we're only about a block or so away from the beach. many people expecting a pretty dramatic impact from hurricane matthew. police have been in this area over the last 12 to 24 hours. also warning local residents that mandatory evacuations could come in this area at any time. a local gas station here has already cut off service. they have wrapped up their gas tanks and cans with saran wrap, telling people there is no more service here, also hard to find businesses open here. many people are expecting a serious impact from the storm. we're told here, too, that police will continue their typical patrols in this area for the next day or so, but also pulling some officers back because of the impending storm has such a dangerous front to it. the wind speeds where picking up. the storm surge is also building. many people bracing, expecting the worse over the next day or so. back to you. >> we could be expecting more evacuation warnings. just an hour ago, rick scott, he spoke, and he had a dire warning for anyone thinking they can ride this sto

you can see the people out on the beach. we have just learned that the governor of florida will be holding a press conference at 9:00 eastern type. the governor of south carolina is having a briefing at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. after south carolina, the hurricane is expected to move out to sea. all eyes on the hurricane and it's path. >> it's crazy that people are out on the beach. a lot of people have said, there are people that have not lived through this before they do not know how bad it could be. >> we have the photos on my phone, i will turn them around. >> are you putting that on twitter too. >> yes. we will push it out to everybody so everybody can monitor the storm. it's devastating. it already caused devastation in haiti. hoping to avoid that kind of devastation. hopefully that does not happen in florida and south carolina as the storm moves north ward. >> most of us know someone out there. >> hurricane matthew blamed for more than 280 deaths in haiti. the death toll is expected to get worse as aid workers made it i

access to the beach is blocked off in some spots. we have traveled out to "blue water pointe marina" tonight -- where nearly every boat has been pulled out of the water in anticipated of the hurricane. the lowes is boarded up and the parking lot is barron right now. some places are keeping their lights on and are welcoming customers. people have been frantically stocking up on supplies. there was a mandatory evacuation for visitors. residents living in low-lying or flood zone areas encouraged to leave. three shelters are open right now in brunswick county. live on oak island ea abc11 ewn 'carolina beach' residents -- are "doing their best"... to keep their homes and belongings 'safe' this weekend -- as "hurricane matthew" -- moves toward 'our coast'. the town 'set up' -- giant 'piles' of sand and bags... up' around doors... windows... and garages -- to 'help' keep the 'water' out. 'you' can find instructions on making and filling sandbags -- on abc-11-dot-com. angelica alvarez is live -- 'just' up the beach -- in 'wrightsville beach'

to some is the most dangerous beach in the nation and i want to quote frances smith a former u.s. berkeley geaugury and rip current researching from the namsh park resrs said ocean beach is the most dangerous piece of shore line associate would a urban environment in the united states. i think it highlights why life guards are not a realistic response like in many other beaches because though surfs understand where the rip curts are, most swimmers dont have the skills and surfs and skilled swimmers know hypothermia sets in after several minute accord toog the coast guard so it is dangerous to think you can wade even though it seems on a warm day that may be the case but 50 degree water it is very different than in manhattan beach or redondo beach. the speakers we lined up and my hope is i know we have another agenda item after thais but hope peepical do their best to be bree. i want to invite golden gate [inaudible] retiring tomorrow but thank you so much for being here today. he is here with randy [inaudible] and deputy chief rageer chad marin

so that is the hour people will be most alert here in the daytona beach area t. forecast at this hour is for upwards of 11 feet of a storm surge. >> that almost certainly will push water into some of the homes and businesses along atlantic avenue, which runs along north/south here, a block off the beach. inland on the inner coastal waterway, whi of florida. a lot of real estate there. a lot of expensive real estate. so folks hunkered down there might anticipate getting water into their homes, if they have not sandbagged around their homes. we know a lot of lines for people getting sandbags. also officials are telling folks, just because the eye passes doesn't mean the storm is over. this is a pretty large system. so we do anticipate that there will be hurricane force and winds that will blow around this area for hours after the eye has passed, possibly into late into tonight and maybe even saturday morning. and one last thing and a lot of folks are not thinking about this and for good reason, because it's a long way off t. first part of next week this storm could

