if we can look at florida, florida is 1.2% difference, donald trump leading in the state of florida, 95% of the votes in, and it's too close to call. next, north carolina -- i should say ohio which we've been watching all night. this is a stunning number. 65% of all pre sengts are reporting it looks as if from it depends where the outstanding counties are, but we'll know soon enough. ohio is still too close to call. north carolina, 79% of all precincts reporting, donald trump is holding on to his lead. wake county, north carolina, still outstanding. that will be, most likely, a large hillary clinton difference, but he's winning there, and in the state of virginia, by .3% with precincts reporting, donald trump with a lead in virginia. the close tounts outside washington, d.c. which normally skew blue are yet to be tallied. ed rollins is here, dana perino is with us. what's the biggest surprise for you. >> if the spread is ten points in ohio -- he was favored to win ohio. clinton's polls must have been wrong earlier on, because they try to get that enthusiasm vote up for her. one thing

florida, florida, florida as tim russert used to say. as florida goes, the election will go. >> well, the interesting thing about florida is whether donald trump will have lost florida because the empire strikes back, the latinos which have traditionally not come out to vote are suddenly coming out this time around. if the latinos make the difference in this margin in florida, one can make the argument he lost that election the day he came down that gold-plated elevator 15 months ago and started talking about a wall and doubling down on rhetoric that a lot of latinos found offensive to them. early voting shows they may have come out. they are disproportionately latino this year. >> tom, is that how your polls have looked? >> it's close. it's a toss-up. sean spicer was just saying republicans feel pretty good. it's still very early going there. i expect it's going to be really close in florida. >> morgan, from the republican side, sean spicer talking about a heavy turnout in the panhandle. >> which is still voting, by the way. >> sure. bu

who was that, florida? now, look, florida. what were mr. findlay's reading glasses doing in with my nylon panties? i don't know. maybe he was tryin' to read the washing instructions. look, mrs. findlay-- florida, you better get a grip on yourself. okay, okay. so i made one little mistake! now, look. florida, if you can't take a little constructive criticism, maybe-- listen, have you tried hormones? there you go again, blamin' everything on change of life. if phillip skinned his knee, you would holler "menopause." now, look. not having menopause is a very flimsy excuse. now, you have a job to do, florida, and i expect a day's work for a day's pay. and i give you a day's work! yes, but it takes you a week to do it! stop beatin' around the bush. why don't you come out and say it? 're trying to say? don't tell me what i'm trying to say, florida! well, you won't have to put up with me much longer, 'cause i'm quittin'. well, here we go again. all right, florida. you've had your little laugh. i'm sorry i yelled at you. i apologize. that is not why

that starts in florida. we're focussed in winning on florida. if marco can win here on tuesday, then we can stop donald trump and marco can be the republican nominee. >> i want to put a fine point on it. to be clear, pause you're calling on kasich and cruz voters to vote for rubio. will you right now tell supporters of marco rubio in ohio to vote for john kasich? >> yeah. i think i'm just stating the obvious. if you're a republican primary voter in ohio and you want to defeat donald trump, your best chance in ohio is john kasich because he's the sitting governor and close to trump in some of the polls. the same is true in florida. if you want to defeat donald trump in florida, there's 99 delegates at stake, you need to vote for rubio. he's the only one with a mathematical shot, and a good shot of beating trump here. >> your answer to john, and rubio supporters in ohio should vote for kasich, your answer is yes? >> my answer is john kasich is the one candidate in ohio that can beat donald trump. that's stating the obvious. if you're a voter prima

hurricane matthew barreling towards florida. the brutal conditions intensifying as the eye of the storm taunts coastal cities. overnight violent winds along the beaches. gusts in some places clocking in above 70 miles per hour. the storm bringing the look and sound of fireworks in the form of downed power lines. thousands facing outages. officials fearing up to 3 million may end up in the dark. the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating. florida's governor making this dire warning. >> unfortunately, this is going to kill people. >> reporter: already it has. than 100 people as it swept through haiti. the death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede, and matthew battering the bahamas before heading for florida. residents thursday preparing filling up those final sandbags. stores were boarded up. their shelves bare. more than 3 million people urged to evacuate here and in the carolinas. some refusing to go. >> everyone left town. everything is boarded up, and i'm just waiting. >> reporter: but many g

