Im francis rivera. Im ayman mohyeldin. Hurricane matthew at this hour pounding haiti with relentless rain and wind. Matthew, the most powerful atlantic hurricane in nearly a decade grows in strength. The storm now packing 145mileperhour winds as haitian officials and International Authorities bracing for a potential humanitarian disaster. Thousands of coastal res dnltsz homes. Many still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake six years ago. Now, with up to 40 inches of rain, they face flash flooding. At least three people have been killed in the storm, now as the storm moves north, the central bahamas and cuba are bracing for a major blow. The governors of florida and North Carolina are taking zero chances, declaring a state of right now, the projected path is a little off the coast. It can change in a moments notice. When that happens, were not going to have a lot of time to get ready. Be prepared ahead of time. Lets get an update with bill karins. Good morning. The eye is now making landfall in haiti, and prayers for haiti is trending on social media for a good reason. This city about 70,000 res dependents live there, about a 10 mile storm surge, 140mileperhour winds in the last hour. Theyre still in the eye. I can only imagine the destruction taking place in that portion of the country. Cuba is on the eastern tip of landfall, likely a storm just likely weaker than this. 145mileperhour storm, very impressive that its kept its intensity for this long. Then it weakens toward the bahamas and then the forecast goes near the southeast impacts in North Carolina. North carolina and South Carolina, today is the day for preparation. They may start evacuations as early as tomorrow. Bill, thank you very much. Ahead of tonights Vice President ial debate, another financial cloud over the Trump Campaign. New York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman has ordered the foundation to immediately seize seeking contributions. They said the charity lacked required new york satisfaction toee obtained by nbc warned that the charity shall be deemed a continuing fraud upon the people of new york unless it requires the requires paperwork in the next 15 days. The Trump Campaign responded. Wile we remain very concerned about the political motives, the Trump Campaign will cooperate. Him as a hack in the past. The Trump Campaign got new criticism after trump implied vets with ptsd cant handle the war. He seemed to suggest theyre not strauj. When you talk about the Mental Health problems when people come back from war and combat and they see things that maybe a lot of folks in this room have seen many times over and youre strong and you can handle it. Speaking about newly tax records, he said he brilliantly used tax laws to his bftd. The unfairness of the tax laws is unbelievable. Its something that i have been talking about for a long time. You have heard me talking about it. Despite being a very big beneficiary, i must admit. My understanding of the tax code gave me a big advantage over those who didnt have a clue, including many of my competitors who lost everything they had. Never to be heard from again. Im here and im ready to turn things around for our country. Now, Hillary Clinton has adopted the trump tax controversy as a large part of her Campaign Speech as she hammers away at the important electoral state of ohio. Here she is talking about this and how donald trump reported a loss of nearly a billion dollars in 1995. In the debate, he said it was smart to yard, his campaign was bragging, it makes him a genius. Heres my question. What kind of a genius loses a billion dollars in a single year . And hot off the presses, released an hour ago, the new nbc News Survey Monkey poll has clinton ahead of trump six points. In the swing states, the latest poll shows clinton up five in North Carolina, although the latest bloomberg poll shows her up one, a statistical tie, while trump is up in ohio. Clinton maintains a commanding advantage in colorado. Hillary clinton has two Campaign Events in pennsylvania. Bill clinton is in ohio. Michelle obama travels to North Carolina, and Bernie Sanders is in minnesota. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren travels to las vegas. Donald trump has one event in kaine are both in virginia for tonights one and only Vice President ial debate. Our coverage begins at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on nbc. Breaking news overnight. Julian assange made a special appearance at wikileaks tenth anniversary celebration. Well, it turns out it wasnt quite the leak everyone expected, but he did promise this. That you can expect new documents every week for the rected to the election will come out above november 8th. Lucy has more. No big bombshells coming out of this. Thats right. Not the leak we were expecting. No leak revealed today. There were rumors of another possible data dump, and so many of us tuned in only to catch what was a long and rather rambling speech that touched on everything from the philosophy of voltaire to advertisements for a 40 discount of wikileaks will be publishing what he described as significant information before the end of the year, involving three governments and the u. S. Elections. That speculation about a socalled october surprise largely coming from rightwing media as well as Trump Supporters including roger stone who tweeted earlier that the new revelations would destroy clintons campaign, and documents released by wikileaks over the summer were quite damaging to the democrats. Campaign to undermine Bernie Sanders, but assange bristing at the notion he was trying to hurt clintons campaign. He said there will be election related documents released before november 8th but did not release details. He also claimed to be misquoted in the past, saying he didnt go after clinton. He was asked if he had a personal affinity for donald trump, but he kind ofge humans. Thats the gist of it. It looks like were going to have to wait longer for the documents to be releeesced. Going to make it another ten long weeks. Thank you very much. Overseas,tections between russia and the u. S. Are escalating with the white house suspending diplomatic talks over syria. According to the syrian observatory for human rights, more than 1400 civilians have aleppo two weeks ago. The u. S. Blames russia for preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid. Our main points were also clear. Humanitarian access, the reestablishment of a cessation of hostilities. We felt that we came to the point with russia where we werent reaching the same goals. And russia is firing back, moscow has withdrawn from an a both countries are to dispose of certain material used in nuclear weapons. Theres a dangerous medical mystery baffling doctors and millions of children could be at risk. The centers for Disease Control and prevention said 50 confirmed cases of afm have been reported this year. Thats nearly double the cases reported last year. In 2014, the poliolike illness paralyzed 120 children. Thoroughly is the best defense against the virus. New, pope francis has made a surprise visit to amatrice. Kicking off the morning, the pope first visited a makeshift school and then met with survivors now living in tents. Later today, hes expected to visit the socalled red zone, the town Center Closed off to the pub all for safety reasons. The vatican kept the trip a secret until the popes arrival because he wanted to be alone and close to the op central italy claimed the lives of nearly 300 people and displaced thousands more. Just ahead, facebooks nigh marketplace created to compete with craigslist and already used to sell animals, drugs, and adult serves. 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