joining us now is the mayor of miami beach, mr. levine. >> thank you. >> you are starting to feel the rain and not under a mandatory evacuation and folks who know miami beach, we know it as a great place to visit and a fun party town, what are you telling folks who live there? >> well, we have been preparing our people for the last couple of days and making sure they have water, food and medicine of the next two or three days. and our people are listening, they are inside and bunker down. the worst is yet to come as far as strong winds in the area. we take it seriously. it is something you never know what's going to happen. we must be vigilant and that's what we tell everybody immediately. >> the governor of georgia were on a while ago talking about a mandatory evacuation of their coastline. why would you not do that on miami beach. would you consider that at all? >> we work with the national hurricane center and they made it clear to us, all the tracks pointing to us not hitting miami directly. we take all the preliminary stages to

to some is the most dangerous beach in the nation and i want to quote frances smith a former u.s. berkeley geaugury and rip current researching from the namsh park resrs said ocean beach is the most dangerous piece of shore line associate would a urban environment in the united states. i think it highlights why life guards are not a realistic response like in many other beaches because though surfs understand where the rip curts are, most swimmers dont have the skills and surfs and skilled swimmers know hypothermia sets in after several minute accord toog the coast guard so it is dangerous to think you can wade even though it seems on a warm day that may be the case but 50 degree water it is very different than in manhattan beach or redondo beach. the speakers we lined up and my hope is i know we have another agenda item after thais but hope peepical do their best to be bree. i want to invite golden gate [inaudible] retiring tomorrow but thank you so much for being here today. he is here with randy [inaudible] and deputy chief rageer chad marin

, 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 the mayor island, this is the only way out. all projections taking this as a category 4 parallel to the coast, a spaghetti plot showing all of the models. you could say the majority is taking it north the miami. the dolphins play the titan sunday and i would think that game, if it makes landfall, it probably will be canceled. north of miami and up toward jacksonville, water temperature at 86 degrees. it will feed off of that and with that pressure drop telling me will be a category 4. a category 3 right now, and a lot of devastation in cuba with the images coming in. haiti, cuba now into the bahamas, category 2 off the georgia coast and eventually a category 1. 145 as he goes over tomorrow, cape canaveral, cocoa and the kennedy space center. that will be catastrophic. >> even if it just skirts the coastline. >> coming ashore, you need about 50 miles into the atlantic rea

the east coast. this is palm beach international airport. the kiosks have never looked so good. d in plastic, all night canceled in and out. they're expecting rain indoors. this business owner boarding up a motel in daytona beach. even after all the warnings, some people say they're staying and will not, not, not evacuate. this bar along the beach in daytona is boarded up but apparently open and advertising a hurricane party inside. geniuses. some shelters in northeast florida, so along jacksonville and south, are already full. emergency service officials in the area, which isn't really northeastern florida. daytona beach is sort of east of orlando. and people there say at least two shelters filled up in the hours of opening this morning. folks near the beach in low-lying areas and in mobile home parks, especially, under mandatory evacuation orders which means get out. you should already be out during. turn the television off, get in the car and go. county officials say they will be closing the bridges at sun down and if you live there, you have a responsibility not to make first

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to some is the most dangerous beach in the nation and i want to quote frances smith a former u.s. berkeley geaugury and rip current researching from the namsh park resrs said ocean beach is the most dangerous piece of shore line associate would a urban environment in the united states. i think it highlights why life guards are not a realistic response like in many other beaches because though surfs understand where the rip curts are, most swimmers dont have the skills and surfs and skilled swimmers know hypothermia sets in after several minute accord toog the coast guard so it is dangerous to think you can wade even though it seems on a warm day that may be the case but 50 degree water it is very different than in manhattan beach or redondo beach. the speakers we lined up and my hope is i know we have another agenda item after thais but hope peepical do their best to be bree. i want to invite golden gate [inaudible] retiring tomorrow but thank you so much for being here today. he is here with randy [inaudible] and deputy chief rageer chad marin