, spanish florida. the ambition of land had already been achieved. so we're okay for now. so into florida comes all these red sticks and hundreds, if not thousands, of african-american slaves. if you can imagine during the red stick war and the tumult of war, if you're a slave living somewhere along that frontier, it's dangerous. but your ability to find freedom in that chaos is slightly better than freedom outside of that chaos. and so they often joined up with indians, or they made their way behind enemy line, and they found their way into florida, and set up in what we call marooned communities, independent, separate, african-american-free communities and sometimes they joined seminole or creek or indian communities in florida. now, how do you suppose the governor of georgia, or alabama, or mississippi, or south carolina, or any of the voters in those states felt about the large influx of african-americans heading into florida? come on. someone's got to stand up and come to the camera. >> because the

florida goes beyond that. it is unlawful, the supreme court of florida has said, to require -- to ask the sentencing jury to provide a special verdict that in any way indicates what their, quote, input is on the sentencing factors. again, steele, page 546. specific jury findings on aggravators without guidance on their effect on the imposition of a sentence could unduly influence the trial judge's own determination of how to sentence the defendant. the trial court alone must make detailed findings about the existence and weight of aggravating circumstances. >> is that a post ring? what's the date of it? >> yes. this is post ring that the court also held that ring didn't apply. it has no jury findings on which to rely. and, in fact, the court also explained in -- later in the decision -- in the same decision and also in its decision in franklin, that florida, quote, florida bars a special verdict precisely because requiring specific jury findings on aggravators without guidance about their effect would harm the

in florida. marco rubio decided he would run for re-election at the last minute after losing the gop nomination. even in his home state primaries. he's facing democratic too close to call even with 80% of all precincts reporting. in new hampshire the republican senator kelly ayotte facing the democratic governor, maggie hassan. this one had been close but in the late going, kelly ayotte has made a big serge. only 6% of the vote are in. we're not able to call that. in pennsylvania, the republican senator pat toomey trying to hang onto his seat against the democrat katie mcginty. in illinois the republican senator mark kirk facing off duckworth. we have just called this. tammy duckworth is the winner in the state of illinois for the united states senate. now that is a pickup for democrats. that's one pickup on the night so far for democrats. tammy duckworth unseated mark kirk. not all together surprising. we sort of expected this but in a world where you need to pick up five if you're democrat, the

mid 70s central florida. cooler mid to upper 60s around the big ben and panhandle. 60s for atlanta, memphis, 70s new orleans and houston, 40s in dc, big apple, there is the cold air as high pressure is taking over the western half of the country. 30s denver, salt lake city. west coast, 55 la, 39 in seattle. it is a mess across portions of the carolinas, midatlantic and the west coast is getting drenched, especially the pacific northwest and rockies. the threat for severe weather will be across the midwest and great lakes region and we are seeing tons of wintery weather across the northeast and new england areas . quite the contrast here in south florida as it will feel spring like, almost summer like with when you factor high humidity it could feel like 90s. a couple showers could sneak in here or there. boater seas 1-2, light chop, around 70 degrees. this week we stay warm, 60s and low 70s. st. patrick's day thursday, 85. we have the fair opening up and into friday, we will start to see a slightly better cha

sing of the side of florida. it could skirt the shoreline before it heads into georgia and south carolina. abc's lauren lyster is live right now in new smyrna beach. lauren: the wind is up to 130 miles per hour with this category 4 hurricane worried you can see some of the vegetation starting to get whipped up by the gusts as the people here hunker down trying to weather the florida. the brutal win and pounding rain growing as the hurricane charges towards the coast. the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating, potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern era. florida's governor, calling it a monster. >> unfortunately this is going to kill people. lauren: already, it has matthew taking the lives of more than skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede. in the bahamas, the shore battered by damaging waves. the rain and wind ripping through the vegetation and the vacations of 3,000 tourists unable to escape and with the hurricane then heading for florida residents thursday filling up those final sa

today it is florida's turn. voters will head to the polls today for the florida primary. it's a big day. we we're lex team coverage. maybe you're fighting with the kids to get them out of bed, but in the meantime thinking about heading to the polls todaynd at what time u'll be able to get to your polling place. >> first we want a check with your weather. ryan, should they expect any problems as they are heading the the polls? >> the only problem early this morning, just within the first few hours of our day, patchy fog developing overnight and now laying low across southwest that's the hot spot for this. visibility now reduced. we've got zero visibility report just in now in the homestead and florida city area. just use some caution here on the turnpike coming out of southwest miami-dade. you get into miami. visibility is okay. over five miles there. that's much the same across broward county. so no widespread dense fog. the visibility is just fine looking towards the aaa. skies are clear in ft. lauderdale and miami-dade. a few clouds in key west. that's about it. that br

