let me just take a break and relax. oh, no, don t pay attention. it is all just nonsense. don t get caught up, this too shall pass. are you even woke? oh, god, so much yelling, so much fighting. this is where woke goes to die getting critical race theory out of our schools is a matter of national survival. aren t things bad enough, do we have to fight about this word? woke. are you woke? critical race theory is bigoted and it is a lie and every bit as racist as a klansman in white sheets. okay, i m going to try to explain, woke. all right. open my eyes. take a deep breath. oh, no, i m in arizona. all right this is where we are at in america everybody. we have a new enemy and it is, woke. maybe also the word but maybe mostly the word? he is woke. i want florida be known as the brick wall against all things woke. you heard him, wokeness, some actually said off a three, the wokearadi, i will keep working on it. this is an elite driven phenomenon.
And im also tracking thderstor in eastern iowa. I will have the latest on matthew Hurrican Matthew. Also tonight no flood damage but a big Financial Financial to overcome in the corridor this area may be ideal for shoppers but not necessarily for drivers. We will tell you what we are doing about the traffic issue. Four legged cheerleader thats creating a lot of smiles. This is a dose of happiness. This is fox 28 news at 9. We will take you like to florida for an update on Hurrican Matthew in just a moment. First im in the weather with meteorologist Rebecca Kopelman in for terry. There is severe threatening parts of eastern iowa. We do have strong storms that will be possible as we head through the night tonight. They are starting to move in. Moving. Now what im keeping my eye on is further down to the south. There south of i80 we start t have this line o storms and move on in. We could have storms that pop little bit of a punch. They do have a lot of lightning and so where starting to
The state but now the National Hurricane center is showing a path that does not show the likelihood of a landfall. It looks like the storm may stay off the coast of florida which is good news however we there will be impacts that occur along the eastern coast of the state of florida with strong winds. Also strong storm surge. We will check with you back in. As the eye of Hurrican Matthew creeps closer to florida the effects are being felt. One of the biggest concerns is the amount of people being affected by the storm. More than 2 million residents are now under mandatory evacuations. Still some are choosing to ride out the storm. The iowa storm chasing network. He says emergency crews will not be able to get to those people. Reporter many of the services may be available may not be available if you get into trouble. We hope that everyone makes it through the night by people that have state may not get assistance right away and they may be cut off. We will track hurricane matthews move
Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im jenee ryan lets get a check of our cbs 2 much of cedar rapids dodged a bullet when temporary flood defenses prevented the cedar river from spilling into many areas. Areas. But still many folks are still facing financial facing financial damage. Damage. Money that they have set going towards a car payment or towards their house or towards daycare at something thats definitely a lot tighter now. Now. Days of preparing for disaster can add up quickly between paying for moving trucks and trailers for appliances hotels and even lost pay from days of not working. It will now take people already living on a tight budget time to catch back up. I think when we get into a everything is back to normal and its not quite there yet. You know it takes a month or two still to get really back to where we should be. Be. People needing assistance are recommended to call 211 for help finding the organization that can help meet those needs. You
As we go into the evening forecast. Hurricane matthew is roaring up the florida coast. Coast. Towns from Cape Canaveral n worst of the storm today. States of emergency have been declared and more than half a million homes are now without p. Power. Marlie hall is in orlando right now with the late. Latest. NatsHurricane Matthew with its 120mileanhour winds is lashing Floridas Atlantic coast. The storm is brining heavy rain, and flooding tides to the northern half of the state. sot president obama this is stlli a really dangerous hurricane. The flooding, loss of life and severe Property Damage continues to exist. More than half a Million People are without power after wind gusts approached 100 miles an hour overnight. sot gov. Rick scott rflorida its really important that we get power restored as quickly as we can. gfx matthews eye is just offshore and moving parallel to the coast meaning the powerful winds of the eye wall could impact hundreds of miles of shoreline, while the storms flo