With the big decision from clevelands police patrolmens association. Backing donald trump. This whole thing in cleveland is ridiculous. Racist, sexist, its going to blow up the community. Its not going to blow up the community. Steve loomis pushed ahead the union vote endorsing the president and supporting the gop candidate himself. Joined by heavyweight legal surrogate Rudy Giuliani who heralded not only do i supported i started it. Reporter policies like this are hard to follow. It could be devastating for majority minority communities. Im disgusted and shopped. That the police would back this candidate. The candidate that is supported by almost every hate group in the country. Family member of tamir rice stand against the unions call. Racism. For police union to stand behind Something Like that, what is the message you are trying to send . The message loud and clear says the union president. That he shouldnt be on the Police Commission mandated by the feds to help improve woodland policing. Or the the Union Resident at all. That is the bed they may. They have to lie in it. Otherwise do something about it and vote him out. Mr. Loomis told me he is not concerned him to step down from the Police Commission or from policing. He says it is their right to have that opinion. Joining me to talk about the controversy is steve loomis. Thank you for coming in. Before we talk about the why, do you understand why so many people are angry not only at the endorsement a your role in it . My role in it is police union members. So i dont. Its baffling. Let me break it down. As you know, the Cleveland Police department has been at odds with the community. I dont agree with that. Its volatile. They are trying to repair that. The city is under consent decree. You know that the people your officers present i am large do i dont know that. They think he is a racist. They think stop and frisk 2 this is america. Because of those things, youve never endorsed anyone, why did this come . Why is it necessary . You never endorsed a president ial candidate. Why now . Weve never had a president ial candidate that was police. Its a dangerous situation when the president potential president think that its okay to start commenting on very local Police Issues less than 24 hours before an investigation has been completed. That is very dangerous for us that is exactly why we got involved. Do you think your endorsement helps or hurts the process of the clevelan making things better with the community . I dont know how it would hurt that. This is what is going to happen. Donald trump has absolutely pledged to us he will increase or help increase the numbers on the street. He understands there are not enough officers out there. He understands we dont have the training and resources, when we do get the training and resources, and assistance from the federal government and not for the community. Its really simple from our perspective. Let me give you the chance to respond to critics. He saw the protest. I talked to a lot of the people. To those people who say with this though, and again to your role in it, its a slap in the face to the community, what do you say . I say that is nonsense. There is a bunch of people that belong to racially exclusive groups like the naacp. By the way, mike nelson asked me for a job. In 2014. That is a separate issue. You are saying you dont those people have a point . I dont. Their point is their agenda. And if we had come out, and we couldve come out, we are out of time. I do appreciate you coming in. Thank you very much. A utah couple is outraged after a hospital. Bill they received. They posted this image of the itemized bill. The father says it shows a with the baby after the c section. Basically the couple was charged for holding the baby. The next explained this kind of contact in an operating room requires an additional staff member. A local man values his job so much he walks 5 hours each way every day just to get there. The story of a Police Officer turned Good Samaritan who helped the man get to work in the pouring rain. Leaves his home in euclid. Its 3 am. 5 hours later he gets to work at the ruby tuesday. His mode of transportation, right here. 18 miles. I risk being late to catch the bus. I would rather walk in those days. He comes in every day and is a great job. He is never wants to asked the one desk anyone for a ride. This time a Police Officer driving by office arrived. He said i have this awesome story to tell you. I saw this Police Officer picking up a young man. The officer not looking for an interview. He was humble and said its not a big deal. I gave him a ride. Is not the 1st one to offer me a ride. I wasnt surprised. He said im going to put it on facebook. And saying youre such a hard worker. We love him. Walks 5 hours to work . Representing you something from our heart. People have been coming in all day. We have an envelope in the office for him full of money. I wish i could give him a car. This ought to help. He is the good stuff. He put up 1000 of his own and thousand dollars, this car is kevins. Ive been there. I have walked miles in his shoes. I figure i am in a position to help, why not. I will pass it on. That would cut the trip down to 20 minutes. Straight to the good stuff file. Breaking news. Officers are on the scene of a we are told to children have been shot. 3yearold and 9yearold were rushed to the hospital. Police are looking for 2 male suspects. If a crew heading to the scene. Changing directions, South Carolina officials have declared a state of emergency ahead of evacuation and Hurricane Matthew is turning toward the us. It could make landfall this weekend. Plans call for the evacuation of 1 Million People beginning tomorrow. In the meantime at least 8 people have died in the caribbean and the storm has caused widespread damage in the southwest tip of haiti where it hit this morning. These mandatory evacuations, not