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>> reporter: ross, hurricane matthew really did skip along the florida coast. but while that was good for florida it was sort of more unfortunate for this region. which is getting hit hard with some flooding up in charleston and in fayetteville north carolina. here now it is awfully quiet. this is bay street behind me, main thoroughfare. you won't see anyone on it because they have a dawn to dusk curfew and they are enforcing it strongly. obviously there's a lot of debris out here. there's the traffic like sitting here which we showed you in the last half hour. precisely why authorities tell you to go inside to seek shelter. you don't want that falling on your head as the winds were swirling around. across the street is an outback steakhouse and part of the roof fell off there. and the other portion that fell off somehow made its way over here to the other side of bay street and is sitting here, you'll see a police car driving by right now, they are checking very closely to make sure everyone is off the street. we are getting word that a little further south in

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. >>> the eastern north carolina rick ross is gearing up or matthew. they held a cross is gearing up for hurricane matthew. they held a meeting and are urging folks to be prepared. >> make a plan, understand what is going to happen. stay informed by listening to media accounts and whether service reports and build a kit. have the things in your home and prepared so that you could stay comfortably three days without external support. >> we also checked in with a view local grocery stores. they are bringing in additional cashiers and making sure they have enough in stock. >>> make sure that you sign up for push alerts on our weather app and if you haven't already, sign up for our app. it is free in our app store. >>> the 2 vice presidential candidates clashed in their only debate last night. they both were confident about their performance in the first and only vice presidential debate. the event ended up focusing less on the issues and more on the people of the top of the ticket. >> when donald trump says mexicans are racists and criminals. --, i can't

matthew. looking at the betsy ross bridge here, our town one lane open in each direction. there is 25-mile per hour restriction, because of construction back and forth as you're going on the betsy ross bridge this friday morning. so far no delays in this area right now. but as the morning rush hour picks up, you can expect a little bit after back up. also, the vine street expressway is closed between broad street and 76. although it does lock like one side is moving at this point. that's going to open up completely around 5:00 a.m. also, 76, the westbound ramp, there is construction, if you are headed toward the boulevard. it is block blocking the left lane, one line getting by, the right lane will open up before the morning rush hour. guys, just busy busy morning whether it comes to the flight delays. when it comes to amtrak, here in our area, as well. >> thanks so much, pat. well, several thousand philadelphians are getting a raise. we'll tell you who they are coming up. >> of course another look at florida where hurricane matthew is battering the coast. we'll continue t

ross lot to cover right now. first, will start with where hurricane matthew is. 30 minutes ago, that mandatory evacuation began in some people -- for some people in parts of our coast. >> mandatory evacuation starts for permanent residence tomorrow morning and mandatory evacuations are already in effect at unc-wilmington. students must be off-campus by noon tomorrow. >> back in the triangle, high school games are being moved. we have details about that on

ross lot to cover right now. first, will start with where hurricane matthew is. 30 minutes ago, that mandatory evacuation began in some people -- for some people in parts of our coast. >> mandatory evacuation starts for permanent residence tomorrow morning and mandatory evacuations are already in effect at unc-wilmington. students must be off-campus by noon tomorrow. >> back in the triangle, high school games are being moved. we have details about that on state are still scheduled for saturday. we will have more on the storm's path. >> we could all here that sigh of relief. >> i did let out a sigh of relief woman got the 5 am advisory. i do not want to be overly optimistic because the shift to the east could easily ship to the west as we head next few days. this is a close look at the forecast track. this is the 5 am advisory. the could this. saturday into sunday, staying well offshore of north carolina. a pretty much takes a hard right turn right around the wilmington area offshore. we're seeing -- we are staying as a category two hurricane during that time. wins it 100 miles per hour. we've been talking about i

matthew. testimony resumes monday in the case of justin ross harris charged with leaving his son in a hot car. a prosecution witness testified yesterday that harris shed tears after the discovery of his son's body, but the witness did not feel the tears were sincere. sergeant killed while responding to a burglary. steve owen who had been with the department for 29 years died in the hospital in lancaster after being shot in the face. other deputies chased down the suspect. >>> well, traffic fatalities are climbing again this year, up about 10% in the first half of the year. federal officials say nearly 18,000 people die from accidents from january to june, and some of the increases due to more people driving because of the improving economy. apparently, humans, we come with an expiration date. >> no kidding. we don't live forever? although we hear those fantastic stories about people who live well past the age of 100, some researchers now say that human life span probably maxes out at 115 years. >> wow. >> but others disagree say life extending technology could mean there's no limit. i don't wa

