[applause]. Mister president good to see you i want to tell you story about this wristband that i wear every day on it are the words of the golden rule practiced the golden rule every day as you know the golden rule is a statement made by jesus recorded in the sermon on the mount in the gospel of matthew. It is translated in various ways but goes Something Like this. Do onto others as you would have them do unto you. A while back after a local event position in my hometown of st. Petersburg, florida, someone came up and he did me one of these. I put it on and i wear every day. I do myself dash i do so to remind myself that in this world the politics that we want to treat everybody the way that we would like to be treated. I hope you all will take the sentiment with you today when you leave. Remembering how jesus wanted all of us to live fairly and compassionately. As i mentioned its been a privilege that charlie and i have enjoyed this last year to lead a weekly Prayer Breakfast of hou
Report. So many States Affected by this. Lauren lyster is in florida with a look at the conditions right now. Reporter good morning. The center of the storm is now just 50miles off the coast of florida. The category 3 hurricane packing 120mile per hour winds and we are feeling its impact kicking up here with major gusts, pelting rain and all power getting knocked out. Hurricane matthew barreling toward florida. The intensifying as the eye of the storm pummels coastal cities. Overnight violent winds along the beaches, gusts in some places clocking in at above 70 Miles Per Hour. The storm bringing the look and sound of fireworks in the form of downed power lines, thousands facing outages. Officials fearing up to 3 million may end up in the dark. The National Weather service saying matthew will be unfortunately this is going to kill people. Reporter already it has. Matthew taking the lives of more than 100 people as it swept through haiti. The death toll there is skyrocketing as the flood
Florida hugging the coastline bringing heavy rain and violent winds and dangerous storm surge that could reach up to 11 feet. We are very concerned about storm surge. The worst effects are likely to come. Reporter this was seen on orman beach as the ocean pushed in. We should back away. I know. Reporter hundreds of thousands are without power aftermath yew started the assault overnight. First light revealed south florida with largely spared major damage streettold they heed warnings and got out of the way of the storm a category 3 with sustained wind of 120 miles per hour, the storm is far from letting up as it pumpels the northern part pummels the northern part of florida. We are on the front end of the hurricane. We are not on the back end so we dont know how bad the damage could end up. Reporter georgia and South Carolina are now bracing for the impact with landfall near charleston a real possibility. Biggest concern we have right now is the fact that we need people to move. Reporte
You, letting you know what the candidates are seeing. Youre seeing a live picture from a marco rubio rally that will start in a few minutes in simpsonville, South Carolina. And he took well, lets just say he wasted no time taking jabs at donald trump, jeb bush on national security. All things that americans are worried about right now. Jeb bush rally in sumter, South Carolina. If he is elected president , he wont blame anyone for the problems that he is going to be inheriting from president obama like he claims people did with in 2009. Speaking of george w, he should be making his first appearance on the campaign trail with his brother on monday. Campaign as well. Donald trump noncampaign related reaching a settlement with univision. Trump referred to mexicans as rapists while on the campaign trail which brings him to tampa tomorrow. Some protesters planning to show up at the rally tomorrow. Some people are worried about what they might do. Jake peterson is outside of the sun dome wher
Storm system continues to move away from the east coast. Be on the lookout for any tree limbs or debris on the roadways this morning as you head to work. Lets get your Early Morning started with a look at your forecast. Tim miller is in the First Alert Storm Center with your wake up weather. Get ready for a nice stretch of late winter days ahead with dry conditions, Cool Temperatures and mostly sunny skies as High Pressure builds in through the first of next week. Winds will still be an issue today as well see some gust up to 30mph. Today, mostly sunny, continued breezy, highs middle to upper 50s. Winds west 1520mph with some higher gust. Tonight, clear lows lower to middle 30s friday sunday mostly sunny, highs middle 50s to near 60 with the wind continuing to tear through the midlands, sce g linemen have been working hard overnight to restore power to temperatures and mostly sunny skies as High Pressure builds in through the first of next week. Winds will still be an issue today as we