Check out the debris blowing around from winds, gusts of 80 Miles Per Hour is what weve seen thus far. You can see to the right a metal gate blocking this parking lot thats been blown over as well. Right here we are along the st. Johns river in downtown jacksonville. This ship right here, this is the famous ship, the america from the americas cup. We just spoke to the captain. The ship was on its way to galveston when the storm came along and it had nowhere to go. They had to tie up here in jacksonville. He is hanging out in the parking lot on the second story, hiding out, waiting out the storm, hoping these waters dont right up high enough that the ship goes into the parking lot. Heres what else he told us awhile ago that he is worried about. This is the only replica of the america from 1851. The real irony for me is that the original boat was sunk here in 1862 by the confederate navy, so i certainly dont want to repeat history. Reporter yes. Folks here still bracing for the worst. It is a couple hours away. They say 8 00, 9 00 tonight is when the worst of the storm will be over, but the effects afterwards will be around for weeks to come. Youre right there on the shoreline, obviously. Have you felt or seen any storm surge yet . We have seen the water come up several feet in the last couple hours, expected to go up several more feet. High tide was a while ago. We are getting closer to low tide now. These waters havent gone down, despite getting closer to low tide. That gives you an idea how much storm surge is expected to be 6 to 9 feet just here downtown. As far as 10, 11 feet on coastal towns, jacksonville beach, about 16 miles from here, part of that downtown, first two blocks from the ocean are completely flooded already. Thank you very much for joining us. Floridas governor earlier today saying this is not over. Meteorologist janice dean, what can we expect next . We still have 24 to 48 hours of this storm left and the second half of the storm, stewart, might be the most dangerous. Winds are at 115 Miles Per Hour, still category three storm. This has been a major hurricane for a week now. So historic certainly as it moves up the north coast of florida, east coast of florida towards georgia and the carolinas and the threat now for tornadoes. We have a tornado watch in effect until midnight tonight for parts of georgia and towards the carolinas. We can see the potential for tornadoes as well. Looks like we have a Tornado Warning in and around hilton head island. Weak tornadoes with land falling hurricanes, and thats ongoing for the life of the storm. The water temperatures here i want to point out, sea surface temperatures are warm enough to support a cat three, even strengthening it if the core of the storm stays offshore because it is the land that loses its strength. It gets its fuel from the warm water. So i mean, it is amazing this is still a major hurricane, and the storm surge, lets talk about that real quick. 8 to 12 feet over vulnerable areas that are at sea level. The National Hurricane center saying what we saw during Hurricane Sandy with vulnerable beach areas on the jersey shore and long island, could see similar effects because of storm surge with this system and the counterclockwise winds just pounding the ocean water along the coast. Thats the real danger. We are already getting incredible pictures across north florida as well as georgia, south carolina. This will be an ongoing event for the next 24 to 36 hours. January is, Superstorm Sandy was actually a category one storm and lefty norm us damage. That was the storm surge that did it. This could be worse. I cant stress enough, dr. Rick nab from the National Hurricane center puts it best. Moat deaths occur because of the water of a hurricane, so the storm surge and the flooding. People dont realize how deadly that is to drive through water you cant see the bottom of, to go outside, to not evacuate. These are the problems. And im glad you brought up Superstorm Sandy. People are caught up in rankings of the hurricanes. Doesnt matter if it is cat three or four, could have the storm surge of a cat five. Depends where you are in geography of the place you live. And hard to forecast a storm surge. Yes. Janice dean, thank you very much indeed. Now, Daytona Beach has been hit hard by matthew. Michael chitwood is the citys police chief and joins me by phone. I understand storm surge is flooding some roads and high school in Daytona Beach. Do you think theres more storm surge water still to come for your town . Difficult to tell right now. We have probably 100 people out to assess it. Down power lines, broken water mains, trees down, trees on houses, these seem to be the big issue we have. The flooding has been i would call it moderate to say the least, but we dodged a bullet. No doubt about that. Youre expecting a lot worse i believe . We were expecting worse. Had it hit land, it would have absolutely been a game changer. There are at least two dozen homes that trees collapsed on them, and fortunately no one was killed. Again, i want to go back to storm surge because weve been hearing constantly thats the great danger, but that did not hit Daytona Beach in any way you expected, correct . That is correct. It did not come to the fact or the point the ocean and coastal waterway may have met one another, that didnt happen. Doesnt preclude that there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in damage. Do you think people will be not able to get back to their homes in Daytona Beach for how many days . Well, as of right now, pending inspection upon bridges and cleaning up the power lines, bridges will remain closed to get to the Barrier Island until further notice. That could be 24 hours, it could be 48 or 72. