greater danger flooding or high winds in florida. >> well, what happens in florida now the worst of storm is getting into georgia. so we are this kind of thing, thunderstorms on eastern side can produce tornadic he activity the worst is now over, in florida, worst going into coastal georgia south carolina north carolina coming day florida is taking the brunt of it right now, believe it or not, the worst damage with this when they totally damage up may be further nor northeast coast beaches new jersey long island beaches as many hope to celebrate labor day, thank you. we will keep you updated. >> thank you bye-bye. >> big story for the markets labor department to release august jobs' report this morning, and added -- last month, employment rate to drop 4.8%, today's report could have a impact on the economy, making it more likely, that the federal reserve will raise short term interest rates, soon. >> if i looked at the day as i look at the economy the progress that is made, i judge that we are nearing full employment we should take advantage of the opportunity to remove some accommo

florida had been leaning clinton but not average of florida polls. trump leads in our state but by a fraction of 1%. even though clinton and supporters swapped the state in ads. tonight se we show you h clintons basket comment may cost her down the road. and we'll show you why trump and his campaigns prior statements may cost him more and why he's till is underdog in the race. also the new forecast in the race. that brings us to the radio is show with merissa and big guests who just called in. >> time for political sports talk with craig patrick and merissa lynn. >> welcome to the political sports talk. >> what is our random word of the day? >> let's go with corn beef. >> that is random. >> really random. the first person to work in corn beef in political sports talk show will win a prize. >> let's go to politics line. air. >> president obama? >> merissa. >> i'm sorry who dead you say you were? >> merissa. >> of course let me jump in. barry did you think that the republican senate would vote on me rick garland in the campaign? >> no. >> why bother? >

have seen florida plates all over the country. it time to bring in auburn plate to the state of florida. we have more than 4,000 people already committed to signing up which would make it one of the most popular tags we have in the state of pla becuse everybody loves auburn. >> we are a family. we believe it and we can make it happen. thank you for doing this for us. >> thanks, kevin. >> coming upholster shows u clinton first debate. >> okay let's bring in our pollster. we are now one week away from the first head to head debate between trump and clinton to what extent can that moment in time move the needle? >> i think all three will move the needle. you will have sort of like rocky one, two, three. >> and each one of those are going to be heavily watched and i don't expect any one candidate to win all three. they will move the polls one way or another. even if it just leaves everyone more confused. >> some of the things i'm looking for is will wikileaks drop another hit of e-mails on clinton. that can certainly upset for her. on

>>>in an average of florida polls hillary clinton leads in florida by half of one percent. >>>coming up. see how the medical marijuana campaign could hit some new resistance just before the election. ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? know you can save today >>>floridas medical marijuana question did not miss by much on the ballot two years ago. and polling shows that it has a good chance of passing this november. however, it has hit a little bit of new resistance this coming from florida conference of catholic bishops who aren't formally aposing it but exprexp expressing qualms saying the amendment may be problematic because it may be acceptable to fraud and abuse. check out our youtube channel for more. we'll see you tomorrow night. real-time closed captioning ?? captions paid for by the fox broadcasting company >>> hey, guys, welcome to "dish nation." >> hey, what up? >> whoo-hoo. >> we've got a lot of big stories to get to today. mary j. blige's voice did wonders for chicken rap but now she's using her voice for something more and we'll sit down with the backstreet boys a little later. but

underway right now in cape canaveral florida. a space-x rocket preppring for launch exploded in flames on the launch pad yesterday. now engineers want to know what went wrong. david kerley has the story. it's xx and xx degrees... it's xx and xx degrees... this morning. the tropical storm making landfall overnight. right now the storm is packing 80 mile an hour winds.. florida already dealing with major flooding.. mandatary evacuation orders in several coastal areas.. a state of emergency remains in effect for florida. we are tracking the storms every move..with complete coverage on it's path and how it will impact us here in the d-m-v as it makes it way up the coast. good morning washington. toss to eileen and veronica newest nhc track comes in at 5 am - biggest impacts at the beaches (outer banks to jersey shore) - cloudy & cool in the dmv (showers mainly east of i-95; trending drier) - labor day monday looks nice today: mostly sunny, lo

this is not just florida, right? >> not at all. this is we're talking about beach erosion and torrential rain. a lot of people wanting to head out of the shoreline for the holiday, but we're looking at dangerous conditions at the coast. on the other side of mountains in better coach. toward the 95, big time impacts. >> hoping everyone in the path drives safely or stays put. justin povick. thank you. >> and we'll have more on hermine later, but it's time to move onto politics. there are lingering questions about hillary clinton's private meetings as secretary of state. they could soon be answered. >> the state department says it will release the remaining 2700 pages of the detailed schedules. that's before election day. instead of in december as they previously announced. a clinton spokesman welcomes the decision. he said the public should see the full picture and not what he >>> and clinton's former rival, bernie sanders hits the campaign trail to stump for her and others. he says he'll push her economic plan, one he says will work

