. the amazing part here: it's showing storm surge happening. those waves.... bringing 'in' the surge.... the flooding taking over this neighborhood. beach erosion will be a big problem -- in this stretch of north florida. "somebody's gonna be sho' enuf, sho' enuf, sho' enuf mad!". before sundown... a lot of people like "aretha - sherman"... took their phones out... checking on damage. she spotted a pretty big tree -- crashed down on a pick-up truck... ....she says there are trees and limbs 'down' across her look at this... a beachfront home -- taking a 'beating' from matthew.... waves smashing against a sliding glass door. this is surveillance video -- inside a living room -- in 'palm coast' -- south of jacksonville. "grant - lynch" -- evacuated -- but was watching this on his i-phone... ...he 'now' knows... he'll be returning to deal with a lot of water damage in his home. tonight -- the 'cape fear region' is now under a 'hurricane warning'. brunswick county emergency management officia

this is jacksonville beach. you can tell the rough surf and windy conditions there. the blurried vision from the camera. thousands evacuated as it moves closer to georgia and south carolina. melissa magee is tracking matthew and our weekend forecast that doesn't look too bad. >> no, today is a beautiful afternoon and the second half of the weekend looks nice. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you see know issues with precipitation and high pressure stays in control and here is the picture outside. sky 6 hd a beautiful shot of the center city skyline, a bright blue sky and a few fair weather clouds outside. no complaints. the temperature nice and comfortable, the pressure 30.26 and holding steady. winds from the northeast at 7 miles per hour and the ocean temperature 67. north and west of town, 68 in tannersville. and 71 in center city and 72 in new holland. over in new jersey, it's 67 at the boardwalk and 70 in sea isle city. and smyrna 70. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you it's dry and quiet for areas in new england for areas in the mid-atlantic.

jacksonville beach, the ocean running down first street in that area at this point. this has become a deadly storm. 3 deaths in florida so far being blamed on hurricane matthew. reporting live, i'm diane gag tkpwer/, back to you. >> trowel has increased for people along the coast. in palm coast, the storm surge has pushed water to the shore, wav waves crashed up against sliding doors as you can see here. the person that took this video as high water battered their being flooded from the storm surge, the mayor there is war warning people if they have not evacuated, they should stay pu put. >> it was too late probably around 8 o'clock this morning. a small window this morning where people could have evacuated. we have gasty at shelters and we were hopeful that people if they have not moved now, they need to stay as we can when the storm passes. >>>reporter: waves are crashing over a sea wall at the hill to ton. storm surge, flooding, a big concern up and down the coast. the governor said don't under statement this storm surge. storm surge is the bi biggest concern here

more serious to the east at jacksonville beach. as we have been seeing over the last few hours, a lot of storm surge and pounding the coastline over there as well as the saint august seen area. tens of thousands of people without power and the mayor of jacksonville had evacuated nearly half a million people in this city. thankfully they said since the storm tracked east, they tamped down expectations and were able to say they were expecting less wind and said they went as planned. we have been seeing steady rain and trees we see toppled at the debris. people are told to hunker down for the next few hours. the story today in the area from jacksonville beach is storm surge. we are seeing the heavy rain pounding the city. unlike anything the city has seen in a while. >> thank you. in georgia, go ahead. >> i can you that the rain just is increasing in intensity. just as you heard from florida, we have similar conditions here. steady rain and it comes in these bands and sideways. it's heavy at times and then it abates and it's heavy gai

: with a couple more hours of this storm to go, we're already seeing significant flooding n jacksonville beach where the first blocks of the town from the ocean are now completely flooded. in jacksonville, florida, i'm garett tenney. >>> more than a dozen red cross volunteers have been sent to the east coast to help with the victims out there. two more volunteers are driving in an emergency response car to orlando. they will hand out hot meals, snacks, and others affected by >> volunteers are desperately needed and we're able to do this. i feel like what's a few weeks out of your life for what all these people are going to be going through. they are going to be going through a disastrous time. >> they also need blood out there. blood drives along the east coast has been canceled because of the storm so red cross is asking skwraoeubl donors to go donate blood. >> reporter: hurricane matthew is continuing to rage along right alongside the shoreline and that has been devastating for a lot of areas. it is a category two hurricane at this point in time. look at that, 110-mile an hour winds moving n