the wind has died down, the rain has gone away, closer towards the beach over the bridge across the intercoastalaterway on palm beach but just to be clear it's not safe for our news crew to be out there we decided to stay safe and not brave the elements, we're here at a hotel, a lot of residents have come here to have a room for the night a lot of people are not heeding the washing of the local officials, of the governor and mayor to evacuate their homes, i spoke to the mayor and she was telling me more than half of the residents have decided to stick out the storm. they're not taking this storm seriously. we did have a mandatory evacuation in place for palm beach at 11:00 a.m. in this area there are mandatory evacuations under way but the weather has calmed down, earlier it was heavy rain and winds but that hasn't sustained itself. later this evening is when west palm beach is expected to get a brunt of that damage but for now at this moment it's calm here in west palm beach. >> keep an eye on things for us nick a valencia in west palm beach which is in the path of hurricane matthew. this came

this is the beach part of the community. they're shutting off the water right about now, we're told, to try to protect the infrastructure. that's something that's fairly common when storms like this happen. they are expecting that this will be the area -- this was the case, roughly 30 to 45 minutes ago. this will be one of the areas that's hardest hit. 55 to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts tonight. tomorrow, perhaps, 120, 130-mile-per-hour wind gusts. disney world, disney world shut down today for the fourth time -- excuse me, for the fifth time in its history, just a sign of how big of a deal this storm has become. i want to give you a vantage point, we're pulling up here to the beach. and again, we've been out for a few hours now. and this is a scene that, fortunately, we haven't seen a lot of. folks -- these are storm voyeurs, as i call them, folks that just can't help themselves. they come out and want to see the storm surge. but we've seen the waves pick up, the winds pick up, fairly considerably. the rain, however, has bee

the beaches eroded. in many areas. depending upon the direction of the beach. and the topography of the beach. and each one will be different. but we are already starting to see houses being impacted. and the heart of the storm is yet to hit us. and that is on the beach areas. the real concern for us at this point in time are several rivers. and that is the cresting of and they have completed most of the debris removal, but that river has the potential to flood again and peak more than 11 feet at this point in time. this is especially concerning since the close to 17 inches of rain and severe flooding that occurred just two weeks ago, they had 17 inches of rain two weeks ago. there were no cameras there by the way. but they are hurting. as a region. right now. an in that area, possibly, we've got some serious issues with flooding. our major concern is also the cape fear river near berga, and the crest is expected monday, near 20 feet. and so citizens there must be aware of post-storm flooding, and the worst could come monday and tuesday, it could be our most dif

the first gusts started whipping across myrtle beach friday afternoon. mickey doesn't leave near the ocean, and plans to ride the storm out. but he knows matthew could still come for him. >> we get quite a bit of flooding. we get the heavy rains, so i'm sure we'll have flooding. >> reporter: storm surge is a state officials expect it could be five to seven feet high along the coast in the north. six to nine feet in the south. rivers are expected to swell. flooding from rain could cut off and isolate some neighborhoods. some county officials learned that in previous storms. >> we had several major washouts on major thoroughfares within the county too, so we know what to look for and yes, sir says the preparation -- haley says the preparation phase and underring. >> while we're bracing ourselves for what's going to happen, law enforce. , national guard, utilities, everyone is already starting to plans on what to do the second we can get back in. >> reporter: and gerald we have been getting report that is water has been washing -- reports that water has been

in jacksonville they just have one for the beaches so far. e concern is that you're going to have the place that's are hardest hit and then you'll have second and third tier which is still very impressive. here that means 100-mile-an-hour winds are expected, the force of category 4 still being approximate to jacksonville within the next 24 hours. but sometimes people get foolishly curious. that's why those curfews come into effect. >> and obviously south of where you are in miami-dade they have a lot of preparations going on. you're farther up the coast, more north. do they seem as prepared? >> reporter: as prepared probably so looking at the reports being put out by the mayor. it's a different type of presentatio presentation. you don't see things boarded up the way you will down south in the residential communities. coming in, there wasn't that level because they're not expecting it. but it could adjust. right now the latest review we saw from noaa is you're going to have a category 4 storm come through this area in the next 24 hours. how fa