now get 0% apr for 72 months, plus $500 bonus cash. >>> florida, florida, florida. it's something we say a lot about that around here. it's near it and dear to our hearts and my next guest knows florida, lives in florida, and does love florida, i swear. but said it has become the joke state. in the new book, the best state ever, a florida man defends the homeland and said it's because of the election that the nation formed a negative image as being a subtropical festival of stupid. and today florida, once a quiet back water is a modern and dynamic state that entered the 21st century in 437 bc. joining me now is the winner and author, dave barrett. hello, sir. the only people allowed to trash florida are floridians. >> how do you define a floridian. i moved there in 1986 from the united states. 30 years. most people. i bet i lived in florida longer than you. >> that is correct. it's presidential policy. you say the 2000 election cemented it. it's a butt of jokes. why isn't florida california? why isn't it texas and why didn't it become one of the two states and why i

hurricane hermine is battling florida's gulf coast. millions of people in florida, georgia, and south carolina are in hermine's path. florida's governor calls it a, quote, life threatening storm with dangerous flooding expected. our meteorologists are tracking the storm for us. let's go first live to jennifer. has hermine made landfall? >> hermine has made landfall. wilma was the last hurricane and this makes the next one. we have ended a -- more than decade long drought of hurricanes here in florida. of course, this was a pretty powerful one. this is a category 1 hurricane. we had winds of 80 miles per hour. storm surge two to three meters with those winds 80 miles per hour. or 125 kilometers per hour. of course, we have seen downed trees, power outages across the florida panhandle as well as georgia. more than 100,000 people without power due to the storm. 65,000 people in tallahassee, the state capital, alone. so there will be quite a bit of cleanup because of this. those storm surges running two to three meters across portions of w

mark's florida. >> so far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north carolina. there are outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. many schools in southern states are closed today. >> the live radar shows it bringing strong rain and wind to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina and bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the bankrupt was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. >> we have team coverage this abc's marci gonzalez is in mexico beach florida, good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning. well, some parts including where i am are getting spared while other communities not far from here are getting hit hard by hermine. north of where the category 1 hurricane made landfall in tallahassee, strong winds and heavy rain bringing down trees. in towns north of tampa reports of water rescues and potentially record breaking storm surge. a state of emergency already in effe some f

, florida, georgia and north carolina. there are widespread power outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. many schools in southern states are closed today. >> the live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. it's also bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the brunt of the storm was felt further east tn expected close >> and we have team coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. abc's marci gonzalez is in mexico beach, florida. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi, devin and diane. good morning. well, some parts of the gulf coast including where i am are getting spared while other communities not far from here are getting hit hard by hermine. north of where the category 1 hurricane made landfall this morning in tallahassee, strong winds and heavy rain bringing down trees. in towns north of tampa reports of water res

how soon it might atect florida. >> plus, who does florida favor? a new poll reveals where the sunshine state is leaning after monday's presidential debate. >> and, some customers paid big bucks for window work when all they got was excused so they knew they better call behnken. good evening, i'm jenn holloway. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joining us tonight. hurricane matthew is getting stronger and stronger as it approaches land. we just learned, in fact, just moments ago, that matthew is now a it strengthened into a category 2 overnight, then a 3. now up to 4. it is in the central caribbean right now. you can see the big blob there. so, how will matthew affect florida if at all, and when might it happen? storm team meteorologist julie phillips has the latest forecast track. we were all a little surprised by this. >> it is really rapidly intensifying. this storm within the last 48 hours or so, that advisory just speeds now up to 140 miles an hour. hurricane hunters out investigating this have shown the pressure drop as well down now to 949 mil

, florida, georgia and north carolina. there are widespread power outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. many schools in southern states are closed today. >> the live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. it's also bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the brunt of the storm was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. >> and we have team coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. abc's marci gonzalez is in mexico beach, florida. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi, devin and diane. good morning. well, some parts of the gulf coast including where i am are getting spared while other communities not far from here are getting hit hard by hermine. north of where the category 1 hurricane made landfall this morning in tallahassee, strong winds and heavy rain bringing down trees. in to

florida has one time out remaining. >> gary: >> verne: that's the last time out. >> gary: remember, florida 55-yard-plus field goal kicker. still a football game. ?wish that i was on ol' rocky top? ?down in the tennessee hills? ?humming? ?whistling? ? ?home sweet home to me? ?good ol' rocky top - woo!? >> verne: tonight on cbs begins with "ncis: los angeles." and "ncis: new orleans." followed by the season premiere of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: i would try to draw them offside. florida has no time outs. i would try to draw them offsides first. who cares if you get a five-yard high kick. fair catch called by callaway. what is he doing? >> gary: what are you doing? >> verne: what in the world -- he called a fair catch at the one yard line. >> gary: he's 50% better than he was last time. >> verne: there is a flag. >> gary: if it's on tennessee -- >> referee: there is no foul on the play. the player went between the two players. first down for florida at that >> gary: last time he did this, he dropped it. this time he caught it, but that's the second one in the game. >> gary: i've

