st. augustine. hurricane watches and warnings are up from northern florida to north carolina. matthew lost some of its punch overnight, but it is still a big and dangerous category-2. 120 miles wide with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles an hour. damage in south florida was far less than feared because the strongest winds remained offshore. but at least four deaths are and at last report, 600,000 homes and businesses in the state were without power. the president declared a state of emergency in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. more than two million people in those states are under evacuation orders. more than 22,000 have moved into florida shelters. major airports in south florida have now reopened, but thousands of flights have been canceled.i' about the hurricane in just a moment, but first, there is a political storm that has erupted just two days before the next debate. and anthony mason is in new york with that. anthony? >> mason: thank you, scott. a recording of donald trump made more

st. augustine was 79 miles an hour. but, clearly, it is the flooding that's going to be the bigger problem for the people here. we have a team of correspondents bojorquez, also here in st. augustine. >> reporter: scott, the hardest hit areas we have seen are neighborhoods like this one, but flooding is not the only problem here. trees and power lines are down throughout the city. hurricane matthew pummeled america's oldest city, st. augustine, dumping more than nine inches of rain and causing widespread flooding. ll orders, but is staying nearby. what are you expecting to see when you return to your house? u ca that's a good question. can't answer that until we see it. >> reporter: more than half of the city's 14,000 residents chose to stay, some of them now trapped in their homes andow businesses by water. >> how many kids are in there? >> reporter: this man can be seen standing on the steps of the casablanca inn. 20 people were stuck inside. as people who did not evacuate try to deal with the street flooding here, the

st. augustine. forecasters say the hurricane could send a storm surge up to 12 feet in low-lying areas, pushing waves of water into homes and businesses. we saw this storm thing with superstorm sandy in jersey when it seemed like others had been fair. president obama warned families along evacuations and coasts to follow the instructions of their local officials. i think the bigger concern at this point is not just hurricane force winds, but storm surge. many of you will remember hurricane sandy where initially people thought this doesn't look as bad as we thought, and then suddenly, you get massive storm surge and a lot of people were severely affected. >> we have live fox team coverage, leland vitter is live for us in daytona beach, florida. garret is in jacksonville, the most heavily populated city, still in the path of the storm. first, let's go to jana steen, live in our fox weather center. so janus, i know moments ago are learned that high tide in st. augustine because that's the example we've

st. augustine. we have a local reporter doing reports there and that reporter is being blown all around. so tell me what conditions are like in your town. >> the conditions are just as you see them. and our concern obviously is the safety of the folks who live here. we only had about half of our people evacuate as far as we know. so our concern right now is making sure they stay put through this dangerous period. we are obviously on alert everywhere. we've lost power in the city. power outages throughout the county. we expect more. we turned our water off last night. so this is the time for people to stay put. this is an incredibly dangerous storm. and you know it. you've been reporting on it for hours now. and our concern is really making sure people stay where they are, stay safe. we have our crews ready to move as soon as they are able but right now they're not moving anywhere. >> so the rescue workers are not out and about. they're, they're, thars -- >> absolutely not. and we expect i have not y

st. augustine that has won 24 straight against south jersey teams. hermits homecoming crowd pumped up. cheering all night long. first quarter, kyle dobbins follows his blockers, makes some sick moves and ends up in the end zone. 16 yard td. 7-0, st. augustine. saint joe fumbles and quinn dolan is there for the scoop and score. more than six minutes left in the first. they hand it off to dobbins, who punches his way in. 21-0 her mitts. i think you get the theme here. later in the quarter, dobbins again. his third td makes it 28-0. finally the passing game gets into it. the rout is on. st. augustine stays perfect, rolling 42-0. we're out of time on this edition of nbc10. thanks for watching. "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon is up next. we'll see you next time. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- anna kendrick, john lithgow, stand up from iliza, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove:

st. augustine has evacuated. st. augustine is the biggest risk right now for st. john's county, however, there are a lot of people who are staying here still, and the reason is, because if you don't know, st. augustine is the oldest city in our nation, and a lot of people are very emotionally tied to st. augustine. their homes have been passed down in their families, they've been here for over 100 years. people are very connected to the city, there's a resiliency in the city, the mayor was talking to me about it yesterday, but because of that people feel they can wait out the storm and trust their homes to protect them. the problem is, the fire chief told me they do not believe there's a single living person in this county who has ever seen a storm this big, says it's unprecedented, so for people to trust those old structures really made him very emotional to even think about it, because he was just begging everyone to leave. >> yeah, unfortunately, that can be a losing bet depending on the structure. shelby danielson, thank you for that report. alex? >> let's hea

