Isnt this a discussion . See the moments getting a lot of attention this morning and how the president ial candidates are now reacting. Were live with the details. Good morning, everyone. Were going to start this wednesday with Hurricane Matthew. The powerful storm spinning in the caribbean and prompting action here in the u. S. Right now matthew is threatening the bahamas with sustained winds of 125 miles an hour. Today those islands will see heavy rain and powerful storm surge. Parts of cuba have received more than a foot of rain. At least 11 deaths are being blamed on matthew but that is expected to rise. Property the worst of the damage so far is in remote areas of haiti. The heavy rain caused flooding, driving desperately poor residents from whatever was left of their homes. Officials say matthews aftermath is haitis worst humanitarian crisis since the catastrophic earthquake there in 2010. And there are hurricane warnings posted now for portions of floridas east coast, as well. From there all the way up to North Carolina. Officials have been getting the word out. Their message, the storm is on the way and needs to be taken seriously. Overnight, preparing for a direct impact. Officials sounding the alarm as Hurricane Matthew puts the u. S. In its bullseye. This is very serious and you need to prepare and protect you and your families. Reporter people from the florida keys to North Carolina boarding up their homes and filling up their cars. At this gas station near miami theres only premium left. Its kind of mad a mad house. So i dont have a choice. I got to get a little to get me to the next station. Reporter and at this costco station, drivers are waiting in line for more than an hour. This morning this is what Grocery Stores like like up and down the coast. Empty shelves as people stock up on the essentials. Its crazy. All the water gone. Reporter the governors of four states, florida, georgia and the carolinas declaring states of emergency. If youre able to leave and go today, do that. Dont take a chance. Reporter evacuations will begin this afternoon in south carolina. Governor nikki haley has closed all schools along the coast and ordered more than 1 Million People to get away from the shoreline. Wherever you are on the coast, we want you to get 100 miles away from that. Reporter farmers in North Carolina fearful of what matthew could do to their crops. Its got the potential to just devastate the crop entirely. The good lord is going to do what hes going to do to us and were just going to have to keep the faith. And luckily we should say there is still some time to prepare for the hurricane before it begins affecting the southern Atlantic Coast. Lets get some details now on what to expect from accuweathers paul williams. Good morning, paul. Good morning to you, as well, diane, kendis. Taking a look at all these Spaghetti Models following whats going to be expected with matthew across the bahamas and right along the east coast. We have a few models indicating it may go straight up. All of them looking pretty favorable that its going to hug right along the east coast and while its marching through the bahamas, flooding rain, damaging winds, dangerous storm surge and Power Outages specifically for extreme risk areas which include freeport as well as nassau and actually looking for a modal risk right over towards miami. Then were expecting that to ride right along the entire coast friday going into saturday up towards myrtle beach with massive Power Outages and coastal flooding. Diane, kendis. All right, paul, thanks. And we turn now to the Vice President ial nominees repeatedly clashing on that debate stage. It was really intense. It was a show down that was intense last night between mike pence and tim kaine. Taking on the issues and taking their best shots. Abcs maggie rulli joins us now from farmville, virginia, with the highlights. Maggie, good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis and diane. Like you said, many were expecting a more mildmannered conversation between the Vice President s last night at the debate, but what we got was anything but quiet. That is absolutely false and you know it. Its absolutely true. You know that, governor. Gentlemen, please. Reporter elbows flying, insults at the ready. Last night turned into a fiery battle. Hillary clintons running mate tim kaine becoming an attack dog forcing republican mike pence to defend donald trump. On the economy, there is a fundamental choice for the american electorate. Do you want a youre hired president in Hillary Clinton or a youre fired president in donald trump. Reporter pence didnt take the debate and unlike the criticism against his boss last week, trumps number two remained steady. Im happy to defend him. Most of what you said is completely false. Reporter the pair clashing over trumps tacks. He used the tax code just the way its supposed to be used and did it brilliantly. How do you know that . We havent seen his tax returns. Reporter and immigration. Senator, we have a deportation force, its called immigrations and customs enforcement. Reporter kaine also challenging pence over what he claims to be trumps laundry list of insults. I cant imagine how governor pence can defend the insult driven selfish me first style of donald trump. Reporter pence ready with a response. For you and Hillary Clinton would know a lot about an insult driven campaign. It really is remarkable. Reporter as the two vp candidates sparred on stage over which campaign was more insulting, donald trump was active online retweeting this about kaines looks. Kaine looks like an evil crook out of the batman movies and the Clinton Campaign quickly responding, donalds literally doing it right now. Clinton and trump will get the chance to face off again in person at the debate this sunday in st. Louis. Kendis and diane. Absolutely, and then they have another one after that. Maggie rulli, live for us in farmville, virginia. Thank you. And like most debates, the selection, the candidates and issues are being discussed on social media, as well. Yeah, on facebook, most of the posts were about taxes, russia and isis. Then on twitter, pence gained 22,000 followers. During the debate kaine gained 15,000 followers and were also getting a sense of the publics reaction to Donald Trumps assertion that he is smart for not paying taxes. A new poll shows 46 of americans side with trumps statement, but 67 say a president ial candidate who doesnt pay taxes is selfish and 61 say its unpatriotic. This as trump tries to shift the blame over to Hillary Clinton. She complains about how i have used the tax laws of this country to my benefit, then i ask a simple question, why didnt she ever try to change those laws so i couldnt use them . First Lady Michelle obama also weighed in on the issue while campaigning for clinton in North Carolina. The first lady called on voters to elect someone who would close tax loopholes for the wealthy. Because not paying taxes for years and years while the rest of us pay our fair share doesnt make you smarter than the rest of us. Well, the first lady also railed against trumps late night twitter rant against a former miss universe, and she tapped her microphone, an apparent nod to trumps complaints about his mike during last weeks debate. Still ahead, more problems for yahoo after a report says it was scanning emails for the government. And rescued at sea. Fishermen stranded 25 offshore for hours. How their cooler saved their lives. Plus, an armed intruder in a store on the attack. 