new at 11:00 a state of emergency. the governors of florida and north carolina both declaring one as hurricane matthew churns this way. good evening. i m wendy ryan. i m paul la jamison uhler. this is some of the heavy rain people in jamaica are already seeing. the storm is expected to hit haiti the hardest. let s go right to chief meteorologist denis phillips. this is going to be a devastating night for haiti. this will be moving on shore right on the western tip of haiti with winds of about 145 miles per hour, a surge of incredible rainfall totals. this is a nasty hurricane, category 4, even stronger now than it was earlier on. the lowest pressure that s been recorded at 934 millibars. where is it going? the new track that just came out has given us a little bit of a change compared to the 5:00 track. and as we expected it is a little more to the west. our computer models have been trending that way for the last day or so, so we kind of figured the hurricane center wo
where shopping is a pleasure. all new at 11, more than one and half million floridians under evacuation right now. more than 1000 flights canceled and forth forth lauderdale airport announcing it s closing at 10:00 a.m. good eveni join us. florida preparing for what could be the most devastating storms to it had the state in the decades. hurricane matthew. we re spread out across the state. where schools have already been canceled. plus, reporter ryan is in vino beach where businesses are already seeing the calm before the storm. but we begin with chief meteorologist dennis phillips. i ll tell you what. this will probably be looked at east side of the state. every now and again, they get a storm like this. since the mid-1800s there has never been a storm this powerful to hit central florida around day toe in a, down to mel burn, over to the cape. and that is what we re looking at the right now. clearly getting better organized. still winds are 115 miles per hour. but th
new at 11:00 a state representative calling for an investigation into hillsborough s transportation commission accusing the group of colluding to keep ride share services like uber and lyft out. thanks for joining us. i m jamison uhler. i m laura harris in for wendy. we re live at tampa international airport where according to revealed e-mails, uber and lyft drivers may have been targeted. reporter: i talked with an uber driver earlier tonight on the phone, and she says she now avoids coming to the airport amount of tickets she s gotten here. so it s really no surprise for her to hear that the ptc may have been working directly with cab drivers to lure drivers like her into getting fines. i was outraged. reporter: representative dana young isn t the only one upset. it s huh mail 80ing, embarrassing. on the phone the chairman of the public transportation commission also calling for an investigation. i think it s time to find another agency that can handle these reg
today just outside columbus, hillary clinton is set to get back on the campaign trail tomorrow in cleveland. both took part in the final presidential debate last night in las vegas. as maggie ruly shows from us washington that 90-minute debate quickly moved to personal attacks. reporter: yet another debate filled with more memorable moments a basic foundation of democracy steals the show. do you make the same commitment that you will absolutely, sir, that you will absolutely accept the this election? i will tell you at the time. i ll keep you in suspence. chris, let me respond to that, it s horrifying. reporter: the night quickly turning personal. such a nasty woman. unfit. reporter: but the two candidates started by talking policies. from abortion and imation we have bad ombres here and we have to get them out. beginning. reporter: to foreign policy. talking about putin. he would rather have a puppet. no puppet. you re the puppet. reporter: and no
track down any bullet, they stress the general public is not in danger driving along this busy highway. ryan smith, abc action news. police are warning you to be on the lookout a violent man on the loose. they are unidentified suspect injured a woman last night, trying to carjack two people, during the first attempt he actually jumped into the bed of a pickup truck, the driver parking lot and hit the brakes throwing the suspect to the ground, the crime wave continued when he attacked a publix employee, please call the venice police department with information. charges for the men that kidnapped a polk county four- year-old. the grand jury just indicted west wild hogs on federal kidnapping charges, he snatched rebecca lewis from her home earlier this month. investigators caught up with for a crime spree across three neighborhoods. between tuesday night and wednesday morning, 19-year-old dante scott and 317-year-olds committed 17 burglaries stole five cars and two guns the