st. augustine. hari, we saw the people in your piece starting to reckon with the damage to their homes and their property. what's it like where you are now? >> sreenivasan: we went to one section of st. augustine where we saw some people that were trying to dry out their houses. they probably had 10, 14 inches of water. that is not compared to another section just about two miles away called velanno beach. that area is still closed off because there's probably three to four feet of standing water, according to some of the reads who tried to ride out the storm. that area has been declared cass strosk. there are homes that have kind of collapsed on to each other. the island was sort of surrounded by water, so the inlet actually created a back-slog, if you will. this is an area that is to have to take several days to try to literally pump the water out t out of their homes and dry out. >> brangham: and are you seeing any evidence of rescue efforts? are you seeing fema or the red cross? what does the re

st. augustine florida is taking a hit.ok at the city right now you can barely see anything there. i'll speak with the city's mayor. that is coming up on "shepherd smith reporting." >> breaking news on hurricane matthew tonight, a monster and a killer already. >> this could drag on forever all up the coast. you turn your head towards the beach, and the wind and the water, they start to hit you and it is like a sand last. >> it is several street signs uprooted. >> you see how the palms are really blowing, breaking apart and shooting across the roadway. two times now the street lights have gone black out. we thought oh man, we're doomed now. this is one of the things that sit over a gas station to protect you from rain, and it is toppled over. >>> today folks in florida are dealing with high winds and more heavy rain. but the been concern, a storm surge, predicted to be up to ten feet high in some areas with waves at 25 feet high. we have the director of the federal emergency management, good of you to be here. what are you s

st. augustine. >> reporter: reaching st. augustine means wading in waist-high waters. much of this town flooded as the storm surge pours into this coastal community. >> have you ever seen anything like this? >> i have not. 26 years of living here, i have not seen anything like this. >> reporter: matthew battered florida with wind and rain. but in st. augustine, it's storm surge bringing this town to its knees, just as many officials feared. >> we are very concerned about storm surge, and the worst effects are still likely to come. >> the storm surge is going to be significant. >> reporter: overnight, matthew blasted in with a bang. transformers exploding through the night. >> power crews doing their job. >> reporter: one million without power today. this relentless storm, snapping trees and ripping apart homes. >> we're still on the front end of this hurricane. we're not on the back end. so we don't know how bad the damage could end up. >> reporter: the winds aren't just violent, but they're blowing in every direction. in these conditions, it's difficult to stand. the

st. augustine.n places like savannah and hilton head, george. >> michael, we certainly appreciate the coverage from you, brian todd, and elwin also. thank you so much and we'll stay for tou in touch with you, michael. >>> and donald trump heads to sunday's debate with a new cloud over the candidacy. we'll bring you more on the trump bombshell, and his controversy history with women. that as cnn news room continues. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we continue following the breaking news. donald trump saying that he is sorry for the first time in his political career in his campaign, apologizing for comments captured on tape in 2005 which he describes groping women and making sexual advances without invitation. the fallout from that bombshell video could pose a real setback to trump's campaign when it comes to female voters. cnn's randi kaye has more on the controversial history when it comes to women. >> reporter: donald trump says he loves beautiful women. he also loves to talk about women and it

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st. augustine are in the path. half of the residents are taking shelter elsewhere while half a million people have been told to leave jacksonville, florida. the governor there, rick scott is saying it's going to get worse. >> impacts now, we're seeing impacts now from st. augustine to jacksonville beach. this is going to continue throughout the night. >> further up the coastline, flood waters threatening savannah, georgia and south carolina's capitol of charleston. forecasters say a storm surge is possible in places. one boat owner who sought ref e refuge. >> if we get reports very important rick, what is the storm's path for overnight? >> it will tell you what you're just seeing across florida. that northern corner around jacksonville, we're seeing a wind with that. most action is going to be north of that and increasingly, south carolina. you can see winds 35-55 range and the center of the storm is where we have had winds. the worst of it is in the center. and we haven't seen the worst of it. along with that, all