matthew on the u.s. of you living on the east coast could feel it by the end of the week. marcus ross men, cbs news, jamaica. >>> if it threatens the united states, it will be friday or saturday and it will be the carolinas. there is still a lot of conversations about the track it will take. if it did threaten in the u.s, it will probably not be a major hurricane. usually do. here we are tracking our own changes as weather approaches from the northwest. in the high country we have seen some thunderstorm activity in northwest colorado. if you got out and about this past weekend, beautiful colors and still some nice color to be found with karen matters sending in this beautiful picture at buffalo pass. so the color has peaked in a lot of places y over in mile high you can see that state flag whipping around this mistake. a red flag warning until 7 pm for the southwesterly winds. combine the wind with the warm temperatures and the humidity it makes elevated threat for wildfires. that is why the red flag warning is in effect. normal for us now is about 70 degrees and it is 80 in greeley w

betsy ross bridge, one lane is blocked, they have reduced speed limit to 25 miles per hour, a little slower going along the bettsy, no major problems. >> we're talking about matthew as it bears down on the southeastern u.s. hundreds of thousands of homes from florida to north carolina right now are at risk and the financial company statements that repairing and replacing these homes could cost 43 to $103 billion. stocks are pointing to a higher open. investigators are a waiting jobs report that comes out this morning. economists say they expect to show employers added a solid number of jobs in september while the unemployment stayed low. >>> infant bath planes are being recalled because of they may cause injury. officials say there were no reports of serious injuries or drowning. the recall products were sold between october 2012 and october 1013. >> a jersey shore town threatened to fine people who fed seagulls wrote a total of zero tickets. the mayor issued a public notice that people intentionally feeding the seagulls could be find $500 and 90 days behind bars. maybe they listened or never caught. >>> a bomb squad detonates old amunition at a gloucester county

ross rosa. our meteorologist, tom sader is in the cnn weather center. where is hurricane matthew now? it's already breaking records and where is it at? >> it's about 70 mile it's within 70 miles just east west of west palm. we may be looking at one of if not the cost liest storm in history. we've got more businesses, homes, property values up. number one cost liest storm, calynnc katri katrina. number two, is ike and wilma. this is day 4,000. 4,000 days without a major landfall. here's what we're watching now. as the eye starts to approach, the bands are rain are already moving in and thunderstorms have knocked outpour over 23,000, miami-dade and brevard county. 26 million under a watch or warning. if the system hugs the coast which we believe it will, and if it makes landfall, it will continue to have that water fly and the engine will continue to go. sometimes it's better to get in, have it lose some strength. sure, you'll have a confined area with damage, but this is going to be plowing over every little town, every city, home by home, business by business for 24, 48 hours and it's

ross with florida power and light. we'll let you get back to work. thank you so much for taking the time to get us up to date. >>> following hurricane matthew as it goes up the east coast. it's left more than 300,000 people without power as we were hearing from that official. it's the strongest storm to hit decade. we are live in orlando. marianna, good to have you with us. looks like things are picking up where you are now. >> reporter: yeah, the wind just started to pick up and the rain as well. this is supposed to be vacation paradise, but instead you have 144,000 tourists in orlando with tourists and evacuees hunkered down with a category pass. all four parks are closed. we're beginning to see the storm as it goes through this community. >> thank you very much for that. appreciate that update. >>> just ahead, what's next for hurricane matthew. we'll hear from the national hurricane center. stay with us. which you are you? be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. 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.

ross will have their first emily debate. >>> in wake county historic year's note county park suffered some damage the mill itself is still intact but the trails are closed. the heavy wind from hurricane matthew brought trees down all across the trail so water in the pond also overflowed banks. workers say even the amount of flooding they are fortune access to the trails could be responders are urging people to stay off of the roads. 95 remains closed and traffic iserouted along highway 4 -- 421 and also officials want to shut down some of the rumors that an alleged gas shortage sometations did run out of fuel because others were without power but there is no shortage of gas in the county. >>> family. like so many people there home -- their home is been surrounded by flood water. what better to do then fish off of the porch? and what look they had. they caught a catfish. 2 feet it was. a fun way to pass the time during -- look at that. thank you for saving -- sharing >> horrible situation it's nice when you can have a smile that and pass the time. >>> the downstream flooding is still the big story of the day. >> the neuse river and parts of the tar river as well will est toy. keep that in min

