greater danger flooding or high winds in florida. >> well, what happens in florida now the worst of storm is getting into georgia. so we are this kind of thing, thunderstorms on eastern side can produce tornadic he activity the worst is now over, in florida, worst going into coastal georgia south carolina north carolina coming day florida is taking the brunt of it right now, believe it or not, the worst damage with this when they totally damage up may be further nor northeast coast beaches new jersey long island beaches as many hope to celebrate labor day, thank you. we will keep you updated. >> thank you bye-bye. >> big story for the markets labor department to release august jobs' report this morning, and added -- last month, employment rate to drop 4.8%, today's report could have a impact on the economy, making it more likely, that the federal reserve will raise short term interest rates, soon. >> if i looked at the day as i look at the economy the progress that is made, i judge that we are nearing full employment we should take advantage of the opportunity to remove some accommo

florida had been leaning clinton but not average of florida polls. trump leads in our state but by a fraction of 1%. even though clinton and supporters swapped the state in ads. tonight se we show you h clintons basket comment may cost her down the road. and we'll show you why trump and his campaigns prior statements may cost him more and why he's till is underdog in the race. also the new forecast in the race. that brings us to the radio is show with merissa and big guests who just called in. >> time for political sports talk with craig patrick and merissa lynn. >> welcome to the political sports talk. >> what is our random word of the day? >> let's go with corn beef. >> that is random. >> really random. the first person to work in corn beef in political sports talk show will win a prize. >> let's go to politics line. air. >> president obama? >> merissa. >> i'm sorry who dead you say you were? >> merissa. >> of course let me jump in. barry did you think that the republican senate would vote on me rick garland in the campaign? >> no. >> why bother? >

hurricane hermine touching down in florida. the power is out for tens of thousands as residents take shelter. officials warning of big damage, flooding already reported in the panhandle. millions could be affected by the storm as it heads up the coast for the holiday weekend. cnn has full coverage of the storm. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. breaking news. hurricane hermine making landfall. smashing into the florida panhandle as a category one packing sustained winds of 75 to 80 miles an hour. bringing heavy rain and high storm surge and extensive flooding along the florida gulf coast. millions of residents along the storm's path up to the carolinas under watches and warnings and preparing for the worst. earlier, florida governor rick scott making clear hermine is dangerous. >> it's life threatening. we will see big storm surge. we will see a lot of rain. we will see flooding. we will see downed power lines. there will be a lot of risk if we don't do our job. everybody needs to be pr

florida has one time out remaining. >> gary: >> verne: that's the last time out. >> gary: remember, florida h 55-yard-plus field goal kicker. still a football game. ?wish that i was on ol' rocky top? ?down in the tennessee hills? ?humming? ?whistling? ? ?home sweet home to me? ?good ol' rocky top - woo!? >> verne: tonight on cbs begins with "ncis: los angeles." and "ncis: new orleans." of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: i would try to draw them offside. florida has no time outs. i would try to draw them offsides first. who cares if you get a five-yard high kick. fair catch called by callaway. what is he doing? >> gary: what are you doing? >> verne: what in the world -- he called a fair catch at the one yard line. >> gary: he's 50% better than he was last time. >> verne: there is a flag. >> gary: if it's on tennessee -- >> referee: there is no foul on the play. the player went between the two players. first down for florida at that ot he dropped it. this time he caught it, but that's the second one in the game. >> gary: i've never seen that thashs that tight like that. >> verne: that

heavy rain bands moving onshore in florida. but the center of this storm, the eye of the hurricane is still about 120 miles offshore. tallahassee right in the path. rain heading in that direction. there you see the eye of the hurricane. that's pretty well defined. and we have one buoy that just so happens to sit closest to the eye of the storm. wave heights there 20 feet, winds gusting near 60 miles an hour. so again, it's a weak category 1 hurricane, but as far as the storm is concerned, it's very strong. more heavy rain heading towards the florida panhandle toward tallahassee. heavy bands moving through gainesville. in the tampa bay area, look at these heavy rain bands approaching. chances are you've seen a lot of flooding. if you look at the buoys near the tampa bay area, wind gusts 60 miles an hour, and wave heights over ten feet. the storm expected to impact our area over the labor day holiday weekend. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz standing by with a closer look at the newest track just released. >> yeah,

