whipping wind and rain and the eye is still 50-miles offshore. >> we have team coverage of this historic storm. you see it right there. let's go to lauren lister in florida. >> reporter: the category 3 storm is packing winds of up to 120 miles per hour. we are feeling the winds impact with gusty winds, pelting rain and our power getting knocked out. >> we are having technical difficulties. lauren lyster live from north carolina, south carolina, georgia and florida all under a state of emergency. >> yes. they haven't seen a hurricane this strong in an decade. somara theodore has been tracking the storm all week. >> it won't good giving us a direct impact up here in ahead but i want to show you the magnitude of watches that have been lighting up along florida all the way through south carolina, georgia and north carolina. here is a look at matthew in its entirety. 50-miles off the shore is the eye. we are going to zoom in here. i want to show you, this is where the hurricane force winds are. greater than 74-mile per hour winds. in fact, with a category 3, the last i checked 120-mile per hour winds. this is just off the course of melbourne, impacting them directly. has gone from a category 4 to a category 3. well, in hurricane terms when you talk about the damage of hurricane, category 1 to 3 is a substantial increase. it is not 3 levels up, it is actually 50 times worse. here at home, though, with redry. we won't see the direct impact -- we are dry. we won't see direct impacts from matthews. in fact, the temperatures will be in the upper 70s. very similar we have a front coming into play through the weekend bringing us rain. we will get to that shortly. i will keep an eye on matthew. i know it is impacting a lot of people. kristin, you are from florida. you have so many friends and family down there? >> yes. praying for the best for them. the highways looking good. no issues or accidents. 90 eastbound over the innerbelt bridge still closed but another p.m. to 6:00 a.m., 90 eastbound over the bridge will be closed, same thing. and the maps here, 76 and 77 checking in fine. here is 90 and fulton, a comfortable, smooth ride. breaking news overnight, a cleveland police officer hit while on duty now in the hospital. we have video coming in from the overnight news tracker as east 140th and st. clair involving a minivan and the officer's marked car you can see it there. also the driver, the other driver, getting a field sobriety test. he was detained. we do not know how badly the officer was hurt but he was taken to uh. we are making calls on this and we will let you know as soon as we learn more. cuyahoga county is ground zero for the heroin epidemic. >> the stunning new numbers breaking records here. nick foley is live in cleveland >> yes. the heroin epidemic taking over northeast ohio. new numbers we just got in shows the problem is actually getting worse. from what we heard about the stronger batches of heroin hitting the streets throughout the region, well, in fact, it is making a big impact. the cuyahoga county medical examine's office said 52 people died on heroin alone on heroin or fentanyl. we want to cleveland ems responding to an overdose call on superior avenue and 15th. this man was lucky. at first first responders were able to save him with narcan. as for the devastating september, that met the record for previous deaths in august. this year's total, 385 overdose fatality, well over the 228 in 2015. guys, there are more toxicology reports expected to be completed in the next week september could end up having more fatalities than we first thought. reporting in cleveland, nick foley, newschannel5. new this morning, a warning to all drivers in the shakers area, be careful where you -- shaker heights area. police are saying be careful where you park. it happened in an office building on chagrin boulevard. if you know anything about this, give and these men are known to attack a man on the rta red line. they got on in the city and followed them to west 25th. they got away before police could get there after people noticed what was going on. three years ago a exclusive newschannel5 investigation revealed thousands of rape kit tests have sat on shelves if are decades. now 124,000 kits have been on 40 of them. now there is a solution to antibiotics resistance. how the state is leading the way in solving the problem. >> and we have tips for you to keep parking prices down. >> plus we continue to follow hurricane matthew's progress. this is a live look at florida's shoreline. more on the storm when "good good morning. i am power of 5 meteorologist somara theodore. current temperatures in cleveland 59 degrees right now. canton 56. you can see dry and clear skies. it will be a beautiful day overall. similar to the past few days we have seen. highs today expected to reach the upper 70s. i think a few of us could easily hit 80 degrees. lots of sunshine out there but things are changing. a front is approach from the westment we will see the rain chances tonight to tomorrow