Description that is a man wearing a rainbow type colored clown suit a bright blue wig. There was no clown feet and this man did thought have any clown face paint on. For now that is the latest near concord. Henry lee ktvu fox 2 news. Henry its always interesting when one of these stories hits you personally i was talking to my 11yearold daughter and she was really frighten about this whole creepy clown thing she said dad they are planning to attack a high school in oakland. I had to say you know what no they are not. Its okay. But really feels like this whole thing is getting out of hand. Reporter that is right frank. You know a lot of these online threats of creepy clowns have been determined to be hoaxes but for now at least in concord are taking this at face value no laughing matter. They are treating this as an actual attempted abduction. Henry lee in concord thank you. We are following developing news from southern california. Authorities say a los angeles sheriffs sergeant was shot to death while responding to a home burglary it happened shortly after noon in the city of lancaster. The sergeant who was killed has been identified as 53yearold steve owen. Others deputy fired shots at the suspect after he tried to steal a patrol car. The Sheriffs Department says the suspected gunman was taken into custody a short time later after a massive search. That suspect was a parolee and reportedly injured. To the major hurricane pounding the caribbean and hurling toward florida. Hurricane matthew has prompted evacuations along coastal florida and South Carolina. Thousands of people are heading inland to escape the storm. President obama has already met with authorities from fema and other Disaster Relief organizations. They are planning on what to do aftermath through hits. Phil keating with more from jupiter, florida. Reporter Evacuation Orders are now in effect throughout much of coastal florida and South Carolina. As officials await the arrival of Hurricane Matthew the strongest eastern hurricane weve seen in years. The storm at one point a category 5 tore through haiti, cuba and the bahamas and now is taking aim right at florida. There is a greater than 70 probability that we will have Tropical StormStorm Force Winds in Miamidade County tomorrow. There is a one in four chance that well actually have Hurricane Force winds. Reporter a new track has matthew curveest as it moves north. People are battening down the hatches along the South Carolina coast. But in North Carolina the biggest worry at the moment is flooding. With the ground already saturated from recent storms in many areas. Theres still is an opportunity for some serious rain 5 to 10 inches in certain areas of the state. And thats the last thing we need. Reporter meanwhile president obama is meeting with officials from fema and other groups getting a firsthand briefing on how they plan to manage the storms aftermath. The president pleading with residents to Pay Attention to Evacuation Orders before its too late. If you get an Evacuation Order just remember that you can always rebuild, you can always repair property, you cannot restore a life if it is lost. Reporter its expected to hit as a major hurricane somewhere in florida late thursday night early friday morning likely a category 4. In jupiter, florida. Phil keating foxnews. Haiti and cuba are cleaning up the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew as that storm closes in on florida. The death toll in the caribbean is at 16. Ten of those deaths were in haiti. Cuban Officials Say the storm destroyed dozens of homes along the coast. The powerful winds even tore ceramic tiles off the corners of some roofs as the hurricane came ashore yesterday. Lets go separate to meteorologist bill martin. Its threatening the east coast the new forecast track has it a little further well the latest forecast path in the last 12 hours has little further to the west. So definitely going to have a big impact on eastern florida especially east Central Florida where they have never seen anything like this in recorded history they have never had a hurricane this big potentially move on shore if you can imagine that. Theres the water temperature. That tells you this storm has fuel. Hot water warm water into the gulf along the eastern seaboard of these are the potential tracks. Its a spaghetti plot of all the various models. The areas to the north of that landfall are going to be the areas that get hit the hardest because thats going to be the strongest storm surge. Thats going to be the strongest winds. The storm rotates like this. Youre going to see the strongest winds whipping like an ice skater coming around the corner. Theres the system right now as it stands. Category 4 it sits off miami that is tomorrow midmorning. Then it moves up the coast just north of orlando and works its way back out across the carolinas as we head into your bay area friday, saturday and sunday. This is a big storm. Like i say they arent used to getting this kind of activity in this area right in here. This does not get the hurricanes in this Central Florida east Central Florida not used to hurricane warnings either as a matter of fact. Heres the storm as it stands it is currently a category 4 storm. It could easily at least stay a category 4 as it moves up the eastern seaboard. Actually category 3 going to a category 4 on thursday. Heres the big thing too. Storm surge 5 to 8foot possible and thats going to whip around here. 5 to 8 feet. Im 6 feet tall its going to be that much water pushing on store add high tide to major problems coastal erosion. This is a big deal its going to be a big story the next couple of days. Well look at your weather. Ahead of sales force kicked off day 2 of the dream force convention in San Francisco. Ceo mark benny hoff roamed through the overflow crowd at moscone center. He thanked the companys employees including adidas fitbit and uber. Going to do more than 8. 