that's to be a united states senator from florida. to continue to work hard and continue to get results. benefit from the experience over the last six years to serve the state over the next six years. that's my plan. i'm not running to run for anything else. if i wanted to run for president again i probably would not have run for the u.s. senate. in the toughest race in the at the last minute after a long presidential race. >> you'll find our full interviews with senator rubio on youtube. search for craig patrick money, power & politics. you'll find extended interviews with other candidate, investigation and humor segments on the races of 2016. >>>coming up. mez me joins us with a closer rjs tampa bay holding the key to winning florida which may hold the key to wining the white house. onald trump and hillary clinton have spent so much time here already. aaron mes me spent this day scoring it for us. >> i think the next two days show how important the state of florida is for the clinton campaign. considering the fact the former secreta

this is not just florida, right? >> not at all. we're talking about beach erosion and torrential rain. a lot of people wanting to head out of the shoreline for the holiday, but we're looking at dangerous conditions at the coast. on the other side of mountains in better coach. toward the 95, big time impacts. >> hoping everyone in the path drives safely or stays put. justin povick. thank you. >> and we'll have more on hermine later, but it's time to move onto politics. there are lingering questions about hillary clinton's private meetings as secretary of state. they could soon be answered. >> the state department says it will release the remaining 2700 pages of the detailed schedules. that's before election day. instead of in december as they previously announced. a clinton spokesman welcomes the decision. he said the public should see the full picture and not what he >>> and clinton's former rival, bernie sanders hits the campaign trail to stump for her and others. he says he'll push her economic plan, one he says will work for eve

now get 0% apr for 72 months, plus $500 bonus cash. >>> florida, florida, florida. it's something we say a lot about that around here. it's near it and dear to our hearts and my next guest knows florida, lives in florida, and does love florida, i swear. but said it has become the joke state. in the new book, the best state ever, a florida man defends the homeland and said it's because of the election that the nation formed a negative image as being a subtropical festival of stupid. and today florida, once a quiet back water is a modern and dynamic state that entered the 21st century in 437 bc. joining me now is the winner and author, dave barrett. hello, sir. the only people allowed to trash florida are floridians. >> how do you define a floridian. i moved there in 1986 from the united states. 30 years. most people. i bet i lived in florida longer than you. >> that is correct. it's presidential policy. you say the 2000 election cemented it. it's a butt of jokes. why isn't florida california? why isn't it texas and why didn't it become one of the two states and why i

hurricane hermine is battling florida's gulf coast. millions of people in florida, georgia, and south carolina are in hermine's path. florida's governor calls it a, quote, life threatening storm with dangerous flooding expected. our meteorologists are tracking the storm for us. let's go first live to jennifer. has hermine made landfall? >> hermine has made landfall. wilma was the last hurricane and this makes the next one. we have ended a -- more than decade long drought of hurricanes here in florida. of course, this was a pretty powerful one. this is a category 1 hurricane. we had winds of 80 miles per hour. storm surge two to three meters with those winds 80 miles per hour. or 125 kilometers per hour. of course, we have seen downed trees, power outages across the florida panhandle as well as georgia. more than 100,000 people without power due to the storm. 65,000 people in tallahassee, the state capital, alone. so there will be quite a bit of cleanup because of this. those storm surges running two to three meters across portions of w

hurricane hermine made land fall in the florida panhandle. you can see on the radar, the intensity is in the big bend. winds are expected to stay around 75 miles per hour and there are tornado watches and warnings in florida and georgia. >> floridians stocked up and gassed up. long lines at gas stations and negotiates. and while the no swims flags were up, it didn't stop some surfers from catching high waves. we have live coverage this morning. marci gonzalez is with us from florida and justin povick is tracking the storm. we start with marci. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi. good morning. this is an area that was bracing for some of the worst of the storm, but you can see things are pretty calm here. not much wind. the rain has been off and on, but that is not the case to the south and east of here. hurricane hermine hammering parts of florida's gulf coast. strong winds relentless rain and the biggest concern, the storm surge, expected to reach up to 12 feet in some places. >> the most important thing we are to put in our minds is this

