plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 hurricane matthew has already killed hundreds of prompted officials to urge evacuations for more than 2 million people in the south eastern u-s. as reid binion reports, the first state to feel matthew's impact this morning is florida. florida "we're already starting to see the impacts... and it's a monster."hurricane matthew -- driving not only wind and ...in a region accustomed to hurricanes. the storm -- battering florida well into friday morning... officials -- reporting wide spread power outages as matthew's outer bands hammered the coast. cars -- cramming roads in a highway exodus... as many residents evacuated. some in the state -- waiting until the last minute to leave. "i've never seen the ocea country. so i figured if you want to see it for the first time, why not do it in a hurricane?" "are you going to get out of here soon?" "of course, of course."other s -- choosing to stay. "we're prepared for it. we're going to hunker down and stay with it and do what we gotta do."...this -- despite dire warnings from florida governor rick scott. florida "i'm worried about your life. your family. evacuate, evacuate, evacuate."scott -- adding that matthew could bring devastation on a level not seen since hurricane andrew struck nearly a quarter century ago. forecasters -- also expressing a very high level of concern. the national weather service - warning that some locations "may be uninhabitable for weeks or families here in eastern iowa matthew's path in the caribbean. 3 catholic churches in eastern iowa have a sister parish about 20 miles outside of port au prince, haiti. so far, there aren't any known deaths or injuries within the parish staff or congregation s. the churches shelter. there are 12 chapels inside the sister parish. and each chapel has a school attached. staff there say their primarily concerned about its students' education. the children are safe, but the hurricane's damage will affect the children in the future. "8:43, "the hurricane took out a lot of the gardens were in the mountains we're a rural parish so they don't have the food now so they're going to spend money for food and the money they spend on food they won't be able to spend on tuition so well subsidize the tuition." the local churches hope to help about 5,000 kids the hurricane impacted. a disaster relief organization that brings veterans together is in eastern iowa -- helping people last week's flooding affected. team rubicon is helping homeowners in waterloo and cedar falls through next week. the organization is made up of military veterans, who respond to areas natural disasters have hit. veterans say work camaraderie, while helping people who are in need. "what we're doing is helping residents get back into a regular life that's been disrupted by this flood. we're moving debris, drywall, flooring anything you can imagine. " team rubicon is also helping flooding victims in wisconsin and minnesota. a dubuque county man is the 8th person to face charges in connection to a robbery and homicide the u-s marshals arrested eric campbell in calumet city, illinois- south of chicago- earlier this week. he faces a first-degree murder and first-degree robbery charge. officers had been looking for him in the death of collin brown. investigators say he and others tried to rob brown at his mobile home on noonan street in key west, back in april. someone shot brown as he was running away from his home. he later died. he was 21 years old. 3 others also face 1st- degree murder and 1st-degree robbery charges for tacari minifee and imere hall. 4 more people face lesser charges in this case. light the night pink. that's what some people in cedar rapids did tonight to mark the national breast cancer awareness month. mercy medical center and alliant energy hosted the annual lighting ceremony at the hall- perrine cancer center. the center will remain lit in pink throughout the month. organizers say the event is to let more people know about breast cancer, which more than 200,000 people in the u-s are diagnosed with every year. 10:40:27;08 "getting e to just help support our patients and all of our family and friends that have had breast cancer " a $2 dollar donation for each person in attendance went to especially for you fund. that helps provide free mammograms and other breast-care services to people in need. a sense of freedom is engrained in the minds of practically all americans. a new study shows not all states are as free as we may think, but iowa ranks pretty high. clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the mi conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend! today: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend! today: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 thanks kaj. plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend! today: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 thanks kaj. in this morning's "gma first look," 30,000 people in the u.s. suffer from brain an rur richl ruptures every year and half are fatal. >> we're seeing more closures than delays. >> like so many women, this woman was always on the go, a deadline driven new york city reporter, a wife and mom to two boys. terrible headaches but put off going to the doctor. >> i stopped and said don't you think we should go get those checked and she said i don't have time. i'll take an aspirin. >> her brain anuerism ruptured. she did not survive. her husband is working tirelessly to save others starting the lisa colagrassi