the east coast. jay gray, nbc news, daytona beach. >>> people along the north carolina coast are doing all they can to prepare for matthew's arrival. leyla santiago is in wrightsville beach to look at conditions there and look ahead to the weekend where they could get up to 15" of rain. numbers and different forecasts than what a lot of folks here in wilmington saw last night before going to sleep. you can see behind me we've been here since yesterday and the winds have picked up a bit, but yet there is still people out on the beach for the morning walk. one woman coming down and people on the pier but mostly a lot of folks coming out to get a better idea of what's happening, and you can see how choppy the water is already this morning. emergency management officials were scheduled to give an update at 8:00 this morning. we will certainly be checking in with them to see what they plan to do today. but here is something that puts things in perspective. this coming from the national weather service in wilmington saying that hurricane matthew could see the new local records for the wettest 40-day period

more than normally is on the beach right here. the higher amount, that 11th foot, that unsurvivable amount of water, we are talking about north of fort pearce. when this storm starts to make its term west ward to make connection of florida as it is forecasted, that's where the eye and the north right quadrant of the storm pivots and pushes the strongest wall of water in. we are most concerned of that kind of water. there are a lot of inlets from there and all the way up to st. johns river in jacksonville. that means this is a strong force full push of big water. this is the kind of thing where we just got to get people out of the way. let me briefly go over the rainfall here. sorry, tom. we got those winds, hurricane forced along the coastline and right about here. rainfall, we are looking about probably seven or eight inches of rain from the coastline here all the way north, it will be a little bit more when you get from the space coast up to jacksonville because of that pivot, thomas. >> sam, when we talk about how florida and th

to some is the most dangerous beach in the nation and i want to quote frances smith a former u.s. berkeley geaugury and rip current researching from the namsh park resrs said ocean beach is the most dangerous piece of shore line associate would a urban environment in the united states. i think it highlights why life guards are not a realistic response like in many other beaches because though surfs understand where the rip curts are, most swimmers dont have the skills and surfs and skilled swimmers know hypothermia sets in after several minute accord toog the coast guard so it is dangerous to think you can wade even though it seems on a warm day that may be the case but 50 degree water it is very different than in manhattan beach or redondo beach. the speakers we lined up and my hope is i know we have another agenda item after thais but hope peepical do their best to be bree. i want to invite golden gate [inaudible] retiring tomorrow but thank you so much for being here today. he is here with randy [inaudible] and deputy chief rageer chad marin

that separated the beach and the yard in the hotel. right now an official with hotel security manager told me they have about two feet of water on the first level of our hotel. he said we're toast. as i mentioned before, the roof, pieces of it have come off. there are windows that are -- they're fearful they could break, water pounding on the side of the building right now. there are guest rooms inundated as well. fortunately it doesn't appear anyone is hurt. where we are now, though one other concern is that the lights may go out at any moment. we've been watching power line just flailing in the wind. at any moment they might snap and this hotel, at least a third packed with people and employees. so the concern is far from over, even though we're -- supposed to be in the less severe part of the storm, things still feel very severe where i'm standing right now, wolf. >> sounds like it, too. boris, be careful over there. victor, forecasters are predicting a storm surge. we've been telling viewers as high as 11 feet. what's the potential

that's the beach side, if you will. the police were very clear as conditions get worse, they will not be able to make it over the bridges to find people if they are in trouble. the police saying it's not a matter of if people die in the storm but when. this is going to be an issue of negligence if people die. they were warned about getting out before the storm got too bad. most people are in shelters. all hotels have been filled up. the question going forward is how close today toe that the eye of this storm comes and the most intense winds come. they come in bands. right now, we have one of the stronger bands we have seen here. it will let up a bit and heavy rain squall lines. as the eye gets closer and closer to us, up the coast, then all of a sudden, the rain bands get more intense, the wind gets more intense and turns into rain and wind all the time. ladies? >> stay safe out there in daytona for us. thank you. we'll keep an eye on that. >> the deadly storm and the race for the white house. >> donald trump hits the tr