that is a little too close to florida for comfort, right? we'll talk more about that and what the latest model runs have for us in a few minutes. >>> right now, we are following breaking news in there is a deadly pedestrian- involved accident on i-75. you are looking at a scene right now. all of the southbound lanes are blocked near fowler avenue. we don't have very many details right now, but janelle is watching the traffic cameras. we'll keep you up to date throughout the morning. >>> on sunday, the bucs host the denver broncos. if you haven't caught any rays games, you will this weekend. tom korun has the morning sports report. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. it doesn't matter how you slice it, 101 points in three games is unacceptable even for an nfl team with three games under its belt. under smith, he said before the season he would likely take the first quarter to see improvement. game four is sunday against denver. being made over the top by the secondary is just killing us. one less mistake in the rams game, they'd be 2-1, but

the campus of florida state. >> cedar key barrier island off the northern gulf coast of florida. experiencing record storm surge, some flooding heavy rains and heavy winds. fo tampa bay area had dramatic torrential rain at times and very strong gusts there in the tampa area. in the city of clear water heavy rains and storm surge caused street flooding there. we are going to take you to the city of brandon in the tampa bay area. take a look at this. some very dramatic video from when the storm struck a transformer causing it to explode. and people are recording similar videos through out the sunshine state. sparks flying from power lines, brushing against palm trees. these are areas they doo to be close to the eye of the storm. far away from the eye of the storm it has been causing problems with downed power lines and heavy rain and flooding. this is a massive lopsided storm wreaking havoc on the sunshine state and now moving into south georgia. >> the headaches really just beginning for millions of americans. will janice dean is tracking the latest and it is headed up down the ea

how soon it might atect florida. >> plus, who does florida favor? a new poll reveals where the sunshine state is leaning after monday's presidential debate. >> and, some customers paid big bucks for window work when all they got was excused so they knew they better call behnken. good evening, i'm jenn holloway. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joining us tonight. hurricane matthew is getting stronger and stronger as it approaches land. we just learned, in fact, just moments ago, that matthew is now a it strengthened into a category 2 overnight, then a 3. now up to 4. it is in the central caribbean right now. you can see the big blob there. so, how will matthew affect florida if at all, and when might it happen? storm team meteorologist julie phillips has the latest forecast track. we were all a little surprised by this. >> it is really rapidly intensifying. this storm within the last 48 hours or so, that advisory just speeds now up to 140 miles an hour. hurricane hunters out investigating this have shown the pressure drop as well down now to 949 mil

have seen florida plates all over the country. it time to bring in auburn plate to the state of florida. we have more than 4,000 people already committed to signing up which would make it one of the most popular tags we have in the state of pla becuse everybody loves auburn. >> we are a family. we believe it and we can make it happen. thank you for doing this for us. >> thanks, kevin. >> coming upholster shows u clinton first debate. >> okay let's bring in our pollster. we are now one week away from the first head to head debate between trump and clinton to what extent can that moment in time move the needle? >> i think all three will move the needle. you will have sort of like rocky one, two, three. >> and each one of those are going to be heavily watched and i don't expect any one candidate to win all three. they will move the polls one way or another. even if it just leaves everyone more confused. >> some of the things i'm looking for is will wikileaks drop another hit of e-mails on clinton. that can certainly upset for her. on

florida governor rick scott tweeted florida national guard has more than 6,000 personnel ready, fwc, which is fish and wildlife conservation department has operations standing by with boats and search and rescue equipment. while florida is still dealing with the storm other southern states are bracing for its impact. the storm is expected to cross across -- to cross portions of south georgia, also portions of south carolina. so those states are preparing. and then as the storm is expected to skirt can up the atlantic coast it could continue causing headaches and hazards for many americans going into this long holiday weekend. anna and jackie, back to you. >> jonathan, live there in florida for us. please be careful out there. thanks for that. >> let's go to janice who is tracking latest in the weather center this morning. hi, janice. >> hi, ladies. we had landfall a couple of hours atlantic east of saint mark, florida. we had a caller earlier on from tallahassee. wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour. it is still a hurricane, 75 miles per hour sustained winds. we get a brand-new

