And Steve Hartman, a musician answers a clarion call. Started off saying, im the best trumpet player in afghanistan, because there are only two. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from st. Augustine, florida. Pelley this historic city is flooding tonight as Hurricane Matthew treks up the atlantic coast. The eye is just northeast of st. Augustine. Hurricane watches and warnings are up from northern florida to North Carolina. Matthew lost some of its punch overnight, but it is still a big and dangerous category2. 120 miles wide with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles an hour. Damage in south florida was far less than feared because the strongest winds remained offshore. But at least four deaths are and at last report, 600,000 homes and businesses in the state were without power. The president declared a state of emergency in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. More than two Million People in those states are under evacuation orders. More than 22,000 have moved into florida shelters. Major airports in south florida have now reopened, but thousands of flights have been canceled. I about the hurricane in just a moment, but first, there is a political storm that has erupted just two days before the next debate. And Anthony Mason is in new york with that. Anthony . Mason thank you, scott. A recording of donald trump made more than a decade ago has surfaced. It is lewd, it is vulgar, and we caution you, you wont want Young Children to hear it. Heres major garrett. Obtained by the Washington Post captures donald trump, apparently unaware he is being recorded, discussing attractive women and attempted conquests. All this just after trump started his third marriage. Reporter trump was chatting with access hollywood h reporter billy bush on a studio lot bus ride to the taping of the soap opera days of our lives. Trump was slotted for a cameo on the daytime drama. At one point, trump described coming on to women and the descb supposed power of celebrity reporter trump has been accused repeatedly of treating women shabbily, charges he has t dismissed. Has more respect for women than i do. Reporter in a statement about the leaked audio, trump said, this was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course, not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended. The Clinton Campaign was quick to pounce, tweeting, this is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president. Its a new headache for trump, as polls continue to show him the latest cbs news poll found 72 of voters believe clinton cares more about the needs and problems of women. Trumps response, to dredge up private conversations with bill clinton, only heightened speculation about how far down that kind of road he will go at sundays town hall debate. Anthony, regardless of trumps tactics, three advisers told us they believe this tape is very damaging, and no amount of debate preparation or catchy the sting out of it. Mason major garrett, thanks. Cbs news political director John Dickerson, the anchor of face the nation, is in st. Louis for sundays debate. John, at this point in the race, what do you think the implications of this tape are, not just for the top of the ticket, but even for downballot races . Reporter well, this is a stunning blow for a campaign, the trump campaign, that cant really afford it. The candidate has been kind of on his heels since the last debate, and is regular old locker room banter, but about the republican nominee talking in quite bright terms about how easy it is for him to use his fame to grope women, to have his way with women, to grab them, to what some would imagine is sexual assault. And hes quite light and bright about it. Thats incredibly damaging, with all kinds of different voters but specifically with evangelical voters, with women voters and Donald Trumps apology, he said, i apologize mason so do you expect this to come into play in sundays second debate . Reporter well, it will be an issue there, and the question is how does it come up . Does Hillary Clinton bring it up . Do the moderators bring it up . Or does one of the voters on the stage bring it up . And how does donald trump handle the issue when its there, when the voters are watching, when there are reaction shots of women in the audience watching as he tries to handle it this. And then theres another issue candidates react to this news . They are republicans. This is said by the top of the ticket. How they respond to it may determine if it causes any effect in those downballotose races. Mason John Dickerson in st. Louis. Thank you, john. John will be anchoring face the nation this sunday from st. Louis. His guests will include the chairman of the Republican National committee, reince priebus, and Clinton Campaign manager robby mook. And john will join norah odonnell, gayle king, and Bob Schieffer for cbs news live thats 6 00 in the west. And now lets go back to scottak in st. Augustine, florida. Scott . Pelley thanks, anthony. The biggest threat remains a storm surge, a surge that could be up to nine feet. The flooding is at its worst at high tide, and that came here in st. Augustine several hours ago. We wanted you to see what it looked like then. This is st. Augustine. Thats the San Sebastian river behind me. Stage over high tide, the incoming water from the sea is about 3. 