ross the night tonight, then we go back to warm air again and temperatures above average. -- frosty night tonight, then we go temperatures above average. kathy: as thousands try to clean up from hurricane matthew, an unexpected disaster could hit families. joyce: coming up, the link between hurricane survivors and substance abuse. plus, those most likely to use. >> what would your response be? kathy: a father tells his son his mom died and recorded the whole thing for the world to see. announcer: big 12 sports stephanie: as the players get ready for sunday's showdown against the cowboys at lambeau field, the packers front office is making some roster moves. today, the team announced they released backup quarterback joe callahan, who was an undrafted free agent and will more than likely end up on the team's practice squad. one player who's isn't in danger of getting cut is wide receiver davante adams. he's already tied a career high with three touchdown grabs through four games. adams, who was plagued by drops a season ago, looks like a different player. he's taking a step in every respect. 14.2 yards per catch, best on the team. but perhaps his biggest leap has come in the confidence category.

ross: thank you so much to the broadcasters for hosting this debate. so important you hear direct from the candidates and to our families and loved ones who are suffering from the effects of hurricane matthew, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. i am running for the united states senate because washington isn't working for you. i have traveled the state and i've heard your stories. i've heard your struggles. i know that your paychecks aren't going as far say yes to them and know you are worried about saving for retirement and your kids education and i know what congress's failures to act is meant for your families. but it doesn't have to be that way. senator burr has been in washington for more than 20 years and he has looked out for himself and the special interests. he has voted to raise his own pay by this voted against raising workers pay. doesn't have to be that way. we can change washington by changing who we elect. i grew up in a small town. my dad was a daca in the air force during vietnam and my mom was a preschool teacher. they taught me the importance of doing what is right and looking out for our neighbors. i have worked on a lot of hard issues and have them back down and we

stay safe through hurricane matthew with info at ready.gov. dennis ross also tweeting out, "as the hurricane approaches, make sure to stock up on emergency supplies, plan an evacuation route, and stay safe." one of the tweet yesterday from "e clinton -- bill clinton, praying for everyone impacted by hurricane matthew. hearhere's how you can help everyone in haiti." there is a link on how to help there. will watch the news obviously this morning as it makes its way toward the united states today. that info from the governor's in florida and nikki haley and south carolina declaring an emergency. tom in kentucky, you're supporting mr. trump. why is that? what is the issue important to you? caller: the thing that gets me is last night when i was watching the debate, pence asked a question that if either one of their sons had done what hillary clinton had done with the e-mails or just anything, they would be court-martialed. if you did anything like this or mean, when else, i we get droned? we would be hung out to dry. comey is so scared of what? i have no ide

ross street. police say they -- did he not physically hurt the man, howev however. >>> all right. to your fox 29 weather authority now. look at this. that big white blob, that is hurricane matthewrom space. nasa just released this video. it is dramatic, kathy. >> it is just amazing when you see the hundreds of miles and width of this monster storm. and the storm is passed by cuba in the southern bahamas and entering very warm ocean water it's a category three storm still a major hurricane with a significant impact to the bahamas and watches and warnings posted for the state of florida. we have hurricane warnings from ft. lauderdale all the way up to die tone in a beach and this storm means business the outer bands will be reaching miami as early as tomorrow morning. and into the evening as we with heavier rain. here's the track of ma huge you can see the center circulation with that core the heaviest rain really close to the inner core of the storm. this is tonight moving toward miami by tomorrow morning some of those outer feeder bands reaching the east coast, and then the storm comes dangerously close possibly even making a landfall very close to cape canaveral as the heavy r

ross is presents its case. what's new from the courtroom this morning. >>> after weeks of waiting, schools in north carolina are back in session after getting pounded by hurricane matthew. but it won't be the same, coming up, the teachers explain why. and good morning. i'm stacie schaible. your halloween forecast from someone who's not so scary at all. she's quite lovely actually. >> i did wear my pumpkin colored outfit though. max defender 8, not scary at all as it has been for quite sometime. dry, it's not finding any rainfall. it's hard pressed to even see a cloud out there at this point. some extremely dry air, especially in the upper levels of the atmosphere. it's 78 degrees. the flag is were seeing last week and through the weekend. 81 in plant city. it's been warming up quickly. cool in inverness at 70. 79 in wimauma. so what about that trick or treating forecast? light breeze, warm, 84 degrees. temperatures still at 79 85 wednesday. look at this temperature trend as we head into the weekend. we get a big smile from emoji man with highs in the 70s. i'll let you know about rain chances coming up. >>> new this morning the week- long man hunt for fugitive michael v