foundation. to look out mastering the art of refinement one dark chocolate rises above the rest lindt excellence created by our master chocolatiers pure, rich, darkly intense... made like no other crafted elegantly thin to reveal complex layers of flavor experience excellence with all your senses chocolate beyond compare try lindt excellence with a touch of sea salt. if you've gone to extremes to escape your nasal allergies... try clarispray. from the makers of claritin. clarispray provides 24-hour, prescription strength relief from sneezing, runny nose, and nasal congestion. return to the world. try clarispray today. maybe almond breeze tastes so good because it's the only almondmilk there's no maybe about it. almond breeze. the best almonds make the best almondmilk. equal. that's according to the libertarian cato institute. a new report finds iowa is the 9th-freest state in the country. samantha-jo roth is in washington with more on the rankings. the united states of america --- the land of the free? well, according to a new study. it depends on where you live. "we have a relatively traditional american is. it's the ability of individuals to use their life, liberty and property as they see fit." william ruger with the cato institute spent over a year comparing each state's policies affecting economic and personal freedom. "these states are laboratories of democracy. they are experimenting with different policies and there's not a one size fits all approach." "to determine the rankings, the authors looked at state and local government intervention. they compared 230 educational choice, and drug policy." the most free state in the country goes to new hampshire. oklahoma comes in at number two. indiana three.. south dakota four.alaska five. tennessee six.idaho seven..florid a eight. and iowa rounds out the top nine."iowa is one of those states that does fairly well across the board in the three areas we look at." but ruger says the hawkeye state doesn't do well on gun freedoms and private schooling is associated with many regulations. "it's not a stereotypical blue state or red state in the sense that it performs badly on either economics but well on personal freedoms. or well on personal freedoms but bad on economics. it reallyi freedom which is why it's a top ten state. this is the fourth edition of the freedom in the 50 states study. last time, iowa was ranked the sixth most free state. in washington. sjr reporting. in washington. samantha-jo roth . kcrg tv-9 news. the report finds new york is the least free state. to read more about the findings, head to our website, kcrg.com officials now say the new jersey transit train that crashed last month sped up just before it crashed. safety board says new information shows the train sped up by 12 miles an hour before it hit a passenger platform. officials say the engineer put on the emergency brake less than a second before the collision. the n-t-s-b says the investigation is in its early stages and could take a year or more to complete. but some of the people hurt in the crash are already planning to sue new jersey transit. "so, unless new jersey transit is going to come forward with some kind of evidence that shows that any of the passengers did anything to cause this accident, they're on the hook for it" " crash and more than 100 people were hurt. this morning, officials have announced the 2016 nobel peace prize will go to colombian president juan manuel santos. the norwegian nobel committee says it chose santos because of his "resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50 year long civil war to an end. santos responded by dedicating the prize to those who have suffered in this war. when it comes to lunch at school, local food is not but dubuque schools are trying to introduce more locally grown food in lunches as often as they can. its here is a live look at . stay with kcrg-tv9. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend! today: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 thanks kaj. looking like clear skies tonight for friday night lights. the cedar rapids prairie hawks take on the linn-mar lions at home. the game starts at 7 o'clock and if you can see it in person, you can catch the game on kcrg 9.2. and don't forget to tune in after the 10 o'clock endzone on kcrg-tv9. students in dubuque got a taste of the local flair in their cafeteria. the lunch menu was made up of corn, chicken, coleslaw, apples and milk --all grown or produced within 150 miles of dubuque. there are several benefits to the farm to school model, including helping the local and regional economy and educating students about how things are grown. but fresh local food everyday of the week. "you have to have the raw source, so building up supply up of what we need is the biggest barrier." in order to provide the farm fresh meals to every student in the district, managers ordered 1,000 pounds of corn and 7,000 chicken legs. hurricane matthew is bringing winds and rain to florida this morning. the powerful storm will make its way up the east stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. you need to know today. powerful winds and rain are pelting the east cost of florida right now. hurricane matthew is moving along the coast this morning. a few eastern iowa churches with sister parishes in haiti are hoping to help people there after the hurricane. so far, no one within those parishes has been hurt. disaster relief is coming to eastern iowa from a veter in the waterloo and cedar falls area through next week. banks in eastern iowa are reporting more instances of credit card skimming. law enforcement says people should watch out at atm machines. arrest number 8. that's how many people investigators have taken into custody for a robbery and murder in key west earlier this year. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. along the florida coast this morning, with vicious wind and potentially devastating storm surges. abc's lauren lyster is hurricane matthew barreling towards florida -- the brutal conditions intensifying as the eye of the storm taunts coastal cities overnight,violent winds along the beaches...gust s clocking in above 70 miles per hour in some places 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 devastating -- florida's governor making this dire warning. sot gov wnt unfortunatel y this is going to kill people. already, it has...ma 100 people as it swept through haiti. the death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede... and matthew -- battering the bahamas... before heading for florida... residents thursday preparing... filling up those final sandbags stores are boarded up...their shelves -- bare more then 3 million people urged to to evacuate here and in the carolinas? some refusing to go... but many getting out -- clogging the highways for miles while nearly 4,000 flights have been cancelled tag - a big concern here - the storm surge - in this area it's expected to be 6 to 10 feet or more - residents fearful this waterway could rise - you three feet below the dock. in new smyrna beach, i'm lauren lyster abc news. a central iowa organization that helps haitians who have lost their homes in natural disasters is facing a devastating loss of its own today. the organization lost half of its facilities in haiti. the only buildings that survived the hurricane were what's called safe-t homes, which are made of metal. a medical and dental clinic, church, orphanages and school for about 450 children the organization built in haiti were destroyed or took on offical says, despite 95% of the homes in the area being wiped away in the hurricane, he's thankful for one thing. "the good news was all of our kids are okay. so we're very grateful that we were able to keep them sheltered in a place where they were protected." the organization say the water towers providing people with clean ballots from linn county this year compared to the presidential election 4 years ago. 4 years ago, voters had requested more than 22,000 ballots to vote absentee by this time. now, the number requested is slightly more than 14,000. that's a drop of more than 8,500 compared to 4 years ago. linn county auditor joel miller says both parties apparently held off longer than 4 years ago to send absentee forms to supporters. that means the numbers should start going back up soon. "i hope it catches up because if it doesn't we'll potentially hae we haven't had those in the last several years." auditor miller says the number of people voting absentee at the election office counter is running about the same as 4 years ago. people in marion are getting their first chance today at meeting the 4 candidates vying to become the next police chief. the job opened up when chief harry daugherty retired earlier this year. people in marion can meet the 4 it'll be from 5:30 to 6:30 at the marion public library. each of the candidates have at least 2 decades of police experience. lieutenant scott elam and captain doug slagle are currently on the marion police force the 2 others come from out of state. joseph mchale is a commander in the kansas city, missouri, police department. and george austin is the captain of internal affairs with the charlotte - mecklenburg police department in north carolina. people in cascade will soon get a look at the plans to rebuild the only state highway running through the town. will host an informational meeting about planned repairs to highway 136 next wednesday. the meeting will run from 4 to 7 at cascade's city hall. the portion of the highway undergoing repairs runs from the intersection with first ave to the northern city limits. some students in the central city school district got to stick their principal to the wall. it was part of a challenge to raise the money to fund an honor flight for veterans to high schools competed against each other. students duct taped the principal of the school that did not win to the wall for the lunch hour. "i was a little surprised there was a conspiracy theory against me but i think it was like...every dollar went to the other side." the high school principal stayed stuck to the wall for all the lunch periods. that was about an hour and a half total. students raised more than $100 to send 4 veterans on an honor flight next year. a nation-wide problem with credit card skimming has unfortunately come to eastern iowa. enforcement say as they tell me to be on the lookout for anything suspicious. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up first alert storm team meteorologist kaj o'mara plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 thanks kaj. plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 60 tonight: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. a dam, a dog is safe. the humane society rescued the dog after witnesses speculate on why its owner left the dog news source, kcrg tv-nine. it's financial info could be at risk next time you use an a-t-m. different area banks and credit unions have seen a recent rise in fraud cases from a-t-m skimmers. at a-t-ms or other places that take cards. skimmers can give criminals access to a victim's bank account. one cedar rapids man thinks he was a victim. eugene pinney says thieves likely got his card info at a local gas station. they tried to make a near $200 purchase at a new jersey walmart. pinney's credit union caught the fraud in time. he didn't lose any money, just some confidence in his card. "i'll just be a little more aware. i'll try to use it less. unusual or loose attachments on the a-t-m. police also recommend monitoring your bank account for any purchases you didn't make. if you do see that an atm has been tampered with, call police immediately. a 20-year-old davenport man is charged with shooting and killing his parents. 20-year-old sean freese is facing 2 counts of first-degree murder. police says they found his parents, kevin and donna freese, shot to death in their home in the on davenport's northwest side overnight wednesday. investigators say sean they didn't discuss his motive. "i'd seen kids out playing basketball at their hoop a couple times, and they waved at me. just seemed like such a normal family. " sean freese lived with his parents. he is being held on $1 million cash only bond. there's a possible break through in the search for a cure in parkinson's disease, which affects about 1 million americans. researchers at iowa state university have found a parkinson's. the science is pretty complex, so they say its hard to estimate a timeline on the research. but they hope to make solid progress within 5 years. this discovery gives scientists a new target to look at when it comes to fighting parkinson's disease. "what we call susceptible targets, so we can double up on some drugs or other strategies to increase the protein levels in parkinson's patients. " the protein found may protect brain cells. researchers say this protein is released to deal with the strain. it then can assist with the survival of the cells. a dog may not have nine lives -- but a dog that survived a river rescue in maquoketa may have more than one. this dog was found stranded at lakehurst dam in maquoketa. she was there for at least 2 days. onlookers suspect the pit-mix had been left there on purpose, possibly because she just delivered puppies. after one failed attempt above the swirling current, a rescue boat saved the dog. the humane society rescued she'll probably sleep most the rest of the day and get something to eat." " ""animals are just like humans. they deserve kindness. they deserve to be treated just like anybody else." " this dog, lucky for now, will spend about 10 days at the jackson county humane society. contact their office in maquoketa if you're interested in adopting her. a marion teenager received a special gift for her 18th birthday last week. a time capsule chest full of letters, cards, newspapers and mementos all written on he birthday. it was sealed away until her 18th birthday. now, the video her mother took of her opening the chest has gone viral on facebook. abby van metre says she had no idea she was going to receive the special gift. "14:33:35;02 i think really just having letters from people that i don't, i wouldn't have had another chance to talk to, that was just incredible, and the fact that there were so many people in my life that had really cared about me and took the time to hand-write letters for me for 18 years later was just incredible. " van metre says it's a tradition open a time capsule of her own in 3 years. now time for our morning mugshot. manufacturers in eastern iowa are opening their doors to the public to see what really goes on inside. the advancing the future tours are october 17th through the 21st. this is also the chance to see possible jobs available first hand. it doesn't cost you anything to www.kirkwoo d.edu/advancingfuture. kaj has one more check of your forecast next. stay with of the candidates are from the department, 2 come from out of state. the reception is from 5:30 to 6:30 tonight at the marion public library. hurricane matthew is edging along the coast of florida this morning moving north. the strong winds and heavy rain will move to georgia and south carolina over the next few days. so far more than 250 have died from the storm when it hit caribbean nations. now, one last loo morning's weather, kaj... plan on a cool, windy day! clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 60s both days. no frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. have a great weekend! today: gradual clearing. cooler and windy. wind: nw 5-10. low: 41 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-10. high: 65 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-10. low: 45 we certainly hope your is off to a good start. good morning america is next. and we'll be back with a local news update in about 20 minutes. also make sure to join us at eleven for the kcrg- tv9 news at midday. good morning, america. breaking news, hurricane matthew hits florida. the eyewall brushes the east coast right now. the deadly storm unleashes its fury overnight. with dangerous winds topping 120 miles an hour. igniting power lines. now fears of life-threatening waves up to 25 feet high creating catastrophic damage. >> unfortunately, this will kill people. president obama declaring a state of emergency. more than 3 million people forced to flee from florida to north carolina. >> too risky to stay. >> shelters filling up. airports shutting down. thousands of flights cancelled, disney world closing its theme park for only the fourth time ever. the new video showing the massive destruction in