that was wilma in florida. there are millions more that have been born, millions that have moved into florida that have not been there for the previous storms. after moving through nassau, home to 245,000, now on its way to freeport. we're starting to see now that the strong winds at 140 miles per hour with gusts of 165 are producing some significant waves. imagine if you will later on today when we look at the population from miami to jacksonville waves 20 to 40 feet high. the engine and force behind that shoving storm surge into every inlet, canal, waterway is going to not only throw wasalt water into the treatment centers, it will buckle roads, the population area is going to get hit with hurricane-force winds. this is where every mile counts jake. take a look at this. in fact, we're going to be talking about maybe 5 to 10 miles making a big difference. in yellow the tropical storm force winds that head all way to tampa. hurricane-force iwinds will xnd past 95. look at high tide in muill burn around midnight

monster hurricane matthew bearing down on florida. you are looking live at florida. the deadly storm makes its way up the east coast killing 300 in haiti and devastating the caribbean. georgia, florida, north carolina under a state of emergency. with winds up to 120 miles per hour, more than 250,000 people are already without power in florida. a number only expected to grow with the potential of storm surges up to ten feet. >> florida governor, rick scott issuing a dire warn thag this is no joke. >> if you are in an evacuation zone, get out. this is not something you should take a chance with. time is running out. leave. there are no excuses. evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. >> you have to leave. there's going to be 20 feet of water in your house. it's scary. >> right now, the storm is a category 3 hovering near florida. >> we have live team cover achbage from florida to georgia. >> we talk about this cat 3, that's sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and gusts more than that. >> you have to remember to put it in perspective, katrina when it made land fall was a catego

in the air, florida for gore. boom. ladies and gentlemen, let's pause here because this could be decisive in the election. >> 25 decisive electoral votes that could deliver the presidency for al gore. at the governor's mansion in austin, there was pure anguish. >> there was this pall. it was quiet. when i asked president bush 41 how he was doing, he said, "not so good right now." >> what were you thinking about the network projections? >> the feeling from our people crunching the numbers was that the networks were wrong. >> karen hughes wasn't the only one unconvinced. >> i don't believe that some of these states that they've called like florida -- i don't believe -- i don't believe we've got enough evidence to call the state. >> that state's going to flip. i really feel that way. >> i do remember saying to myself, well, i hope they're right with this. basically it was, listen, don't question the decision of the decision desk. florida belongs to gore. >> i think, bill, and you're the maven on this one, that generally ne

florida right now. shelley: coming up on news 9 tonight, a look at conditions tonight in melbourne, florida. tom: new details in the deadly train crash in new jersey. how fast investigators say the train was going just moments before crashing. shelley: hurricane matthew could make landfall by the morning. millions are under evacuation orders tonight along the atlantic coast in florida, georgia and south carolina. terri parker with our sister station wbpf is in west palm beach, florida tonight. terri: really high wind, about 55 miles from our, driving rain, horizontal. we are still feeling the effects of it. you the palm trees are lashing back and forth in the wind. we're getting some more rain. as hurricane matthew churns its way north. luckily not hitting an impact in this part of palm beach county as much as originally forecasted because matthew took that turned to the north and stayed a little off our coast. but he was just off our coast about 70 miles away. we are still feeling the rain, the wind, t

those are the concerns overnight innup jupiter, florida. this reporter her feet overnight the storm weakened to a cat 3. the winds up to 120 miles per hour were reported just off the shores and sal, just because it is a cat 3, it is not less dangerous? is>> absolutely not. we are talking about significant wind an rain. we still are talking winds sustained winds over a hundred continuing for florida. hurricane watches up to the carolina coast. the eye wall is running par really to the coast at this point. the hurricane force winds along the space coast. the storm is continuing in the forward speed at 12 miles per hour or so. that is at least how it is moving for now. the up date to the north with there is a gradual decrease in the strength. but a very big rain taker. >> tim, you have updates on the emergency shelters for the families in florida? >> yes. >> overnight county leaders tweeted that two locations are full or at capacity but another five are still open for families trying to escape the high winds and water. right now, a mandatory c