the beaches are cleared fortunately now. people violating orders from the lifeguards running up and down telling people to get off the beach, that the beaches were closed. if you go up and down atlantic avenue, it is virtually empty. we did see a few cops who are stationed at certain intersections and stopping cars making sure that people know that they need to go inside somewhere and not out joyriding. we can tell you the surge here is predicted between 6 to 10, maybe 11 feet, brian. as you mention these beaches being as flat as they are, that water, once it comes in, is going to quickly overtake the dunes that are there and so we do anticipate that water will reach portions of atlantic avenue and maybe even beyond that, depending on how much wind is blowing at the time we're getting that high tide coming through. we were out earlier today, brian, with the mayor of daytona beach. he was walking through a neighborhood by himself, had his umbrella with him. i asked him why he was out going door to door. he said if i can ask t

we'll share video from the palm beach area. an see street lights just dangling over the roadway. >> the governor of if florida there gave an update, 600,000 people have no power right now, and 3 million are under evacuation orders. let's check in with steve. >> the big news will be the storm surge here. it gets very low, sandy, and shallow. there have been gusts up to 109 offer of cap canaveral. you can see the rotation there. things are deteriorate be rad ily, as we say. looks a lot better to west palm and jacksonville now picking up. cocoa, they did have a gust on the tip there, of 107 miles per hour. and i did see one to 111. now, not only is it wind, this time it's going to be the storm surge. it will be tremendous, because it gets very shallow off the south

lauderdale, he's on the good side of palm beach. we're on the north side, so we're just about 15 or 20 miles north and we're preparing to possibly get the brunt of this storm and we've been taking actions over the last couple of days to get the emergency staff in place. we're under mandatory evacuations for folks on the eastern side of town. we're a coastal community. so we're really trying to hunker down and get ready for the worst. >> what do you see as the potential worst, as you said, ft. lauderdale on the prospective good side, jupiter florida in a more perilous situation. what do you see the worst case scenario you're preparing for? >> yeah. so in palm beach county, especially in jupiter, northern palm beach county, we're used to pretty major storm events. we've gotten tons of rain and we're used to that. the real challenge is the unknown with these wind levels you're hearing potentially 150 miles per hour. and then the other notion of the storm surge. we're hearing storm surges up as much as 4 to 6 feet and so we're a coastal

we're fortunate we're on the beach, we have a nice grade from the beach up to our building. 're about 40 feet higher than the surface of the water, but we also have like a crosswalk that we walk from our property out to the beach. that water went halfway up the crosswalk. so we had plenty of room for us, but that was pretty high. >> you took a risk. would you do it again? >> yes. the building here is poured concrete, we have impact windows, plus hurricane shutters. but we were fortunate. we were fortunate. >> john, thank you very much for joining us. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. john viotto on the phone there, his house is 40 feet above the actual water line, so he escaped. someone lower down would not have escaped. david powellnut is with us, he headed to higher ground, a resident of sullivan island. welcome to the program. glad to have you with us. >> thank you very much. >> as i understand it, you were going to stay, you were going to tough it out. now you decided to leave. what made you decide to leave? >> well, the storm looked like it would head to sea, i had be w

do not go on the beach. no one should be on the beach doing anything. ber, all of these are projections, and it can get worse. we are preparing for the worst, we're hoping for the best and no one should be taking any chances. based on the continuous strong tracks with florida, i am announcing and activating additional 1,000 members of the marble guard. 2,500 members are now activated and another 4,000 ready if needed but we have 2500 activated now. i have directed the national guard to help with evacuations and with sheltering. national guard members also to make sure those who wait until the last minute to do so as safely as possible but don't take a chance that somebody will be there to make sure if you wait for you to evacuate. last night, i suspended all tolls in the affected area of the state including the entire florida turnpike, alligator alley, central florida expressway authority and miami-dade expressway authority. again, there is no reason not to evacuate. about 1.5 million floridians and visitors are under evacuation orders. right now, we're