florida is feeling the impact of hurricane hermine. leon: the storm is bearing down on the golf coast; forcing evacuations. things are only expected to get worse in the coming hours. marson is live at mexico -- marci gonzalez is live at mexico beach; florida. how does it look so favor? marci: not too bad so far. the rain has been off and on. the rain is picking the storm is causing damage already. >> the drenching outer bands of hurricane hermine flooding part of florida. >> we are still four and a half inches of water inside the half. >> homes in largo are under water. in sarasota, voluntary evacuations. >> this is strictly voluntary evacuation. marci: the storm heads for a direct hit. >> the important thing to put in our minds is this is life threatening. marci: hermine will be the first hurricane to make landfall in a decade. making the category i the first in tristan connel's lifetime. >> happy and kind of nervous. you can surf. i'm kind of scared. >> others turning concern to action. >> boarding up windows. >> this is a trick. mar

mark's florida. >> so far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north carolina. there are widespread power outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. many schools in southern states are closed today. >> the live radar shows it bringing strong rain and wind to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina and bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the bankrupt was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. >> we have team coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. abc's marci gonzalez is in mexico beach florida, good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning. well, some parts including where i am are getting spared while other communities not far from here are getting hit hard by hermine. north of where the category 1 hurricane made landfall in tallahassee, strong winds and heavy rain bringing down trees. in towns north of tampa reports of water rescues and potentially record breakin

marci gonzalez in florida. it's not just florida that will feel the effects of hurricane hermine. it's being felt across the eastern coast. >> justin is tracking the storm for us. what are you seeing? >> we are going to be looking at a situation that will continue to be a very busy throughout much of georgia, northern florida and extending to the carolinas here in the coming days. hurricane hermine will gradually weaken as it continues to churn rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour leading to flooding. very concerning here, especially from tallahassee, north and east toward valdosta. the winds at 80 miles per hour. we expect those to come down into the mid-morning. but we'll still have damaging winds, upwards of 50 to 60 miles per hour. the tornado warning into the afternoon hours. the rainfall totals, look at cross city. upwards of nine inches of rain and still the back side of hermine to roll through. >> justin, what areas north of florida are expected to take the heat next and how far north does this thing go? >> we can charted out the timeline into the upcoming weekend and ta

hurricane hermine touching down in florida. the power is out for tens of thousands as residents take shelter. officials warning of big damage, flooding already reported in the panhandle. millions could be affected by the storm as it heads up the coast for the holiday weekend. cnn has full coverage of the storm. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. breaking news. hurricane hermine making landfall. smashing into the florida panhandle as a category one packing sustained winds of 75 to 80 miles an hour. bringing heavy rain and high storm surge and extensive flooding along the florida gulf coast. millions of residents along the storm's path up to the carolinas under watches and warnings and preparing for the worst. earlier, florida governor rick scott making clear hermine is dangerous. >> it's life threatening. we will see big storm surge. we will see a lot of rain. we will see flooding. we will see downed power lines. there will be a lot of risk if we don't do our job. everybody needs to be pr

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

marks, florida. polo, what do you see? >> reporter: john, it is important to point out what you can expect after the storm rolls through. this is amazing we witnessed a few moments ago a large tree blocking the roadway. we saw a small army of workers from the nearby city of tallahassee clear it out in a matter of minutes. that is important as these are the first vehicles that are now making their way out of the city of st. marks. that is the region that was perhaps hit the hardest here. it was closest to where the eye of the storm made landfall only a few hours ago. what is important to see here are people actually making their way out of the region. what is a relatively small city of a few hundred. several people decided to simply hunker down while the storm swept through. now that the main roadway in and out of the region is clear, we are seeing people finally leave the area and most importantly this is going to allow resources and first responders make their way into the region to get a better picture of how wide spread

here's another look from florida tonight. still ahead we'll head live to the panhandle near panama city that will bear the brunt of hermine tonight. >>> and brian was typical active six-year-old little boy until the unthinkable happened. doctors at children's hospital of philadelphia told his parents that the little boy had had a very rare stroke. >> brian didn't take that set back lying down. fox 29's joyce evans shows us the child's incredible determination to recover. ♪ >> reporter: rarely do you meet a kid like brian is a do you ski. >> yeah there are you go. >> reporter: nothing seems to get him down. >> good. >> reporter: if not for the light hand and leg braces and the surgical scar visible through his summer buzz cut you probably wouldn't believe just a year and a half ago brian came very close to never dancing or giggling again. >> we headed over with his sister swimming i was at sister's hand of the pool. he was grabbing his arm. they got him out of the water and he said that he couldn't feel his arm. >> it got mu

