Russia and their running mates. The insultdriven campaign im just saying facts about your running mate and i know you cant defend him. Both campaigns declare victory overnight while Hillary Clinton and donald trump prepare for their next faceoff. Our Powerhouse Political Team here to break it all down. Two big stories developing this wednesday morning. Starting out with that debate last night. Tuesday night fight night for the Vice President ial candidates. They shook hands there but feisty throughout the 90 minutes and of course, right now, that massive storm barrelling towards the u. S. Thats right, george. All eyes on matthew. Take a look at this satellite picture. The storm stretching 700 miles wide taking aim at the southeast. States, florida through the carolinas already under states of emergency. President obama will meet with fema today as millions of americans now prepare to evacuate. Yeah. They are already on the move, and the deadly storm has slammed into haiti and cuba. Team coverage from the center of the storm and right to ginger with matthews path right now in right now, category 3 storm, matthew, north of cuba, its urgent target is the southeast obamas lew will move north at 10 miles an hour and nudge northwestly. Thats why nassau and freeport both in the warning and while warnings right here at home, vero beach to ft. Lauderdale on alert. Melbourne, lana parrilla, Daytona Beach in that watch including jacksonville and just because you havent seen a watch issued yet if youre in georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, itll come. This is all a function of time and were looking for a thursday night into friday southeast florida, and then it goes friday and saturday as it makes it up out by sunday. Extensive wind damage, rainfall and storm surge a whole lot more, the timing of the path in just moments. Thanks so much, ginger. Before it hits the united states, Hurricane Matthew setting its sights on the bahamas, the Southern Islands bracing for heavy winds, rain and what could be devastating flooding. Abcs alex perez is in nassau for us this morning. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning. The bankrupt of the storm expected to hit here in the bahamas tonight. But overnight, the storm making landfall in cuba. Here in the bahamas Officials Say they are preparing for a scenario. The Prime Minister says no island will be spared. Now, officials have spent the last few days trying to get residents to safety and evacuate tourists. There are some 3,600 tourists here on the island. About 1,600 have already been evacuated. Officials say they will be watching everything here very closely. George . Okay, alex, thanks. In haiti the destruction severe. Officials warning of a life and death situation. Abcs linsey davis is in portauprince right now. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, a hurricane warning does remain in effect for this area and while the capital city largely dodged a bullet, there are some rural areas that are absolutely devastated, and fears remain for mudslides, and possibly cholera. Winds reaching 145 miles an hour tearing through haiti. Category 4 hurricane bringing torrential rainfall. The coastal town here swept away by flooding. Flash floods ripping through villages. This man dangerously tries to cross the rushing waters. You can see the river absolutely raging. Its already 15 feet higher from where it would normally be, and still it continues to rise. Police closed down the bridge. People in this village are unable to make it to portauprince by car. The damage in some of haitis rural areas could be catastrophic. The majority of people live in makeshift homes. Before the storm struck authorities tried evacuating the to leave fearing theft. The real concern now with all this rain, mud slides. This morning assessing all the damage in the impoverished country is proving difficult with communications cut off in many areas after bridging gave way and roads became impassable. Standing water and mounds of trash fill several streets in the capital city. The haitian government asked the u. S. Government for help in their relief effort. Though, the full toll and devastation here on this island is not yet known. The death tollos caribbean is now up to at least 11. George. Okay. Linsey davis, boy, what a horrible situation down there in haiti. A lot of concern there, george, but also a lot of concern here at home as well. As we mentioned the carolinas, georgia and florida all under states of emergency and millions are preparing to evacuate ahead of matthew. Abcs gio benitez is in miami. Good morning, gio. Reporter michael, good morning to you. Those hurricane warnings, and those mean that conditions could start in just 36 hours. This morning, millions from the florida keys to the carolina coast bracing for the worst. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley joining North Carolina, florida and georgia to declare a state of emergency. Ordering all 1 million coastal residents to begin evacuating. And make sure you get out of harms way. Reporter traffic already piling up last night after it was announced starting at 3 00 a. M. , today 100 miles of i26 east will be reversed. You can leave the coastline but you wont be able to get back in. With gas going fast, drivers are forming long lines to fuel up, stocking up on propane and plywood. We jumped to, like, four different stations to get gas, and no gas. Reporter the short supplies even triggering panic at the pump. Some people even calling 911. Police urging residents to be patient. Food and Water Supplies dwindling by the minute. Crazy, all the water gone. Reporter matthew could be the biggest Mass Evacuation america has seen since floyd in 1999 when 2. 