he's on the road in general son beach, florida. jeff, what are you seeing out there on the road? ter: you know, wolf, this afternoon up and down from melbourne down to jensen beach, one of my concerns, the governor wants people off of the barrier islands. to my amazement, i came up to a mobile home area here on jensen beach. there's about a dozen elderly people in their mobile homes that didn't leave during the evacuation. i'm concerned about their safety. the fire department has asked these people to leave. they did not. now the winds are storm force at jensen beach and hurricane-force winds are just 30 to 40 miles off the beach. by 7:00, 8:00 i expect hurricane-force conditions here at jensen beach making its way northward toward melbourne and eventually possibly the most intense winds gusting to 120, 130, 140 up toward the kennedy space center toward midnight. that's where i expect the worst of the damage to occur. >> clearly, by the hour, the weather is worsening, right? >> absolutely. absolutely. it's gotten -- winds are sustained now at 40, gusts to probably 60 here on the c

what we can really do is we can take you out here to the beach. now understand, this is the sand dune and the sea grapes here. it is just there that we expected to see this tremendous storm surge that would have come over. for point of reference, we've seen in mississippi, for instance, katrina, the storm surge went up to two miles inland. it was predicted that this would be yet here we see no indication of a strong storm surge at all. just the water which is very ferocious out there. you can see, these are not the sort of waves we normally see in florida breaking out there. in fact, you can see the surf out there just really quite strong. if we look up this direction here, that's north. okay? as we look up that direction, miles, but then out to sea is where the eye wall is. and so had it come in a little closer to shore i think we would have seen a very different situation. but the tightly compact nature of these very strong winds, about 35 miles out from the eye, means that the tropical force winds were what buffeted this area. we certainly expec

this is the core of strong wind. up towards daytona beach. this is friday, saturday for georgia and south carolina, and again, the potential for a major hurricane up towards the south carolina coast. the rainfall welcome, i want to the storm surge has gone up which could be six feet above high tide. it could be very dangerous with the surge as well as the rainfall and the prolonged winds for hours and hours and hours. >> and you have been warning on this for many hours and days ahead of this, janet, just how serious this is. we'll come back to you. >> strong winds already whipping parts of florida. the outer bans are reaching the u.s., heavy rain and dangerous storm surge could create a flood disaster. brian is in florida where preparations are taking place right now, brian, what does it look like there? >> deterioration. it continues to deteriorate here on the water. just south of sebastian, about an hour south of melborn. this is the coastline, five to 11 foot storm surges. look at the homes down this shoreline here, this is just a snippet o

it is free from the beach. so a lot of fun events going on on the water today, and then off the water if you're not into boats or maybe you feel hungry out there, the seafood festival. a little something for everyone out here this morning. it should be an amazing day. races start up at 12:00 today and they go through the afternoon. they crown that championship around 5:00 today. so a full day of events out here in clearwater. >> alcides: enjoy yourself and ha talk soon. thanks. >> anjuli: today is also your last day to enjoy a legendary bay area restaurant. the spaghetti warehouse closing doors for good after 30 years in tampa. the chain has tried several times this year to relocate or re-open from their ybor city location. they even surveyed customers who hoped they would move to brandon, but that plan did fall through. the owners say they hope to open again sometime in the future. the buccaneers have a tough match-up today against the defending super bowl champions, the denver broncos. they're in town looking

hurricane matthew passing the coast of daytona beach. governor rick scott is asking for housing for power crews who are helping the one million people who do not have power right now. sarah rosario is in daytona beach. rainy, windy, no power. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. where we're standing on daytona beach right now, we're on the opposite side of the beach just outside of our hotel. we do have power at this hotel but we're one of the only ones on this street that have power. hurricane matthew, the eye of this storm, is to the northeast of us but we're feeling wind gusts all morning long of more than 60 miles an hour. i want you to take a look at some of the damage across the street here. the roof of this building has been blown off. parts of it laying in the street and then blowing all across the street here. palm trees blowing with the wind. this is the biggest lull we've had here all morning long and we're feeling like the storm is making a turn. we're feeling like the wind direction is changing. the wind gusts are coming in waves

