watches meaning that hurricane conditions and tropical storm conditions possible developing within the next 48 hours. so. this is a system that will continue to head north-northwest and maintain intensify. that is the concern especially for portions of florida. east coast of florida. this number 4 indicating major hurricane. the category 4. it only goes up to category 5 storm. this was a 5 late last week but it has essentially been maintaining its intensity of a 3 back to a 4 for the last this is the forecast track from the hurricane center. and we're anticipating one, a new updated track probably around 5:00 pm. you notice the red line. it is east of florida. even with that you can still have effects either side of the line. probably going to be a tough go. then forth to the north it becomes more of a forecast challenge because even though the forecast track does bring it up south of new england that was based on old information. there is new information south. so while we wait to see what the hurricane center officially goes with we'll say it's still a stay tuned situation because the track is not locked in stone. if matthew were to bother us perhaps beneficial rain late saturday night and early sunday morning. nots anticipating damaging wind across southern new england. more on the forecast in a few minutes. >> jadiann: thank you. you can always healthcare hurricane matthew with >> ryan: boston university says missing graduate students has been found. he is safe and in new york city. he was reported missing on september 18. he was in the city to pick up an instrument from a fellow musician. no word why he disappeared. >> things on the campus of merrimack university are getting back to usual. students were told to sheltner place after reports dressed as a clown. victoria warren has more. >> could be scared. >> reporter: clown sitings across new england. it's anything but child's play. >> it is heard the sirens and started lookings down, evacuating buildings when it become real quickly. >> reporter: merrimack college locked down after posts spread fast about a creepy clown. >>ew same issue, something that is planned so it's scary. >> reporter: overnight in penn state thousands much students took to the streets some carrying baseball bats after a scary clown photos were posted. in swansea people called police about a freaky looking clown walking around a mall parking lot. in agawam this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it turns out it was part of a promotion for an event in town called scarefest. put anyone in danger, just trying to make a bad viral video. >> reporter: at merrimack college they determined it was all a hoax. but no one is laughing about it. >> just irresponsible. it's a fire alarm on social media. >> reporter: here at the college they ended up evacuating one building. they searched the campus. they say they found nothing suspicious. in north andover, victoria warren, 7 news. >> ryan: boston police are investigating an arminged robbery at a downtown restaurant. police received a someone robbed the south street dinner with a weapon. no one was hurt itself. >> jadiann: several roads were shut down in charleston early this morning as a water main break flooded arrow road. crews have removed the damaged pipe, and are in the process of replacing that section. crews have shut off water to a few homes and buildings in the area but it is expected to be restored shortly. all roads are back open in the area at this time. >> ryan: home going up in flames in rear ear. of the home then spread. no one was hurt but the red cross responded to help three people and the dog displaced by the fire. fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire. >> jadiann: the man accused of posing as an uber driver and sexually assaultings a student is back mind bars. he was arrested monday night. the district attorney's office says that he was under house arrest and ordered to wear a gps brace left but he bracelet and disappeared over the weekend. he was arraigned tuesday in district court. >> reporter: video show as store front smash and grab as thieves make off with an a.t.m. this happened a couple of weeks ago in new mexico. the two thieves ran the truck into the glass of front of the store then load the a.t.m. into the truck then take off. once the money was removed from the machine it was dumped no a creek. -- into a creek. >> somebody showed up at your a couple of weeks ago, cash you need to talk to that guy. >> reporter: police are investigating. another smash at grab is caught on camera. a car drives through front of the store before thieves take $500 worth of smoking devices. they could not steel the marijuana because they couldn't steal the safe. >> jadiann: a suspicious sight in san francisco as a woman is caught stealing package pretending to be a mom. video showing the thief before taking a package. then walking off. investigators say she is done the same thing and police are searching for the woman. >> we're tired. of stuff happening