you how far north this hurricane has pushed from off the coast of the eyewall of matthew off jacksonville beach, florica. -- obviously it's traveled almost the length of the state--but current speed is tracking at 12mph as it slowly pushes north with heavy rain and very strong winds and dangerous storm surge arriving in georgia. ........... a slew of watches, place right now -- one thing i'm watching besides flash flooding, strong, high water surges is a tornado watch currently in place for the northern edge of savannah up to just north of charleston south carolina. ................. let's look at futurecast and you can see how this hurricane advances north up the eastern seaboard... ................. we'll go into more details on your mjost accurate valley now forecast in just a few minutes. ((weather toss)) >>> nhl hockey skates into ((denise valdez)) >> it's a big deal when the puck drops for frozen fury. chris maathuis is live at the t-mobile with on tonight's big game. ((chris maathuis)) >> a year from now and we'll be i team... .for the now the kings and stars will give us a preview of wh

liic jacksonville beach florida and hurricane matthew is still well south of this location. >> kim: it is a monster according to governor rick scott saying hurricane matthew has been pounding his state's east coast with strong winds of 120 miles per hour just offshore. it's now a category three hurricane at this point. we know this continues to be a top story for so many not just

jacksonville, the eye 50 miles jacksonville beach bringing the atlantic ocean into the streets there and in saeupbtd/ augustine, below us, they have turned the streets into streams of water, reaching to the doorway. we are not quite out of the woods, yet. fierce winds, gushing water. and flying debris. hurricane matthew whips coast, battering areas like daytona beach and saint augustine with more than one hundred mile-per-hour winds. as northeastern florida braces for impact -- -- >> folks in jacksonville, there is the potential for significant flooding. >> coastal communities in florida, north carolina and georgia on notice as hurricane matthew continues olg/ on its path. told i for the next 24-hours. >> it is getting worst. we are looking at mange storm surges. looking at major winds. >> the greatest impact in north carolina, saturday through sunday morning. >>>reporter: president obama urging residents in the areas to be on guard. >> those of you that lead that live in georgia should be paying taepbg/. there has been a lot of emphasis but it will keep moving north. there are large

the ocean pouring over dunes in jacksonville beach the flooding extending for blocks. dozen people trapped by the rising water around this building. >> you guys doing okay? >> farther south roads washed away while wind gusts topping 100 miles per hour tore downpour lines and trees. >> we heard a big boom. >> in haiti utter devastation. the death toll officially at 300 but by one account it tops 800 and is rising. 26,000 people in the carolinas are taking no chances riding the storm out in shelter. and more than a million people in florida are still without power. and some people in this community are being told the lights may not be back on for at least a week. marcy gonzalez abc news florida. >> you've been tracking this for days. >> it's transitioning from a major hurricane to a smaller hurricane with big time storm let's come on over here. matthew weakens the latest 11:00 p.m. breaking weather news. it's barely a category two hurricane with maximum sustained winds 105 miles per hour. that's pretty much right here in the northern eye wall. we do see some hurricane fo

that is jacksonville beach, florida. among the areas right now, grave concern.ns affecting georgia and why there is an evacuation order in place for certain parts of georgia. the coastline there. the right side of your screen, current conditions in nassau, bahamas, where the storm, matthew, the hurricane, is right now bearing down on that island. that's what we're watching. some of the closings happening in orlando which could fill some of the remnants. it's not necessarily in the path we're focused on but to give you a picture of how all of florida, the majority, really concerned. universal studios florida will close today at 5:00 p.m. and remain closed through friday. several other theme parks also planning to remain closed on friday. schools have also been closed, expected today and tomorrow to remain closed. joining me now is susan heene, the mayor of boca raton. at the emergency operations center. thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> tell me, mayor, about the conditions you're expecting, what you are bracing for. >> our weather has begun to

we are joined by paul goodloe who is in jacksonville beach, florida.teorologist, paul goodloe, a man we've talked to so many times over the years. i've been watching you all afternoon and all evening. to quote paul goodloe, when the weather channel gets out of a place, it's a good indication everybody should get out of a place, and you're minutes away from pulling out of heaof there right? >> reporter: you're right. you're the last hit and then we're leaving. we're standing about 4 feet above sea level. this do you kn this dune is about 6 feet. to the right of me, notice, there's not a very good dune structure. we're seeing some dunes this tall, but imagine a 10 or 12-foot storm surge, you add that six to four, that's ten feet. that water would come over these dunes and continue on towards this courtyard, which we have been staying at, i guess for the last ten to 12 hours. we're not spending the night, because it's just not that safe. so that water would start lapping at this first floor. and eventually, even where i'm standing now, we might have water