not only for the panhandle of florida. for central florida, even georgia and so on. we're going the continue to have the wind threat, the center of the storm near tallahassee right now. that's going to push to the north and east. we have a lot of pain trees in this area. the soft that will snap. a lot of power outages as you mentioned, across the panhandle. this storm is far from over. it's going to continue on the northeast track. it's going to affect the carolinas, the northeast, new england, for the holiday weekend. it's going to be a rainy, windy, miserable weekend across much of the eastern seaboard. but this storm came ashore a couple of hours ago. and it will be several days before we stop talk about this storm because it will continue to have impacts all up and down the east coast. natalie? >> right, jennifer. it's important to take into concern the people that evacuated. but it might not be safe for them to try to get back anytime soon because of the threat of more weather. as this storm moves up through georgia. >> that's right. they tried to evacuate a lot

florida has one time out remaining. >> gary: >> verne: that's the last time out. >> gary: remember, florida h 55-yard-plus field goal kicker. still a football game. ?wish that i was on ol' rocky top? ?down in the tennessee hills? ?humming? ?whistling? ? ?home sweet home to me? ?good ol' rocky top - woo!? >> verne: tonight on cbs begins with "ncis: los angeles." and "ncis: new orleans." of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: i would try to draw them offside. florida has no time outs. i would try to draw them offsides first. who cares if you get a five-yard high kick. fair catch called by callaway. what is he doing? >> gary: what are you doing? >> verne: what in the world -- he called a fair catch at the one yard line. >> gary: he's 50% better than he was last time. >> verne: there is a flag. >> gary: if it's on tennessee -- >> referee: there is no foul on the play. the player went between the two players. first down for florida at that ot he dropped it. this time he caught it, but that's the second one in the game. >> gary: i've never seen that thashs that tight like that. >> verne: that

hermine hits florida... and although it made landfall early this morning as a category hurricane, it is now a tropical storm. the storm is now headed up the coast.... and millions are in its patch. dianne gallagher has more on the threat that area still faces. making landfall near saint marks, florida, with 80 mile per hour winds, hurricane florida's gulf coast. voice of dustin hinkel, county administrator, taylor county, fl our northwest corner of our county probably saw the eye of the storm pass right over us.heavy rain, high wind, flooding and power outages, all from the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. as the storm passes, officials now telling people to stay indoors. voice of ben guthrie, gulf county, florida, emergency management coordinator we are encouraging people to stay out of the water to avoid rip currents voice of trey morrison, wakulla county, fl sheriff's office we're asking the public to please if you can, stay home if it's not an emergency. this is not a time what the damage did.

she has ties to florida. more than 100 people were train's engineer today. >>> senator marco rubio responding to a report that donald trump's company violated the u.s. am bar go against cuba. he states that he will reserve judgment until we know all of the facts and until trump responds. >>> hillary rodham clinton will be campaigning in florida today. she's scheduled to hold rallies in fort pierce and coral springs. vice president joe biden is scheduled to campaign in sarasota and orlando president barack obama will speak at usf. >>> still tracking the spotty showers pushing onshore this morning. citrus, hernando county, again, not big showers, not covering a locality of area and they are moving quickly to the east. watch hudson and along the pasco county line. through the day, more storms will develop. today we will be like yesterday, 84, steamy at noon, 40% rain chance at 4:00 p.m. and 30% for saturday. and 40% rain chance for sunday. up to 50 monday. i will zoom in here to pinellas county. southbound u.s.

heavy rain bands moving onshore in florida. but the center of this storm, the eye of the hurricane is still about 120 miles offshore. tallahassee right in the path. rain heading in that direction. there you see the eye of the hurricane. that's pretty well defined. and we have one buoy that just so happens to sit closest to the eye of the storm. wave heights there 20 feet, winds gusting near 60 miles an hour. so again, it's a weak category 1 hurricane, but as far as the storm is concerned, it's very strong. more heavy rain heading towards the florida panhandle toward tallahassee. heavy bands moving through gainesville. in the tampa bay area, look at these heavy rain bands approaching. chances are you've seen a lot of flooding. if you look at the buoys near the tampa bay area, wind gusts 60 miles an hour, and wave heights over ten feet. the storm expected to impact our area over the labor day holiday weekend. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz standing by with a closer look at the newest track just released. >> yeah,