puerto rican vote in florida now around tampa bay is really a very critical thing for democrats. >> florida is very much up for grabs in the presidential race. >> third largest state. the bottom line, california, texas is large, florida is a swing state. it's ten media markets. it's the ultimate media state. we have to hold it long term or >> you know the man. >>> coming up fox news sunday anchor chris wallace joins us to talk about the big picture from the fox news deck on the fox broadcast network. that's next. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement?, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. and if you have more than one liberty mutual policy, saving you money on your car and home coverage. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you?. liberty mutual insurance. as a marriott rewards member, i can embrace a world full of surprising moments. the

florida. >> as it usually does it comes down to florida. >> i'm excited about the upcoming contest including right here in florida. >> i le boca. i love florida. >> let's win here. in florida on tuesday. >> god bless miami. >> i'm not spending time in florida. we are going wig with team 7 coverage. >> right now on south florida's the. >>> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever and while today my campaign is suspended t-the fact that i have even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> you heard it there. it is over for florida's junior senator. he was banking on a victory inhis home state. hello everyone. >> this contest not even close. donald trump didn't just win. he dominated florida.( hillary clinton made it look easy as well with nearly double the amount of votes as bernie sanders here in the sunshine state. we have coverage from miami-dade all the way up to palm beach butp we begin with patrick frazier and the latest numbers. patrick. >>

and spanish controlled florida. the war was fought in part to prevent slaves from fleeing into florida. florida state university is in tallahassee. the class is about 50 minutes. >> if we think back where we were last week, and the week before, the seminoles are forming in georgia. we have all this large context. we've talked about coal essence, civilization, migration, all of these different themes. we've even talked about this idea whether we thought the seminoles existed as a people and we talked about the red stick war. this is kind of these culminating trends that we're trying to work up to and today we'll look at what is often seen as the start of an american awareness that the seminoles exist and it gets a name called the first seminole war. what i'd like to do today is challenge a little bit what we normally think about the first seminole war. up here i put up in simple terms how other people have described it. first seminole war really quickly makes me think of first seminole war, we can think of first worl

he will win florida. reporter: marco rubio' s uphill battle got a little tougher this afternoon, donald trump unveiling another set of attack ads in the state of florida against rubio, so he has both testers and donald trump going after him. -- both ted cruz and donald trump going after him. he will rally in the sarasota and st. johns county tomorrow as she really does put all of his effort in the home state leading up to the primary, march 15. summer: thank you. a new poll of florida republicans shows marco rubio him and donald trump. this was conducted over the weekend with registered republicans and they were asked, if the republican primary for president was today, who would you vote for? 38% said donald trump, and 30% marco rubio. in the last round of polls, he had been trailing trumped by 16 points. meredith: florida is very important for those candidates, tomorrow. hawaii holds its republican caucus while ohio holds its primary. stay tuned for all of your 2 news. summer: police in daytona beach are

the demographic for florida presents florida as an entirely different and new landscape. in fact, it has been the case that there has been a declining number of hispanics in florida registers as republicans. the states that are going to be important in this election, in addition to florida, are colorado, nevada and new mexico. sates with sizeable increases in latino population, and how it is that they will vote, and guarantee the chance that either a republican or a democrat will win in those very critical states. >> very quickly before we go to another break, evelyn, if i gave you a lot of money, could you raise the hispanic turnout in florida? is it just investment or is it investment plus other things? >> well, i'll give you a perfect example for today. governor rick scott, our florida governor, endorsed donald trump. well, if we look at 2014, it was something that nobody ever thought he would have a chance of winning. but he invested so much in the media, and the media in spanish, and actually, he started early. a lot of the media in spanish in florida are asking why

jose, as you know, florida, florida, florida. it's all important about how everybody feels, about who they want to see go through. this state typically punches the ticket to the general election. we spoke to people today who were undecided right before going in. some folks who are trying to stop trump, and one person who was pretty honest about the fact that they're voting for hillary clinton but they know that she has had missteps. however, they feel she is best suited, most qualified for the job. jose, back to you. >> thomas roberts along with trymaine lee and tony dokoupil, thank you very much. >>> up next, the heat is on for marco rubio, and if the polling is accurate, the florida senator could lose his home state of florida. 99 delegates at stake here in the sunshine state. we're live at another polling place in florida next. you're an at&t small business expert? sure am. my staff could use your help staying in touch with customers. at&t can help you stay connected. am i seeing double? no ma'am. our at&t 'buy one get one fre

