about some brief heavy rain possible than anything else. i don't think there will be a storm surge or devastating wind like the bahamas and florida. >> forecasters don't expect to hit until thursday afternoon. declared a state of emergency. we're live in davey to see how people are getting ready. >> a lot of people from new england have vacation homes and second homes here in south florida. talked to a gal earlier today picking up plywood at this home depot in davey, florida, said he's ready to board up his house. we hope he's getting storm ready at this hour. as we expect here at the 5:00 hour, seeing another rush. this has been open since 6:00 in the morning. a lot of hurricane supplies flying off store shelves as you can imagine and the temporary hurricane supply aisle right here has been here for several days and as soon as employees can stock this aisle with batteries and flashlights and coolers, the items are out the door. people here across south florida getting storm ready before hurricane matthew. >> reporter: a look at crowd at the home depot in davey, from batteries to water, plywood and grills, this hardware store trying to keep up with the demand. >> we do have centers within the southeast area, that they -- we work with our vendors, our supply chains in order to get that product out to the stores as quickly as possible to help our communities. >> reporter: you can see a long line right here, people stocking up on plywood to put over windows and doors, at homes across south florida. you can hear that table saw going here behind me. they're cutting some of these boards down. let's talk about the aluminum shutters, as well. what's the stock like on those, and are you ordering more for this location in davey? begin to resupply again with the right amount per storm. they will concentrate on where the storm will hit the most. >> we got a few of shutters around the house but this is mainly for the sliding glass door. >> you feel pretty prepared overall. >> yeah, i've been through all the storms here growing up, so this is just another one to put on the list. >> reporter: lines are long all over and home depot has extra cashiers on staff working to get people in and out quick. >> they have no people fighting for parking spots, traffic, i waded through about five light cycles just to pull in. it's rough. >> and just like those storm preps before you get ready for a snowstorm up in new england, you know, in the final hours before the storm supplies start to run low, that's what we're seeing all across south florida, at grocery stores and hardware stores. again, this is the hurricane supply aisle right here, no d batteries, just brought in the flameless candles not too long ago and also working with their distribution centers all across the state, in georgia, northern florida and south florida, as well, trying to stock up and get ready as hurricane matthew turns north in the atlantic, and at this hour question tell you at this location and locations all across south florida, they do expect to go past the closing hour of 10:00 tonight. they want to make sure that everybody is ready to go before this hurricane hits. we're live in davey, florida at a home d 7news. thank you so much, jeff. stay with 7news as hurricane matthew pushes north towards the east coast of the united states. you can track the storm anytime at whdh.com or by using our mobile and tablet apps. >> also on 7, dining wall workers at harvard sending a message after workers failed to reach a contract agreement with administrators. the group marched outside the school early this morning. >> they are protesting a proposed increase in healthcare costs. kelli o'hara has the story from outside the cafeterias that they serve at. more than 750 dining hall employees protesting across campus against the university. workers say harvard wants to increase the costs of their healthcare. >> we're saying enough is enough. >> reporter: the university says healthcare costs across the country are on the rise, and they're proposing modest changes. however, workers say the costs are just too much. the union president says negotiations have stalled. >> harvard is being disingenuous, a modest increase isn't going from a 0 copayme >> reporter: in a statement to 7news, a spokesperson for the university says, quote, harvard deeply values the contributions of its dining service employees as evidenced by the fact that they've received some of the most generous hourly wages and benefits and we hope union representatives will continue to filed creative workable solutions at the negotiable tail, they've been unwilling to do so. protestors say they will be out here picketing until their demands are met. no word when both sides will head back to the negotiation table. keli o'hara , a 7news. aaron hernandez is back in court today. asking for a hearing about witnesses identifying hands during the try trial saying their testimony could be biased. hernandez is charged with 2 counts of first-degree murder and witness intimidation. he's accused of killer furtado he's pleaded not guilty to the charges and hernandez is already serving a life sentence for the murder of odin lloyd. >> an alarming report out says that the tech giant yahoo secretly spied on millions of its users' emails. the story is now reigniting concerns over cyber privacy. 