By 2 00 today its lashing the northern coast of South Carolina. Then moving away from North Carolina during the day tomorrow. Hopefully that will be the last we have to deal with any effects on land from matthew. Meantime im tracking this cold front, the one i talked about all week long, thats kicking matthew east of new england. However some of the moisture may get picked up and move in and bring us some rain. We need the rain but it is were off to a dry start. Its clear, quiet, we have a little patchy fog in spots. That will be around through 9 00 a. M. 40s in most spots but near 70 this afternoon. More in just a moment. The death toll from matthew continues to rise. So far near 900 people are confirmed dead as a result of Hurricane Matthew. Mostly in haiti. This is a look at the out of this. An orphanage with local ties has weathered the storm. Fox 25 has been with the be like britt organization. Since that orphanage began getting ready. Well have more on the Recovery Efforts under
Case while a student at stanford is being released from jail today. Brock turner was only sentenced to six months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus. The judge was criticized for what many viewed as a lenient sentence. He is moving off of criminal cases. Turner only served after the sentence and must register as a sex offender. Georgetown university has announced a new admissions policy the university will offer prerental admission to the descendants of slaves it once owned. The president of the university plans to issue a formal apology and create an institution for the study of slavery. Many of those descendants are applauding the schools actions. Were not talking reparation. Were talking about how this university can be an asset to the world in healing some pain destroying our society. At least a dozen universities have formally recognized the ties to slavery and the slave trade. Historians say georgetown is the first to offer preferential admissions status. And
80mileanhour hurricane and moving up the coast. Its going to impact us. It is hitting the beaches hard. As it weakens, it strengthens to a hurricane, again. It could become a hurricane off the coast. The biggest part is this is going to stall off the coast. This is going to last for days. Look where it is across the charleston area, toward raleigh. Take a look at where this is going. No rain in the region yet. It will get here overnight. 50mileanhour winds. It is going to move along the coast. It has moisture and fuel and they do not have it weakening. It is coming offshore and strengthening. Here is the big question, where does it go from here . It is going to stall acros beaches. Amelia segal has more on that. We are tracking the hurricane and the Tropical Storm. The latest in elizabeth city, North Carolina. It is going to move with the storm all weekend. You can see the shot from our storm ranger. Most of us, beaches in maryland and virginia are under a Tropical Storm warning. This
And clintons former rival, bernie sanders, hits the campaign trail to stump for her and others. He says hell push her economic plan, one he says will work for everyone, not just those at the top. Clintons campaign is getting a boost from donors. She took in 143 million in august. Her most lucrative fundraising month yet. And donald trump is facing new fallout after his tough talk on immigration. Several of his most prominent Hispanic Campaign advisors resigned. Some business and religious leaders have pulled their support saying they feel betrayed and used after the speech ruled out any path to immigrants living in the u. S. Legally. Trumps wife has filed a lawsuit against a news website and a maryland blogger saying they published false statements suggesting she once worked as an escort before she met her husband. Both report have since been retracted. She denies the allegations, and her attorney is calling the statements 100 false and tremendously damaging to her reputation. Case whi
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