no rain expected across south florida. the windsdsill be light. 86 or 85 to 86 degrees your high aftetea morning low of 64. still in the 80s for thursday andfriday, with partly to mostly sunny skies. sasds saturday, a smallhance of rain. it will cool down ever so slightly into the 70s. jmplgts you work hard but your the nbcc 6 investigators show us how south florida workers (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there'a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keke social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> all of these people have one thing in common. they came to the nbc 6 investigators complaining they didn't pay them. >> that's right. it happens to hundreds of people every year here in south florida. nbc 6 consumer investigator myriam is here to tell how they're fighting back. >> a growing number of workers are filing complaints ag

florida senator marco rubio admitting winning florida on tuesday is crucial to him continuing in the race for the white house. governor john kasich is hoping to win ohio and senator ted cruz made some of his first appearances in florida this week. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is expected a win big here in florida but senator bernie sanders is hoping to pull off the upset. >>> it was a big week for endorsements, trump picked up the endorsement of dr. ben carson, cruz endorsed by another former candidate. former presidential can't carly fiorina endorsed the texas senator. she talked with a cnn reporter defending her previous tackia tacks. >> you would talk how he would flip. >> ted and i had disagreed on tactics. when the democrats were a majority in the senate, i didn't think we were going to succeed in repealing "obamacare." we never disappeared on goals. >> cruz is the only republican candidate who has a chance at defeating trump. >>> more big news for the texas senator, he picked up his first senate endorsement this week. >> i've decided to endorse ted for a number of re

a lot of florida is closing in five seconds. and so we've seen states before that have stradled time zones, i'm trying to make it sexier. >> that was a good one. >> you may see some raw vote on the screen from florida. we are not recognizing. >> naked vote. >> the florida poll closing until an hour from now at 8:00 eastern. wow. when we will also have illinois and missouri, but everything that's going to happen, at least all of the exciting poll closings, are going to happen between now and an hour from now. >> that's right. we obviously don't know what's going to happen until it happens. we're led to believe by the polling, the data we've seen, we may have bunch of close races tonight. poll closing perhaps well before we're going to have a called winner in some of the races. but the florida and ohio results in particular are going to be more important than your usual state. not just because they're winner take all, and big piles of delegates, but they could spell an choice. watching the numbers, heavily relying on the correspon

florida, they are bracing format few. walt disney world, they are taking action in the wake of the storment they are going to close by the end today and they are not opened until friday. disney world have only closed four times since it has been opened. we are seeing power outages in florida. we heard there are more than 7,000 power outages in miami-dade county. 4,150 in broward county and palm beach county 1,000 of power outage. the governor is warning folks that what people staying home could face. >> you are going to lose power, there is no question, you will lose power. you are going to lose power, we jou just don't know how long. >> joining me now is dave m mcdermott, what preps have your company put out there getting folks backup running. >> there is no surprise. hurricane matthew is going to be a monster storm. with that said, you know based on our current forecast and intensity and our historical model, we anticipate major damage to our system and as many as two and a half million customers will experience power o

on the right, florida, much of central florida now in the dark tonight. gio benitez is also here in florida, surveying the damage, and he's got the pictures. >> reporter: tonight, home after home across the state powerless. here, the power lines strewn across the street, the transformers exploding. >> there go our transformers. florida, this house burned to the ground. officials blaming downed power lines for causing the fire. these two sisters surviving because they evacuated. >> we haven't been able to go in yet, but from the looks of it, it's all gone. >> reporter: for more than 1 million other homes, the problem is no power. in palm beach, ali gonzalez said the storm knocked out her power. she's six months pregnant. >> it would have been worse if we weren't together. >> right after we got done cooking dinner, bam, there goes the power. >> reporter: restoring the from kentucky. just one of many states moving in to help florida. 15,000 crews from across the country. >> 15,000 restoration workers. >> reporter: right here. >> right here in florida. >> rep