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. We appreciate it. I want to reference one other thing which just started, theres a press conference in north carolina, the governor there, pat mccrory in raleigh, north carolina, is about to start, just started a press conference. I should also tell you that earlier today president obama declared a state of emergency for the state of north carolina. Well keep you posted on that press conference. Next, someone who did not evacuate, he stayed and he weathered the storm. Crisp garden vegetables. No artificial flavors. Philadelphia® garden vegetable. Rich, creamy. And delicious nothing else tastes like philadelphia®. Veer oh beach. I spent many years as a Nuclear Missile launch officer. If the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. I prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. I want to be unpredictable. I love war. The thought of donald trump with Nuclear Weapons scares me to death. It should scare everyone. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Just coming into us in florida now, more than 1 Million People do not have electric power. We do not know when theyll all get it back. Hurricane matthew as you know taking aim at northeast florida as of now. Massive flooding already reported in st. Augustine, florida. Leland vitter is with us from Daytona Beach. What happened. Show us what happened in Daytona Beach. Reporter a whole lot happened, including the entire island of Daytona Beach being without power. Judging from the number of power lines down, transformers we saw explode, and signs like that flying around in the wind, bringing down more power lines, it will be a long time until they get crews in here and clean up. There are hundreds of power crews staged near here, as soon as the winds die down, the other thing they contend with is damage they have to get through. You take a look. This was the awning on the top of a gas station. Supposed to protect you against wind and rain when pumping your gas. Clearly it didnt exactly excuse as planned in that department, destroyed this gas station. Gives you a sense of the amount of debris here. We are going to walk toward the debris. We were here after this collapsed and had all this stuff flying around, razor sharp sheet from the gas station, signs with gas prices, all those kinds of things. When those things fly around, it is like razor blades flying through the air. Now it is like razor blades on the ground. We got finished driving around, dodging dozens of boards with nails sticking out, screws, anything and everything that can puncture tires, make moving difficult here. Thats the big challenge post hurricane. Post winds, post flood comes the cleanup. It is a long time. On these Barrier Islands, all of which got hit up and down from melbourne to Daytona Beach up to st. Augustine got pounded and it takes an awfully long time to clean the islands up. Before the storm they said a week or two before they would be inhabitable again. With damage like this, you cant get gas or groceries, even if you decided to stay and weather the storm. Leland vitter, thanks so much indeed. Even with strong warnings from floridas governor rick scott, john viotto weathered the storm on hutchinson island, florida. He joins me by phone. You toughed it out, didnt leave. What damage did your house suffer . Hi, stewart. The structure itself was minor, some gutters being torn or, we had a lot of coconut fronds fall. A lot of debris. I think you got lucky, john. What about the storm surge . That was the big danger, especially where you are, youre right on the beach. Right. Were fortunate were on the beach, we have a nice grade from the beach up to our building. Were about 40 feet higher than the surface of the water, but we also have like a crosswalk that we walk from our property out to the beach. That water went halfway up the crosswalk. So we had plenty of room for us, but that was pretty high. You took a risk. Would you do it again . Yes. The building here is poured concrete, we have impact windows, plus hurricane shutters. But we were fortunate. We were fortunate. John, thank you very much for joining us. We do appreciate it. Thank you. John viotto on the phone there, his house is 40 feet above the actual water line, so he escaped. Someone lower down would not have escaped. David powellnut is with us, he headed to higher ground, a resident of sullivan island. Welcome to the program. Glad to have you with us. Thank you very much. As i understand it, you were going to stay, you were going to tough it out. Now you decided to leave. What made you decide to leave . Well, the storm looked like it would head to sea, i had be watching it on the hour with my ipad and iphone, checking the local news. All along i was taking precautions, putting up when the storm picked up steam and headed northwest, i realized it was hit us in the middle of the night, i did not want to be in my house on the front beach of sullivans island. 