st. augustine. >> reporter: reaching waters. much of this town flooded as the storm surge pours into this coastal community. >> have you ever seen anything like this? >> i have not. 26 years of living here, i have not seen anything like this. >> reporter: matthew battered florida with wind and rain. but in st. augustine, it's storm surge bringing this town to its knees, just as many officials feared. >> we are very concerned about storm surge, and the worst effects are still ke going to be significant. >> reporter: overnight, matthew blasted in with a bang. transformers exploding through the night. >> power crews doing their job. >> reporter: one million without power today. this relentless storm, snapping trees and ripping apart homes. >> we're still on the front end of this hurricane. we're not on the back end. so we don't know how bad the damage could end up. every direction. in these conditions, it's difficult to stand. the gusts feel like they're upwards of a hundred miles an hour. after blasting south florida and battering

st. augustine, we continue to wait. this is the part of the city, the part of the state, that the governor said they thought could be hit the worse. reporting in jacksonville, diane gallagher back to you. >> blair: hundreds of people now reported dead from hurricane matthew in haiti. mark ockerbloom following the latest there. >> the news agency says local officials have put the death there at 842 people. many of them killed by falling debris and flooding rain. the epicenter in southwest haiti. take a look at this video here, people digging out of their homes trying to salvage what they can. the international red cross announced an emergency appeal for millions of dollars to provide medical aid, shelter and water to some of the 50,000 people. local re also mobilizing our crystal haynes work on that part of the story. watch for her live report tonight at 5:00. elizabeth. >> elizabeth: mark, thank you. >>> president obama asked for americans to consider helping the storm victims of haiti and warned people who live in geor

st. augustine and into taibbi. this is the problem i see, we're piling up all of this water from savannah down to about brunswick, georgia. as the storm turns to the right is may mush water into hilton head, myrtle beach, charleston. a significant storm surge is already happening right now in st. augustine. this is a big part of the weather we're talking about now. at least a couple feet of water, downtown st. augustine. this is the story we're looking at at this point in time. i move you now into a local radar. this is the local radar. i'm watching the eye move slightly offshore. that's good news. we need it to move offshore see that it doesn't pile up the water into tybee island. here's the latest, though. it's still 120 miles per hour. this storm has not slowed down much. i know it's not 140, but that's because the inner part of the eye is not quite put together like it was yesterday. it's still going to be 115 mile-per-hour storm as it gets towards brunswick. as it gets towards charleston, probably 100 miles pe

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st. augustine elementary school yesterday around noon. students were outside for lunch and recess and the mab allegedly stood outside his car and exposed himself. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. police are expected to speak about this incident any time. you can see they're setting up the podium. crews are getting ready. he is almost ready to begin. we're going to about what happened and we'll come back and check in when this happens. >> anchor: 7 news turning to flooding in boston. this is what is called king tide. the highest tide of the year. check out this video from the long wharf area along boston harbor. the boston so high people had to wade through it. >> ryan: heading back to andover. the press conference is getting under way. >> we had an unfortunate seen by our st. augustine students in andover exposing himself at least twice that we're aware of. there were approximately 2-3 students that had viewed this. the students went home, advised their parents later on that night and st. augustine school was

st. augustine in jacksonville. on the other side tampa as well as fort myers, not anticipating significant weather conditions on that side of the state. so to be basically along and east of interstate 95. from there it parallels the georgia coastline as well as the south carolina coastline and loops back to the south. more of a threat for south carolina as opposed to north carolina, and no threat to new england, back to you guys. matthew already causing problems for those preparing to go on vacation. we'll have more on that in the next few minutes. you can keep up to date by using our mobile tablet apps or go to our web site at whdh.com. >> protests at harvard started this morning after workers failed to reach a contract with

st. augustine from st. augustine showing the storm surge getting pounded and jacksonville getting the brunt of the storm in the past half hour. half his county is without power about 90,000 customers. but he's been lucky and still has power but it may not hold up as the storm moves north. >> we were not under evacuation but a couple of folks a half mile down the road did have to evacuate. it's been a pretty serious day to the east a bit or it would have been a disaster. we have had a wind. i have shingles off the roof of my house and wouldn't be surprised to see trees down. >> mark: brent says they should be in the clear about 8:00 tonight. since it will be dark they will not get an idea of the damage or clean up until tomorrow morning. chris? is collecting supplies for people affected by the hurricane. they have rented a truck and will drive the truck down here. how you can help. we will hear from the pastor on cleveland 19 news at 6:00. >> denise: government hurricane hunters flew into the eye of matthew.

