charlie keegan the commission's. >> i am on paradise island nobody on the beach the wind is picking up, if you look at the water it is more rough than yesterday. it will only get worse. the prime minister went on tv and said this hurricane could be a defining event, he is most worried about the flooding and storm surge, the tides could come in more than 10 to 15 feet tonight and when the hurricane comes thursday morning. he is urgi bahamians to seek shelter go inland finite ground and stay safe. charlie keegan, back to you. >> disaster teams are trying to figure out how much damage hurricane matthew has dealt elsewhere in the caribbean, it will announce it will send $1.5 million in aid to countries like haiti. >> as we prepare for the hurricane at home. i want to keep in mind haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world already sunge of prev disasters has been hit really hard by the storm and we anticipate they will need substantial help. >> the president said fema will be ready to help when matthew arrives. as well as in georgia and the carolinas. to prepare and aess da. struck st

>> reporter: well, it is okay, we are here on paradise island. a lot of the docks here are destroyed and just to give you an idea, some of the correspondence are talking about these roofing tiles. the wind is significant here. outside we had gusts near 100 miles per hour even though of the eye of the hurricane, it missed us by 15 miles. you can see a lot of damages here. >> brett, i am sorry, somebody was talking to me. so we had some reports out of nasa, our tammy leitner were saying there were people in the bahamas who maybe trapped and not able to move around. have you been able to get out enough to see whether people are doing well or anyone is trapped in their home? >> reporter: we have seen photos that there were some storm surge flooding on the southern end of the island. there were some roofs taken off. we are right across. we are near the atlantis resort. we'll check on the southern into nasa. we know they're requesting vehicles like jet skis and high profile vehicles to do some rescue. >> brett adair, our storm chaser, paradise island i

. >> reporter: at the atlantis resort on paradise island, guests took refuge in a conference room, sleeping on mats. >> hi! >> reporter: this california couple, here on their honeymoon. >> we'll make do. >> reporter: the bahamas still being battered. there are people still trapped in their homes tonight, unable to get out because of flood water. we drove through neighborhood after neighborhood exactly like this. trees down on houses, roads completely washed away. lester? >> tammy leitner, thank you. >>> still ahead as we continue our coverage, what it's like inside a hurricane. feeling the force of those extremely powerful winds. plus what experts feel will be the biggest matthew blasts ashore. >>> also troubling reports that some are already using this florida coast as this monster hurricane closes in, it's a combination of water kicked up by devastating winds that has some officials worried, and frankly, if you haven't lived through a hurricane, it's hard to imagine the sheer force of the hurricane winds and their power to move walls of water ashore. i can assure you, we won't be standing

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. >> reporter: at the atlantis resort on paradise island, guests took refuge in a conference room, california couple, here on their honeymoon. >> we'll make do. >> reporter: tonight, the bahamas still being battered. there are people still trapped in their homes tonight, unable to get out because of flood water. we drove through neighborhood after neighborhood exactly like this. trees down on houses, roads completely washed away. lester? >> tammy leitner, thank you. >>> still ahead as we continue our coverage, what it's like inside a hurricane. feeling the those extremely powerful winds. plus what experts feel will be the biggest threat to life as matthew blasts ashore. >>> also troubling reports that some are already using this reports that some are already using this r lower back pain sufferers, the search for relief often leads to places like... this... this... or this. today, there's a new option. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors' offices. its wireless remote lets you control the intensi