on our street. and you know we are, we talked to neighbor as lot because my next door neighbor his car got broken in. the other car also stole stuff. >> reporter: maybes are setting up video atth he recorded himself after he survived being smalled by a -- mauled by a bear. >> chuck was the first to see toddor. >> he stop and waved at me. the come over and it was obvious what happened. have blood all over him. >> reporter: this is what bryant saw or cover blood having been attacked by a grizzly bear good. >> i don't know what is under my hatchet my ear. >> reporter: he made the video after he felt it was safe before he got to the hospital. bryant offered to tame him but he said he could drive himself. >> i feel bad because i didn't take him. but i think he was probably somewhat in shock. >> internal organs are good. eyes are good. >> reporter: only monday morning a bear came down to prints can be seen in the mud. monday afternoon the forest service closed the trails in the area including this one where orr was attacked. bryant who worked here for 12 years hopes the bear is capture and killed and has advice. >> if you have to go in there and you want to hunt take someone with you. it could have been a lot worse if he was buy himself. >> reporter: offices say they don't plan on killing any bears in the area since the bear was likely protecting her cubs. >> jadiann: pope francis made a visit to the site of the devastating earthquake in italy. the visit was unannounced because the pope says he wanted to be close to the people. >> ryan: indiana police's random act of kindness is going viral. the officer was at a school rally when the boy fell and began crying. he has been doing this a lot so the officer decided to especially i see both sides of the fence. and i just want the children to understand that you know, we care. >> ryan: so the picture received an overwhelmingly positive response. on social media. you get to find out what ask going own down at their level. >> jadiann: ahead on 7 news, internet giant moving into new technology, how google plans to compete with samsung and apple. >> ryan: going head-to-head. the two vice presidential candidates debating on the national stage. we're live in virginia. >> jadiann: hurricane matthew taking a toll on the caribbean. we're tracking the storm's path and the damage it's leaving behind. >> ryan: dive crews in wellesley searching a pond have found the body of a missing canoer. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you the special interests that oppose question 2 claim district schools lose money to charter schools. that's "absurd," says the boston herald. 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[laughter] okay. pleasant stretch of weather for the next several days. we of course need to continue watching hurricane matthew. at this time it's offshore. with a possibility of some of the moisture from matthew running up along a cold front of all thi rain on sunday morning. that is, that is the way it looks like now. perhaps that could trend in the direction where we're talking about sunshine for the holiday weekend. that is how difficult of a forecast that we face. hire it is right here. this is moving north at about 10 miles an hour. it came through haiti this morning. now it's eyeing eastern cuba, then from there, it does continue on that north northwest track through the or perhaps just east of nassau wednesday. 8:00 pm with winds of 130 miles an hour moving through the bahamas then east up along the east coast of florida offshore. the redline is where the center they anticipate they meaning the hurricane center likely to be. with the cone of uncertainty meaning it could end up in miami and it's considered a valid forecast. this is how tricky the tropical systems r. the challenge is for us once it gets up does it on on that northeasterly track or a new wrinkle as high pressure drops out of canada. perhaps it blocks matthew from advancing north of north carolina. in fact the european model which we do rely heavily on because it's vastly superior to any other model on the planet, does show that. even this yellow line i think it's too far away to have any issue for new on the edge from a cool front that grabs some of the moisture from matthew as it's passing south of new england. that is one possible scenario. then the european model again, this is just in mid afternoon, this is radically different than what it was suggesting the last couple of days where it does a bit of a loop and gets blocked by the air of high pressure dropping out of canada. so nothing is set in stone but for new england, for us, perhaps we're talking about nothing but sunshine for the entire holiday weekend. as we get closer to the event the track will lock in. that might happen as soon as later tonight or through the day tomorrow. we have clouds breaking apart with a mix of clouds and sunshine. partly cloudy skies tonight, cool lows between 40-50. morning clouds and sun in the afternoon. coolest conditions along the