the independence of the 13 colonies, but transferred everything south of the great lakes, north of florida and east of the mississippi, which means that the new united states, having turned its back on one empire can now turn west and build another empire. right? but again, this is land inhabited by other people. so what we've all been talking about here -- or what i've been talking about -- all that i've been talking about, france, britain exchanging territory. colonial governments handing out territory. this is a board game. the european colonial powers play with little or no reference to the people on the ground. but the people on the ground matter, because they still have real power. and so after the break, we're going to be talking about how the united states tries to translate that, if you like, paper claim to this territory which has been handed by great britain, and make that a reality so that you can take tribal homelands and translate them into american real estate. yeah. joe? >> what kind of relationship existed between those scotch-irish settlers and the native nations that they were en

east coast. but this storm is far from over. it has made rainfall in florida, but it's going to continue its journey up to the north and east. it is going to pick up some forward speed once it does that, but it could have impacts as far reaching as new england. and so this storm will be talked about for several more days, isha. >> yeah. it sure will. jennifer, thank you. do stay safe out there. we'll check in with you a little bit later. let's go now to meteorologist derrick van dam in the weather center. what are you seeing right now in terms of the intensity of the storm? >> well, it is a category one atlantic hurricane, isha. and 25 million americans are in its path. there are five counties under mandatory evacuations. that red box is tornado warnings. i want to zoom into the center of circulation. there it is, the eye wall of hurricane hermine just now starting to cross the threshold of land and meteorologists, what we do is we break this down into quadrants. the northeast quadrant in the northern hemisphere is typically the strongest part of the storm. that's because we have that counterclockwise circulation. so you can

strong winds and heavy rains to florida that hadn't seen a hurricane make land fall since wil watches and warnings were posted all along the east coast as the storm moves north. >> reporter: florida's gulf coast is preparing to get h hammered by hurricane her mine and wind speeds up to 170 miles per hour. and they're shutting their business early. >> for the safety of our employees and for the safety of going to close up. bring all the tables inside, the chairs inside just in case there's high winds. we don't want anything to be blown away. >> reporter: it could swamp low lying coastal areas in as much as nine feet of water. 59 counties in the sunshine state have declared an emergency. florida governor rick scott is warning people to prepare for the worse. >> tha threatening. we're going to have a lot of downed trees across the state. >> reporter: hermine is already having an impact on the coast. in big bend, where the eye is expected to hit, a evacuation has been ordered. hundreds of schools along the florida gulf coast will be closed tomorrow. maurice, not only do people have to worry about the coming hurricane, they have to keep an tornados that storm mig

there around the big bend of florida, but looking to the east coast, tropical storm warnings all the day down into coast of florida, and tropical storm watches extending as far north as new jersey and the jersey shore, so it's going to impact the whole east coast. updated track just in from the hurricane center. moving just off the shore of north carolina into saturday. but then the same track we've seen over the last 24 hour, a big circle at the end. what does the circle mean? it means the storm essentially stops, and slowly drifts so bottom line for us. tomorrow? beautiful day. saturday is a nice day. dry, increasing cloud cover, but no weather concerns. sunday a dry day for most of us, and the wind increasing. the highest impact day is expected to be labor day itself. high seas, rough surf, minor coastal erosion, winds gusting to 45 miles per -- periods of heavy rain coming off the ocean. more coming up in a little bit. >>> all right, thank you so much. here's what it looks likes in florida tonight. right now folks along the gulf coast bracing for the high winds, torrential rains, and threats of tornadoes. don champion is in panama city beach. >> reporter: good

and making a the turn to the north through eastern cuba and should and off florida's east coast but we will watch this for sure. in fact, the hurricane hunters are keeping a close eye on it. they found a wind speed of 82 miles per hour. and they'll use the information to put the latest forecast package together that will come out any minute now. a couple showers along the coast this morning. let me show you along citrus county, just the tiny pockets of rain. they dissipate over 19. and same thing into the showers and pinellas to push onshore. for the sky cast forecast, rain right near the coast but dry inland. and dry east of 75 this morning. 75degrees. a few more storms will pop up by noon when it's 84. and then the storms push east of 75 by 4:00 p.m. when it's 87 degrees. and a better look at it for you, walking you through the day, the showers along the coast, 8:00, 9:00 this morning. and a little better coverage by the time you head toward lunchtime and putting in about a 30% chance. and 40% as the storms push in county later today. longer term forecast, we have the onshore wind fl