>> so is paradise island under water, too, and atlantis, all these resorts? are they under water?ou know, we have not been able to get over to paradise island, as you know, there's a bridge connecting them. we do know everybody at atlantis, they were evacuated from their rooms. they had to sleep on the floor over there in a big ballroom. so i'm guessing that everybody is safe. we're told there are about 3,000 visitors on this island and all the visitors are accounted for. >> was it -- was it a category 4 when it went through the bahamas? what was the category level of the storm when it went through where you are? >> reporter: yeah, it eventually upgraded to a category 4 and, i mean, this island just got pummeled. i mean, we were out there in the eye of the storm for at least nine hours and the winds were 125, 130 miles an hour. trees were just bending in the wind. we saw cars smashed, roads completely flooded and just devastation, utter devastation from this nine hours of beating that this island took. >> so, to be in a brick building, we're looking right now at the sort of classi

pushing through nassau is where paradise island is a lot of vacationers go out this way through the morning hours with 120 miles-per-hour winds toward the coast of florida and strengthening in the warm waters around the bahamas. making its way toward melbourne, cape canaveral, pass may even make landing fall when it comes that way. and then pushes off towards the northeast. so during the day friday especially is what we're looking at for that coastal hugging of florida. then comes off of jacksonville 8:00 friday night. jacksonville, by the way, now in a hurricane warning for the first time in 17 years. it makes its way off to the north and curls away from carolinas then wanting to go out to sea all because of a front that's pushing our way. we started seeing this happen last night and continuing to look like charts because of this front. this front pushing through here makes it not a haphazard thing. this pushes or suppresses the motion of matthew up the coast and makes to get you to the east and south. but at the same time it's going to try to draw some moisture northward toward southern n

we caught up with visitors who are stuck on paradise island. they plan on hunkering down. i have to go back to work on monday. i'm a little scared. i know the airport is closing tomorrow. >> the hurricane should hit the southern islands of the bahamas today. airports throughout the country are now closed. >> iris was showing as the temperatures. i'm proud of you because you didn't turn on your heater. [ laughing ] >> it felt so nice. >> another cool morning. if you look at some of the temperatures across the valley, clear skies allowed temperatures too cool off. we do have quite a bit of 50s across the phoenix metro. especially in the southeast valley. if you're just waking up in mesa or chandler temperatures are going to feel cooler than what we are feeling in phoenix. right now phoenix at 54. 57 chandler. 60 glenn dale. surprise also checking in in the 50s. today we will be a bit warmer than it has been. warming into the low 70s by 9:00. 80s in phoenix before lunchtime. very pleasant by noon at 84 degrees. today's high warmer than yesterday by about 3 degrees. we are stil

.>> here is the scene overnight in the bahamas, this is paradise island that is hit with heavy rain and very strong wind. across the caribbean, authorities are trying to assess the damage done by matthew. intense flooding in haiti, cuba and the dominican republic, 16 death have been blamed on the storm. we are learning that the storm will have an impact on local travelers today, all flights have been canceled from sfo from fort lauderdale in the miami airports.>> i would think so because it is going to be a category 4 at any minute. i heard that the gas stations in south carolina are done, already out of gas.>> do you have a sense of when this will make landfall? >> most of the forecast modeling taking it to west palm beach to fort pierce tonight and tomorrow. some reports at 144 miles an hour at the eye of the hurricane. the category 4 is 131-155, and it is very close. up toward melbourne, daytona beach, some of the bands coming in showing cape canaveral and cocoa beach. as dave knows, on the right side we have atlantic and on the left side we have the banana river, and the bridge of t

even some of the hotels on paradise island are seeing structural damage to. ce winds the destruction left behind. the island is in a blackout at this point. power was disconnected before the storm. of course it is still out at this point. so, the national emergency management agency is going to assess and give an all clear. everyone is hunkered down until the all clear is given. >> as a precaution, officials shut down power to the entire island as the storm was approaching. now the power is out, is there a time line, any idea how long it will be before services return to some kind of normality? >> assessments are expected to take place in the morning. as you can imagine with no power on the island and at night time it is difficult to conduct an assessment. at first light the officials will go out and assess the streets of the capital,er which is covered with debris and first focus will be to clear the roads so people can assess their properties. right now it is impassable. then to move the wires, which are down. we have a lot of poles which electric 'tis is co