6 million residents in five states were ordered from their homes. And you may remember the el faro disaster, a ship that sank a year ago during a hurricane that killed 33 people. Well, reports this morning that the company may be sending another ship into this storms path. No doubt, this is a huge concern, thats a massive evacuation. It certainly is. And i used to live in charles, South Carolina and i know for a fact they take hurricanes seriously. A reason its called the low country. Because many parts of irt it are below sea level. The entire southeastern coastline is at risk along with charleston. To ginger with a look at the storms path. And, amy, i want to get hamas and as a category 4 the current track has it thursday affecting parts of southeast and Central Florida and runs parallel and hugs along the coast right through southeast georgia. Close to charleston and wilmington and, of course, where this track takes it out to sea, the National Hurricane center puts this together and that is exactly where well go now, to the director. Dr. Rick knabb. And rick, as we look at this, no direct landfall but there will still be huge impact, right . Right. We dont know for sure if matthew is going to come ashore in the u. S. Starting with the potential in florida or not. It is possible that the core of matthew could come ashore in the hurricane warning area in florida, so people need to be preparing for the major possibility of a storm coming ashore. But even if the center stays offshore you could still have hurricane conditions on the coast, you dont have to be near the center of the storm to be at the center of action in land areas. I think thats exactly what people need to hear this morning. The heavy rain, storm surge, youre welcome. Thank you. That heavy rain were talking about want to show it to you graphically. This is what it would look like. Up to six plus inches, so you could see ten plus in some of these coastal area, you add the waves, the winds, that surge, this could be bad even if it just hugs parallel. We know you will be tracking it, and well come back to that later. White house and all the fallout from the first and only debate for the Vice President ial candidates with 34 days until the final votes. Tim kaine and mike pence went toetotoe and tom llamas has more from farmville, virginia. Reporter two very different nator tim kaine aggressive, ate. Forcing governor mike pence to defend Donald Trumps policies and his statements. The debate was heated at times but also very difficult to watch with all the interruptions. Minutes, the Vice President ial candidates sitting just inches from each other showing they, too, know how to fight. Six types tonight i have said to governor pence i cant imagine how you can defend your running mates position on one issue after the next. And in all six cases hes refused to defend lets dont put words in my mouth. Reporter from the start senator tim kaine playing attack dog mentioning donald trump around 165 times, spouting what sounded like rehearsed attacks. President in Hillary Clinton or do you want a youre fired president in donald trump . Reporter governor mike pence on defense but not losing his cool. Well, first, let me say i appreciated youre hired, youre fired thing. Senator, you have used that a whole lot, and your running mate used a lot of kaine kept firing regardless if it was the same attack. He called mexicans rapists and criminals. He called them rapists and criminals. Rapists and criminals reporter at one point, pence showing his frustration. You whipped out that mexican thing again. Can you defend it . There are criminal aliens in this country, tim, who have come into this country illegally who are perpetrating violence. Reporter also frustrated debate moderator elaine quijano. You are a Donald Trumps apprentice. I think im still on my time. Reporter constantly having to break up the back and forth. G the people at home cannot understand either one of you when you speak over each other. Reporter front and center at the debate, trumps tax issues claiming a 916 million loss in 2005. Used it the way he was supposed to and how do you know that . You havent seen his taxes. Because hes created a business thats worth billions of dollars today. How do you know that . Reporter pence putting the spotlight back on kaine and clinton claiming the democrats avalanche of attacks. If donald trump said all the things you said he said in the way you said he said them, he still wouldnt have a fraction of the insults that Hillary Clinton leveled when she said that half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. Tom, as you pointed out, that was a pretty polished performance from mike pence and we know trump was tweeting during the debate said he thought pence did a good job but wondered if he was rankled when he did not defend trump and his record. Reporter its still unclear. This morning, the Trump Campaign was saying governor mike pence clearly won that debate, and right after the debate, trump sent out a couple of tweets. This one saying, mike pence won big. We should all be proud of mike, but in the middle of the debate, he seemed to be trolling senator looks like an evil crook out of the batman movies. Love those retreats. Thanks very much. Reaction from the clinton cs cecilia vega also there. E. She joins us now from farmville, virginia, with the latest. Reporter good morning. I guess its no surprise the Clinton Campaign is declaring ctory, a big win for them too and the pin is in full effect this morning. This, tim kaine, after the debate, he showed up at a watch party, all smiles and you can see him right there. Take a listen