that mikeinton said pence could not defend the decisions made by his boss, donald trump. the first of the next two president debates will be on sunday in st. louis. the last one is in las vegas. that is the last moment when voters will be making up their minds. genie: it is just five weeks away now. philip crowther reporting us from washington. hurricane matthew is swirling on toward the bahamas and the southeastern coast of florida. killed at has already least nine people and forced hundreds of to flee. the worst damage has been in the poorest country in the americas, haiti. our correspondent reports. >> it is the worst caribbean storm in nearly one decade, and haiti has felt its full force. hurricane matthew hit haiti as a category 4 storm, bringing wind of 200 30 kilometers per hour, heavy rains, and surging seas. wind, 230 kilometers per hour. heavy rains, and surging seas. trees were uprooted, houses blown apart. house ishing inside my wet. i have lost everything. the water took it. i will not be able to get it back. >> more than 14,000 haitians have been evacuated t