and a look at the damage from above in jacksonv, parts of jacksonville beach... eroding much of this shoreline. people are being told to plan for power outages for the next few days. meteorologist brian niznansky has the latest on matthew...and a first look at our ?own? weather as well, brian: after a very chilly start with some patchy frost away from lake michigan, it turned out to be a beautiful fall day. highs climbed into the upper 50s to near 60 with an abundance of sunshine. we'll have a few more clouds overnight tonight, so much as last night. lows will range from the upper 30 northwest to the middle 40s a scary scene in florida turns attention away from hurricaine recovery efforts..to saving hostages held inside a restaurant. details next.also at five.. why it took about 200 people... to move something in hales corners.. "more news now" on live at 5:a scary scene in tampa florida.. as a carjacking ends in a crash and then a hostage sitation at a mcdonald's.three men forced the employees to the back of the restaruant. they were later freed. those suspects

but they won't have the devastating blow that jacksonville beach, and daytona beach. they can let out a cheer and be happy. but that's not going to be the case from ft. pierce northward. now that we know we're not going to get the high population centers with that direct landfall, we're still very concerned with what's going to happen with the storm surge. we've pretty much cleared you from west palm beach southwards. this is tonight during the overnight hours, 5-7 feet of storm surge, very damaging for the coastal areas. similar with what you dealt with when gene came on shore. because the water can't escape as easily with the winds coming onshore, this is going to be the story as we go throughout tomorrow morning and the day today. looking at some of the predictions from hilton head savannah. a nine-foot surge. it could make landfall by the space coast because of the angle of approach and the orientation of the winds to the coast, when the eye is the closest, so this red coloring in here is the possibility of a 10-foot storm surge from daytona beach, flagler, even i

in this case, the cape is the up the coast to daytona beach, jacksonville, and along the coast here in georgia and south carolina. what a mess that's going to be. back home, we are lucky enough to have beautiful weather for autumn. this is going to be a clear night. it's going to be cool, it's going to be sunny tomorrow. kind of boring, right, compared to that. i'm ok with that. all kinds of sunshine for tomorrow an high temperatures generally in the 60's on the cape, to 70's and a couple 70-degree readings on cape cod as well the mid 70's will be metro west and northwest. tomorrow night, b.c. college 7:30 p.m. when he show you the forecast for the specific events, all around this area, the boston area, irrelevant going to be a similar forecast, but tailgaters at b.c., 66 degrees with sunshine. clear skies during the evening as the temperature slides down through the 60's. on saturday, wake up to sunshine. here comes some clouds working on in and the showers from the front, the same front that's pushing that hurricane to the south of us, well, that's coming through here, with some show

down on the beach, though, we already saw people who went back home and they're there now at least two blocks, the first two blocks of jacksonville bleach are completely flooded already, harris. >> wow. we pray for them. thank you, garret. let's go farther south to daytona beach. that was one of the first places we saw things whip up. emergency officials are now having trouble reaching people and reports of blown transformers, fires and downed power line. dangerous situation there. they did say they would do their very best to help in life threatening situations, in many cases risking their own to save others. that's what they do. team fox coverage now continuing live in daytona beach. and look at the damage behind you now, leland. >> harris, this is the first hour or so people have been able to go out in the streets and by people, i mean the first responders who as you noted have been risking their lives over this storm to make sure everyone else was okay. the survey damage, not so bad. you see, this could have been a lot worse here a lot of torn off awnings, those kinds of things here. we're experiencing right now the countercl

augustine and into the jacksonville beach area with significant erosion, seeing a lot of erosion and even some road gone on flagler beach. this storm is still very close, almost parallel to st. augustine and it will be moving to the north to jacksonville parallel with that in about three hours or so. the good news with this storm, victor, is that it's stayed 10 miles far enough offshore that only the western eye wall touched land today. and we said that. if it was in the ocean, we would lose less. there would be so much less damage than if it was just on shore. billions of dollars less damage with only a ten-mile deviation with this storm. great news there. now, there was some damage, i get it, but not like it would have occurred. this could have been a devastating storm. even that little point that sticks out here in cape canaveral, seven miles offshore, just as it sticks out they had a gust of 107. we haven't had any gusts like that closer to land and we would have had gusts at least 120 had that not occurred. good news there. i guess you'd call it dodged a bullet when it comes to

this is a live view of jacksonville beach, high winds spins up the coast heading north. >> we're getting a look at some of the damage. emergency responders say calls have been coming in by the thousands. hundreds of thousands of people are now without power, a devastating storm surge is pounding some areas. >> the massive storm remains a major category 3 hurricane right now. >> the storm riding the coast hurricane and the worse is being felt right now between daytona beach florida -- state of emergency there right now. >> reporter: hurricane matthew is still pummelling the florida coast with powerful winds and rain but so far the state has been spared a direct hit and florida governor rick scott is calling it a blessing. hurricane matthew with its 120-mile an hour winds coast. the storm is bringing heavy rain and flooding tides to the northern half of the state. >> this is still a really dangerous hurricane that the potential for storm surge, flooding, loss of life and severe property damage continues to exist. >> reporter: more than half a million people are without power after wind gus