, florida, georgia and north carolina. there are widespread power outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. many schools in southern states are closed today. >> the live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. it's also bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the brunt of the storm was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. >> and we have team coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. abc's marci gonzalez is in mexico beach, florida. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi, devin and diane. good morning. well, some parts of the gulf coast including where i am are getting spared while other communities not far from here are getting hit hard by hermine. north of where the category 1 hurricane made landfall this morning in tallahassee, strong winds and heavy rain bringing down trees. in to

many in northern florida. winds are expected to stay at about 75 miles per hour all night. >> there are tornado watches out not only for northern florida right now but also parts of georgia and south carolina. >> collin kaepernick stuck to his word refusing to stand for the national anthem last night. >> instead he dropped to one knee before the game. the gesture, a new move as part of his continued protest against racial injustice. he also had controversy when socks with pigs in police caps. >> rolling stone stopped in a bid to get a a $25 million defamation suit thrown out. they've being sued about a story about rape that turned out to be false. the fraternity says it was defamed by the article. dismissed a lawsuit by lindsay lo lohan saying they used a likeness to her. >>> and back to square one for spacex. an explosion on the launch pad. >> it destroyed a $200 million satellite on board facebook was planning to use. >> reporter: it's a test that goes terribly wrong. this space-exrocket erupting on the pad

let me talk about my home state of florida. i was born and raised in south florida. i think right around now, the sun is probably setting in south florida. the weather is nice. 80 degrees. the sky is that beautiful pink that we get. vacationing tourists are strolling along the beach or enjoying dinner on the patio. somewhere there is a dad out there grilling stakes and moms are watching soccer practice. that is our life. that is our life in the beautiful state of florida. it's lot a lot of other places in this country. except right now in florida, families are scared and i have thought about you and laura and understand that fear. families are scared because as the sunsets, the mosquitoes are coming out. all of our lives we have lived with mosquitoes. part of our life in florida. but now there are more than a nuisance. now, they are a deadly threat. we're scared because there is a deadly virus spreading. parents are scared if their children are bit, they could get terribly sick. seniors are scared that if they catch the disease, they may not survive. pregnant are sca

florida is feeling the impact of hurricane hermine. leon: the storm is bearing down on the golf coast; forcing evacuations. things are only expected to get worse in the coming hours. marson is live at mexico -- marci gonzalez is live at mexico beach; florida. how does it look so favor? marci: not too bad so far. the rain has been off and on. the rain is picking the storm is causing damage already. >> the drenching outer bands of hurricane hermine flooding part of florida. >> we are still four and a half inches of water inside the half. >> homes in largo are under water. in sarasota, voluntary evacuations. >> this is strictly voluntary evacuation. marci: the storm heads for a direct hit. >> the important thing to put in our minds is this is life threatening. marci: hermine will be the first hurricane to make landfall in a decade. making the category i the first in tristan connel's lifetime. >> happy and kind of nervous. you can surf. i'm kind of scared. >> others turning concern to action. >> boarding up windows. >> this is a trick. mar

ohio, florida, florida, north carolina, wisconsin. that's a fairly typical list of swing states, right? fairly typical. but look at the rest of the list. this is the swing state list. the toss-up state list. see there in the lower left-hand corner there, see where it says texas? "the washington post" knows that you think that that texas result is going to seem too insane. so they go out of their way today to point out that the sample size for this poll in texas was over 5,000 registered voters, which is a fairly big sample. but this "washington post" 50-state poll has hillary clinton leading in texas by one point. and that's not even the crazy result. the crazy result is mississippi. in this current, 50-state poll by "the washington post," mississippi is a swing state. mississippi is a toss-up. no way to tell what's going to happen in mississippi this year, you guys. i mean, right now, they have donald trump, yes, leading in mississippi, but leading there by a grand total of two points. which in technical terms means that this year's