states of emergency are not only in effect across florida, but in georgia and north carolina. states further up the east coast may also be in this storm's path as well. tom snyder has a update on where the storm is going. >> 51 counties out of 67 in florida in a state of emergency. another 56 in kbaz. you see our well defined eye if is a category one. we have a gold front coming in from georgia to the carolinas. as the two systems merge, it will enhance the rate of rainfall and the amount of rain. and this is a big concern. as well as topography from a apalachicola and eastward, we will see a greater storm surge than we would see somewhere else. like a category two. 25 million americans are under a watch or warning. red is hurricane, blue tropical storm warnings, yellow a watch. the system will make it's way up the eastern seaboard. the trend is a westward movement. first it looked like northern florida back into the ocean. it went through massive flooding back in october. so they're already thinking here we go again. if you move on into the future into the weekend, look at the cone of uncertainty. do n

north along the east coast. that's after leaving plenty of destruction near florida's gulf coast on stay with tv9. it's ---. saturday morning is in order. we'll experience temperatures in the low 50s to start off, but will warm into the 60s and close to 70 by late morning. we've got clear skies out there for the most part which allowed for us to get so cool, but these clear skies will allow for us to warm through the day as well. if grab the jacket and enjoy the weather while having fun. expect high temperatures to warm near 80 today and due to a southeasterl y wind the dew points will also rise. don't worry, it won't be oppressive by any means, just enough for you to notice the mugginess in the air. the evening won't be too bad than what we were this morning, but still in the 50s. today: mostly sunny. wind: se 5-10. high: 78 alo: 78 dbq: 76 iow: 78 75 to 81 tonight: mostly clear, a few passing clouds. wind: se 5-10 low: 59 alo: 59 dbq: 57 iow: 59 56 to 62 hermine is tracking up the east coast. this is a live look from north carolina where the storm is bringing strong winds and rain this morning. hermine ma

to make landfall in the next several hours near the panhandle of florida and tornado watch box up north of tampa, jacksonville and the east side of the storm you get extra spin to try to turn the thunderstorms. after midnight, we'll be inland in florida, and then southern georgia, south carolina and afternoon and evening and near columbia and charleston and then continues to move inland, it's still inland weakening saturday morning at 7:30, and then emerging off the coast here saturday night and when it goes back over the open waters, our water is near 80 degrees that helps to fuel the storm extra energy coming in and we get rain to break out from the shore to the city 5:00 on saturday and then as we get into sun morning, the storm continues to wrap up and pulls in some heavy rain especially along the shore as well as inland locations. here is what to expect. if are you in philadelphia, winds of around 40 miles per hour as it is looking now is it a night into sunday with 1 to 3 inches of rain and along the shore wins of 60 miles per hour, 3 to 5 inches of rain with more effects than that. we have to watch this track to se

strong winds and heavy rains to florida that hadn't seen a hurricane make land fall since wil watches and warnings were posted all along the east coast as the storm moves north. >> reporter: florida's gulf coast is preparing to get h hammered by hurricane her mine and wind speeds up to 170 miles per hour. and they're shutting their business early. >> for the safety of our employees and for the safety of bring all the tables inside, the chairs inside just in case there's high winds. we don't want anything to be blown away. >> reporter: it could swamp low lying coastal areas in as much as nine feet of water. 59 counties in the sunshine state have declared an emergency. florida governor rick scott is warning people to prepare for the worse. >> that threatening. we're going to have a lot of downed trees across the state. >> reporter: hermine is already having an impact on the coast. in big bend, where the eye is expected to hit, a evacuation has been ordered. hundreds of schools along the florida gulf coast will be closed tomorrow. maurice, not only do people have to worry about the coming hurricane, they have to keep an tornados that storm might spawn. >> omar

strongest winds are situated right around the eye wall as it heads to the coast of florida not too far away to the north and east. as you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the feeder bands are beginning to spiral into the west coast of florida where they see several inches of rain and up to a foot of rain as it slowly pushes to the north and east. as we look at the very latest, 115 miles of apalachicola expected to make landfall late tonight and tomorrow morning. and the track going into south carolina and the lighter red around the actual track is called the cone of uncertainty of where hermine could fluctuate or move. as it it heads to the north that cone of uncertainty expands in real estate. and stalls and drifts saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday off our coastline, but too close to call at this point. but it will be close enough that we'll have to worry about coastal erosion as well as a lot of coastal flooding and as of right now, we have warning in effect. and coastal storm warnings in south carolina and north carolina. and by tomorrow this will expand to our shore line as well. meteorolog

