New tonight on Eyewitness News. Hurricane matthew on the move. The southeastern United States preparing for the possibility of a direct hit. The latest track from the Hurricane Center just in. plus. Facing the family. A former unc student on trial for a deadly drunk driving crash. The emotional testimony from family. And. Off the menu. A mom gets a big surprise at a wake county restaurant. Its the mustsee video of the night. Eyewitness news the southeast United States preparing for Hurricane Matthew. The monster storm moving toward the us. Tonight millions of americans either ordered. Or urged to get away from the coast. We have the latest storm track. And the preparations underway right now. Good evening everyone, im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. North carolina is on alert for us. Governor mccrory says the state is prepared to respond at a moments notice. He also says North Carolina will provide help to neighboring states. Right now, there are no evacuations planned for any city
Edge towards florida. Hurricane matthew passed through the bahamas and it is expected to be near florida tomorrow evening. This is new video into the news room of the bahamas as it pounds it with wind, rain and powerful surf. Tonight, people in South Carolina are listening to the warning to get out of town. Residents filled up their cars with gas before joining other drivers. Now, tonight, all lanes head west mandatory e vac waeugz of charleston and boford counties. How it is impacting the state already. The County Schools will be there. The storm passing farther east than further thought. North carolina is not Hurricane Center with the latest possible pass that matthew can take. We are not out of the woods just yet. Even making landfall directly. There will be impacts. Seeing the latest stats from 8 00. Now, the aircraft was flying near this evening. A weaker storm. 115 miles an hour now. Temporary weakening. Now, there is so much warm water still the wind sheer is light. So, no reaso
Today will be like yesterday and the day before. But we will gradually have some changes coming into the area. We should see some thunderstorms tomorrow and it stays muggy around here through the weekend. Look at that sunshine in durham. We do have a heat advisory in effect across most of our viewing area along the i95 corridor. It will still feel close to 100 advisory area. It is another day to take it easy in the afternoon. It is 76 in durham and 75 in rocky mount, wilson, and erwin with 73 in southfield. Expect to mid and upper 70s and 90 by lunchtime. It is going to be a toasty one. Not a lot of reporter today that the we will take a look at that on futurecast. Brian is here with a look at the commitment. It looks good inside the beltline for sure. As we take a look at durham wral traffic south on rock quarry road will for a crush on lyndhurst drive. I will zoom in just to check the sensors. We are not picked up any delays on it could change. Right now it is looking clear as they g
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Were still at 6 in raleigh. 67 in wilmington. Weve now dropped a degree to 67. And pinehurst this morning. So flan planning for your day ahead. Some drizzle. 65 out the door at 8 a. M. Most of us just keeling with cloudy skies there. Near normal with a high of 78 and a chance for the afternoon spotty showers as well. We should be back evening. Now, of course, ill walk you through the rest of the workweek details. But right now i want to send it back to you guys. People having awaiting for this day for months and months. Our two main president ial nominees are going to be going head to head. More on what we can expect from tonights big showdown. A New Washington post abc news poll has Hillary Clinton and donald trump in a dead heat heading into tonights debate. Experts say the outspoken republican nominee trump will have to demonstration policy expertise. His best line of attacks are anything that talk about her trustworthiness and global disorder. Democratic candidate clinton will need