ohio, florida, florida, north carolina, wisconsin. that's a fairly typical list of swing states, right? fairly typical. but look at the rest of the list. this is the swing state list. the toss-up state list. see there in the lower left-hand corner there, see where it says texas? "the washington post" knows that you think that that texas result is going to seem too insane. so they go out of their way today to point out that the sample size for this poll in texas was over 5,000 registered voters, which is a fairly big sample. but this "washington post" 50-state poll has hillary clinton leading in texas by one point. and that's not even the crazy result. the crazy result is mississippi. in this current, 50-state poll by "the washington post," mississippi is a swing state. mississippi is a toss-up. no way to tell what's going to happen in mississippi this year, you guys. i mean, right now, they have donald trump, yes, leading in mississippi, but leading there by a grand total of two points. which in technical terms means that this year's

hurricane hermine made landfall in the florida panhandle. you can see on the radar, the intensity is in the big bend. winds are expected to stay around 75 miles per hour and there are tornado watches and warnings in florida and georgia. >> in anticipation, floridians stocked up and gassed up yesterday. long lines at gas stations and grocery stores. while the no swimming flags were up, it didn't stop some surfers from trying to catch some high waves. we have live coverage this florida and justin povick is also tracking the storm. we start with marci. she's 35 miles from where hermine made landfall this morning. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi. good morning. this is an area that was bracing for some of the worst of the storm, but you can see things are pretty calm here. not much wind. the rain has been off and on, but that is not the case to the south and east of here. hurricane hermine hammering parts of florida's gulf coast. strong winds, relentless rain, the biggest concern, the storm surge, expected to reach up to 12 feet in some plac

miller of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 859, the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. chairman. specifically this would provide technical and conforming, clarifying language, changes to the bill, while not changing the substance of the bill. it would also align the prein the and due process language -- prenotice and due process language on three of the sections related to bonus, pension and relocation expenses and would also align the prenotice alignment for whistleblower blower retaliaters -- whistleblower retaliaters. this amendment is noncontroversial, it doesn't cost a penny, it does not change any of the underlying policy, and i urge adoption of the amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five mi

according to a spokesman for florida's attorney general, it wasn't enough to justify florida filing suit. instead, staff doing due diligent reviewed the complaints and the new york litigation and made the proper determination that the new york litigation would provide relief to aggrieved consumers nationwide. in other words, floridians could join new york's lawsuit. the spokesman also told cnn pam bondi had nothing to do with it. the decision was made by staff. in fact, the spokesman says pam bondi didn't even know there were complaints against trump. but around the same time, the florida attorney general's office was deciding not to pursue a case against trump. pam bondi was pursuing donald trump himself for a political donation. it was september of 2013. trump's foundation donated $25,000 to bondi's political action committee. bondi's attorney general's office never pursued the case. did one follow the other? pam bondi, again today on fox business news, says no. >> of course i asked donald trump for a contribution. that's not what this is about. she was saying he was under investigatio

that's to be a united states senator from florida. to continue to work hard and continue to get results. benefit from the experience over the last six years to serve the state over the next six years. that's my plan. i'm not running to run for anything else. if i wanted to run for president again i probably would not have run for the u.s. senate. in the toughest race in the at the last minute after a long presidential race. >> you'll find our full interviews with senator rubio on youtube. search for craig patrick money, power & politics. you'll find extended interviews with other candidate, investigation and humor segments on the races of 2016. >>>coming up. mez me joins us with a closer rjs tampa bay holding the key to winning florida which may hold the key to wining the white house. onald trump and hillary clinton have spent so much time here already. aaron mes me spent this day scoring it for us. >> i think the next two days show how important the state of florida is for the clinton campaign. considering the fact the former secreta

we'll take you there when it gets underway in rally in fort pierce, florida, on florida's east coast. clinton went after trump for saying he can't fix america alone. >> i alone -- well, we learned that that's his way. one person getting supreme power and exercising it ruthlessly. that's why hi admires dictators like vladimir putin so much. >> the battle for the sunshine is heating up. donald trump made his ninth campaign stop there on tuesday since july and clinton campaign officials say president obama will stump for clinton there next week. but the first debate poll. christian to say ton ahead by four points in florida. in august clinton had a two-point lead. jennifer griffin is live at the event in coral springs. what else does the poll tell us? >> reporter: the key dim graphic in this new -- demographic is independent voters the key to florida voting and if you want to know which way florida goings you look at things dem graphic. the pool says trumps beats clinton among independent voters 41 to 33%. trump's net approval rating is negative 22. clinton is negative eight. a lot of ne