ross township, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> also tonight, a developing story in the caribbean. right now the people of haiti are bracing for the worst of hurricane matthew. heavy rain has already led to flooding and at least four deaths. >> right now other countries in the caribbean are warning people to evacuate. cuba, jamaica, and the bahamas are bracing for potential flooding and strong winds from hurricane matthew. nbc's morgan radford joins us now from kingston, jamaica. >> morgan, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: denise, keith, good morning -- well, good evening now. the eastern bands of that storm system have already dropped heavy rain on the eastern part of the island. that's where about 900 people have gone into shelters. those who are deciding to brace for this storm this evening, they're collecting bottles of water, stocking up their car with extra gas. winds could reach 140 miles per hour and rain 10 to 15 inches. this is one of the most severe storms the caribbean have seen thus far. people are not only concerned about hurricane matthew but also concerned about the aftermath. we're talking about flash floods and mudslides. and eve

death somewhere blade because of hurricane matthew. 22-month-old cooper in 2014 after his dead let him in a hot s.u.v. for seven hours. prosecutors argue justin ross harris wanted his son gone because he was unhappy in his marriage. defense attorneys say the death was a tragic accident. the trial resumes on friday. >> vanessa: two parents who allegedly overdosed on drugs were found dead inside their home, but only after their 7-year-old daughter went to school and told officials something was wrong. jessica lawley and her boyfriend chris were found dead from an heroin overdose in their four young children. their oldest daughter, a 7-year-old, got herself ready for school that morning and when she got to school, she told someone, something was wrong with her mom and dad. >> that's like the hardest thing, because that's a 7-year-old. that's a 7-year-old that did that. >> vanessa: lawley's sister courtney is working to get custody of the four kids. authorities do not suspect foul play. >> mark: toxic chemicals in schools could be putting millions of students' heth the local lawmaker behind a big new report and what he wants schools nationwide to star

matthew, bob kelly. >> you got it, sue. 6:21. here's a live look at i-95 southbound disable tractor trailer just south of the betsy ross bridge. watch for that to track some attention in an area that already starts to see brake tapping at this hour. live look at 492 freeway, 295 just off of the 42 freeway where we are dealing with light fog from an early start. starting to see a crowd on the bennie, coming into downtown philadelphia septa's regional rails return to normal service patterns yesterday, some highlights they took the 40 ticketed silver liner cars put them back in the mix with the leased trains and we have a similar schedule to what we had back in june. highlights, rail services is back on the cynwyd line, no longer busing, festival pier line in longer opened forecaster to park but they are going to offer that freeze parking at frankford transportation center through the end of the month and they are still working on the boulevard inner drive blocked between strahl and rhawn in northeast philadelphia, mike abe lauren, back to you. >>> normally eag would also take monday off. >> yeah. >> the practice. >> yes. >> but

ross township, grim's mother coming up live at 5:00 and 6:00. live in the breaking news center, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >>> thousands are bracing for disaster as hurricane matthew bears down on several island nations in the caribbean. >> this category 4 storm is approaching haiti and jamaica right now. satellite images show just how big the storm has become. you can see it moving slowly as it nears the islands. flash flooding has already begun in parts of haiti. jamaica and cuba are facing similar conditions and many people in the area are now making a run as the hurricane inches closer. the u.s. has begun making preparations to evacuate people from the naval base in guantanamo bay. the storm has already skilled two people. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking hurricane matthew. >> sheena, what are we up against here and how might it affect us? >> we're still pretty far down the road. our local weather would be more of a time frame of this upcoming weekend. it's too far out to tell exactly where it's going to head at that particular point in time. right now we're looking down in the caribbean. matthew a very well-organized category 4 hurr