here's another look from florida tonight. still ahead we'll head live to the panhandle near panama city that will bear the brunt of hermine tonight. >>> and brian was typical active six-year-old little boy until the unthinkable happened. doctors at children's hospital of philadelphia told his parents that the little boy had had a very rare stroke. >> brian didn't take that set back lying down. fox 29's joyce evans shows us the child's incredible determination to recover. ♪ >> reporter: rarely do you meet a kid like brian is a do you ski. >> yeah there are you go. >> reporter: nothing seems to get him down. >> good. >> reporter: if not for the light hand and leg braces and the surgical scar visible through his summer buzz cut you probably wouldn't believe just a year and a half ago brian came very close to never dancing or giggling again. >> we headed over with his sister swimming i was at sister's hand of the pool. he was grabbing his arm. they got him out of the water and he said that he couldn't feel his arm. >> it got mu

it left thousands without power from florida to virginia. governors all along the east coast have announced their emergency restoration plans. >>> take a look at this video. a tornado touched down in cape hatteras and several mobile homes and campers were turned on their side. one woman is thankful she and neighbors made it out alive. >> reporter: by the time i knocked on their door and told them to get out i turned and the camper had already started their camper went straight into the canal. >> so far minor injuries have been reported. >> reporter: today's rain pushed many rivers over their banks and that caused more flooding. you can see what happened. they had the water so high that mailboxes and signs were nearly submerged. the river is rising and expected to be near flood stage the next few days. all that evacuations for several locations. once again folks scrambling to find higher ground. >>> the blue heron mobile home park is affected. tracy best was told he should leave and he has a plan from place. >> reporter: aim going to a hotel

win a big game against florida ad things could turn. they are now, i think, the team to beat in the east. they've got a tough stretch. a real tough stretch. if they could go 3-1 and the loss be either to a&m or alabama -- look, they've got a two-game lead over florida now if they can finish off this game. >> verne: appleby back. goes across the middle. it's dropped. we schedule. they are at georgia next week, and at texas a&m. and then alabama here. this is the bulk of their season, and if they can get by this one, and they're not that far away, 5:21 to go. they have won nine games in succession. they're trying to make it 10 in a row. that's the third longest streak in college football. here comes the blitz. appleby behind the receiver. but he makes the catch. c.j. worton. it ain't over. >> gary: never. curl route. takes it in there. >> verne: gain of first down and 10. appleby toward the end zone. incomplete. c'yontai lewis. number 80. >> gary: in the pocket. makes a decent throw. just off the fingertips. we talked about powell being v

hermine hits florida... and although it made landfall early this morning as a category hurricane, it is now a tropical storm. the storm is now headed up the coast.... and millions are in its patch. dianne gallagher has more on the threat that area still faces. making landfall near saint marks, florida, with 80 mile per hour winds, hurricane florida's gulf coast. voice of dustin hinkel, county administrator, taylor county, fl our northwest corner of our county probably saw the eye of the storm pass right over us.heavy rain, high wind, flooding and power outages, all from the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. as the storm passes, officials now telling people to stay indoors. voice of ben guthrie, gulf county, florida, emergency management coordinator we are encouraging people to stay out of the water to avoid rip currents voice of trey morrison, wakulla county, fl sheriff's office we're asking the public to please if you can, stay home if it's not an emergency. this is not a time what the damage did.

dana young for the florida senate. >>>is our nuclear deal with iran paying off or emboldened iran to become more aggress i have. james has perspective from both sides. >> with the gop congress holding fresh hearings on the secret cash payments maid to iran. a long standing court dispute over funds and only disclosed in full in the last two weeks. the top blunt language who accused the obama administration of coddling the islamic regime. >> i don't just mean all of these concessions, cash infusions and side deals. i don't just mean sending the secretary of state a show for iran like he's the president of the chamber of commerce. >> aids to kerry admitted the iran nuclear deal may have emboldened the are e jeem to become aggressive to the u.s. >> that's going to buy a lot of >> at the same hearing, a foreman aid to secretary of state rice told lawmakers the payments did not amount to ransom and reflected a bipartisan approach. >> since 1979, each american president sought to use economic leverage to address the challenge

