Hello im Heather Holmes in tonight for julie haener. Were going to begin with Hurricane Matthew. The state of florida avoided a direct hit today, but the storm surge caused flooding especially here in daytona beach. Matthew brushed along the coast of florida, but never turned inland. Still four deaths in florida are blamed on the hurricane. Tens of thousands are without power. In haiti the scope of the devastation from the storm is just coming in to focus. The death toll has reached a staggering 842 people. Many of the victims were killed by flying debris as winds of 145 miles an hour just tore through the area on tuesday. Tens of thousands of people are now in shelters. We have Team Coverage tonight. Our chief meteorologist bill martin will show us where the storm is turning right now. First joel waldman is getting pounded by rain. Joel . Reporter frank and heather good evening to you. Just as we come on live the lights behind us are flickering. Across the Savannah River there is an i
Reporting. Turning to politics now, two women who have lived in the white house, one of whom hopes to return as commanderinchief. Michelle obama and Hillary Clinton campaigning together for the first time. That historic moment today with only 12 days left in this president ial campaign. And now new revelations from wikileaks that threaten the democratic candidate. All this as battleground states. New polls suggest Hillary Clinton has wiped out Donald Trumps leads in georgia and iowa where the candidates are essentially tied right now. Clinton is pounding trump in virginia and has a slight edge in North Carolina according to the new polls. Early voting got underway in maryland today. Steve handlesman has more on that. The first day of early voting. The first day of early balloting and these people are lined up to do the voting. These people over here after waiting a half hour are getting to cast their ballots. In this race for the white house thats been so nasty, so pessimistic from a l
Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. That breaking news is in the south bay where a San Jose Police officer collides with a minivan and in the next 90 minutes the officer sadly did not survive. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The officer has been identified as 34yearold Michael Catherman, a married father of two. The crash happened this afternoon on north 10th and horning street on the citys north side. Lets go to Lisa Amin Gulezian live at San Jose Police headquarters. Lisa . Dan a sad day for police and for this community. He loved his job and his family. Doctors at Regional Medical center worked hard to save him, but they couldnt. It is tragic. He put his uniform on and left to go to work and wanted to his his family when he got off and he didnt make it. The word came out slowly and painfully tonight as the San Jose Police chief eddie garcia described what happened this afternoon as officer Michael Catherman road north on 10th street and the driver of the minivan heading
Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. That breaking news is in the south bay where a San Jose Police officer collides with a minivan and in the next 90 minutes the officer sadly did not survive. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The officer has been identified as 34yearold Michael Catherman, a married father of two. The crash happened this afternoon on north 10th and horning street on the citys north side. Lets go to Lisa Amin Gulezian live at San Jose Police headquarters. Lisa . Dan a sad day for police and for this community. He loved his job and his family. Doctors at Regional Medical center worked hard to save him, but they couldnt. It is tragic. He put his uniform on and left to go to work and wanted to his his family when he got off and he didnt make it. The word came out slowly and painfully tonight as the San Jose Police chief eddie garcia described what happened this afternoon as officer Michael Catherman road north on 10th street and the driver of the minivan heading
Tuesday, when 6 states including new jersey and california cast their primary votes. Clinton could clinch the nomination by adding just 71 delegates to her count. A victory in california, the most significant. One of the 10 largest economies in the world, its fueled in large measure by silicon valley, hollywood, agriculture and oil. Its also a state suffering a sever drought, an acute crisis with no obvious solution. To dive into the campaign, and the impact of california in this election cycle, i asked congresswoman linda sanchez, a native californian, and senior whip for the House Democratic caucus, to join me from los angeles. Welcome. Tuesday, a big day, what are you expecting to happen . Linda we are hoping to have a good turnout in terms of participation and i expect that clinton will win california comfortably and secure the nomination for the democratic party. Fernando now, theres a lot of conflicting polls that bernie could win. Are you believing those polls or do you think th