otherwise, high 60s and low 70s at the beaches today. mid-70s around the lip of the bay to the peninsula. 77 to the low 80s across the santa clara valley. 83 degrees fairfield. mid- and high 70s to the north. we do have rain in the forecast. we'll pinpoint the days to expect it, that's coming up at 18 after the hour. >> thank you, roberta. let's talk about highway 4 here. we have an update. it is completely clear from that stalled car. it is not off to the shoulder. it is gone. but we still have traffic recovering in the area right at the 680 interchange here. traffic moving at about 50 miles per hour but otherwise along antioch to pittsburg looking good. now let's move to the altamont pass. traffic good from 205 into livermore so this is definitely not the usual case but it's friday so "friday light." north tracy boulevard to the altamont pass will take you a quick 16 minutes. now moving over to the bay bridge toll plaza, if you are heading into downtown san francisco, now is the perfect time, carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway

maybe fort pierce, maybe melbourne, in the atlantic beach. and if that eye wall is right there as this model suggests, there will be winds blowing onshore between 130 and 145. the damage will be phenomenal. it will be damage we have never shown on tv before with a landfalling u.s. hurricane. that's how serious this is, guys, and it runs all the way up the east coast, jacksonville, charleston and finally out to sea. >> all right, chad, stay with us. want to bring on dr. rick knabb director of the national hurricane center. we're waiting for governor rick scott to take the podium there. you see the national guard members at the podium in florida. we're going to get an update from the governor wh he's ready we'll bring it to you. let's bring in rick knabb right now. we're trying to do our best to get out the information to explain the urgency. has anything changed, doctor, that would make this situation less serious? >> no, chris. thank you for helping us get the word out. because this is a very serious situation. a major hurricane currently affe

one of the allegations was printed in the palm beach post. we spoke to the reporter who printed that story, one of those allegations was that donald trump at his estate grabbed a woman bodily against her will, the trump campaign put out a statement categorically denying that allegation calling it untrue. the other allegations are from two women who spoke to the "new york times" tonight, the "new york times" published the name of both of these women, they both were willing to go on the record, they both spoke and did video for the times about what they said were their experiences with donald trump. what's interesting, particularly about the donald trump campaign response to the "new york times" allegations, again from two different women, one of whom says donald trump groped her on an airplane, another one says that donald trump groped her at donald trump tower, a different company in donald trump tower, . the allegation came from mr. trump himself directly by phone last night. this is quoting deblgtly from the "new york times" piece, in a phon

later on tonight into the early morning hours, there's the beach. that's all open atlantic right there. this storm matthew is driving by the coastline. we're not sure at this point because we haven't seen it make its northwestern turn. is it 20 miles off that coastline? is it 40 miles off that coastline? yes, we're on the west side of the storm. if this storm is a strong category 4 with 140-mile-an-hour winds extending 40 miles away from the center of that storm, andrea, that puts that category of weather the same thing you saw moving through the bahamas raking this entire coastline. that is the concern. it is the kind of wind and damaging wind that can rip the roof right off, whip the hurricane-proof glasses with the wind and shred these buildings along the way. that's all possible. let me amend that slightly so i have a little bit of wiggle room with the truth here. this storm, tight-wrapped, andrea. when hurricane-force winds 40 miles out. it's easy to see if this storm were to bobble a little bit, just a little bit, a few miles further out to see

the north. west palm beach will not get worse than what they're seeing now. there are power outages, 50, 60-mile-per-hour gusts, there are some trees down. but they won't have the devastating blow that jacksonville beach, and daytona beach. they can let out a cheer and be happy. but that's not going to be the case from ft. pierce northward. now that we know we're not going to get the high population centers with that direct landfall, we're still very concerned with what's going to happen with the storm surge. we've pretty much cleared you from west palm beach southwards. this is tonight during the overnight hours, 5-7 feet of storm surge, very damaging for the coastal areas. similar with what you dealt with when gene came on shore. because the water can't escape as easily with the winds coming onshore, this is going to be the story as we go throughout tomorrow morning and the day today. looking at some of the predictions from hilton head savannah. a nine-foot surge. it could make landfall by the space coast because of the angle of approach and the orientation