florida. >> the same is happening on both sides that's why there's gridlock. at the same time, we have troubling new developments on zika here in florida. lst month we praised governor scott for his early response to crisis while congress was lost. he communicated with the public. since our last record card on this, we discover the state has underreported cases of zika. in response to question after the miami he recalled the state said 8 people caught zika in florida but are not florida residents. if you catch it in our state you will not count in the stats. the state boasted of having 105 million tourists last who would not count in the stats if they get zika from a florida mosquito. the state has also stopped giving details in the cases. the information we're getting lacks specifics in terms of the investigations. it does not include everyone and it's a bit delayed because of delays and deegs. doctor joe knows of a guy who's been waiting a month just to get he is conform toir test results. w

>>>in an average of florida polls hillary clinton leads in florida by half of one percent. >>>coming up. see how the medical marijuana campaign could hit some new resistance just before the election. ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? know you can save today >>>floridas medical marijuana question did not miss by much on the ballot two years ago. and polling shows that it has a good chance of passing this november. however, it has hit a little bit of new resistance this coming from florida conference of catholic bishops who aren't formally aposing it but exprexp expressing qualms saying the amendment may be problematic because it may be acceptable to fraud and abuse. check out our youtube channel for more. we'll see you tomorrow night. real-time closed captioning ?? captions paid for by the fox broadcasting company >>> hey, guys, welcome to "dish nation." >> hey, what up? >> whoo-hoo. >> we've got a lot of big stories to get to today. mary j. blige's voice did wonders for chicken rap but now she's using her voice for something more and we'll sit down with the backstreet boys a little later. but

hurricane hermine hammering parts of florida's gulf coast. strong winds relentless rain and the biggest concern, the storm surge. expected to reach up to 12 feet in some places. >> it's important that we are to all put in our minds that this is life threatening. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations ordered in some coastal communities. >> please protect property and evacuate immediately. >> reporter: even before land fall, the outer bands flooded streets and damaged home. shelters open overnight and a state of emergency in place for much of the now soaked sun shine state. >> when you live in florida, this is what it is. you listen and watch. if it gets bad, you leave. if you think you can ride it out, ride it out. >> reporter: some riding it out with sandbags in place, windows boarded. >> there's no way to mak it's mother nature. >> reporter: and this message for the first hurricane to hit florida in more than a decade. there are concerns this could spawn tornadoes. tropical storm watches and warnings are in effect all the way up to the jersey s

underway right now in cape canaveral florida. a space-x rocket preppring for launch exploded in flames on the launch pad yesterday. now engineers want to know what went wrong. david kerley has the story. it's xx and xx degrees... it's xx and xx degrees... this morning. the tropical storm making landfall overnight. right now the storm is packing 80 mile an hour winds.. florida already dealing with major flooding.. mandatary evacuation orders in several coastal areas.. a state of emergency remains in effect for florida. we are tracking the storms every move..with complete coverage on it's path and how it will impact us here in the d-m-v as it makes it way up the coast. good morning washington. toss to eileen and veronica newest nhc track comes in at 5 am - biggest impacts at the beaches (outer banks to jersey shore) - cloudy & cool in the dmv (showers mainly east of i-95; trending drier) - labor day monday looks nice today: mostly sunny, lo

win a big game against florida ad things could turn. they are now, i think, the team to beat in the east. they've got a tough stretch. a real tough stretch. if they could go 3-1 and the loss be either to a&m or alabama -- look, they've got a two-game lead over florida now if they can finish off this game. >> verne: appleby back. goes across the middle. it's we'll take a look at their schedule. they are at georgia next week, and at texas a&m. and then alabama here. this is the bulk of their season, and if they can get by this one, and they're not that far away, 5:21 to go. they have won nine games in they're trying to make it 10 in a row. that's the third longest streak in college football. here comes the blitz. appleby behind the receiver. but he makes the catch. c.j. worton. it ain't over. >> gary: never. curl route. takes it in there. >> verne: gain o appleby toward the end zone. incomplete. c'yontai lewis. number 80. >> gary: in the pocket. makes a decent throw. just off the fingertips. we talked about powell being very quiet in this