in a south florida neighborhood. those runaways hit the road causing quite a stir during the morning commute. >> quite a stir, and many of you watted the whole thing go down live. claudia doe come claudia docampo shows us how they were able to corral them. >> reporter: the ponies apparently went through an opening in this fence across from their pin. they tried stopping the ponies, but they couldn't catch up to them. the ponies galloped alongi-75 and red road for about a half hour. this woman brought each pony back inside the fence. their outing walked in as if nothing had happened. we're not sure why the ponies ran off. maybe they just needed some exercise. here they are. as you can see,hey're behind the fence all safe and sound. none of them were hurt during this whole ordeal. again, they're back home. nbc 6 news. >>> all right. south florida, we had a beautiful wednesday. rain free so far for this workweek. our radar has been very quiet for most of the day. a really nice start to our evening. let's jump right in.

even whe it reaches florida, it is expected to wash out before crossing through south florida. that front will not be able to bring us cooler temperatures next week. we expect drier air. that'll be good, but no cold air expected with that front. you can see just aowhow clear the skies have been today. here's a look at your forecast for the next seven days. not as windy tomorrow. saturday looks to be partly cloudy. maybe a 10% chance of a sprinkle. sunday though 20%, 25%, maybe 30% chance of rain on your sunday. 83 will be a high. still a chance for a shower on monday. it dries out, but it stays warm. temperatures still in the mid 80s. >>> thank you. >> there are new cases ofhe zika virus right here in florida has people calling the . >>> six new cases of the zika virus r rorted today. that brings florida's total to 58 travel-related ses. more than half are here in south florida. >> that's made more people aware about the potential for mosquito breeding grounds. >>e are here with more on the calls we've been getting from people concernen about abandoned tires and green swimming

i think he can carry florida, trump, and if he carries florida and rubio went with him, there's a lot of backup for him there. >> my state went for him, i went for him, okay, he has problems but we were together on that. >> but they all have wives and daughters and sons and you have to look them in the eye that say i voted for a guy -- >> right now florida tight as a tick. >> democrats feel great about the vote in the southern part of the state. >> even if they win, it's going to be tight. >> it's going to be tight but democrats feel very optimistic about florida. >> in terms of this issue about how down ticket, particularly senate candidates deal with trump, the really interesting case is pat toomey, right, in pennsylvania. pat toomey did this great thing today where he hasn't been willing to say who he's going to vote for. he's been doing this elaborate dance, not explaining who he's voting for like there might be any possible number of answers. he waited -- polls close at 8:00 in pennsylvania. he waited until 6:45 p.m. until he voted thinking at that point he would have to admit th

eva pilgrim, abc news, jacksonville, florida. >> yeah. so between wednesday and saturday, some 3,700 flights canceled so far. and more to come, no doubt. obviously, it's impacting the race for the white house, as well. it's actually forcing both candidates to cancel events and close offices in the critical swing state of florida. >> both candidates are pulling their punches on tv ads until support to those in the storm zone while they buckle down for their next debate. here is abc each tom llamas. >> reporter: in battleground florida hillary clinton and donald trump shutting down their campaign offices for once both on the same page. clinton tweeting, i urge everyone to follow emergency instructions and evacuate if you're told to. trump warning, if your home is in the path of the hurricane and you're advised to leave, you need to do so right now. the storm comes with both candidates deep in debate prep. trump screening video of the first showdown. aides wanted to point out his reaction easy under fire >> perpetuated a false claim. . >> it

more than 200,000 florida residents have already lost power. states of emergency have been declared in florida, georgia, and south carolina. the wind and rain picked up near port st. lucie overnight but the potential storm surge is the main concern. dangerous storm surge could raise water levels by 11 feet in some coastal areas and producing devastating flooding. greg angel, of our west palm beach station, wpec is in vero beach where flooding is a major concern. what are conditions like this morning, greg? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. as you see just from our shot, a little bit of moving around. we are, right now, in the midst of hurricane force wind. we are now here in vero beach. in indian river county along the east coast. i want to show you behind me here. you see boats tied up here. this is part of the intracoastal. the boats are doing a little bit of bobbing. this is actually good because looking at the position of the storm out in the atlantic, we could of definitely gotten a more targeted hit from this storm and the damage cou