everyone follows which is too bad. At this point i think a lot of people, especially in the carolinas, its probably more of a precautionary thing. Into florida tomorrow and through the day. It will be a close call but we will cover our weather 1st. We have, not anything like what they have. 50s and sunshine to start. Sunny skies for the afternoon. Temperatures in the 70s. We have High Pressure to the northeast. That area of High Pressure has helped to keep our skies clear. Beautiful fall conditions. Out to the west there is a storm system brewing. You cant help windup. Stormy weather in the plains states. Snow in the northern rockies. And this front will make its way to the east. It will push against this huge area of High Pressure. That will slow things down. It looks like we have a chance for rain coming friday night into saturday. In the meantime its more sunshine. Tomorrows forecast shows at all. Sunny skies Clear Conditions in the morning. Midday. And will continue with sunny conditions through the evening with temperatures in the mid 70s. We will come back to this because our friend is representative of it upper level pattern that will start to play with Hurricane Matthew that is down in the caribbean passing into the southern, western atlantic. Is a continues through the bahamas you can see we have hurricane watches, Tropical Storm watch is up for florida. As we zoom in, widespread this is. Not seeing any radar here. That is because these are Foreign Countries and we dont have radar in Foreign Countries. But you can see our radar returns coming up closer to florida. 130mph winds. It has moved northward and is taking its time. A good model consensus coming up through the bahamas. And also bringing it ever so hooking up a long South Carolina and north carolinas coastline and the newest thing happening today, it looks like its going to stay on an easterly track which would take it away from boston, out of play for the game 3 in boston but they will still have to contend with wind if they dont have to deal with the storm. The National Hurricane center still has a going northeast. As of right now its expected to still be a major hurricane off shore of florida. Mandatory evacuations. It will be a nasty week in the south. Things are going to be tricky. For us sunny 77 tomorrow. Beautiful baseball weather. Thursday 8 00 start. Mostly sunny on friday with temperatures at 78. Stunning weather for our game. The front i show you comes through saturday ringing cooler air for sunday with lake rain showers. Start to turn things around. Coming up, october a small kicks off. Kicks off. Race agaiyou run here. . You run there, until everything comes to a screeching halt. Now is the time for a 5hour Energy Protein shot. Twentyone grams of protein and one hundred little calories. Its not lunch. Its energy and protein, and a lot faster than fast food. 5hour Energy Protein shots energy, protein, one hundred calories. October baseball is under way. Tonight the wildcard game. Lost the wildcard game. On thursday they start the 1st playoff series since 2007. Game one of the alds. 9 years ago the indians held good to see the Central Division champs back inside. The homefield a great edge to have but it doesnt mean much. Vegas picking the red sox. Indians are fine with that. Doubters all season long. I like when people doubt us. I like how people doubt me, that is what makes it fun. Looking back, we will see what happens. We have to play hard. Hopefully winning. This is the bestoffive the red sox won the season series. Austin had the most road wins for the american league. 2 out of 3 here. They opened the season in cleveland. We begin this post season on the road, its not a detriment in the mindset or confidence level that we would share. Its a little ironic that we started this regular season in cleveland. Start the 2nd see the season right in cleveland. Be made by thursday morning. Danny salazar will not be on it. He may be able to pitch as they advance. He is making significant progress. The browns are the only winless tame team in nfl. New england 10 point favorite. We questioned this on sunday and again yesterday. And maybe forever. I dont think well get the answer. The fumble in the 4th quarter against the redskins, he came today the nfl came out with this statement. There is never an angle that shows him recovering the football on the ground. But again, he did have it in his hand. Canceled in the preseason at this hour police are scouring this neighborhood looking for what they say are 2 behind this shooting. The 2 children were taken to the hospital and you can see in the distance a flashlight, there is family wailing, trying to find information. The information we have at this hour, tragic as it is, a 3year old shot in the face and 9year old shot in the back in a drive by here on the west side. Complete coverage on our social media platforms and live reports beginning on our ws that is the latest. So sad that i. We heard about this and sent chris there right away. More on this on the website. And are news at 4 30 a. M. Breaking news tonight. Largescale emergency evacuations. Plans to urge over a Million People to flee the South Carolina coast as a deadly monster hurricane barrels towards the eastern seaboard. Critical clash, the vp candidates face off as trumps poll numbers slide. Can a big moment tonight turn the tide . Spy emails. A stunning report that yahoo secretly searched hundreds of millions of accounts snooping on its own customers for the government. Getting out alive. Residents escape for a dramatic neighborhood blast. The warning signs that every family should know. And lifesaving cancer test. Ben stiller goes public with his private health battle. How his cancer was caught, the test he says saved his life nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A state of emergency has been declared in South Carolina where officials right now are taking