Himself after peta posted a video from inside his kennel. We are beginning at 11 00 with a mass exodus along floridas east coast, just look at that, bumper to bumper. Evacuations still going on, 1. 5 Million People have been urged to evacuate and more orders could take effect in the next 24 hours. Matthew is bearing down on nassau winds at 160 Miles Per Hour. Our number one priority is protecting life. This storm has already killed multiple people and we should expect the same impact on florida if people do not take this seriously. Matthew is being blamed for 16 deaths in the caribbean. 10 in haiti and it left eastern cuba looking like a war zone and is works its way west. Just digesting the latest information, and read the discussion from the National Hurricane center. The overall forecast reasoning certainly has not changed. I think the one thing that has changed and we talked about this at 10 50, the discussion backs up what im saying. This storm is now in the process of Getting Better oanized and the last 12 hours it will likely approaching our east coast at a category 4 hurricane, and you can see it for you. The storm has better sim symmet, its a rounder storm and the cloud tops are very, very cold as indicated by the color purple and you are getting a very small eye, and so without a doubt this storm is intensifying. There is no sheer ahead and the water temperatures are like 85 the intensification of Hurricane Matthew. This is the 11 00 position. Top winds 115, pressure down to 961. This is the only thing that could hopefully happen that would give our state a break is if the core of this hurricane and i will tell ya, even if 50 miles offshore, its a big, big deal. That is the only thing that i think will save the east coast and its a possibility. If the storm does this, its bad, its no picnic but it keeps the eye wall just offshore and people go oh, that was really, really close, but if it comes right up 95 and a1a then you are service in melbourne in their discussion says there will be areaing potential for areas that will be uninhabitable for weweeks if not months and a half is the statement from the Weather Service in melbourne, around so im hoping that im wrong, and even jacksonville is in play, a spot that rarely is hit by hurricanes, and augustine. Will the Hurricane Center doing a nice job with that, and here is the track. This does have the new track in it and you look at some of the wind speeds on the east coast, 115 and 5 58, and 91. A 40mileperhour wind gust knocking down a branch on to a power line and then you have no power, but as far as the significant 80, 90 Miles Per Hour winds that will not happen in tampa bay. Im going to go back to the Weather Office and take another look at with this you at about 11 15. Po polk county and highlands chances, they will be closed and Sumter County also closing schools on friday. And people are rushing to stores trying to stock up on supplies but its tough. In many places the storm staples are scarce and the line for gas is also long. It looks like people are heeding it definitely seems like people are not messing around, which is a good thing. We see them getting everything they need to ride this storm out. Some of us tells us they cannot remember seeing longer lines to get bass. Gas. Regular or out of gas entirely, and cars were lined up several deep, and groceries and essentials like water and bread were nearly out in portions of Auburndale Walmart where they were down to just a couple of cases of water, and generators. What changes for us is it puts more people at risk to higher winds which obviously makes us start to looking to plan for more shelters. Right now we are concerned about the higher Tropical Storm force county. And the eoc says it will likely announce more shelters and those are hope tomorrow. Hotel rooms are also hard to come by in polk county according to several travel websites because of the people on the east coast trying to get out. Live in auburndale. Evan, thanks. And if you would like more information about those closures or sandbags, we have information scrolling on the bottom of your screen and when you are not in front of your tv you can still monitor the storm by logging on to myfoxhurricane. Com. A lot of information there. The tracks, satellite loops and live tracks. Peta released a rather inside a florida kennel. They say the dogs are being manhandled and left in crates for hours at a time. But the owner says you cant always believe what you see. There are two sides to every story and in this case the owner says its polar opp sit and stay says the backlash on line has been nonstop. They want to burn me, hang me, put me out of business and they dont know the facts. He has been training dogs for years and he says techniques like tieing a leash around their mouth appear to be harsh but they are nonviolent. Dog, especially if he is avoid of a muzzle. What you dont see is the worker comforting the dog before and after giving him a bath. In another clip, a man patternss to be poking at him with a broom stick. He is not poking him. He is trying to get his bowl back. The video was taken by a former employee. Our prompted by a tip from a disstrawght former customer who asked that we not reveal what she and her dog endured. This includes incidents from 2004 and 2008 and this video has sparked a new annual crawlt aniy whose dog was featured in the video say wile upsetting its not enough to keep her from coming back. I dont like that but i have seen another aggressive dogs here. They tend to take dogs in here that would be euthan euthanized elsewhere. Peta is asking anyone who recognizing their dog in the video to contact them. Crystal well followup and see what happen there is. Well, coming up our coverage on matthew continues. And we have another update from paul. How all of us in the tampa bay area can help our friends along the east coast, but first, evan. Some here already know the damage it can cause, because they have family. Take a look here, baracoa, cuba, as a federal prosecutor, ive spent my career prosecuting criminals and fighting for the rights of victims. I want to make the state Attorneys Office a model for criminal justice. Ill prioritize Violent Crime and be tough on murderers, gangs, and anyone who commits Domestic Abuse or sexual assault. Police to wear body cameras and using dna to put criminals behind bars, not innocent people. Im andrew warren. What if one of the Biggest Challenges we face down here. Could be solved. Simply by looking up there . What if unlimited, clean power was at your fingertips . What if it was good for consumers, good the economy and good for florida . Its not a what if. Its whats next. Solar power for the sunshine state. Vote yes on amendment 1. As matthew