3 billion in revenue this year. 24,000 amazing employees sales force but look at this. 400milliondollar 400 billiondollar gdp impact by 2020. 2million jobs created from all of you creating 2 million jobs that is a spectacular accomplishment. 170,000 people are expected to attend the 14th annual conference tonight a lot of them will led to the dream force gala to see u2 perform. Turning to the president ial race last nights debate between the Vice President ial nominees it was full of interruptions and passionate arguments as both nominees tried to focus attention on the top of the ticket. Reporter the first Vice President ial debate in farmville virginia was a contrast in styles with feisty energetic tim kaine taking on a cool and collected mike pence. How do you know that . Reporter both candidates doing their best to keep the attention focused on their running mates. Mike pence offering calm and steady c. Critiques of Hillary Clinton. Trump sumbit spirits say the frequent interruptions show the Clinton Campaign is out of idea. He sounded like all the Hillary Clinton paid advertising he kept on courting the same sound bites. Reporter after the debate kaine struck idea fee ant tone continuing his criticism of the republican nominee saying pens hedged his better when it came to defending some of trumps more controversial statements. Were going to do everything we can to make sure the president leading that celebration is a woman rather than somebody who offends women every time he opens his mouth. Reporter now the question is what impact will it all have on the polls . Experts say while the vp debate was for the focus is now back to the top of the ticket. These polls are close, and thats why youre seeing trump in nevada today for example really competing heavily there and all these battleground states. This is decided by a handful of states. Reporter vp nominees are back on the campaign trail today. Meanwhile trump and clinton faceoff again on sunday. In farmville, virginia caroline shiveley foxnews. Republican donald trump praised his running mate during a stop in nevada today. He won, but won on the issues he won on somebody said won on style. The style doesnt matter the issue the policies matter. And hes getting tremendous reviews from me and everybody. He spoke with supporters at a Christian School in las vegas. Trump also highlighted the stakes in this election including the appointment of Supreme Court justices. Hillary clinton also gave her running mate a pat on the back saying on twitter that shes lucky to have him as a partner. Meantime surrogates pointed out new polls in battleground states show clinton with a lead. Shes making complete inroads with male voters and i think that the gap is so much more pronounced among women voters that its a point where donald trump cant recover if those numbers stay the same. Clinton has no public appearances scheduled until the next president ial debate on sunday. Aides say she will be getting ready for the town hall format at Washington University you can watch it right here on ktvu. Our coverage begins at 6 00 p. M. At an Oakland High School today students talked with elected leaders about gun violence in their neighborhoods and what to do about it. Ktvu rob roth tells us the violence is taking a deep emotional toll on the teenagers. Reporter councilman high school in east oakland elected leaders sat down with about 20 students. The topic violence prevention. Everyone here said violence has touched their lives. Many have endured more than anyone much less teenagers should have to go through. I wish it was me instead of my dad dad had died. 19 days later his brother got shot. Every time i look on the media in the news it has to be a black person take has to get shot. Reporter the students have lost family members and friends. I grew up with a lot of people that i threw and friends that my brother knew and experienced their deaths and their funerals and experienced actually being fired at in front of my house. Reporter the students are part of an Organization Called youth alive. The forum was run by mayor libby shafer and lt. Governor gavin newsome. One group of folks weve have this conversation up and down the state. Reporter students also heard from nfl cornerback Marcus Peters who grew up in oakland and urged students not to give in to peer pressure. You got to figure it out you got to start somewhere a played for you starting somewhere. Reporter the students wonder where the guns come from. Many people carry weapon because thats what their friends do. How did you process the grief, the anger . Time dont heal the pain it just you know it helps us live with the pain. Reporter the students s say it will take more than talk to end the violence on oakland streets but they say talking about it is a good way to start. In oakland rob rot ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up unique therapy in the south bayda for special needs kids involving horses. Also details on a new report out today on diversity in the Nations Police departments. Today the world meets the moment. According to president obama today is a major turning point for the planet. Im tracking the warm up warmer today its going to continue into the weekend ill let you know how warm its going to get. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. One of the most city jobs in medicine is trying to reach children who have severe developmental disabilities. The ktvu jesse gary shows us how one Bay Area Group is using horses to help children struggling with emotional and physical disabilities finds happiness. Reporter moments like these transform her daughter. She cant walk or speak but can build emotional bonds with horses. She love the program. She she miles many times when shes on the horse. Reporter today 17 special Needs Children from the Monterey Bay Horsemanship Therapeutic Center got behind the scenes tour of the traveling show. Since september the 30 Million Dollar french canadian production has wowed audiences with music acrobatics and horses knew downtown san jose. Counselors saw a natural connection. We see individuals who might be wheelchair bound unable to sit up on their own on a horse over the course of time develop the core muscles to sit up on the horse on their own. So its like a therapeutic exercise program i guess. Reporter it also provides much needed emotional outlet. Kira suffers from Cerebral Palsy weekly trips have paid dividends. Direction as much as possible with the Community Different activities that go on in the community prepare for the kindergarten for school. Including the program. Thats right yes. Including the program with horses. Reporter the hour long visit included music and flips and rides and a chance to show here there are no disabilities. Only untapped abilities. In san Jose Jesse Gary ktvu fox 2 news. The u. S. Government issued some guidance today to local Police Departments on how they can diversify their ranks. The Justice Department report is part a newest to ease racial tensions across the country. The government study found Law Enforcement jobs are currently dominated by white men. Police need to adopt creative tactics to attract more women and minorities. Yahoo is once again reacting to a report that it scanned and reported back on what was in users emails. Reuters reported yesterday that yahoo developed special scanning technology and then told intelligence officials when it found either a set of characters or particular phrase requested by the nsa. Now yahoo says the report is quote misleading and that the mail scanning described does not exist on yahoo systems but yahoo stopped short of actually denying that the emails were scanned and the Electronic Frontier foundation says if the right ruthers report is true its a troubling invasion of privacy. Were talking about here is a very, very broad sort of order to a company like yahoo where they are asked to scan all incoming emails. That really isnt sort of thing they should be complying with. Its essentially impossible to do that in a constitutional way. Yahoo has received requests to terminate many accounts since the reuters report was released. President obama praised the ratification of the paris Climate Change agreement. He called the deal quote the best possible shot to save the one planet weve got. Today the world meets the moment and if we follow through on the commitments that this Paris Agreement embodies history may well judge it as a turning point for our planet. Paris agreement was reached last december it seeks to shift the global che away from fossil fuels to more renewable sources of energy it will take effect next month. Lets talk about the weather bring in bill martin its awkward to talk about how beautiful it is here when they are looking at a category 4 hurricane in florida. This is our really good time of year weather wise and this is the middle height of Hurricane Season we are seeing both cold fronts were seeing nice weather here seeing bad to pension weather there. That Hurricane Matthew going to strengthen to category 4 again as it hits that warm water. Its going to cause some real problems. If you have travel plans in that direction you want to think about you noah adjusting them in the next couple of days. Heres our system. Going to north. Portland getting a little bit of rain seattle getting rain. Were on the southern end of all this the winds are going a little bit north. Thats almost an off shore flow. You see this. Pretty soon were going to see these winds start to clock a little more like this increase the warm up a little bit. Not a high fire danger situation. Fire danger will be elevated. But its definitely going to warm up around here. Its clear at the coast. Got a little bit of wind out there right now. Weve got temperatures that are generally warmer than yesterday by 2 and 3 degrees. Or one degree in san jose. Slightly warmer than it was yesterday. The forecast for tomorrow will be warmer still. Air quality not too bad. This plan this wind this north wind we have now cleans out the atmosphere any wind cleans things out thats why you can see mount diablo despite the warmth. Its going to continue theres going to be enough northerly wind will keep the quality okay. Overnight lows 42 in santa rosa. 48 in vallejo. 42 santa rosa get couple more degrees cooler upper 30s youre going to get frost something up. 45 in san ralph el 49 oakland its chilly overnight forecast again tomorrow morning. Then the fog forecast for tomorrow i not there you see everything this way thats the off shore flow. The oranges, the 80s come back into play. Youre seeing 80s showing up in fairfield and napa. Eastern concord area. Eastern contra costa county. 60s even low 70s right out to the coast out to stenson beach. Upper 60s ocean beach. 82 fairfield 82 brentwood for bay area wednesday or pardon me bay area thursday. Warmer still keep warming up as we head into the n