a good scie to walter here in the state of florida. i think these people need to relax and start letting that bill take effect. >> hopefully, they will have some legitimate scientists who are there to help inform all of the lawmaker who's are there about what some viable solutions look like. >> reporter: water issues are expected to make a major splash during the 2017 legislative session. matt galka, newschannel8. >>> the florida conservation voter said the bill the million a year for everglades restoration, and $50 million a year dedicated to florida springs is a step in the right direction. >>> moffet cancer center is getting recognition. it got the highest designation comprehensive cancer center with excellence in research. governor scott was there for the renouncement. it is comprehensive centers in the united states. >>> still ahead, a pair of bay area bank tellers stepped up to save the life of one of their customers. >> how their quick actions helped this woman live to tell about her stroke scare. hear their heartwarming story s

this is not just florida, right? >> not at all. we're talking about beach erosion and torrential rain. a lot of people wanting to head out of the shoreline for the holiday, but we're looking at dangerous conditions at the coast. on the other side of mountains in better coach. toward the 95, big time impacts. >> hoping everyone in the path drives safely or stays put. justin povick. thank you. >> and we'll have more on hermine later, but it's time to move onto politics. there are lingering questions about hillary clinton's private meetings as secretary of state. they could soon be answered. >> the state department says it will release the remaining 2700 pages of the detailed schedules. that's before election day. instead of in december as they previously announced. a clinton spokesman welcomes the decision. he said the public should see the full picture and not what he >>> and clinton's former rival, bernie sanders hits the campaign trail to stump for her and others. he says he'll push her economic plan, one he says will work for eve

this is not just florida, right? >> not at all. we're talking about beach erosion and torrential rain. a lot of people wanting to head out of the shoreline for the holiday, but we're looking at dangerous conditions at the coast. on the other side of mountains in better coach. toward the 95, big time impacts. >> hoping everyone in the path drives safely or stays put. justin povick. hermine later, but it's time to move onto politics. there are lingering questions about hillary clinton's private meetings as secretary of state. they could soon be answered. >> the state department says it will release the remaining 2700 pages of the detailed schedules. that's before election day. instead of in december as they previously announced. a clinton spokesman welcomes the decision. he said the public should see the full picture and not what he >>> and clinton's former rival, bernie sanders hits the campaign trail to stump for her and others. he says he'll push her economic plan, one he says will work for everyone, not just those at the top. cli

marci gonzalez in florida. it's not just florida that will feel the effects of hurricane hermine. eastern coast. >> justin is tracking the storm for us. what are you seeing? >> we are going to be looking at a situation that will continue to be a very busy throughout much of georgia, northern florida and extending to the carolinas here in the coming days. hurricane hermine will gradually weaken as it continues to go ashore. all the yellows and oranges and reds, heavy rains coming down. per hour leading to flooding. very concerning here, especially from tallahassee, north and east toward valdosta. the winds at 80 miles per hour. we expect those to come down into the mid-morning. but we'll still have damaging winds, upwards of 50 to 06 miles per hour 60. a tornado watch until 8:00. we'll likely into the afternoon hours. and the rainfall totals. cross city upwards of nine inches of rain and still the backside of hermine to roll through. >> justin, what areas north of florida are expected to take the heat next and how far north does this thing go? >> we can chart out the time line into

. >> reporter: fewer crowds may be heading to florida. the survey found that thousands of americans are concerned enough about the virus stop th alliance looked at booked flights through tia through last august to this they found flights dropped by more than 30%. >> our local data is showing the opposite. >> reporter: bob morrison heads the hotel and motel situation and says they have seen record occupancy this year. >> we have seen absolutely no impact in terms of our group or convention or leisure business. >> reporter: despite his outlook, alliance predicts a florida this winter. only one single customer has backed out because of concerns over zika. as for what this winter brings after 39 years, all she can do is wait. >> so we have our fingers crosses. cross-- crossed. >> reporter: so pharaoh officials report around 73 cases of zika virus around problem and shows the attempt to keep you from finding out. >> this is what i was afraid of. reliving everything. >> reporter: shannon pots will never let go of mother's guilt. >> maybe i shou

florida's governor calling the state life-threatening. >> ryan: some parts of florida dealg flooding. drivers stuck on the roads there. people are packing sandbags hoping their piece of paradise will be shared. we could feel the impact of the storm here, too. of the chief meteorologist jeremy reiner has been tracking this storm and hermine could make its way towards us but impact is still up in the air. >> reporter: that is correct. we still do not have any indication that it's a direct impact. anything moving across southern new england so that hasn't changed over the last couple of days. this was updaded to a hurricane a couple of hours ago, a well defined iwall here. ahead of the eye wall the center of the storm we have tropical feeder bands working up into the panhandle of florida. and hermine is moving north-northeast at about 14 miles an hour. so at that pede likely to make land fall later this evening crossing apalachiocola bay then perhaps tallahassee later on, about 10:00, 11:00, wind at 75 miles an hour. down to 50 miles an hour because it's going to spend sometime over land