to what he told reporters after that debate. It was intense. You were awesome it was the fst so to the Clinton Campaign, they say kaines job was one thing, he had to hold mike pence accountable for Donald Trumps km comments and his policies, and they say he did that. You heard him in toms story talk about mexicans are rapists repeatedly and brought it up four times, a repeated line of attack but the clinton camp, one aide is saying not even pence could defend donald trump. Mike pence last night to shift the focus of this race last night given donald trump and his performance, and they say he fell short of that overnight. One of the other big headlines from last night, were all of those interruptions, kaine taking some heat for that. Reporter yeah, he certainly is, even from clinton allies. You know, former chief obama strategist David Axelrod said it did not serve him well but one kaine aide told me he did what a Vice President is supposed to do on that stage, fought the fight, guys. They say this morning, t all right, cecilia vega, thanks so much. All those interruptions are what everyone is talking about this morning and abcs jon karl is also covering the debate for us. And good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, michael. For all the talk of donald trump interrupting Hillary Clinton. In that first debate, these two talked over each other even more. Especially tim kaine who found himself repeatedly scolded by the moderator. Take a listen. I know you cant senator, please, this is the governors two minutes. Dont put my words in my im happy to defend him and most of what you said is completely false, and the American People know that. Senator, please, this is governor pences two minces. Reporter we crunched the numbers. Pence interrupted kaine 40 times but kaine interrupted pence almost twice as often 70 times and thats almost two interruptions for every minute that pence spoke, but pence kept the factcheckers busy. On several occasions, he denied that donald trump said things that donald trump did, in fact, to me. Governor pence said inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than president obama. That is absolutely inaccurate. And i just think a guy said hes been stronger on the world stage. No, he said leader. Reporter but pence did say it and he said it less than a month ago. I think its inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country reporter so the bottom line while pence will win points on style in this debate, there were several points where he was, lets just say, george, less than factual. Okay, jon karl, thanks very much. Lets talk about more with matthew dowd and Cokie Roberts and pick up on the point jon was making there. Mike pence, cool, calm and collected through most of the debate. Tim kaine on the attack and putting his points on the board so in the end was there a winner . I think it depends how you judge it. I think mike pence came out ahead but didnt help the ticket. Didnt help donald trump. I think tim kaine didnt help himself but he helped Hillary Clinton. Mike pence to me was a little bit like a running back that runs well with the ball but doesnt block for the quarterback and let the quarterback get sacked a number of times and thats donald trump. Here we go with sports analogies. You knew it was coming. I think he actually pence actually did help with the conservatives who were nervous about donald trump. He was calm, cool, collected. He was a solid conservative. Anyway, but he probably made them a lot more comfortable. Kaine helped with women and particularly at the end where he talked about roe versus wade and womens ability to make choices themselves. So they were each speaking to their bases so it shows where this campaign is going in the final 34 days, matthew dowd. Theyre not really worried much about the voters who are sort of undecided right now. Each side is really trying to speak to their base and get them energized. I think they decided which is probably an accurate assessment that the undecides are probably not going to vote. The undecideds cant stand either candidate. Dont trust either and is not connected to the campaign and all about movement and watch the polls and they move based upon whose supporters are most energized. Right now Hillary Clintons supporters have caught up to donald trump and i dont think that changed last night. Cokie, i wonder what donald trump can take away coming up sunday night. Mike pence in many ways did what donald trump should have done, not take the bait. And if he had done it with well see if he can do it. He has trouble not taking the bait. People get under his skin and he gets mad. Donald trump doesnt need to settle substance. He needs to figure out the right style and tone. This might be his last big chance sunday. Theres two more debates, but as the debates go, the ratings drop. He needs to win this debate or its very difficult to win this election. Thats a town hall debate with our Martha Raddatz and it is going to be an interesting one for trump to handle because he cant get mad at jane q. Citizen like he gets mad at us. Thank you both very much. And of course, that president ial debate is sunday night here on abc. As cokie said Martha Raddatz comoderating with Anderson Cooper of cnn and ill anchor the live coverage at 9 00 eastern. Now back to ginger. Thats what well do. Anyone from virginia to maine, this is for you. The latest computer modeling taking that trough weve been talking about and pushing it out to sea so bad for the southeast. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the cool cities brought to you by edward jones. Gives way to clouds. 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