the polls just closed in most of florida. we should start getting the election results any second now. as results come in, you'll see them almost instantly at the ticker at the bottom of the screen. >> lisa: ginger gadsden is standing by talking with analysts tonight. we also have a live webcast anytime on clickorlando.com. >> matt: and here's mike deforest, our investigator, tallying results and looking for trends here and statewide. a lot on the line with florida, a winner take all state for the republicans. so we have team coverage all louis bolden is at hillary clinton watch party in west palm beach. eric sandoval is with senator marco rubio at florida international university and erik von ancken is live at donald trump's mara largo club in palm beach. >> lisa: we start in orange county where the state just decided it will not extend voting by an hour. >> matt: news 6 reporter amanda castro is live at the orange county supervisor of elections office. there were some problems out there today. >> reporter: yeah, matt. some

florida governor rick scott says the storm is a monster. there are no reports of deaths, though, or injuries in the bahamas, but there was extensive flooding. dozens of people trapped in their homes had to be rescued. >>> matthew has created a travel nightmare for millions. some trying to flee the storm and others forced to change their planes because of cancelled flights. brian webb is here in new york with that part of the story. brian, good morning. >> reporter: this may be an east coast storm, but it's affecting travel plans across the country. for some, rebooking vacation plans. for others, a mad dash to get out of the way. >> we were the last flight out. we were separate. to orlando on shut down as the storm moved north. more than 3,700 flights through tomorrow have already been cancelled. desperate travelers tried to book a flight. terry and curtis knapp were among the lucky. they made it home to texas. >> yo could just hear the people around you and behind you saying i barely made this flight and those that haven't, they gotten the

florida is in the bull's eye right now of hurricane matthew. it is barrelling in, threatening to trigger catastrophic flooding. >> that killer storm whipping up winds of 130 miles per hour, its powerful outer bands pounding the southeastern coast overnight and millions under e evacuation orders bracing for up to 15 inches of rain and a storm surge as high as 11 feet. power lines exploding, and 100,000 people have already lost electricity. >> and that situation, no doubt, will get worse in the overnight hours. i want to show how what the radar is looking like right now with matthew spinning off the coast, accepting powerful rain bands all the way across the state. this storm is huge. 300 miles width. we'll get the latest now from abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: hurricane matthew, a demon in the dark, barrelling into florida's atlantic coast. winds up to 130 miles per hour. >> unfortunately, this is going to kill people. >> reporter: 3 million people urged to evacuate, clogging major highways up and down the coast for miles. preparations for matt

florida governor rick scott tweeted florida national guard has more than 6,000 personnel ready, fwc, which is fish and wildlife conservation department has operations standing by with boats and search and rescue equipment. while florida is still dealing with the storm other southern states are bracing for its impact. the storm is expected to cross across -- to cross portions of south georgia, also portions of south carolina. so those states are preparing. and then as the storm is expected to skirt can up the atlantic coast it could continue causing headaches and hazards for many americans going into this long holiday weekend. anna and jackie, back to you. >> jonathan, live there in florida for us. please be careful out there. thanks for that. >> let's go to janice who is tracking latest in the weather center this morning. hi, janice. >> hi, ladies. we had landfall a couple of hours atlantic east of saint mark, florida. we had a caller earlier on from tallahassee. wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour. it is still a hurricane, 75 miles per hour sustained winds. we get a brand-new

city to the sweet 16 against florida in dallas. they were the cinderella story. last night the eagles returned to the big dance with a playing game that beat fairleigh dickinson. >>> nit tourney, gators with a blowout over north florida and fsu beat davidson 84-74, take my word for it. and finally the rays put infielder logan forsyth on the day-to-day list. he was beamed in the left arm by a fastball. nor siege was in obvious pain. he'll be out for a few days. phillies beat the rays, final 5- 2. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> derailment cause. coming up at 5:00 -- the unreported crash authorities are blaming for the train derailment in kansas monday. >> a tragic accident, just ahead, the simple movement one little girl did that could have her spending life in a >>> for the forecast in pinellas, you're still in school spring break, not until next week. so the fog issues. still there. very early, sunrise, 8:00 70 degrees. no rain today. 81 as we head into the early afternoon hours. extended forecast and a lot