it's still summer here in florida. and we're expecting some of that deep summertime moisture around. that tropical wave will pass over florida tomorrow. so expect some heavier tropical down pours throughout the day. starting up by the early afternoon hours. that trend continues through the end of the week. by next week, that's when we'll track some slightly dryer air back into the forecast. and rain chances will start to drop off a bit. when you wake up tomorrow morning, it's going to be muggy, temperatures in the mid 70s, by the afternoon hours, looking at a 60% chance of storms. good chance throughout the day you'll see at least one round of rain at your house. the rain moving east to west across the tampa bay area today. much like we'll see all week long. you can see pockets of down pours. i saw a lot of lightning within these storms. especially north of new port richey. heavy rain, a lot of lightning, a few showers north of clear water. probably heading toward honey southeastern hillsborough county. south through m

hermine slammed into florida with strong winds and heavy rain... and thousands of residents in the sunshine state are waking up without power this mornin. northeast - people are still expecting to face heavy downpours and deadly flooding... along with strong riptides in tourist hotspots like the jersey shoreline. hermine is the first hurricane to hit florida directly... since wilma in 2005. chief meteorologist rob haswell will have more on the storm coming up on wakeup. more news from overnight - one person rescued from a fire in whitefish bay. north shore fire crews were called out to the scene near henry clay the person rescued was evaluated by paramedics on scene...but their condition is not known at this time. no word yet on what caused the blaze. and milwaukee police investigating three shootings overnight. the first taking place near 86th and hampton. police say a 21-year-old man was shot after two people tried robbing him.. the man is expected to survive and police continue to search for the suspects. police say the other two shootings...the

hurricane hermine made land fall in the florida panhandle. you can see on the radar, the intensity is in the big bend. winds are expected to stay around 75 miles per hour and there are tornado watches and warnings in florida and georgia. >> floridians stocked up and gassed up. long lines at gas stations and negotiates. and while the no swims flags were up, it didn't stop some surfers from catching high waves. we have live coverage this morning. marci gonzalez is with us from florida and justin povick is tracking the storm. we start with marci. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi. good morning. this is an area that was bracing for some of the worst of the storm, but you can see things are pretty calm here. not much wind. the rain has been off and on, but that is not the case to the south and east of here. hurricane hermine hammering parts of florida's gulf coast. strong winds relentless rain and the biggest concern, the storm surge, expected to reach up to 12 feet in some places. >> the most important thing we are to put in our minds is this

dana young for the florida senate. it's 8:xx looking at some it's 8:xx looking at some of today's >>> time is 8:46. taking a look at some of the top stories. a sarasota woman is found guilty of trying to kill her own 6-year-old daughter. ashley parker stabbed her daughter and tried to drown h her. the little girl was the state's key witness and testified against her mother. the mother has been charged resisting a rest. >>> a student claims scott stern the wrestling coach at clearwater central catholic high school physically and sexually abused him for two years starting baa income 2013. the student is suing the school for negligence. stern served jail time back in 2015 for two counts of battery. >>> and the first round of m mail-in ballots have been sent out for general election. yesterday the supervisor of elections office sent 5,000 ballots to overseas military boater. 170,000 ballots to domestic voter on november 4. if you want to vote by mail, you have until november 2 to request a ballot. >>> and the big story her

a new mom with ties to florida is among the victims. >>> is former florida governor jeb bush turning on donald trump? why some think he could be casting his ballot for another party this fall. f0 >>> we are tracking breaking news. a deadly crash on 75 north of the i-4 junction. right now the southbound lanes of 75 are completely shut down. and just ahead, leslee lacey has the latest on how to get around this morning for your morning commute. >>> thank you for joining us on first, let's get you out the door because the tropic, it's heating up. >> yeah, a big development overnight when the hurricane center had to put out a special advisory at 2:00 because hurricane matthew strengthened so rapidly to a category two hurricane. mountainsing west quickly at 14 miles per hour. one thing they did note too is the strongest wins are close to the center of circulation so they didn't have to increase the warnings. didn't get stronger for land at but it's expected to be a category three hurricane through the weekend, getting close to jamaica early monday morning, crossing over eastern cuba and th

omar villafranca is in panama city in the florida panhandle. >> reporter: florida's gulf coast is preparing to get hammered by hurricane hermine. near panama city beach, residents are getting ready for soaking rain and wind speeds up to 75mph. shawn cubbedge is shutting down his seaside business early to prepare for the estimated 15 inches of rain the storm could drop. >> just for the safety of our employees and for the safety of the business, as well, we're going to close up, bring all the tables and chairs inside, you know, just in case there are some high winds. >> reporter: the category-1 hurricane is expected to bring a storm surge that could swamp low-lying coastal areas in as much as nine feet of water. 51 counties in the sunshine state have declared an emergency. florida governor rick scott is warning residents to be prepared for the worst. >> that storm surge by itself is life-threatening. we're going to have significant power lines down. we're going to have a lot of downed trees across the state. >> reporter: hermine is already vi west coast. in the big bend area, where the eye of