ross, paintbrush and all. they're rolling in on the twitter accounts. see, this when twitter's cute and fun. >> dylan has a look at the weather for us. >> yeah. we are focusing on hurricane matthew as this continues to be a major hurricane moving through the bahamas. hour and more strengthening is possible. we are looking at west palm beach up to melbourne to see the significant effects from this storm with winds tomorrow morning perhaps up near 145 miles per hour. keep in mind, hurricane-force winds only extend about 25 to 40 miles outside of the center of this storm, so if this storm is only 15 miles offshore, we could see the entire east central coast of florida be raked with hurricane-force winds causing damage, causing coastal flooding. that storm surge, and also significant rainfall, too. it should weaken to a category 2 storm as it is just off the coast of georgia, and then it takes this weird loop all the way wrapping back around which we'll see what happens at that point. but we are looking again for as much as up to 12 to 15 inches of rain in florida and three to six-foot storm surge along with winds up near possibly 145 miles per hour. that's a look at the weather acr

ross: thank you so much to the broadcasters for hosting this debate. so important you hear direct from the candidates and to our families and loved ones who are suffering from the effects of hurricane matthew, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. i am running for the united states senate because washington isn't working for you. i have traveled the state and i've heard your stories. i've heard your struggles. i know that your paychecks aren't going as far say yes to them and know you are worried about saving for retirement and your kids education and i know what congress's failures to act is meant for your families. but it doesn't have to be that way. senator burr has been in washington for more than 20 years and he has looked out for himself and the special interests. he has voted to raise his own pay by this voted against raising workers pay. doesn't have to be that way. we can change washington by changing who we elect. i grew up in a small town. my dad was a daca in the air force during vietnam and my mom was a preschool teacher. they taught me the importance of doing what is right and looking out for our neighbors. i have worked on a lot of hard issues and have them back down and we

matthew all morning long. >>> now to the big headline about that contractor for the nsa arrested by the fbi accused of stealing top-secret material. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here. sounds like on first read this could be another edward snowden. >> reporter: it may well be. senior officials are calling the suspect more a weirdo than a whistle-blower. is accused of taking the secrets out of the building, setting off alarms. it all happened at nsa head quarters outside washington, d.c. in a criminal complaint, the fbi says 51-year-old harold martin used his clearance as a contractor to download and remove huge amounts of top-is secret codes andings informati. >> those sworn to protect it should not that information. >> reporter: it comes just three years after another booz allen contractor was able to do much the same thing and then he made public the nsa secrets that he stole. >> when you download this kind of top-secret information off the nsa network, into your own computer or into a thumb drive, alarms should go off. apparently, they didn't. >> reporter: in this latest the stolen secrets in a wood shed behind martin's home in maryland. his wife decline

ross causing delay and southbound display cottman to girard. mike and alex, back to you. >> i've gone to my graphics. we'll show footage of people trying to get the heck out way of matthew. and we'll go to jackie who is down in barvard country. i want to show jackie if you bear with me newer hurricane storm center there. i have a graphic here. i've drawn the state of florid florida. they're calling this the biggest evacuation in florida history. which at first made no sense to me. because they deal with hurricanes every single year. here's the problem. the hurricane normally just kawts cross like that. this one is hugging the coast so everybody who lives along the skooingt supposed to drive inland. that's millions and millions and millions of people. jackie you have heard that, too, the biggest he vac glaition florida history? >> yeah, that seems tonight word right now. but a lot of folks do not want to leave their homes because you know they've encountered plenty of hurricanes here and so, they want to stay there and honker down. here at emergency management they told me we will start feeling effects by 5 p.m. tonight and then by 8:00 we should get sustained winds of a

matthew. our thoughts and prayers are with those who tragically lost loved ones. to introduce candidates, richard served in the u.s. house of representatives from 1995 to 2005. welcome. and representative ross, the democratic candidate, served in the north carolina house from 2003 two 2013. thank you for participating. here are the rules. we will start with opening statements, and following those candidates will respond to questions from myself and those members of the digital news association of the carolinas. each candidate will have one minute to respond. the debate will conclude with the closing statements by each candidate. andorder of the opening closing statements and the order of the questions were agreed to prior to the debate. ms. ross will begin. ms. ross: thank you so much to the broadcasters for hosting this debate. it is so important that you hear directly from the candidates and to families and loved ones who are suffering from the effects of hurricane matthew. my thoughts and prayers go out to you. i am running for the united states senate because washington isn't working for you. i've traveled the state and i've heard your stories. i've heard your struggle. i know that your