nassau, paradise island, at lan tis resort, that people many have been to in this area, category 3 still and toward free port is another big vacation spot in the billion dollars, one of the bigger cities also, a category 3. but, notice, on the western flaj it cuts mime and also melbourne, florida right along the course if it goes farther west more danger for florida and then up the coast, toward the carolinas. passing by charleston, the closest path on the center line, we can't focus on the end iser line that, is the average, but it brings it toward myrtle beach and wilmington in north carolina and southbound respectively. on the eastern flank is anlandfall but if it goes eastern in the cone which is a possibility, probability, that can actually bring it closer to to the south but nobody wants it to go inland at all, of course. the best is it will go far eastern side and miss everyone. doesn't seem likely this point though. the spaghetti plots, the models we look at take the storm off to north. we look to the west and up the the coast. that is where the track is coming from. this problem

some barely making it the southern and eastern coast of this island paradise, pummelled for nearly 14 hours thursday. winds up to 115 miles an hour and relentless rain. locals say the storm surge brought water to the top of that chain link fence and washed this boat ashore. this church now a mere shell of what it once was, but the tammy leitner, nbc news, nassau, bahamas. >> a lot more ahead on this busy fried. still ahead, a stunner from the white house, what it's publicly accusing russia of doing, to secretly and illegally influence america's public for the first time, the obama administration is publicly wrapeling russia for recent hack attacks on american political targets, saying they're trying to influence the election. and the u.s. says it's happening with approval of the highest levels of the russian government. late details from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: barely two and a half months after a cyber attack was revealed on the democratic national committee, the obama administration laid the blame at the feet of russia's president, vladimir putin, with

still ahead, an island paradise off the coast of california >> ninan: few places in the u.s. have been hit harder by kraut than one that's actually surrounded by water. can chi, off the southern coast of california. carter evans takes us there. >> reporter: 22 miles off the coast of southern california, in this island tourist haven, fresh water is that at fine dining restaurants, servers quietly collect leftover bottled water to mop the floor. and islanders like mary boyd now reuse their water. in her shower, a bucket catches water while it's warming up. >> i'm, like, a two-minute shower. my daughter, on the other hand, is about a 10-minute shower? >> reporter: that's a long shower? >> that's a long shower. are you kidding? >> reporter: it's an effort to meet some of the most stringent country. >> all customers have coconserve 50% of the water they were using prerationing. >> reporter: so they have to cut their water usage in half from what it was essentially before the drought. >> exactly. >> reporter: ron hite manages catalina's water district, where the island's main reser

some barely making it out the southern and eastern coast of this island paradise, pummelled for nearly 14 hours thursday. winds up to 115 miles an hour and relentless rain. locals say the storm surge brought water to the top of that chain link fence and washed this boat ashore. this church now a mere shell of what it once was, but the foundation and their news, nassau, bahamas. >> a lot more ahead on this busy fried. still ahead, a stunner from the white house, what it's publicly accusing russia of doing, to secretly and illegally influence america's public elections. is your lunch break a race against the clock? you run here. you run there, until everything comes to a screeching halt. now is the time for a 5-hour energy protein shot. twenty-one grams of protein and one hundred little calories. it's not lunch. it's energy and protein, and a lot faster than fast food. 5-hour energy protein shots- energy, protein, one hundred calories. >>> we're back now with another story developing tonight. the obama administration is publicly wrapeling russia for recent hack attacks on american politi

still ahead, an island paradise off the coast of california >> ninan: few places in the u.s. have been hit harder by kraut than one that's actually surrounded by water. can chi, off the southern coast of california. carter evans takes us there. >> reporter: 22 miles off the coast of southern california, in this island tourist haven, fresh water is becoming that at fine dining restaurants, servers quietly collect leftover bottled water to mop the floor. and islanders like mary boyd now reuse their water. in her shower, a bucket catches water while it's warming up. >> i'm, like, a two-minute shower. my daughter, on the other hand, is about a 10-minute shower? >> reporter: that's a long shower? >> that's a long shower. are you kidding? >> reporter: it's an effort to meet some of the most stringent 50% of the water they were using prerationing. >> reporter: so they have to cut their water usage in half from what it was essentially before the drought. >> exactly. >> reporter: ron hite manages catalina's water district, where the island's main reservoir is critically low, and even