florida's governor calling the state life-threatening. >> ryan: some parts of florida dealg flooding. drivers stuck on the roads there. people are packing sandbags hoping their piece of paradise will be shared. we could feel the impact of the storm here, too. of the chief meteorologist jeremy reiner has been tracking this storm and hermine could make its way towards us but impact is still up in the air. >> reporter: that is correct. we still do not have any indication that it's a direct impact. anything moving across southern new england so that hasn't changed over the last couple of days. this was updaded to a hurricane a couple of hours ago, a well defined iwall here. ahead of the eye wall the center of the storm we have tropical feeder bands working up into the panhandle of florida. and hermine is moving north-northeast at about 14 miles an hour. so at that pede likely to make land fall later this evening crossing apalachiocola bay then perhaps tallahassee later on, about 10:00, 11:00, wind at 75 miles an hour. down to 50 miles an hour because it's going to spend sometime over land

a states spokeswoman told us florida is not keeping track. oon another note we discovered the state granted tax credits under another program by mistake. >> i had no idea we had businesses outside of the boundaries and the lines that are benefitting from these tax credits. >> and we also found tax incentives for farms that don't >> the farm back behind the woods? >> this is the farm. this is what's supposed to be pine tree farm. >> yeah. the state has given breaks that earn taxpayers with questionable results. at the same time, the state neglected incentives for the film industry. we'll show you how that may have backfired in a couple of minutes. first i want to come back to hillary clinton. campaign strategists pay attention to shifts in the polls and optics. that interesting changes this week if hillary clinton's approach. she had been sitting on a lead and trying to run out the clock. but notice since the race tightened this week, she's spending more time answering reporters questions. and she even said her advisor told her to do this. >>

it's still summer here in florida. and we're expecting some of that deep summertime moisture around. that tropical wave will pass over florida tomorrow. so expect some heavier tropical down pours throughout the day. starting up by the early afternoon hours. that trend continues through the end of the week. by next week, that's when we'll track some slightly dryer air back into the forecast. and rain chances will start to drop off a bit. when you wake up tomorrow morning, it's going to be muggy, temperatures in the mid 70s, by the afternoon hours, looking at a 60% chance of storms. good chance throughout the day you'll see at least one round of rain at your house. the rain moving east to west across the tampa bay area today. much like we'll see all week long. you can see pockets of down pours. i saw a lot of lightning within these storms. especially north of new port richey. heavy rain, a lot of lightning, a few showers north of clear water. probably heading toward honey southeastern hillsborough county. south through m

and so behold, florida. hillary clinton used to have a big lead in florida after the conventions this summer, but it has tightened up there significantly. some polls now show her ahead, some show trump ahead. the safest way to look at it show that florida's a tie. the most populous county in florida is miami-dade. it has the largest number of republicans in any county in the state of florida. there are more than 350,000 registered republicans in miami-dade county. and what is unique about that population and, therefore, what is unique about what it means to campaign for the republican vote in the swing state of florida is that in miami-dade county, of those 350 plus thousand republican votes, 72% of those voters are hispanic. and the vast majority of those hispanic republicans are cuban american. now, this year the latest poll of the cuban american vote in miami shows that donald trump is leading with those voters but not by a lot. his lead there as of last month with those voters was about four points. he's

dana young for the florida senate. it's 8:xx looking at some it's 8:xx looking at some of today's >>> time is 8:46. taking a look at some of the top stories. a sarasota woman is found guilty of trying to kill her own 6-year-old daughter. ashley parker stabbed her daughter and tried to drown h her. the little girl was the state's key witness and testified against her mother. the mother has been charged resisting a rest. >>> a student claims scott stern the wrestling coach at clearwater central catholic high school physically and sexually abused him for two years starting baa income 2013. the student is suing the school for negligence. stern served jail time back in 2015 for two counts of battery. >>> and the first round of m mail-in ballots have been sent out for general election. yesterday the supervisor of elections office sent 5,000 ballots to overseas military boater. 170,000 ballots to domestic voter on november 4. if you want to vote by mail, you have until november 2 to request a ballot. >>> and the big story her