steps to begin evacuating coastal towns in communities, as the likelihood grows tonight that Hurricane Matthew will make landfall along the carolina coast this weekend. Plans call for the starting tomorrow with residents to be sent a hundred miles inland. Meantime, the death toll has risen to at least eight in the caribbean. The category 4 storm has caused widespread damage in the southwest tip of haiti, where it hit this morning. And tonight, with computer models predicting a u. S. Landfall, people from florida to the carolinas are stocking up and preparing for the worst. We begin our coverage with nbcs miguel almaguer. Reporter bracing tonight, this is the scramble along the eastern seaboard. Im preparing, buying rain gear and flashlights. I came to pick up a generator and extra fuel tanks just in case. Reporter a run on supplies, lumber, groceries, gas, and water. Today South Carolinas governor urging over a Million People to evacuate from coastal communities, starting wednesday. This is not something that we want to play with. If you dont get out in time, you might actually get stuck, worst Case Scenario is to be stuck on the coast. Reporter the evacuation zone covering a hundred miles from the shoreline. Many coastal schools closing as residents prepare for five to sevenfoot storm surges. Make sure we have three days worth of food and water. You know, any prescriptions. Making sure those are filled. Reporter even the National Guard is at the ready. Hurricane matthew is twisting its way north, threatening to pound florida and the carolinas. Emergency. In florida, some are streaming to higher ground. Storm surge is coming. We dont want to take any chances. Reporter parts of the Sunshine State already under a hurricane watch. Tonight its picture perfect here, but danger is on the horizon and closing in. Tonight, near the impact zone, we want to take you to a live picture outside of charleston, South Carolina, where many are already starting to evte three days of food and water. Theres concern not everyone is taking this threat seriously enough. The president canceled a trip here to miami and instead is going to meet with fema officials in washington, d. C. Tomorrow. Lester . All right, miguel. And as americans brace themselves for matthews potential punch, this monster hurricane is rolling ashore in cuba at this hour, after delivering a damaging blow to haiti earlier. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in the middle of hour, matthews eyes slides through the southwestern edge of haiti, bringing massive storm surge, relentless rain, and howling winds. The death toll from the category 4 hurricane now up to at least eight, including four killed in the dominican republic. Jamaica, also battered by flash floods and now eastern cuba is bracing for impact. Hardest hit, haitis rural southern peninsula, where there are early reports of devastat i region where many people live in shacks of wood. But villages and communications are cut off after a key bridge washed away. Around portauprince, raging rivers and the threat of mudslides. Authorities tried to evacuate people from the most vulnerable areas but many refused to leave. Now as it churns north, its roughly the size of arizona. Its been a category 4 storm for 20 days. The last to make cleo in 1964. Tonight the most impoverished country in the hemisphere is reeling from yet another natural disaster. Ive never seen this much rain, this woman told us. And matthews path is far from over. The haitian government is asking the u. S. Military for help in the relief effort. The damage is still being assessed in the southwestern part of the country. The full toll of Hurricane Matthew, not yet known. Lester . Gabe gutierrez, thank you. Lets get to dryer, whats it looking like . This storm has been maintaining intensity for so long now. Still with winds up to 140 miles per hour. Making it that category 4 hurk. Its looking like it will remain as a category 4 as it takes more than a day and a half to make its way through the bahamas on wednesday, exiting thursday with 130mileperhour winds, up to 15 inches of rain and a 10 to 15foot storm surge. After that, it looks like its going to parallel the coast of florida as a major category 3 hurricane, then its forecast to make landfall at some point on saturday in north carolina. Also about 7 to 10 inches of rain with the wind and the storm surge an issue. Then as it makes its way into the northeast, it should stay off shore, but heavy rain there as well. All the models are coming into agreement, the southeast needs to prepare now. Dylan dryer, thank you. Lets turn now to president ial politics and a critical night with just 35 days until the election. The vp candidates face off in their one and only debate, and maybe not a moment too soon for donald trump as the latest nbc news, survey monkey online tracking poll shows trump down six points to Hillary Clinton nationally. Trump also losing ground in some swing state polls. So as their lesser known running mates go head to head tonight, can something shake up the race . Reporter tonight, the supporting characters turn into the leading stars. With the countdown on in their political careers. Now its mike pence with the tougher role, cleaning up after one of his running mates worst week yet. Its up to mike pence to turn the ticket around. Reporter pence will have to defend donald trump on issues where they have disagreed, trade, the iraq war and releasing their tax returns. Pence has, not trump. Pence may also face fire on his own record in indiana, not an especially popular governor there, not helped by his support, then controversial religious liberties law. After a memorably awkward start, the two talk daily. Trump on the trail, planning to live tweet tonights showdown. I want to send our best wishs to our greatest governor mike pence. Reporter tim kaine, meanwhile, will play to a hometown crowd with longtime