morning. we will detail that on the full forecast. i will also update you on hurricane matthew. kristin, back to you. trouble-free on th we have a handful of closures on the innerbelt bridge. i will have that in the next traffic segment. over to you. the indians were off to a great start in the laughs. >> they were dominant, winning game one of the alds. check this out. first up, roberto perez with a homer. out of the washing. and finally, a stolen door. ladies and gentlemen, it is out of here. >> love that. and the tribe will try to do progressive field. >> if you are headed to the game, be ready to drop major cash to park. during yesterday's game we saw spots going for as high as $75. not kidding you. the best advice take a cap, uber or lyft. or if you have to drive, give yourself plenty of time to scope out the cheapest garages and check online. there are apps that will le time. >> yes. it will be nice weather today. perhaps walk. it up to you. a local parent-teacher student organization is struggling after finding out one of their own embezzled thousands of dollarss. >> and a new clue in the missing malaysia flight 370. where investigators are now focusing their efforts. florida getting absolutely pummeled, extremely strong winds and heavy rain. the government calling it a monster, expected to be devastating. the storm downgraded to a category 3. millions told to evacuate and 215,000 losing power. the storm will be moving on to georgia and of the devastation left in haiti. the number killed there now more than 300. new from overnighters debris was found on an island in the indian ocean from a missing malaysia flight 370. the plane disappeared in march of 214 with 239 people on board. previously two small pieces of debris confirmed to be from the missing jet. this latest find is part of the nobel peace prize will be announced today. usually there is a front- runner. this year it was expected to go to jose santos, but now it is highly anticipated it will not go to columbia, making it a wide open race. protestors are gathering and upset over the vote. they want peace with rebels before the cease fire before the end it was the perfect hiding place, so he thought. police in italy captured a mafia boss that had been on the run for five years. this he found him hiding in a secret room behind the kitchen cupboards in his home. he had a small mattress, toilet paper and portable fan. cameras were rolling when the man climbed out from behind the cupboards. here. and the former president of the parent-teacher student association turned herself into akron police. susan walker admitted she stole more than $60,000. they took the money meant for scholarship, academic help, tutor help and prom festivities. >> unfortunately this is something that will hurt the children and hurt the overall pta cause. >> we want to note, budget. the ptsa caught this through an audit. another school dealing with money problem, the parma school district is still trying to figure out how to get himselfs out of the red. they need to -- get themselves out of the red. they need to come up with a plan to make up for a $15 million deficit by the end of the month and now they are looking at how they got in the mess in the first place. the district went over budget >> it appears money was spent on programs we are finding out now were not sustainable. >> this isn't about placing blame but about finding the solution. the next school board meeting to discuss cuts is monday at 5:30. time now 4:47. on your friday. look at progressive field looking beautiful. this morning some, the weather will -- somara, the weather will be late for baseball, too. but right now all eyes are on hurricane matthew. florida, georgia, north carolina and south carolina lit up in the watches and warnings as a result of tracking matthew. here is the hurricane. you can see how wide it is. it has gotten bigger. i want to go ahead and zook in. you can see the neighborhoods getting ready to be affected by hurricane matthew at their worst. melbourne, titusville and areas like sebastian are in the seeing the hurricane force winds. if you go with me from the eye and take it out about 60-mile, we are talking about hurricane force winds past melbourne, almost toward the middle portions of florida. again, these hurricane force winds are exceeding 74 miles per hour, however, we have seen gust reports near is eye at 88 miles per hour, sustained wind speed it's over 54 miles per hour in melbourne right now. again, this is a very strong storm. we will be very closely on it as it continues to approach melbourne and make landfall. right now it is about 45-miles off the coast of florida. here is a look at current radar here at home. things are really dry and quiet. we have been seeing interesting weather here. you know, we usually see temperatures in the upper 60s. we hit 81 degrees as a high yesterday. it has been very warm. that is because of high pressure funneling in all the it will be noticeably cooler for the weekend. check it out, temperatures reaching