st. augustine and jacksonville.e're going to see heavier amounts of rain than we've already on the coastline. tornado watch is expected from yesterday because of the angle of approach. we dodged a major bullet today with that eye stay 20-25 miles off shore. yesterday talking with anderson we talked about every mile counts. the difference between catastrophic damage and then moderate to severe damage which, occurred. don't get me wrong. it's very bad but it could have been much worse. but now it is going to get worse. the large precipitation shield is all from the eye northward. the greatest effects in the colors of yellow on the northern prieriphery of the i eye will sm with full momentum. >> georgia south carolina and north carolina. head.e concerned about hilton a big concentration of pine trees. they blow over easily in 45, 50 miles per hour gusts. weak root systems. this model which has been spot on, continues to take it very close. this is a saturday/sunday event. so far good news, it was low tide at jacksonvil

st. augustine, families stranded, staying inside this inn. the powerful waves eroding the and to give you an idea of how close we are to matthew, look at the radar, spinning right off jacksonville, georgia and south carolina in harm's way tonight. in a moment, we'll take you up in the air with the hurricane hunters, flying through matthew. you will see images right from the cockpit. but we begin with eva pilgrim, in st. augustine, in the middle of this storm. >> reporter: tonight, deadly hurricane matthew pummeling the central fl already claiming at least two lives. >> you can see just how bad it has gotten here. >> reporter: from the roof, ocean water breaching dunes and taking over these jacksonville streets. and on the ground, inside the jacksonville baptist medical center, hospital staff rushing 21 newborns out of the nicu to safety. overnight, torrential downpours and wind whipping stop lights, thrashing palm trees. submerging cars on the road. you can see the water out here, power lines exploding and breaking under the wind leaving more

st. augustine, florida, devastating flooding. you can see how strong the winds are and the rain. the water is actually coming over the storm wall there and we're not even on the beach. further into town, nearly two dozen people, including children, trapped by the rising, raging water inside the casablanca inn bed and breakfast. 30 miles south, in palm coast, florida, a home security camera captures the moment floodwater barrels towards and crashes into grant lynch's glass door. hours earlier, the ocean spilling out into the streets of daytona beach. matthew turning the once busy intersections into waterways. vero beach too. swallowing park benches, tearing up roofs, and tearing down trees. washing whole roads away. 4,200 flights cancelled in the u.s. more than 3 million people fleeing their homes. as matthew now sets his sights on georgia. fema officials and the national guard preparing to provide relief with states of emergency declared in florida, georgia, north carolina, and south carolina. while authorities up and down the coastline urging residents to continue riding out the

st. augustine, flagler county, flagler beach to daytona beach.t case scenario forecast for you and it does weaken slightly. further to the north, we take it now. saturday, 8:00 a.m. as this white line right in here. that's where near the savannah area and headed to beaufort, beautiful hilton head is highly impacted kben. again, with this turn, the strongest winds off the coast and down to category two, i don't think we'll get the horrible one but the storm surge is horrendous in the area and deal with the high winds too. so again, just got the brand new update in there, stephanie, and again, it looks equally as bad as we thought it would. >> equally as bad. the storm being upgraded to category four as we wait for it to hit land within the next 12 hours. the east coast of florida is preparing evacuations in georgia, carolinas, and florida. governor rick scott with a dire warning urging floridians to get out and be safe. that wraps up for the hour. you're watching "msnbc live." our coverage continues with my colleague, tamron hall. tamron? >>> good

st. augustine, florida with more. the post-matthew skies clear?but in north carolina - water is still rising? sot - gov. pat mccrory / (r) north carolina "hurricane matthew is off the map well into the ocean but it is still right here//we still have very, very overflowing their banks? bursting- at least two dams- adding - to already overwhelming damage? natsot - "this is the worst we've seen." more than 14-hundred people rescued from the flood waters - in north carolina? and even more are being saved today? natsot - "back up, oh my god" 5 people - are still missing? and the death toll from matthew is rising? more than 20 people killed in the us- while in hardest hit haiti - nats - "...crying..." the estimate of the storm's impact- bringing fresh perspective sot - sean mcmullen "we feel really lucky and blessed." and a lesson - in loss? sot - sean mcmullen "what's the lesson all the stuff can be replaced we cant be replaced." marci gonzalez oncam close:' ...tbd... mg, abc news, st. augustine, florida cannonballs - v check this out! after up the coa