7's sarah french has the story. >> reporter: according to a report from the reuters news than to fight a u.s. government directive to have its own computer scan all incoming email messages last year, looking for a specific term that had intelligence agencies on the lookout. the company says just this... yahoo is a law abiding company and supplies with the laws of the united states. ceo mare said at a tech conference three years ago that yahoo does fight some government dmappedz. >> upon requests, we review it, on a lot. >> privacy matters. >> reporter: three years ago edward snowden's leaks revealed that the national security agency tapped into email traffic so its computers could search for specific terms to stope and investigate potential terrorists. last year yahoo began encrypting its emails making it impossible for the government to scan them. reuters says yahoo itself was doing the searching last year in realtime on millions of incoming messages looking for a term >> when you take your user data and turn it over to the government, what you're doing, of course, is exposing your users to criminal investigation. >> reporter: yahoo itself has been scanning user email content for years, looking for terms it can use to tailor ads to individual users. the web site's user policy is explicit, quote, yahoo analyzes and stores content from incoming and outgoing email. >> both google, the world's largest email provider and performed such scans of email traffic for the government. twitter says if it ever got such a request, it would take it to court. in the newsroom, i'm sarah french, 7news. a smash and grab caught on camera. take a look as the truck rams the doors of a gas station in albuquerque, then you see two men get out of the truck and take off with an atm. police found the empty atm the next day in a ditch. they're hoping the video will help lead them to the people responsible. >> hurricane matthew ruining a a carnival cruise. the ship left from baltimore sunday, destined for the turks and caicos but due to a storm ended new new york city. carnival planned an alternative trip north to canada but that was also canceled. the ship is sailing home tomorrow leaving passengers frustrated. >> i want my money back. i want my money back, to be clear of this. and that's -- if you cannot provide the service, you need to provide the funds that we paid you back. >> pse receiving a $250 ship board credit and a 50% future cruise discount. ahead here on 7news at 5:30, ticket trouble in massachusetts. a concert postponed. no new date expet no refund. tonight hank investigates. >> and 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>> reporter: something his he wants to keep him as healthy as possible. >> i've only had him for five years, so he's survived all the other 95. >> and how has he stayed so long? >> we don't eat all that junk food you guys eat. >> reporter: so put down the pizza but nelson says grab another piece of pecan pie. >> you don't make it like i do. >> he hung up his keys just to be safe, but still has his driver's license until 2018. >> i loved him. wainlts to meet him in person. 7news straight ahead, everyone. >> 7news at 6:00 starts right now. >> a health scare at a local school, the infection that forced a deep cleaning. >> quiet here in new england but we continue to track hurricane matthew. >> how he is personally feeling, that's something i can't answer. >> reporter: tom brady looks like he's feeling good. see his first day on the practice field suns the end of his suspension. and a medical miracle, of a local hospital that's helping this war hero live out his dreams. >> f i at 6:00, we are, tracking matthew. that category 3 hurricane, now honing in on florida with winds at 120 miles per hour. florida's governor already declaring a state of emergency. >> but we begin with breaking news out of westford. four students at westford academy have been diagnosed with mrsa, an infection caused by a mrsa is resistant to most bacterias. kelli o'hara has the breaking details. >> yes, the school superintendent hopes it doesn't spread anymore. >> it's not pleasant? it's scary. it's a scary thing. you know, you don't hear about it all the time, especially around here. >> reporter: parents alarmed about the outbreak of staph and mrsa infections at wes ford academy. four students football players and one other teen got sick. >> we have to street it responsibly, quickly and aggressively to make sure that the bacteria does not spread. >> reporter: there won't be any school on wednesday. westford academy already a superintendent day off so they're bringing in extra staff to make sure the violence doesn't spread anymore. >> we're focused on locker rooms, locker room surfaces, gym mats, we have instructed students also with any towels or gym clothing that they are school, to thoroughly launder those and to launder their uniforms. so again the school will be scrubbed down from top to bottom here tomorrow. as you can see, there are school activities going on. there is a game going on behind us. the school superintendent says they're also working with the local health board and following cdc guidelines to make sure this doesn't spread anymore. kelli o'hara, 7news. >> at least 11 peopl hurricane. >> now threatening the u.s. >> our goal is to be prepared. >> and forcing people to scramble. >> you never know, we may have to evacuate. >> reporter: tonight we're tracking handwritten matthew. >> a huge storm is expected to be near florida's cost by tomorrow evening. it's packing powerful 120 mile-per-hour winds and there's potential it could strengthen. jeremy reiner is tracking matthew. >> here he is right here moving over the eastern tip of cuba last night, weaken the a little