guns off the street in south florida. a violent sport is taking a stand against gun violence in hopes of making our neighborhoods safer. >> reporter: trina, saturday morning this parking lot here at the jordon grove missionary baptptt church will be crowded with people turning in guns in exchanan for money. in the wake of so many shootings involving young people in the community in the past year or so, this is an effort to get guns out of circulation and the organizers are pulling no punches. so much agony. we all see it these people are trying to do something about it. >> we need you gys to turn in guns. we need the community from all over miami-dade county to show up and show out because too many young people have been shot or killed by senseless gun violence. >> reporter: reverend jerome buyback events since last year when his niece was killed by a stray bullet years ago. >> it's a shame that a kid has to be killed for t t community to get involved. >> it's everywhere. let's not w wt until the problem comes to your bac

florida has a good shelter program. those shelters are retrofitted over the years to provide shelter. so again, what we need people to do is move away from the water risk of the storm surge, and those evacuations zones, go tens of miles, go inland and hunker down because the wind can reach far inland. what we're most concerned about, the life threat, is the storm surge. >> all right, craig, you have your work cut out for you. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> up next, we're going to take you there, to florida's coast where they're bracing for the worst. west palm beach is in the storm's cross hairs. some say it will be where the eye of the storm hits. the mayor of west palm joins me next. i wanted to know where my family me f i did my ancesydna. the most shocking result was that i'm6% native american. i had no idea. it's opened up a whole new world for me. ♪ to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks ext

coast of florida. that should come as no surprise that is what the models have been saying and what the forecast has been showing, so that should not make any change. this is let's say it goes more to the west than the bay area. that is not the forecast i don't believe it will be the forecast but it is better safe than story in case matthew decides to misbehave and go now we have got a lot to talk about. this is a look at what is going on with the storm, clearly it is trained to get better organized backup to winds of 120 miles per hour, this is what you want to see, this is the forecast track. winds of 130 through the bahamas, this is a close-up version this track goes over the cape which is exactly what the models have this track is going to bring significant damage to the east coast of florida, probably damage on like they have seen in a long time and maybe ever from jacksonville to saint augustine. this is the real deal. if you have anyone in the path of this storm from melbourne to jacksonville, n

big events in florida this weekend. on saturday, big college football. florida and fsu. up the coast, north carolina and south carolina both in action at home. the schools st s say they are monitoring the games and will move the games as necessary. dolphins will host the titans on sunday. nascar officials hoping the hurricane doesn't affect the race in charlotte. >>> and if you have rob gronkowski on your fantasy league, you are not doing well. he said he knows his fantasy owners are not happy with him right now. >> man, i know. i can't even go to the grocery store without getting yelled at. why did you draft me then? >> guys, i'm guessing gronk's production picks up because tom brady returns. >> a wee bit better. andy scholes, thanks. >>> florida is bracing for hurricane matthew. this storm is just gained strength. we are getting a new forecast and new reports. our breaking coverage continues next. after brushing, listerine® total care strengthens teeth, helps prevent cavities and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine® total care to the total famil

florida voters head to the polls next week... and rubio is cross central florida to rally for support. fox 35's gina benitez is live at a bakery in kissimmee... where rubio will be later this morning. gina.. it appears early voters.. support rubio... according to the latest monmouth poll.... among florida voters who have already cast their percent. that's 25 percentage points ahead of donald trump. but for voters who plan to vote on election day.... trump still has an 8-point lead over rubio. ted cruz is a distant third at 17 percent. and kasich in fourth at 10 percent. of course... donald trump is also looking to sway a@aa@av@g@r@ sunshine state. today-- he will be in p@(l palm beach county for a campaign event at "trump national `p|`````pw@ golf club." we are scheduled to ```xxx`zxz speak to trump live on good day orlando zzzxxzxzxxx this morning. he is set to join us -- nn nh at the top of our 8 o'clock hour. @ hillary clinton is also in florida this week. she is in miami today.... ahead of wednesday night's debate in south fl

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all warnings have been lifted for south florida. we're expecting very minimal damage when people wake up. about 11,000 people are without power right now in broward county. the winds are light enough where crews are able to be right now restoring that power. so we expect them to be back up and running very soon. the good news is that with that storm passing now, businesses will start to reopen here in south florida. really good news for travel is that we are set to resume this morning at the ft. lauderdale airport and the miami airport, two big international airports. we're expecting flights to resume this morning. things are back normal here in south florida as the attention turns further up the coast. >> nbc's blake mccoy, thank you for that update. >>> much more on hurricane matthew. stay with us. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that... ...i won't stop until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of m