st. augustine, florida. there's a reason he's there. early voting began today in 50 of florida's 67 counties. all floridians will be able to vote in person by the end of the week. all registered voters. that big news because traditionally, democrats win the early voting there. leaving republicans to catch up on election day. so donald trump is doing all he can. and that's why hillary clinton today asked americans to go vote the minute they can. don't wait. i want to show you a state that will allow early voting. all of these in yellow, 37 states in all allow early voting from sea to shining sea, and almost all 37 of those, early voting has already begun as of today. in fact, about 6 million people across the country have already cast their ballots in one way or another. down in florida alone, more than 1 million people have already voted by mail. both of the campaigns making a final push in florida today. donald trump and tim kaine traveling across the state. bill keating is in downtown miami where people can vote right now. how is it g

st. augustine destroyed overnight.. sot joan galasso, storm victim i never expected this, this is horrible, this neighborhood were some of the millions told to evacuate -- and some, now coming home to this...they boarded up the windows -- prepared for the storm...but that couldn't stop an enormous tree from crashing down right on the house. ll abc news st. augustine florida. some haitians in new york are trying to help the survivors of hurricane matthew. a bakery in brooklyn is collecting supplies and plans to ship over to haiti. the bakery's co-owner things like flashlights, batteries and toiletries. the hurricane wreaked havoc in parts of haiti and killed more than 300- people. one donor says helping the survivors is a must for him. " "i'm haitian and that's my people so of course i can't just sit idly by and not do anything to help. i had to get up out of my bed and say how can i help." " organizers are hoping to collect 25-barrels of supplies. the bakery is also help ship the donations. we'll take another look at yo

st. augustine, florida with the latest. hurricane matthew - leaving its destructive mark up the coast? sot gov. pat mccrory / north carolina "this is a very serious and deadly storm." after ripping up roads and damaging homes in florida sot james catastrophe this weekend is something else." today- the storm tearing through georgia?. and the carolinas - mos "you cannot stand in one place the wind is blowing at such a high pace." those strong winds- bringing down trees? and power lines? leaving more than a million people -in the dark. but the biggest concern - flooding? nat water sound- national guard video roads left under water?in charlotte- this driver stranded in savannah- and the strong storm surge- tearing don haley, (r) south carolina "what i am going to ask for you is patience. most injuries - most fatalities occur after a storm because people attempt to move in too soon. do not plan on going back home today or tomorrow." marci gonzalez standup close: about curfews tonight marci gonzalez, abc news, st. augustine, florida. pretty quiet weather is on tap for the las vegas valley fo

st. augustine. any minute we expect senator elizabeth warren in the red there speaking along with secretary clinton. after the break we'll bring it to you live. jack be le, jacke quick, ck knocked or a candlestick onto thag rping... jack be le, jacke quick, ...a pants iited tolames, causing hito stop, drop a roll. luckily jack receny d ichelp e tolames, uss belogs we uin f ja got fl replacemen uss band hanew pas he ord fr banreblic. ja got fvisit geico.com >>> we'll take you live now to manchester, new hampshire where senator elizabeth warren is on stage. let's listen. >> with someone who gets up every single day and fights for us. someone who has spent her life fighting for children, spent her life fighting for women. spent her life fighting for families, fighting for health care, fighting for human rights, fighting for a level playing field, fighting for those who need us most. hillary clinton fights for us. it is now time for us to fight for hillary. i want to talk about values. i grew up in a fa

st. augustine. you can see the traffic jams. long lines for gas. long lines at grocery stores with folks buying up everything on the shelves and sheets of plywood. residents are warned to take the orders seriously. they are expected to receive devastation not sinioce 1992. >> you cannot restore a life if it is lost. you can rebuild. we want to minimize any possible loss of life. >> protecting lives is the priority right now. there would be massive destruction. >> the weather forecasters are saying the decisions you make now are life or death decisions. joining us now with the path of matthew is meteorologist derek van dam. >> good morning, john and christine. the path is becoming clearer and clearer to us at the cnn weather cent center. this is the latest from the national hurricane center. still a strong category three. there are developments in which the storm is more organized. we are seeing a defined wall south of nassau and the bahamas. it storm is strengthening and we will see that bump up to a category four before potentially making landfall