north. the farther west it goes, the more likely we would see impacts in florida. the farther east it goes, turns north, the less likely wb certainly be impacted at least into the early part of next week. we're looking at some models showing it may sit and spin on top of the bahamas for a couple of days. we are still watching for a threat to will know and we will have a much better idea of where the storm could impact the u.s. if at all. all right. you may be planning a round of golf tomorrow morning or may just want to mow the lawn. i'll help you time out the rain coming up in my next forecast. >> thank you, shay. >>> you may have heard that the u.s. government will turn over what does that mean. they have been seeing the domain names since 1998. but that contrt pires tonight at midnight. the nonprofit makes sure that a website address like abcactionnews.com matches up with the actual computer address. giving up this kind of control, laura, has a lot of people nervous. >> people are talking about it right now like senator ted cruz ternet literally. many have filed lawsuits becae m

look at the band on the east side just battering the west coast of florida north of tampa to will ton. i wanted to show you the hurricane hunters flying away in there and they have found winds very close to the surface of 14 miles per hour. h this thing could strengthen in the next couple of hours as it makes landfall. latest track moving north, northeast at 14. it continues to keep it inland just a little bit as a tropical storm and then exits right around the outer banks still as a tropical system. this is still a very good new scenario for the mid atlantic because it is keeping it off the coast. you can see now where the cone of uncertainty does include the beeches but doesn't include the bay now. what is not good is how long it hangs out there h. notice the uncertainty as it still keeps it hanging around on labor day with winds of 65 a miles an hour. that would mean a long period high surf and rip currents out at the beaches. it would also mean maybe a little less rain out there on that track. that's what we're much whatting. needless to say tropical storm watches remain in effect

east coast of florida. and it's going to drift to the north and west which will help to enhance our rain chances during the afternoon. already getting maybe a little drizzle here in the eastern portions of polk county but more rain will develop through the rest of the day today. this tca us a better coverage of storms. and seasonable temperatures. it's been so hot lately. highs in the upper 80s to near 90. and the rainy pattern will continue through the end of the week. when it actually comes to an end coming up. >> thank you, leigh. >>> a school bus crash in polk county sends four people to hospitals. news channel 8 learned three of those are students at cathleen high. this happened at the intersection of galloway and swindell roads. according to the state through a stop sign into the path of a puck up truck. the driver of a pickup truck is also in the hospital. state troopers cited the bus driver in this incident. >>> and someone acosted a 16- year-old girl as she walked to her school bus stop. this happened in bradenton near 20th street east and 50th avenue drive east. the victim told deputies the man p

it'll probably hit within two or three hours crossing the florida panhandle and move to the north and east. you can see as we move through friday, it'll move very quickly probably at tropical storm strength. which saturday all the way past north carolina to just south of new york city by sunday night. all in all, this is going to bring a lot of rain, big storm surge to the florida panhandle some spots. for us, beautiful weather. i'll be back to report on that in a few minutes. >> see you in a bit. thank you, john. >>> packers' extra. the packers just wrapped up their final reprix season test against the kansas city chiefs. >> many were playing to keep their spot on the roster. lance allen joins us live. lance, and how did the team look? >> reporter: carole and george, a ragged affair this evening, but you know when i talked to mike mccarthy at halftime, you got the sense he was very happy, ry his team entering that regular-season opener on the road at jacksonville a week from sunday. one of the lone highlights in this contest, joe callahan, one of the surprises of camp, the third-string qu

north and east. strengthening as it moves the move forward the panhandle of florida. downpours expected along with gusty winds. some of the bigger impacts later today. especially into the evening hours, very gusty winds topping 50 if not 60 miles per hour. rough surf and coastal flooding. >> five people were killed remote area of alaska. they are trying to determine the cause of the crash. identities of the pilots and passengers have not been released. it appears weather was not a factor in the crash. >>> the nypd is on the hunt for a mystery man. this was a sketch of that potential witness. police hope he can help them find whoever killed karina va traun know. detectives say the man was seen in the area about the same she was killed. he is not a suspect. meanwhile police in greenville, south carolina stepped patrols after reports of clowns trying to lure children into the woods. most of the alleged sightings took place behind an apartment complex. they say the clown tried to entice them by showing them money. >> a man runs 10 to 20 miles a day while spinning a oyo yo

storm, expected to bring in a lot of rain along thect east coast, the getting ready from north carolinaa to the jersey shore n as hard-hit as florida many hop for it big crowds seaside to cap off the summer. down to park in a parking lot and get on the beach and if there is an thread, they just hold back, but they forecast an someday i can tell as many as 3,000 daily badgesb you get weather with a chance of shower and thunderstorms that is cut i halfu thnd. >> have a south winds from the carolinas to newew england as t slow-moving storm expected to dump several inches of rainfall they cautionmch beachgoers to s out of the water because of riptides >> it has been a quiet hurrican season this of the first to hea florida in more than ten years. joe biden makes a stop in northeast ohio to campaign for hillary clinton he says donald trump'sai out of touch with america and will not be able to help the middle class. >> it's aboutto decency, about opportunity and about americans are going through.a hillary clinton gets it, and donald trump hasas not the slightest clue. >> he spoke kathy uaw hall in parma last night focusing on th economy,

