weaken. it should remain a category 4 hurricane which means winds are extremely strong and could produce a lot of damage. by thursday afternoon getting close to miami. and look at the path. it s along the east coast of florida. and even if it doesn t make landfall, it s going to rake all the coastline with strong winds, heavy rainfall and strong surf. and it continues through south carolina and into north caro. is the question. so models are in great agreement all the way through florida and south carolina. and that s where the biggest u.s. impact is. once we get to sunday, things start to spread out. and the gfs wants to take it up the coastline. and if the euro ends up being correct, we end up with a dry weekend. we ll have more details on just a few minutes. right now the storm is hitting close to home for people with family in haiti. that country has been hit so hard by natural disasters. reporter: everyone i spoke with from relief workers to families living in hait
and along the eastern shore of florida. and as we mentioned. the waves, the damage that we saw across the caribbean. by tomorrow evening, 30-footers just offshore. and that will continue to climb around the coastline as we head to saturday. this is expected to be the strongest hurricane florida has seen in 11 years. 4000-year toss the date. we ll have a look at the in as matthew moves north. there s a mad dash to get out of the storm s path. and that s causing trouble. beth germano is live at logan tonight. reporter: flights to get out of florida are filling up fast. and today we found air travelers lucky enough to change their travel plans at the last minute. not wanting to ride out the potentially dangerous hurricane. it s not often that travelers deb young, she couldn t get out fast enough. all the flights were booked for today and tomorrow. you felt fortunate that you were able to get a seat. lucky, very lucky. reporter: with matthew setting its sights on th
it is unclear who was in control of the plane. being a twin engine aircraft, there are two sets of controllers in such a plane and either one of the two occupants at any time have the ability to control that plane. reporter: that source close to the investigation says the other person on board killed was student pilot who was disgruntled and there was an argument in the cockpit before the plane we the police tell us there was no black box to recover. in east hartford, christina hager, wbz news. auto relief today for the south end community when the police arrested this man who covered his face in court. they say he broke into a south end apartment, tied up two women and raped one of them. beth germano is live with the details on this case. reporter: the police say he has a history of violent assaults and was living at a boston homeless shelter when alleged to sent. the police say he made a mistake that led to his quick arrest. he was allowed to shield his face in co
crash. one of the mothers pregnant. all they were trying to do was cross the street. everyone is expected to be okay but they were shaken up. scared to death. it was horrible when i got the call. reporter: police say around 10 a.m. a pregnant woman and two children were struck in the crosswalk. i heard the crash and the screaming of the kids and the th son, chase, was one of the children hit. he s very scared. quiet our son chase is four and a half. he got the brunt of it. reporter: the neighbor heard the crash and came running outside to help chase. and i asked if i could take him out. i wanted to keep him from moving around. i took him out and laid him on removed my shirt and applied pressure to his head. reporter: a woman was stopped at the crosswalk to allow the two women to cross the crosswalk. she was struck by another car. they all were conscious and alert. he has a scrape on his head and scrapes throughout his body. reporter: clearly marked with
pressure to his head. the street is marked with warning signs but folks drive way too fast. the people pay no regard to the speed limits, to who is in the crosswalk. it s a dangerous road if you re not paying attention. and the driver of the car that crashed into everyone has not been charged and the still under investigation. as for the pregnant mother she is expected to be okay along with chase and the other child who i m paul burton, wbz news. three people in new hampshire hurt when part of a ceiling collapsed inside a bertucci s restaurant. the portion that fell was a decorative piece that was very heavy. we do not know the condition of the two men hurt. police are looking into what caused the piece to fall. and a high school teacher is under arrest. does of a student. and sent a student videos of himself performing a lewd act. he have is free on cash bail and he ll be in court in december. the school board has accepted his decision to retire. guns drawn, an