now. back now live here in melbourne, florida, up for roughly three hours. continues to hug the eastern coast of the state. national hurricane center said the eye wall brushed against cape canaveral generating gusts well over 100 miles per hour but the most powerful winds remain offshore at this point. one death has been as a result of this storm just south of us in port st. lucie, a woman had a cardiac event. first responders couldn t get to her. hundreds of thousands across the state waking up without power. matthew now moving up the coast towards georgia. just heard from rehema ellis in savannah moments ago. i want to bring in nbc nightly news anchor lester holt here with us in melbourne, florida. you got in about the same time yesterday evening as well. conditions now versus conditions then. the bands of rain and all