5 feet. So you can see what that means to the people who live here. Re. This entire neighborhood is now flooded. The Weather Service tells us that the highest gust of wind in st. Augustine was 79 miles an hour. But, clearly, it is the flooding thats going to be the bigger problem for the people here. Covering the hurricane. First, well go to manuel bojorquez, also here in st. Augustine. Reporter scott, the hardest hit areas we have seen are neighborhoods like this one, but flooding is not the only problem here. Trees and power lines are down throughout the city. Hurricane matthew pummeled americas oldest city, st. Augustine, dumping more than nine inches of rain and causing widespread flooding. Bill arlt orders, but is staying nearby. What are you expecting to see when you return to your house . Thats a good question. Cant answer that until we see it. Reporter more than half of the citys 14,000 residents chose to stay, some of them now trapped in their homes and businesses by water. How many kids are in there . Reporter this man can be seen standing on the steps of the casablanca inn. 20 people were stuck inside. As people who did not evacuate try to deal with the street flooding Hurricane Matthew continues. The water on this street is several feet deep and still rising. No injuries or deaths have been reported. Wind gusts of over 80 Miles Per Hour tore through roofs, toppled trees, and submerged cars. This cell phone video shows flood water inside a local college. The college is now closed. Nearly 65,000 customers are without power. Guys, we should back away. Reporter an hour south in daytona beach, the only thingge that separated the storm surge and this home from being flooded was a glass patio door. My colleague, mark strassmann, was there. Reporter the eye of the storm with the strongest winds is passing ten miles offshore. This is also high tide, the worst combination for storm surge. Forecasters expect up to nine feet of surge here. Reporter as dusk fell on st. Augustine, driving rain here, things are expected to possibly get even worse. Scott, nearly half a foot of rain was expected to fall before matthew moves on. Pelley manuel, thanks. Before matthew hit florida, it devastated haiti. There are reports that say more than 840 people were killed on the island. Drone footage today showed the devastation roads flooded in the west, cutting off entire vill homes. An american missionary said simply, anything that wasnt concrete was flattened. Flooding is also a major worry in jacksonville, about 40 miles up the coast from here. And Errol Barnett is there. Errol . Reporter these sand dunes are meant to protect against the high waves of the atlantic ocean, but today, they were not sent sheets of rain sideways as the storm moved along the coast of jacksonville. High surf crashed on to the beach, sending water pouring into the streets. This is the storm surge everyone fears. Ive watched over the past few hours as Hurricane Matthew has pushed all of this water up from the ocean, up to my shins. All of this combined with the more than ten inches of rainfall show you just how damaging this storm can be. Utility trucks were deployed to restore power to the more than 100,000 customers without electricity. Half a Million People were ordered to evacuate from the area, but nerissa hixon refused. I want to be with my family. We talked through this. And we want to be here. Reporter Florida Governor rick scott says residents need to take warnings seriously. We are very concerned about storm surge. And the worst effects are still reporter officials here are essentially fighting complacency. Its been 17 years since jacksonville issued a hurricane warning, and the threat continues. The worst of the water surge and wind impacts in this region, scott, are expected friday into saturday. Pelley errol, thank you very much. Now, lets bring in eric fisher, the chief meteorologist at our boston station, wbz. Eric, whats coming next . Here are two are two very important things to consider here. One, there is no such thing as just a category2. This is still a storm that demands respect very strong. The other is that were at half time. There are 36 hours to go. And big impacts are still expected up the coast into georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. What we saw over the last 24 hours really helped out florida, even though weve seen a lot of destruction. A little wobble, something we talked about in the track, theyre unpredictable. A little wobble to the east yesterday afternoon and another anothe canaveral earlier on today and thats what kept the core of the winds just offshore. Otherwise we could have had 20 to 30mileperhour stronger ofo winds. Concerns for the next 36 hours. A storm surge, South Carolina coast, and up to the North Carolina coast. Check your local surge maps with your Weather Service office. Also, fresh water flooding. When you add this much water on top of the salt water moving in, certainly flooding can be a big concern heading into the weekend, especially in eastern, north and South Carolina. Scott, they have seen a lot of rain over the last month, especially a place like charleston, which is a place very vulnerable to any sort of flooding. Pelley eric fisher, wbz, thank you very much, eric. And ill be back from the hurricane zone a little bit later in the broadcast, but right now, lets go back to Anthony Mason with more of the days news. Anthony . Mason thanks, scott. Up next on the cbs evening news, the u. S. Accuses russia of trying to disrupt the u. S. President ial election. Rejected his peace deal. [quack ] medicare only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. Like any standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. So dont wait. Call now to request your free decision guide and learn more. If you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. 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