paradise. new developments deaths of the sisters found dead in a luxury resort. officials are revealing the here's linsey davis. >> reporter: tonight, an american family arriving in an island paradise in search of answers. sisters annie, 37, and robin korkki, 42, were on a dream vacation, found dead last week in the seychelles by staff at this luxury resort. autopsies now revealing both women died of acute pulmonary edema, excessive fluid in the lungs. annie korkki also had swelling of the brain. >> i would look primarily for two things. drug use, either directly or indirectly, by somebody else. and something possibly released in the room, like carbon monoxide. >> reporter: both women worked in banking and were wrapping up a monthlong vacation. posting these pictures on facebook. according to local news reports, the pair was seen drinking the day before. staff helping them back to their room just after 8:00 p.m. when they were found the next morning, no visible signs of injuries were found on the bodies. tonight, family members say they are in touch with the u.s. embassy as they wait for a final toxicology report. lindsey davis, abc news, new >> lindsey, thank you. >>> whe

. >> reporter: the southern and eastern coast of this island paradise pummelled for nearly 14 hours thursday. winds up to 115 miles an hour and relentless rain. locals say the storm surge brought water to the top of that chain link fence and washed this boat ashore. >> we give thanks to our lord jesus. >> reporter: this foundation and their spirits, still strong. tammy leitner, nbc news, nassau, bahamas. >>> still ahead tonight, a stunner from the white house. what it's publicly accusing russia of doing, to secretly and illegally influence america's presidential election. >>> also, the 7-year-old girl who is taking on syria's president and becoming a social media phenomenon. which you are you? be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara? just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara? may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. bef

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. >> that is a live look at paradise island in the bahamas where the monster hurricane is at right nowding winds at well over 100 mile per hour and it's building. >> schools are closed. flights canceled and millions are now forced to decide whether to hunker down or evacuate and escape the deadly storm. maybe to the other side of florida. >> now the unbelievable possibility that matthew could actually turn back around and hit the united states twice. >> it could boomerang. we have live fox team coverage, leland vittert is in daytona, florida. we start with janice dean tracking new warnings. we've learned that the storm is actually building when it hits florida and it looks like it will. it will be a category 4. >> it does look like that with winds like 140 miles per hour. i couldn't stress this enough. this could be one of the worst hurricanes to hit florida in their history. you can see the structure of the storm. the eye is beginning to come back here and that is a sign of strengthening. the waters very warm here and we are actually expecting a strengthening storm as it potentially m

. >> tonight an american family is arriving in an island paradise in search of answers. sisters ann 37 and robin 42 were on a train vacation found dead last week by staff at thi thisri resort. autopsy four reveal both women died of 2 pulmonary adeem a.excessive fluid in the lung. ann had swelling of the brain. >> i would look primarily for two things. drug use it's directly or indirectly by somebody else and something possibly released in the room like carbon monoxide. >>reporter: both women worked in banking and were wrapping up a month long vacation posting these pictures on facebook. according to local news reports the pair were seen drinking the day before. staff helped them back to the room just after 8:00 p.m. whetheren they were found the next morning no visible signs of injuries were found on the bodies. tonight family members say they are in touch with the u.s. embassy as they wait for a final toxicology report. lindsay davis abc news, new york. >>> i tall i don't know police recovered two van gogh paintings stolen from amsrdam museum in 2000 two investigators f

police on the tropical island paradise say hotel workers at the resort found the two minnesota nativesponsive in their luxury villa on september 22nd. robin, 42, a commodities trader and younger sister, annie, 37 and administrative assistant at jp morgan chase arrived to seychelles on september 15th after sight seeing in kenya and tanzania. local police say the women appeared to be so intoxicated the night before they died that hotel staff had to assist the pair to their villa. it would be the last time they were seen alive. a preliminary autopsy report revealed both women's cause of death to be fluid in their lungs, a condition known as pulmonary edema. the autopsy for annie showed fluid in the brain or cerebral edema as a contrenting factor in her death. reports are pending. in a place known for its beauty and ser renty described as annie as the best place ever. family members face the somber task of bringing their loved ones back to the u.s. on their final journey home. rosa flores, cnn, chicago. >>> coming up next, van gogh, how investigators managed to recover two artist's paintin