hurricane warnings for the florida panhandle but blue through the north and east. maryland into new jersey and delaware, tropical storm watches for sunday into monday, watch out for the system as anticipated to exit into the atlantic ocean, another moisture source potentially fuelling the storm. don't want to concern you but monitor it closely. stay tuned to see what it will do. that will be the big factor heading into the labor day holiday. ais aisha. >> something to watch closely. thank you for staying on top of this for us derek. >>> well when you hear the music you know what that means, time to talk politics. high-profile latino supporters are dumping donald trump after his hardline immigration speech. saying the candidate misled them. >> reporter: tonight donald trump facing high profile hispanic defections from his campaign after his fiery speech. member of the national advisory council in e-mail saying it was difficult to imagine how i can continue to associate with the trump campaign and national hispanic advisory council seems to be simply for optics, i do

looks like the majority of the heavier rain and gusty winds will be on the east coast of florida from central florida on north to jacksonville. if you're planning to travel in that direction, be aware that you could be getting those tropical heavy downpours, especially along i-95 from daytona on north over the next 24 and near shore. so if you happen to want to do any boating off of the east coast of florida, they have tropical force storm winds. that is a bit nasty on that side of the state. in our area, we will continue to pull that moisture out of the system. and that will enhance our coverage of rain over the next 24 hours or so. you can see how big the system is. it has been interesting watching it. you see the circulation that was not present yesterday when yesterday, it was about a 10% chance of developing into a tropical system. then it really blew up with its organization today. all right. as we look at our northern counties, you see the circulation changing. we have an east-west flow that is keeping it dry. now we seit moving in the other direction because it's more associated with the system on the

north, a few showers right along the coast to start off day tomorrow. then you notice by your lunch hour we are drifting more inland getting close to i-75 and pushing towards the east coast of florida tuesday late afternoon and into the evening hours. by wednesday morning there is a small morning rain chance. is it will be muggy. with the front to our north it starts to bring in slightly drier air. we'll see more isolated showers. rain chances dropping off to 30%. 40% chance of rain tomorrow. by thursday, notice we are dropping to 20% chance. most likely it will stay dry at your house. here's a nice view from st. petersburg. lauren clark shared this with us. gorgeous photo. thank you for sharing. will be warm and muggy. 84 degrees. winds from the west. rain chances dropping off closer to thursday. never too early to look towards the weekend. 30% chance of rain each day. stay with us. we'll be right back. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he's not a serious adult. i can't vote for donald trump given the things that he said. trump should not be supported. i believe he's disqualified himself to be president. >>> alicia keys will join regulars. >>> and the emmy awards hon

florida since wilma in 2005. >> now the storm system is moves up the east coast. caroline shively reports from northrter: hermine making landfall overnight in florida's big bend region as a category one hurricane. packing heavy rain and 80 miles per hour winds before weakening over land. >> the number one thing is to stay safe. do not drive in standing water. stay away from downed power lines. just because it's clear outside does not mean it's safe. >> reporter: rainfall totals could top the 12-inch mark from florida to north carolina. and a few isolated tornadoes are possible from the georgia coast to here in the outer banks. the un warning of significant economic losses. >> it's probably the most severe test of disaster resilience in the united states since sandy four years ago. >> reporter: forecasters expect hermine to travel over the coastal carolinas and off the shore of virginia by saturday afternoon. the storm will be losing tropical characteristics by that time but it's predicted to linger for several days off the mid atlantic and northeast coast. >> our goal continues to be overprepared an

matthew battering the caribbean islands with massive waves and now the system heading north, florida and east coast on alert. >>> abc news exclusive, amanda knox. >> either i'm a psychopath in sheep's clothing or i am you. >> the brand-new true crime documentary stunning new interviews with knox, her ex-boyfriend and the prosecutor who put them behind bars. this morning she's here live. we have what she's revealing only on "gma." >>> and good morning, america. welcome to robin's favorite day. >> yes, i love happy friday eve, everybody. >> boy, that amanda knox documentary making a lot of headlines and there she is live right now here in our studio and, robin, you'll speak with her just ahead. >> ginger is standing by. she has her eye on that huge storm slamming the caribbean right now. millions of people keeping an eye on that, as well. >> very busy morning. we'll have much more in a school shooting in south carolina. children terrified after a teen gunman opened fire at the playground. parents' worst nightmare. three injured before he was taken into custody. his father was shot found dead be