st. augustine today.ason carroll has more. >> reporter: despite national polls showing trump trailing hillary clinton, despite his campaign manager stating his campaign has ground to make up. donald trump telling a crowd here in naples, florida that the polls are wrong and media is wrong. he continued to double down on this idea that the system is rigged against him. >> my message is this. if we win on november 8th, we are going to fix our rigged system. it's a rigged, broken, corrupt system. it's rigged. it's broken. it's corrupt. they want me to take that back. let me tell you, folks, it's a rigged system. and we are going to drain the swamp of corruption in washington, d.c. >> reporter: there has been concern that because donald trump is trailing in national polls, he could be a drag on down ballot races. trump telling the crowd that they have to get out and vote and for the first time we heard him say voters have to get out and help reelect republicans. trump also making no mention of his accusers or

st. augustine right now. that is probably the hardest hit area that we can find is st. augustine, florida, the oldest city. the water is in downtown. a couple feet deep, running through the cities all the way into the back bay as well and we're seeing that because the wind is pushing the water in this direction and has been pushing the water for many, many hours now. so we're piling the water up here along the coast. the coast wasn't there, the water would keep right on going around and that's how a hurricane goes but because the bay itself is getting in the way, that's what we're seeing. that's the problem that we're going to see for the rest of the day. that water is going to pile up in st. mary's georgia, in brunswick, in savannah, but you know salve vannah is elevated. so talk about tybee down the river and also up toward charleston and myrtle beach. it's still a big hurricane. it's still about 100 miles per hour so this thing continues to move to the north, pile water up, and will for many, many hours. we don't get into charleston until 8:00 tomorrow morning. that's

st. augustine than something coarser to the things that got him into so much trouble so far on the basis of history there is no reason to think that we will there is no reason to think we will. >> dickerson: susan, what do you think about this, the departures in the republican party that started to happen yesterday that seemed to be kind of rolling. again people who aren't just saying it ising,tsk, we have never seen anything like this in modern republican. the republican party chairman reince priebus released a statement, the highest paul disinvited to ka share a stage with him. wisconsin, are withdrawing their endorsement of him. this is a political apocalypse and it is sort of -- we have had october surprises before, we have never had something like this in which a candidate survived and went on to win the election. >> dickerson: there have been a lot of people say, well there have been a lot of these moments donald trump has had and people thought he was in trouble and nothing happens. is this the same situation or -- same precisely because so many republican leaders leaving his camp

st. augustine florida. the hurricane actually changed part of the florida coastline because it was so powerful, carving a new inland between st. augustine and the palm coast. >>> let's take you to north carolina now, these images, a rescue a levy broke overnight in fayetteville, trapping more than 1,500 people in their homes. crews are in the process of rescuing many, many of them from their rooftops. a river driven to record high levels, it might take several days for that flood water to start receding. >>> when you get back and you're rescued, and you're thinking, oh, that's great, i'm alive. >> a lot of mud to shovel out. >> yeah, a lot to clean up. >> that's the one that's most heartbreaking of all, the flooding. >> it does so much damage. such a big storm. >> the rainfall totals in the last two days, we'll get to those in a moment. your world out there, how does it look out there? pretty nice, that's right, 91 out at sky harbor, clear skies out there. not much of a breeze out there. this is the sort of

st. augustine and st. john's county, 40% of the population, it does tend to be republican in many of these counties. and he's trying to instill and motivate his base. neil? >> all right, adam, thank you very, very much. the democratic vice presidential candidate, tim kaine, looks at florida a bit differently. in fact, a lot differently. take a look. >> did i mention the punch line of my whole comment? if we win florida, we're going to win. i mean, can i just tell you that? that is, that is the gospel truth. if we win florida, we're going to win. >> all right. what senator kaine is saying, of course, is that they feel confident, that is the clinton campaign, the kaine campaign, that they are piling up so many leads in so many crucial battleground states that florida would essentially be the icing on the cake. but have they got a little ahead of themselves? shelby holliday from the "wall street journal" with us. what do you think? >> tim kaine used an interesting phrase last night saying florida is checkmate

st. augustine? >> something not good. it's good to know we have a shift of hurricane matthew but the real threat for us is storm surge. our city has been evacuated. however we believe that close to half the folks have not chosen to do that. and put a curfew in place last night beginning at 8:00, water service is no longer operating. we expect severe power outages for some period of time and at this point what we're doing is really waiting to see what tomorrow brings or actually what today brings. we're expecting obviously the winds to pick up early in the morning and become very, very dangerous as the day goes by. but it's the storm surge that concerns us and number of people who are still in our city and inability of our first responders or emergency personnel to get to them. but we're 450 years old and expect to -- actually 451 this year, we expect to be 452. >> is it too late now, is advice to hunker down if you haven't left already? >> i'm here at emergency operations center and we have a staff ready to help people as

