co-hosts. in the center seat today former utah congressman jason chavis. welcome, everybody. general powell served under republican and democratics alike, overseeing dozens of crises including operation desert storm. he then played a major role under president bush who paid tribute to powell saying this. he was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice. he was highly respected at home and abroad and most important colin was a family man and friend. laura and i send alma, his wife, and their children our condolences as they remember the life of a great man. powell s family is calling him a great american today. in 1994, he shared his feeling about this country with graduates at howard university. above all, never lose faith in america. its faults are yours to fix, not to curse. america is a family. there may be differences, disputes within the family, but we must not allow the family to be broken in the warring factions. let us draw
the local athletes competing tonight. that s in just two minutes. first, brace yourself for a soaking wet weekend. rain is set to crash your plans. now it is misty, drizzly and chilly. from philadelphia to the lehigh valley and down to the jersey shore. you are looking at center city, allentown, ocean city and south philadelphia. tonight is just the beginning. the heaviest rain will move in saturday night and into sunday. let s bring in tami souza. it s an umbrella alert. make indoor plans. there are few breaks in the clouds and in the rain. we will cover a little bit of that coming up. we don t have rain, a misty, drizzly night out there. you can see clouds in place and scattered showers moving through central pennsylvania. i will walk you through hour by hour. temperatures in the 40s. the winds have turned to the south. that s key to us warming up. if we are going to be soggy, we might as well be mild. by the time you wake up tomorrow, we will be in mid 40s. we could se
sponsored by a fraternity, right? okay, we are having audio problems this morning, but usf police officials say the party was hosted by phi kappa phi. students were shocked to hear about the news. the girl was unconscious at the she was 16 years old, and the fraternity is suspended. the status of the frat is in limbo this morning. we will continue to follow this story and stay in contact with usf officials all morning long to hear what is going on moment by moment. stick with wfla on that one. two children are hospitalized after a car crashed into a bicycle as they the children were or the name of their parents. mary is live this morning. mary? reporter: well, this morning we were able to confirm the identities of the parents and the kids involved in the terrible crash, and the kids are just 6 and 9 years old, and this all happened last night at just near the avesta apartments on 54th avenue north in st. petersburg, and the troopers say when traffic westbound was st
i m gene ramirez. the big story this morning is hurricane matthew. we want to start with lee leigh to see what is going on this morning. reporter: 145-mile an hour winds, and it s just minutes away or a few hours away from making land fall in haiti, and the latest forecast, even though and cuba, not enough to bring it down through category 4. unfortunately it makes the westerly track towards the east coast of florida, and this is friday morning. still a category 3 hurricane with places like polk and highlands county in the cone of uncertainty before the system heads up north to the carolinas as a category 2 storm this weekend. the shift to the west before it area, and i will focus obvious two of the computer models, the reliable ones to show you how they have come together. yesterday the gfs and european models, greatly different, but now there s small differences in timing, but both take it off florida s east coast, and then up through the carolinas, and out into the
it s a category 4 hurricane. and it should cross over the eastern portion of cuba before making it into the atlantic near the bahamas. still a category 4 hurricane. and it s still expected to make this turn toward the west. the only small difference now is that polk county and highlands county no longer in this cone of uncertainty. this threat cone. this will wobble back and forth over the next couple days. this is thursday morning. this is friday morning with winds, 125 miles per hour winds just off the shore line. the yellow shaded area. that s where we expect tropical storm force winds. this red area. that s hurricane force. as we head into thursday afternoon, we could see at least portions of polk and highlands county with 40 miles per hour. 30 miles per hour winds continue into friday morning. then the winds head farther as we go through the day tomorrow and thursday morning. winds about 25 miles per hour. they get stronger thursday night. 32, 34 miles per hour winds. ob