tonight the outer bands of hermine are lashing the florida panhandle. torrential rain pounding the coast as authorities warn of devastating storm surge. >> this is life-threatening. we have a hurricane. >> you can rebuild a home. you can rebuild property. you cannot rebuild a life. >> reporter: hermine strengthening into a category 1 hurricane this afternoon. it had already dumped more than a foot of rain near tampa. homes flooded there and in sarasota with fire crews used boats to rescue residents and pets. this restaurant owner scrambling to keep the water out. >> we lost all of our dock. >> reporter: the threat not just wind and rain but even isolated tornadoes. now parts of georgia and north carolina are also under a state of emergency. the east coast expecting dangerous rip currents through the holiday weekend. right now hermine is near apalachicola, florida. >> you do what you can do and hope for the best. >> reporter: on nearby st. george island mandatory evacuations are under way. fire chief jay abbott is on patrol. >> when you have these condit

installations in florida. we have a lot of retirees and with all of the incidents in new york and minnesota and other places security is definitely on the minds of floridians. >> how important is it for trump and clinton to connect to the florida voter? >> very, very important. florida is the biggest swing state out there, 29 electoral college votes up for grabs and yet it shows the race is virtually tied in our state. it is absolutely essential that they connect with particularly those independent voters in our state who tend to be the swing voters and right now, around 24 to 26% of floridians do not register as either a democrat or republican. >> reporter: clinton has a five- point lead in florida but the race is tightening. >> who has more to lose going to this first debate tonight when it comes to the florida vote? trump or clinton? amount to lose in our state which is precisely why each them is headed back to florida almost as soon as the debate is over. >> reporter: hundred million people supposed to be

that is a little too close to florida for comfort, right? we'll talk more about that and what the latest model runs have for us in a few minutes. >>> right now, we are following breaking news in there is a deadly pedestrian- involved accident on i-75. you are looking at a scene right now. all of the southbound lanes are blocked near fowler avenue. we don't have very many details right now, but janelle is watching the traffic cameras. we'll keep you up to date throughout the morning. >>> on sunday, the bucs host the denver broncos. if you haven't caught any rays games, you will this weekend. tom korun has the morning sports report. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. it doesn't matter how you slice it, 101 points in three games is unacceptable even for an nfl team with three games under its belt. under smith, he said before the season he would likely take the first quarter to see improvement. game four is sunday against denver. being made over the top by the secondary is just killing us. one less mistake in the rams game, they'd be 2-1, but

to florida and we can show you how this is destined to work its way toward the florida coast. the big bend area where there are hurricane warnings in effect. category one hurricane, that 71 miles per hour before landfall. downgrade back to a tropical storm. i saturday morning, off the carolina coastline. from this point it's going to lift northward and stall. it's going to run into a block in the atmosphere and that is not going to allow it to keep moving up to see or keep moving northward. this may said sunday, monday, tuesday, sit and spin to our south. it will likely be extratropical cyclone not purely a tropical storm anymore. producing wind and rain. before it stalls out ?shirley still a medium chance we get in on some stronger wind and rain but there will be high surf at the beaches as you had toward later sunday and monday so those are the local impacts heading into the holiday weekend. still tracking some rain along and south of the pike, a slow-moving frontal boundary. less humid air working in but still the risk of showers. we have the timeline just ahead. say yester

rain on florida, parts of florida are feeling the effects of hermine. >>laura: and a rough ride for the passengers of this cruise ship sailing storm for the second time this year. further north, hermine puts labor day plans in jeopardy, too. >>russell: and police say this man uses his mug shot as his facebook profile picture. find out what happens after his family told him to take it down. >>lindsay: what's going down tomorrow are the rain chances meaning today, more numerous storms building but they're going to push west.

headed for florida's big bend. what sort of holiday weekend impacts could we see here because of this? chief meteorologist doug hill has the forecast. this thing grew up pretty good. doug: it did. it took its sweet time but reached the hurricane threshold at 75-mile-per-hour winds. there is no meteorological reason it won't get stronger before it makes landfall later tonight. we are expecting hurricane center at 5:00 which will be an upgrade to the track, intensity and where it's headed in the next several days and that will determine how it will affect our area. here is what we are looking at, at the satellite images here around the area with the radar showing a spiraling effect now. yellow and the reds of the persistent bands that continue to swing around on the west coast of florida. as it moves to the northeast at 14 miles per hour, it will take the rain bands. the heavy rain. it will move them north and east. top wind 75 moving north/northeast at 15. position wise by 8:00 tomorrow night it will no longer be a