st. augustine florida shows the flooding there. a number of rescues had to take place as the water rose so quickly when you combine the storm surge and high tide. truly a perfect storm. that perfect storm also really caused a lot of damage at daytona beach where tourism is the life blood of this. it's going take a lot of time, a lot of money to get that beach ready especially considering spring break here which brings a huge economic boon to this community is just a few months away. speaking of tourism especially this part of year, it's essential to the lives of those here. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, leland. thank you so much. we're still getting lash. good solid wind gusts wanting to push down river street here. that storm about 20 mights to my east just offshore. it really did a number on this area. more so in the past hour. you might be able to tell if you were watching at 5:00 a.m., there's not as much rain coming down at this point. the winds are still pretty heavy. but this storm when you hook look at it on

st. augustine. when you look at the poll we're just breaking on cnn, it is fascinating that the margin has not changed. so if you look at the female accusers, you look at the tape, it does not seem to have hurt trump at all in this poll, does it? >> reporter: it is really stunning to see that it is still just a five-point race in our poll, erin. when you look at the latest poll, has clinton at 49%, donald trump at 44%. but look at how that compares to numbers in early october. that same five-point gap with clinton at 47%. trump at 42%. so what that tells you is there are still people flocking to third-party candidates. there are still people who are undecided. also both of these candidates have started to bring home some more of their koecore supporter which helped move their numbers un. one thing that is still a huge problem for donald trump is when you look at the gender gap in the latest polls, look at hillary clinton's numbers with women. she is at 53% compared to donald trump who is at 41%. tha

st. augustine, florida, are concerned about many of the historical structures in st. augustine, and about half the population is moving to higher ground and president obama is staying up-to-date with the movements and the president meeting with the fema director, craig fewgate, and mr. obama gave warning for those in the area. >> i wanted to emphasize to everybody that this is still a t the potential for storm surge, flooding, loss of life and severe property damage continues to exist, and the people continue to need to follow the instructions of their local officials over the course of the next 24, 48, 72 hours. >> and hurricane matthew continues its track up the atlantic coast. in its path now is savannah, georgia, and that is where we find rob schmidt. i see you're getting soaked. >> reporter: yeah, it is still raining but it's not raining as hard as it was. just an hour, ago, we are now closer to the eye of the storm than we have been all night. we're trying to figure out what's going on. we're starting to feel like this could be a side swipe, maybe we'll get the w

st. augustine elementary school. students were outside for lunch and recess this. is when the man allegly exposed himself. police are asking anyone to information to give them a call. a tense standoff in candia, new hampshire. a woman barricaded herself inside her home, also inside the 12-year-old girl. >> kim: steve cooper has the latest. >> as soon as i heard that there was a 12-year-old girl in the house, i knew that it was my brother's house. >> reporter: tense moments at home here on north road in cannia, new hampshire, the state police swat team scrambles into place after a 45-year-old woman identified has deborah did long champs armed with a hand gun fires two shots after police were called to the house. >> whenever you have a discharge of a weapon, in a situation, such as this, it's obviously heightened. >> reporter: also inside the house the woman's 12-year-old daughter. >> at one point the 12-year-old female was able to step out of the side door second a second gunshot was heard. perimeter officers were able to have her run to their location to a safe loc

st. augustine florida, all the transactions are on camera. so if a criminal were so brazen unblinking eye of law enforcement. >> i think the criminal's will think twice about coming up here and trying to do a transaction. especially if they're here for no good. >> in a safe exchange zone in new jersey. >> i'm so sorry,. >> it's okay hon. >> a famed transaction for freshly baked cupcakes. >> they don't look anything like the picture. >> for diane, who buys and sells two or three times a week online, a police department parking lot >> i think it's safer for everybody else. >> e commerce, what begins online now with that final exchange in a safe zone. carrie sanders, nbc news, st. augustine florida. >>> and here at 11:47, hard to get a prettier picture than this. the nissan in venice, a few high thin clouds made for a pretty sunrise, we hit 73 degrees with north winds at 75 the job. but its job right now is to tell you just how clear everything is. i think we'll take that. we'll break down the rest of the day. nice around 1:00 p.m. temperatures