coast. east wind temperatures tomorrow metro boston mid 60s, near 70 farther inland. norwood at 70. valley, upper sea coast then you get to the worcester hill, a mix of clouds an sunshine. on the cape and the islands chatham 66. nantucket at 65. more sunshine on thursday, a pleasant fall day. low 70s, your 7 on 7 forecast again sunday there is the chance of rain but even that might be yanked out of the forecast or if the track changes perhaps we ramp it back up but say the possibility of some rain on sunday morning. it does not look like a wind threat see you at 5:00 with the brand new track update. >> jadiann: thank you. time for traffic. let's get a check of the roads. how is it going? >> good afternoon. tough going on the lower end of 128. the southbound side that is on the left hand side of your screen, this is right at the route 37 exit in brain treatment you are going to be tough from the separate up to route 24 in. moving well from route 24 up to the split. over on the leverett connector you are going to the zakim, northbound side, is really tied up. will be on the brakes out of the o'neil tunnel up to roosevelt circle then from 495 up to route 110 in methuen. the southbound side is moving well. over on the right hand side of your screen you will be jagged from the tunnel past columbia road and back into it from granite avenue to the braintree split. heavy approaching the tunnel. we'll look at the drivetimes from the o'neil tunnel to the looking at a 28-minute drive. past that from the split to route 24 looking at another 15 minutes. 7 news. >> jadiann: air b. and b. is giving people to chance to life like a beatle. >> they're offering people to have a once in a lifetime opportunity to have a sleepover at abby studio, a behind will be placed inside the room where the beatles reported many of their hit songs. will have to tell their air b. and b. what their favorite abby road is and why. >> if you can think of the u.k. you won't be able to stay you have buckingham palla ten downing and abby road studios. >> "the voice" continues, but what prompted this om interviewer: what would you do with five minutes to kill and a smartphone? 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[applause] 36-year-old took the stage for the first time in 15 years. she has written music for mary j.blige and kelly roland to maim a few. on hold to raise her son who is 18. >> jadiann: people watching that performance. i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis. the news at 5:00 starts right now. >> reporter: hurricane matthew heading north. >> kim: the impact of the storm being felt across several island nation. the death toll rising as it turns as the u.s. preparing for a possible hit. whose canoe flipped coming to a deadly end. >> kim: tim kaine and mike pence ready to rumble. we're live in virginia for the vice presidential debate. >> ryan: explosion rocks a new jersey neighborhood. what officials are blaming for the blast. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: we begin at 5:00 tracking matthew. the hurricane roaring ashore we've seeing devastating storm conditions, relentless rain, 15-20 inches could fall by the time matthew moves out. the hurricane's impact also being felt in cuba. the storm lashing out, fierce winds generating powerful waves. the biggest concerns in the island nation life threatening floods and possible landslides. >> ryan: this could be the region's strongest storm in nearly a decade. it's moving north at 9 miles an h uncertain but new england could feel the effects. the new advisory, let's begin our coverage with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: okay. here is matthew. again moved over western haiti earlier this the day focusing on eastern cuba, going to go over the eastern tip of cuba within the next several hours as a category 4, a powerful storm. hurricane warnings in effect right now for cuba as well as haiti. they are up through the bahamas then east of there, there, we do have a hurricane watch for the east coast of florida and a tropical storm watch rounding from miami south out to the keys because we do anticipate that matthew will continue moving north-northwest through the bahamas over the next 2-3 days. this is the brand new forecast track from the hurricane center. moving through the bahamas as a category 4 storm with wind up around 130 miles an hour. then this has been shifted a little closer now to the florida coastline. friday at 2:00 pm w 115, a major hurricane, category 3 hurricane down from the 4 but considered major hurricane. then it does begin to move northeast just south of wilmington, north carolina, sometime saturday afternoon. this is from the hurricane center again they still do believe perhaps we're talking about a category one hurricane south of nantucket. sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm with winds at 80 miles an hour, you notice the gray shading here including the city of boston, that is the cone of uncertainty meaning that five days away it's