here's a look from our tower cam on the beaches. in fact in the beaches today, a patch. we drop down to 58 degrees earlier this morning at tampa international airport. right now, things are warming up. 61 in tampa. chilly in brooksville at 57. tt of the bay area in the 50s to low 60s. big temperature change as james said, he's our official meteorologist today or we'll say our honorary meteorologist yesterday. 8 degrees below in brayton, sarasota and through the bay area, it will certainly be a chilly start to the day. and also a little chilly in the afternoon. 76 is our high today. delightful. 78 tomorrow. plenty of sunshin. no rain in the forecast. and it is a great day to be out on the pumpkin patch. here's your pumpkin patch planner. bright and sunny and enjoy it. temperatures in the mid 70s and how cool will it get? well, i'm going to let you know about that in just a few minutes. guys. >> debra, thank you. >>> 9:02. developing this morning, details about a deadly crash on the veteran's express way. a man is in jail charged with vehicular homicide. he was speeding an

gusts up to 74 miles per hour north the vero beach, close to barefoot bay. florida governor rick scott urged the 1.5 million residents in the storm's path to evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. that was a direct quote, and many have heeded his calls, thankfully, packing into shelters like this one in palm beach county. about 250 people and nearly as many pets hunkered down for the worst effects. others rushed into service. 3500 national guard troops. >> as we check out the latest count for power outages, it stands over 297,000, affecting customers in florida. overnight governor scott asked people to charge all smartphones while they still have power. the national hurricane center sends push notifications during the storm, do not ignore, it could save your life, according to the governor. let's get the latest on the storm, we bring in meteorologist bill karins. where is it now and how slowly is it moving? >> moving north/northwest at 13 miles per hour. that's a decent clip, not too slow, not too fast. overnight the trend was just a little further off the coast. we'v

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give us the latest there. >> well, good morning from a breezy daytona beach, florida. tonight, we have endured one band after another of increasingly nasty weather, and the worst is jet to come. now, we did get a little good news with the 11:00 eastern time update last night, which is forecast to push the eye a little further east once it gets into the daytona beach area. that's good news. that usually will mean we won't see the strongest winds around the circulation of matthew. the winds still will be strong. we're airporting upwards of 90, maybe 100 miles per hour sustained for a couple hours at least. the bad news is the eye is going to be in daytona beach right around the next high tide. that's expected to occur around 12:45 p.m. this afternoon, and that is when the biggest threat from any sort of storm surge and flooding is to occur. now. it's always the storm surge and the water that typically is responsible for a lot of the deaths we see in these hurricanes. not so much the wind. so that's the hour where people are going to be most alert in the daytona beach area

the storms will be along the beaches here. jamaica with category to force winds, the devastation will still be there because there will be incredible rains. there it is monday night. it is a category three moving across cuba. it will go to the bahamas into wednesday and thursday. thursday to friday, that is our time frame. we still have to keep back with this as far as where that center is going to be through thursday and friday. if it is closer to us, it will have more facts. even if it is right here by the time we hit into friday -- get into friday, the effects will still be the time. the beaches will get rip currents heading into thursday and friday. great model here and then it splits off. summer taking this through the northeast. at that point we are really talking about cute -- huge forecast. we're certainly not done as far as potential impacts with the storm. it is still way down to our south. this is what i was alluding to, the rainfall. there will be/flooding and mudslides for the next couple of days. the worst of it w

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what's the scene there in daytona beach? u and gabe are experiencing right now. things intensifying here. i want to give you a realtime look at the conditions. the wind is just surging at this point. the rain completely sideways. it's been intensifying for the last several hours and that's going to continue. look past that and you can see the surf here. it's been growing. believe it or not, this is low tide, and already the water getting into areas it's not supposed to be. this surge could be six to 11 feet. a wall of water. that's really unprecedented. unbelievable, but it is continuing to grow here. the eye of this storm still about 50 miles to the southeast, as we get another strong gust here. it's a slow-moving system, so we're going to continue to see things go downhill for the next several hours. craig. >> jay gray for us there in daytona beach. again, we are expected to hear from florida governor rick scott in just a few moments from now. for now, we'll take a quick break. this is msnbc. buit's a manufacturing job. yea