2 00 in the morning with 90 Miles Per Hour winds. Have you seen any effects yet . If youre still in the house, can you see the sea coming at you . Well, im expecting three to six foot storm surge. I walked into beach, went into town and the tide was already a foot higher than summer, it will be quite an event tonight, into tomorrow. I am glad i left. You left the beach area and are hold up in charleston, is that it . Right. Downtown charleston, right in the middle of the historic district, it is pretty vacant, here, too. I imagine every hotel is jam packed . I would suppose so. Actually, people leave, tourists leave when the storms come. Im in my childhood home with my wife and couple of family dogs. Going to stay here. Good call to move out of harms way. He is in charleston now joining us on the phone. David, thank you for joining us. Much obliged to you, sir. Thank you. Now the second president ial debate is a little more than 48 hours away. And Vice President joe biden is getting hillary supporters pumped up, or is he . I know some of you and some of the people youre trying to convince arent crazy about hillary. I know that. Maybe you shouldve done more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Liberty mutual insurance. Due to your first accident. Get between you and lifes dobeautiful moments. Llergens flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. Sunday night in st. Louis. Both candidates are of course preparing. How is this, for a clinton confidence boost from Vice President joe biden. Roll that tape again. But i know some of you and some of the people youre trying to convince arent crazy about hillary. I know that. Reaction to that and to the debate from gop strategist kevin scott and democrat strategist, crystal ball. You heard that. Was that a gaffe . I dont think it is a gaffe. I think it is honest. People youre trying to convince are undecided voters on the fence not crazy about either of the candidates. Look, people love the Vice President because he says whats on his mind, he is very direct. I dont think it is harmful to hillary going into the debate which im excited about. It will be a fun one to watch. You say donald trump choked in the first debate. Real fast, in what way did he choke . That wasnt the verdict from most people. Well, it was the verdict from most people across the country if you look at the scientific they thought Hillary Clinton dominated the debate, shows up in terms of polling we have seen where she pulled into a nice lead nationwide and in battleground states. But look, i think the next coming debate is absolutely critical for donald trump and may be too late for a solid debate performance to turn things around for him. I have to go to kevin here. You had your say to some degree. All right. Kevin, must win for donald trump, yes . Well, i think first of all no, it is not a must win. Regardless of his performance most in the media are going to say he lost. Thats how the narrative of the campaign has gone. Heres whats important for the debate. Donald trump has to come across as approachable, especially in a town hall style. Cant appear to not answer the questions. He needs to effectively prosecute the case against hillary. Last debate didnt mention benghazi, he has to do that. She talks about bad deals, he needs to talk about a bad deal where four americans died. This is the big opportunity for him. Hillary was so scripted last time. And that kind of worked but its going to be tough if she appears that scripted when its a voter question, a town hall style doesnt bode well when she doesnt come across as genuine. He has to appear more genuine. Trump already said he would not go after bill clintons women. Just by saying that, he is raising the issue, of course. Do you think he should . Kevin, do you think he should go after bill clintons women . Well, you know, i think all these things are on the table. What he needs to stick to are the issues in hillary. Hillary has enough challenges on her own, without mentioning the ones her husband brings with him. I think he can stick to hillary, stick to the issues. This is what he has to be care. He can go after madresors, if they ask a question he thinks is unfair. He doesnt need to do that with voters, he needs to be approachable and effecti isiveld not go down the bill clinton route. One criticism for Hillary Clinton is she doesnt layout a vision where she wants to take america. Trump has his one liner, make America Great again, hillary hasnt got that vision statement. If she did, what would it be . Well, i think stronger together is certainly her vision statement and while we cover the sensationist topics, fights between her and trump, youve also seen her out on the trail talking about college affordability, laying out a plan that would encourage businesses to come up with more aggressive Profit Sharing schemes so workers can participate in rewards of the economy. You see her layout agenda for national service. Youre right, she can get bogged down in details, shes had these plans, had a whole book of plans for the country, can get bogged down in details without the catchy one liner but it is not accurate to say she doesnt have a real vision for the country. I am sure shed be happy to talk about that sunday. Donald trumps vision is growth and prosperity. He needs to stick to message. A lot of talk about he needs to get into policy. I dont think he needs to get into policy, he needs to answer questions, he needs to talk specifically about his vision, how it is going to be better and prosecute the case against hillary. If he does that, this town hall style will be perfect for donald trump to succeed. Interesting. Kevin scott, krystal ball. Thank you. Heres something that may come out. Showing the white house coordinated with Hillary Clintons campaign of fallout from her email problem. Jennifer griffin has the latest on that. Reporter hi, stewart. The state Department Released a new batch of clinton emails, 75 email chains, 270 pages in length. A team of reporters and producers going through them looking for news. Separately, emails obtained by the Republican National committee through freedom of information act appear to show that white house officials were actively coordinating with the state department at the start of Hillary Clintons president ial campaign to control the fallout at the start of revelations that Hillary Clinton used a home brewed server. In one, Jen Paul Mary reached out to generaljen saki to shiel questions about the server. In one, pal mere ee asks saki think we can get this done so he is not asked about email. Agree completely and working to crush on my end. Day later ad