claimed at least four lives and left behind a trail of damage, the ocean, pouring over dunes in jacksonville beach. the flooding extended for blocks. nearly two dozen people, including children, were at one point trapped by this bed and breakfast by the rising water. further south, roads washed away while wind gusts topped more than 100 miles an hour, tore down power lines. and trees. >> like a big boom, we've seen it come down. >> in haiti, utter devastation, the death toll officially at nearly 300, but at one count it tops 800 and is rising. meanwhile, hurricane matthew is weaker, yet 26,000 people in the carolinas are watching the warnings and riding out hurricane matthew in shelters. >> and we heard that the death toll has gone up to six. nearly a million people are without power here, and residents are told it could be a week before the lights are on. i'm lauren lyster. >>> thank you, lauren. >>> now we have up to the minute blog, you can push for the latest on hurricane matthew. >>> stay with us, coming up, breaking news, a big fire in the east bay. a huge response from firefighters. a live

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this is the surfline at jacksonville beach, florida. disney has closed all of its properties in orlando today, as out the storm. you can see the surf picking up it is very windy out there in the shop frozen because they are dealing with all kinds of issues. >> are you still lived on there as well so it is very rare it comes up and hits the jacksonville area. here are shots from earlier and video in the last three minutes from daytona beach florida and already you can see the effects of hurricane matthew. traffic signs torn off their holdings and blowing in the as the storm just now in the next 12-24 hours is expected to cause a real impact. >> the governor calling it a monster storm. and further up the florida coast in jacksonville where a pickup truck runs into a ditch per the water pretty deep. people were there to help get the truck out in these pictures give you an idea of what people are dealing with already. just a little taste of what hurricane matthew may bring over the next several hours. >> parts of florida without some 80,000

this is jacksonville beach. on a normal spring day, spring break, my son and i right there, fishing off that pier you can hardly see. this should be a beach. the beach is completely gone. can't see it, but i assume there's even water in the parking lot here. there right along the jacksonville beach. here's where it's going from here. and this is what the problem is. it hasn't lost any intensity. i know it's not 140, but 120. pressure hasn't done much. the storm is still very, very strong, waiting to hit land, waiting to do something. so as the storm continues to move to the north it will move into land at some point. whether it's brunswick, whether it's savannah, or whether it's charleston, this storm will run into the coast, because the coast turns before it will. and that's the problem. it's still very strong with all of that bubble of water, a 9 to 11-foot storm surge somewhere. whether schem creek in charleston or whether it's tybee island or somewhere there across the northern sections, as the arm changes, a

visit ncicap.org] erika: and we begin with live pictures from jacksonville beach, florida. you can see hurricane map you know, i category three storm, moving north. antoinette: fierce winds up to 120 miles an hour, sending debris flying -- look at that. and the threat is far from over president obama: this is still a really dangerous hurricane. if they tell you to evacuate you need to move to higher ground. antoinette: mike, major concerns about that storm surge? mike: right, that is moving into the northern coastal area. we have that, wind, rain, a lot of things to talk about with matthew. you can see that well-defined eye, although it is not as pronounced as earlier today. you see the spiral bands? more spiral bands as you look of the northern coastal area. daytona beach, we may have damaged equipment there because we have been getting reports all morning long. you see gusts -- at saint augustine, 43 miles per hour. and it is still coming this direction. we will have this most of the moves across the georgia border. then it makes a loop up to be north, still staying categ

. >> here is jacksonville beach, florida, it could be frozen but you can seat waves, the storm could bring big waves. up to 6' are expected. our meteorologist, drew tuma is tracking hurricane matthew. >> in the past four minutes, the latest update from the national hurricane center and it is still maintaining strength a major category four storm with winds at 140 miles per hour. 125 minute off the coast from west palm beach. live doppler hd is showing the center of the storm is not too far from florida and the outer band of rain is working on to west palm beach, fort lauderdale and miami. the national hurricane center, this is a direct quote "potentially disaster impact for florida." can you see why. tonight and early tomorrow morning it is a category four storm, 145 miles per hour wind moving north and it moves to the atlantic. you can keep track of progress with radar at abc7news.com. >> drew, thanks. now we are going to turn to the impact it is having on travelers from miami all the way up to orlando, airports are closed right now or about to close and that is having a ripple effe