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Earlier Police Released the remaining video of that shooting which sparked two nights of violent protests. The dash cam video shows the final step scott took before he was shot and killed but does not appear to show a weapon. Police say scott was armed. His family says he was carrying a book. Some stunning news now about a popular email service, yahoo reportedly scanned customers incoming messages last year. According to reuters the scans came after a request from either the fbi or the National Security agency. Its not known what information intelligence officials wanted. And google is introducing its pixel and pixel xl smartphones. The company is selling the first phone with the Google Assistant built in. The pixels are also compatible with googles new daydream Virtual Reality headsociety. Both are available for preorder. When we come back, ben stillers revelation. Hes opening up about his cancer diagnosis and the test that saved his life. 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For a powerful comeback. New expressmax caplets. An update on Hurricane Matthew. The powerful storm is spinning into the bahamas this morning with sustained winds of 125 miles an hour. A strong storm surge and heavy rain will bring flooding to the bahamas today. Because of the storms forecast track, states of emergency already posted from florida to the carolinas. Coastal evacuation orders are in effect. Checking this mornings road conditions, flooding is possible in florida and up the Atlantic Coast as matthew approaches. Wet roads from the Southern Plains to the upper midwest as well and wet also in the northwest. There will also be some mountain snow in the rockies. If youre flying, airport delays are possible in kansas city and, as you might imagine, miami. A powerful gas explosion rocked a neighborhood in new jersey destroying two homes. Another building was so badly damaged, it will have to be taken down. Dozens of people are now homeless. Luckily no one was hurt. Fire crews who had been called to the area because of a gas smell had evacuated those residents before the blast. And its another reminder that when you smell gas, call for help right away. One of the accused hit men facing murder charges in the killing of a Florida State professor has reached a plea deal. Luis rivera pled guilty to Second Degree murder and is now cooperating with authorities. Prosecutors say his childhood friend fired the shots that killed the professor, dan markel in 2014. They also contend markels former inlaws hired the hit men following a bitter divorce. And check out this frightening video. This is from a business outside tulsa, oklahoma. The man in the white tshirt there rushes in with a knife and starts attacking the employees. He had been there earlier and was threatening to come back and kill them. One employee is knocked to the floor. Others join in to try to get away from the man. They manage to get him outside and call police. Actor ben stiller is promoting Early Detection after revealing that he had battled prostate cancer. Stiller who is 50 told howard stern that he was diagnosed two years ago, and he talks about how scared he was when he found out. But stiller says he is now cancerfree and credits a psa test with catching it in time. Stiller is trying to spread the word about that test but it is shunned by many doctors as unreliable. Four fishermen discovered their cooler wasnt just a drink saver, it was a life saver as well. Here they are floating in the waters off floridas gulf coast. They held on to that cooler for, get this, about eight hours after their boat sank sunday morning. The men had no life vests, radio or beacon to send out a distress call. They were spotted more than 20 miles offshore. Absolutely amazing there. Well now sports and this morning, that means playoff baseball. If you like your postseason dramatic, weve got the highlights for you courtesy of espn. Good morning, america. Im scott van pelt. The baseball playoff season is one game old and already its off to a phenomenal start unless youre an oriole fan. Thats where your season ended. Edwin encarnacion, an absolute moon shot off Ubaldo Jiminez who had come in to pitch. Threerun shot. The walkoff with zach britton in the pen for the orioles, a move that was a head scratcher to many. Pedro gomez with the hero after he won it. Come up in the 11th inning of a pressurepacked game. What was that line for you in that at bat . [ speaking a Foreign Language ] translator a lot of pressure when i came up but thankfully i was able to relax. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] translator and i was able to put a good swing on the pitch i was looking for, which was the fastball. What is it like when youre watching that ball sail over the fence knowing that you guys have advanced . [ speaking a Foreign Language ] translator its an unbelievable experience and like i always say, thank god because of what i was feeling there. I feel very, very good to help my club win and advance to the next round against texas. Thats a series that you can hear on espn radio. Wednesday the National League wild card game from citi field. Bumgarner and syndergaard. Sounds pretty good. Enjoy your wednesday and enjoy the wild card on espn. Many people looking forward to that game. Yes, the texas game. And there were some big visitors at one of north dakotas biggest malls. Moose on the loose. One left town before animal control arrived. Smart moose. The other walked around a mall before being cornered at a mcdonalds. Officials have decided to let the 1yearold bull leave on its own. If hes still around on wednesday, though, they plan to take him away. He wanted to do a little shopping, grab a little snack. He got the munchies. He went to mcdonalds. They are terrifying, though, because they are so much bigger in person than you imagine them to be and apparently they have a bit of a temper on them too. Dont want to be in their way. All right. Up next in the pulse, a major oops for one of the Political Par