in mid to you were 70s today. the ramp to 77 southbound will be closed. the start time is 7:00 p.m. tonight. it will impact the tribe fans heading home from the game. that closure ending tomorrow night. so, here are your options. you can hop on the jennings freeway, hop on 480 and get back on 77 south. let's head outside and check on the akron area, 76 is still quiet out there. i am happy to report it is a nice friday morning commute. over to you. now more drama within the republican party. a group of 30 former gop lawmakers saying they cannot support trump. >> they just release adler declaring they are not going to vote for him because he make as principles and lacks the knowledge, empathy, judgment and temperment necessary for the oval office making him quote unqualified to be president. >> and the lawfirms not going so -- lawmakers going so far as not saying they will vote but back to you. in health news antibiotic resistant bacteria is a huge threat. now ohio could help solve the problem thanks to a grant for the centers for disease control and prevention. ohio is getting 1.1 million in research total for research and funding. antibiotics save lives but we are becoming more and more at risk for bacteria resistan we are hoping the research will combat antibiotic resistance and protect the public. there is a big legal fight going on about something you may have in your fridge. naked juice owned by pepsi. the company being sued by a consumer group saying the juices have more sugar than pepsi. pepsi firing back saying none of the drinks have any added sugar and everything is right grams of sugar. >> a lot of fruit in there, terrence. 4:51 on your friday. i am terrence lee. >> and i am jackie fernandez. we are meap you are joining us here on -- we are happy you are joining us here on "good morning cleveland." ahead, why attorneys are ignoring letters written by a suspected killer. and when we head to break we will look at how wall street opens today. we will forecast. they are taking on the red sox at 4:38 when first pitch will go ahead. we will see temperatures in the upper 70s at that point coming down from our high of 80. lots of sunshine to take us into the evening so that is good news. quiet and dry conditions as far as rain goes. we will see elevated chance of rain overnight so it is good the game is starting earlier in the day. >> all right. i am happy, too. because we go to bed early. if we want to go right? all right, folks, in portage county, 303 to 44, state route 14 over lake rockwell closed for further notice as they repair the bridge. let's head outside and check 490 at broadway avenue. it is quiet with a small ride. no accidents to tell you about, at least at least on the highways. great news for those living in north ridgeville, food trucks are finally legal there. the city council passed an be sold from vehicles. this opens the city up to food truck, ice cream trucks and other mobile vendors of the trucks will need to get permits to sell food, though, during the animal corn festival . well, students heckled with hateful chants during a homecoming parade. >> but they took the ugly moment and turned into a beautiful one. take a look. the students create a wall of love, unity and diversity. we chatted with the students there and they told us how happy they were with the turnout. >> it is good that people pay attention, care and came here so that they care and actually know this is actually a real problem in the world that we deal with. >> the university leaders including the president tweeted their support for the latinos student's association and the university promised an investigation into what happened. >> so impressed with those on at 5:00. >> a major raid on a website notorious for black market deals a and prostitution. those in charge are in big trouble. >> and new video just in from fort pierce, florida, south of florida. wind and relentless rain hitting that area hard overnight. we will have much more on this now at 5:00 a massive and violent hurricane matthew is bearing down on the florida coast. the pounding rain and relentless winds expected to cause so much damage there. we are live along the coastline for an update on conditions. >> and in september a deadly cuyahoga county. >> and letters from a killer. prosecutors saying they don't want to see an alleged serial confession letter. we asked legal experts why not. good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news. hurricane matthew continuing to pound florida's coast. >> bringing in record amounts of wind and rain. overnight it was drown grade to a category 3 but it is monster at nearly 300-miles. fema has not seen a storm this strong in a decade and the damage is expected to be as severe as andrew in 92. florida, georgia, north carolina and south carolina all under a state of emergency and overnight hundreds of people lost power and more than 300 people are dead. >> chances are you will know someone affected by this. we have live team coverage of the massive storm and its impact.