north this weekend. how soon it's expected to hit and towering waves that are coming with it./// "now, live...this is 8 >>> two people are dead and moves up the east coast from florida. hermine hit florida as a category one hurricane and is now a tropical storm. however it could regain hurricane strength as it moves north over open water. the storm is predicted to hit the jersey shore sunday night and is already creating high waves and dangerous conditions . residents along the coast in new york and new jersey are getting ready for what could be a lengthy and damaging storm. (((lucas fogerty/lifeguard, seaside heights, nj) "we'll have 60mph winds and 10 to 15 foot waves so g basically just one big washing machine." )) ((sharie johnson)) >>> hermine is not predicted to be anywhere near hurricane sandy's severity, but the storm could stick around for a couple of days- intensifying possible flooding and beach erosion./// ((sharie johnson)) good evening sharie... lots to talk about weather wise because it's a big weekend and for some you might be impacted by this red flag warning if youre this evening or nye county. this red flag warning is in effect for very low humidi

along the coast ongoing as center of circulation continues, to move to the north and east, tornados, also a concern, in parts of floridand georgia and south carolina. a lot of times tropical systems we fee 23r50ikion at surface upper level winds twiflth with motion potential for tornados throughout the day day the latest track through time, molds in agreement until saturdays, then this is off the coast and starts to develop into a sort of a nor'easter type event as we head into sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, the molds don't quite know what to do with this storm this is where the big takeaway is going to be. all along the east coast, you need to monitor this, until labor day weekend and into next week. this could be a huge weather story for tense of millions of people back to you. >> thanks so much, being impacting athletes the latest from sports good day for williams sister u.s. o pen serena by -- last night, winds -- even with martina navratilova record, only fred. reporter: has more. earlier -- venus bet -- one and venus number 6. >> storm didn't stop play, at stadium thanks to new roof murray explained about no

but it hit florida hard - and is expected to cause trouble along the east coast throughout the holiday weekend. joel waldman is in the outer banks of north carolina with the latest. (on-cam intro) hurricane hermine made its landfall in northern florida early this morning. and while its since been downgranded to a tropical storm the aftermath is wreaking havoc on this busy holiday weekend (insert) hermine continues to track over land up the east coast, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to a number of states it is weaking along the way but dozens of local and state officials in florida are beginning to assess the damage the hurricane left in its wake. gov. scott says "there's going to be a lot of debris trees and fallen limbs. do not travel on the roads until it is safe to do so." while hermine is weakening those in north carolina are bracing for the potential of heavy rains, strong winds and deadly flooding gov. mccrory says "our goal is to be overprepared, and underwhelmed. we want everone to be safe, especially with these high waters, on our roads and in the ocean, or on rivers and streams." the storm disrupting many travelers' plan

south and see eye of the storm is kind of around the border between georgia and florida and heading toward the north east. we will have more details about the the path of the storm coming up but we have tropical storm watch along our coastal counties for the weekend with the possibility of wind and rain, and definitely heavy surf and dangerous rip currents. that is at the shore, very tranquil here in the city only 65 degrees with low humidity, your sunrise time is 6:30. about an hour and a half from now. we have 52 degrees, 62 in trenton. sixty-six in wildwood. and, the dew points are down into the 50's. that makes really comfortable. we're getting there in dover. so it is low humidity day, mostly sunny. 84 degrees. i would call this day a ten unfortunately lower numbers as we head into the weekend. so steve keeley if you want to get beach time in for lane are day weekend it looks like today is your day in atlantic city. >> yes, look at where we are, we are in the inlet section we are at old boardwalk that still has not been fix since sandy, incidently and coincidently the last time we had a tropical sto

north, pushing it to the bahamas. a couple models get it close to the east coast of florida, which is one reason why we're not taking our eye off this until we make sure it turns to the north. weave been watching a couple of tiny showers all morning long that have pushed on shore, spring hill, you're getting a and spotty showers in the southern portion of sarasota. not a huge chance. rain chances going up slightly for sunday and monday. matthew expected to stay off the east coast but that track could change. we'll talk more coming up. >> we'll check back, leigh, thought to be stolen from a memorial at alonso high school has been found. it was apparently misplaced. a family found it and returned it. >>> developing now, we're learning more about the woman, who was tragically killed in the train cash in new jersey. she does have tied to florida. there are questions can about the crash. the 34-year-old was a marri where she got her mba. she's a native of brazil. she was standing on the platform when the plane crashed. more than 100 people were hurt. the terminals crashed. >> we were pulling into the station. everything felt