. >> reporter: at the resort on paradise island, guests took refuge in a conference room sleeping onlifornia couple here on their honeymoon. >> we'll make do. >> still ahead this morning -- >> before nightfall, highways leading inland from the beaches were jammed. 1 million people were asked to evacuate. along florida's heavily populated gold coast. but not everyone left. >> there's a lot of people staying which is hazardous. i don't think anybody should stay in this low lying area. >> authorities warn residents to expect up to eight inches of rain, seas up to ten feet above normal and the possibility of tornadoes as well. >> those were the preparations from 24 years ago as florida prepared to weather hurricane andrew. with that storm came political ramifications. we'll talk about the history of that when we continue our coverage of hurricane matthew here on msnbc.ty oesn't come in . it's not a banner that goes on a wall. it's not somethg you do n and then. or when it's convenient. it's using state-of-the-art simulators to better prepare for any situation. it's giving offshore teams

an american family is arriving in an island paradise in search of answers. sisters annie, 37, and robin korkkie, 42, were on a dream vacation, found dead in the seychelles last week by staff a autopsies now reveal both women died of acute pulmonary edema, excessive fluid in the lungs. annie korkkie had swelling of the brain. >> i would look primarily for two things, drug use, either directly or indirectly by somebody else, and something possibly released in the room like carbon monoxide. doug: both women worked in banking and were wrapping up a months-long vacation, posting these pictures on facebook. day before, and staff had to help them back to their room just after 8:00 p.m. they were found the next morning no visible signs of injuries were found on the bodies. family members say they are in touch with the u.s. embassy as they wait for a final toxicology report. well, a brother of the women say that its family is getting no information on that case and is still desperate to find answers to exactly how his sisters died. antoinette: parts oe region feeling

island. >> sounds nice. >> and the only tool you have is your cell phone and cell signal. >> oh, my gosh. christian's dream. >> that sounds like paradise. >> mack here has been dropped off on brunette island in canada with nothing more than a few things here and there, mostly to make sure he has juice for his cell phone and cell signal. hey, crystal, welcome to the stream. i'm here and i'm live. >> here's the thing, this is all being b facebook. this video streaming here of day one of the broadcast is him being dropped off. getting on to a little dingy and people are tuning in, checking in with mack. >> hey, rachel, i'm on the island and i'm streaming. i'm live. it works! i'm the only person on this whole island. >> is wilson with him? he has this. >> tom hanks has wilson, what's the name of the caribou reindeer on frozen? sid. this is sid, he's my friend. >> and they figured out a way to make sure he has some kind of signal. >> that's the streaming, that's the antenna. >> that's it, no food, no water, no tools. >> hard for you to see, but that's a blueberry. there's my fresh water. >> this is cool, but irritating. i live in the middle

police on the tropical island paradise, in the indian ocean, say hotel workers at the maia resort found the two minnesota natives unresponsive in their luxury villa on september 22nd. robin 42, a commodities trader in chicago, and younger sister annie 37, an administrative seychelles on september 15th, after first seeing sights in kenya and tanzania. the pair posted numerous facebook photos from their trip, appearing to show them happy and healthy, and offering little to no clues on what might have led to their untimely death. local police say the women appeared to be so intoxicated the night before they died, that hotel staff had to assist the pair to their villa. it would be the last time they were seen alive. a preliminary autopsy report revealed both women's cause of death to be fluid in their lungs, a condition known as pulmonary edema. the autopsy report for annie korkki, cereberal edema, as a contributing factor in her death. toxicology reports are pending. and the police investigation is ongoing. in a place known for its beauty and serenity, described by annie korkki as "the bes