spins towards as Hurricane Matthew spins towards florida we are getting a sense of the damage that storm has done. These towns in eastern cuba have been d decimated. Buildings there centurilying old were wiped out. And this family, their message to all of us here in florida is the this storm has got to be taken seriously, around the proof is in the images weve been seeing from this town in cuba. Baracoa, the eastern tip of crew cuba. This woman says her family is one of hundreds whose homes have been destroyed. Physically they are okay but 30,000 residents out of a town storm hit, and she is encouraging donations to people who need help more now than ever yesterday she was fearful and that fear came into a fact when she talked to her grandmother and sister and realized their homes are gone, and others their homes are damaged wond damaged d recognition. We runs a Christian Mission in cuba. He says several of their churches were destroyed and people hid in other locations to shelter from the storm. They are offering food and water to as many people as they can, and thankfully there were no reported deaths there. And the red cross is looking for volunteers even in the areas the red cross is gathering storms and preparing shelters and preparing a lot of food, and the storm will likely disrupt regular donations along the east coast, and that is why they want to remind everyone they will be open during the coming hours but there is a greater need for several types of blood. Here is what we are at right now. The satellite loop is up in the state, and you see fastmoving showers because one thing you do notice on this loop is notice how the wind particles are just momores energetic. This is an indicator that the atmosphere is moving along. Once in a while a rain band goes picking up tomorrow, and now in miami, wind gusts up to 18. The hurricane is still far away. By the way, the center is 495 miles to the southeast of tampa, and its moving gently to the northwest. Sky tower has bands of rain on the east coast, and they will go by from time to time. What really is trouble system right now, is the presentation, and well get Hurricane Hunter data later on tonight but you see at home, that little dot. The diameter is now 15 miles wide and that is the developing eye, and the storm is becoming a perfect circle, there is no sheer here and the water temperatures in the bahamas is as warm as its been the entire year. This means that the storm is right now its a cat 3, pressure 961 millibars. And i said this at the top of the 11 00. With a we all have to hope for is that the track or the core of the hurricane staying offshore. It could happen. I mean, it could, and if it does, we can all say, oh, wasnt as bad, looks like you overhyped it, or whatever. That is will potentially save lives on our east coast. Its not a zero chance, and so lets hope it does this and curves away. If it doesnt, that is not good, really isnt. Daytona east of jacksonville and then that big curve out in the atlantic and we are not really going to worry about that at all, at least in the short term. What they do in tandem, and you see it just goes right off the coast and impacts the entire east coast. This is the problem we have at this point is the european and the gfs model are insisting on a hurricane on the coast and half over the water, and then the storms turn out to sea. My recommendation is this and i know a lot of you watching me right now have connections to the east coast. Maybe yo mother, whatever in melbourne or viro or coco, daytona let them know. If they are being told to evacuate, tell them to evacuate. You are talking about a category 4 hurricane that could be on shore at night tomorrow mieght. You dont want to be in your house along the coast in an evacuation zone with a category 4 hurricane outside. Trust me. You dont. Would have a tough time getting over its not a fun experience, and you want to talk about being scared . Be in a house at night with 125 Miles Per Hour winds outside your window. It shakes you up for a long time and its dangerous. And if youre watching me right now and you have friends on the east coast, tell them. If hurricane. Its stupid. All of that makes sense. Local impacts i think are going to be okay. You are talking about winds here 25, 30, 35, but then on the east coast you see wind speeds, there for us its generally 35 to 45. That is certainly manage want and then the storm moves up the coast, with winds up to 65 or 70, and rain as well. Rainfall totals, this is hot going to be a big rain maker at all. We are not going to get the same setup we had with hermine. We are on the west side, so rainfall be a lot less, and right near the center is where they will get 4 to 5, but when all is said and done, i dont think they will be talking about incredible rainfall amounts. The problems will be coastal flooding and structures dealing with 115 to 135 Miles Per Hour winds, and remember, if the wind is going from the southeast, off of the water . 125 Miles Per Hour, not good. A few showers tonight, not man, we are down to 77 and tomorrow fastmoving showers and variably cloudy and 86. The forecast for friday is windy especially east of tampa bay, some passing heavy showers and near 80 and the sevenday goes like this. I think you are going to like it three to four days from now. The wend that the east coast is going to be okay. Well be back in a bit. Dont go away. Tonight well follow the money from florida to 100 million in questionable contracts and well continue our dedication to coasting i votin . . 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And tonight the national leel the highlights next, around well take you to a local school marco rubio has the worst attendance record of any florida senator in 50 years. But its even worse when he shows up. Hes voted for a plan that would cut Social Security. And has said Social Security is bankrupting our country and has weakened us as a people. He wants to eliminate the department of education. And has voted for billions in education cuts. Marco rubio. Its bad when he misses work. Its worse when he shows up. When i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. I dont want a president who makes fun of me. I gotta be honest i dont like baseballs onegame wildcard, i think it should be a series but since it was instituted in 2012, of the eight winners half have gone to the championships and two on to the world series and only one has won it all, that is the giants and wouldnt you know it they are back this year facing the mets. We are scoreless in the sixth and look at this one, grand is out one off of the wall, what a catch, and then see you later. A threerun shot and the giants are out to a 30 lead, but meantime ba baumgartener was