tonight the outer bands of hermine are lashing the florida panhandle. torrential rain pounding the coast as authorities warn of devastating storm surge. >> this is life-threatening. we have a hurricane. >> you can rebuild a home. you can rebuild property. you cannot rebuild a life. >> reporter: hermine strengthening into a category 1 hurricane this afternoon. it had already dumped more than a foot of rain near tampa. homes flooded there and in sarasota with fire crews used boats to rescue residents and pets. this restaurant owner scrambling to keep the water out. >> we lost all of our dock. >> reporter: the threat not just wind and rain but even isolated tornadoes. now parts of georgia and north carolina are also under a state of emergency. the east coast expecting dangerous rip currents through the holiday weekend. right now hermine is near apalachicola, florida. >> you do what you can do and hope for the best. >> reporter: on nearby st. george island mandatory evacuations are under way. fire chief jay abbott is on patrol. >> when you have these condit

it blew up yesterday in cape canaveral, florida. a 200 million dollar satellite was on board and facebook planned to provide it for examine outer space. >> reporter: the rocket was full of fuel when it blew up. the rocket was scheduled to take off from cape canaveral on saturday but minutes before an engine test on thursday, something went wrong. massive flames shot into the air on the launch pad before part of the falcon 9 rocket came crashing to the ground. in a tweet, spax spacex ceo elon mask said the following. nearly 200 million dollar satellite named was also destroyed in the blast. facebook planned to use the equipment to provide internet access to mark zuckerberg said i'm sorry to see it failed to launch our satellite. we will keep working to provide what the satellite could have provided. spacex 2 spacex has launched successful launches. last june, another falcon 9 rocket blew up minutes after takeoff. no one was hurt. >> this is a major setback for spacex and its customers, including nasa. >> reporter: cbs news space cons

miller of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 859, the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. chairman. specifically this would provide technical and conforming, clarifying language, changes to the bill, while not changing the substance of the bill. it would also align the prein the and due process language -- prenotice and due process language on three of the sections related to bonus, pension and relocation expenses and would also align the prenotice alignment for whistleblower blower retaliaters -- whistleblower retaliaters. this amendment is noncontroversial, it doesn't cost a penny, it does not change any of the underlying policy, and i urge adoption of the amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five mi

and that funding is a huge issue here in florida. during the seven weeks that congress was off this summer... florida identified counties. the includes one case in pinellas. earlier this summer, governor scott authorized more than 26 million dollars in emergency state funds to fight zika. and he says most of the funds have now been spent. governor scott was planning a trip to washington ?today... to speak face-to-face with lawmakers. but he canceled that trip, to deal with the hurricane hermine recovery. and ?because of hermine there's now a growing threat of zika... from all that standing water. the governor reminded people to protect themselves, over and fox 13's shayla reaves is covering this story for us, up in pasco county. she'll join us ?live in our next half hour with more. thousands of people who live in the flooded areas of pasco county are still not out of the woods. on monday, emergency crews passed out making sure they're getting safe drinking water a& many of these neighborhoods use both well water and septic systems...

a hurricane warning is in effect in northwestern florida... as tropical storm her-meen hermine makes its way toward tampa. hermine is expected to reach florida by tonight or early tomorrow morning. the storm is expected to strengthen and pick up speed as it approaches the southeast. parts of florida are already seeing some flooding...doing some extensive damage to houses in the largo and gulfport areas. if hermine becomes a hurricane... it would be the first one to make florida's mainland since wilma in 2005. partly sunny for the first day back to school and the first day of meteorological fall! an isolated shower is possible otherwise expect temperatures in the low 60s at the bus stop, middle 60s by mostly clear this evening with temperatures falling into the mid to upper 50s. sunshine expected most of labor day weekend and temperatures will gradually warm back into the low 80s. today: partly sunny with an isolated sprinkle possible. wind: ne 5-15 mph tonight: mostly clear. low: 57 partly sunny for the first day back to school and the first d

it has three plants in florida. many of you out there are taking to our website to ask how the sink hole at the mulberry plant will affect your families and if you're concerned, leave us a good question on this special entry form right here. it's on this story. head to our website and click on the sink hole story to check it out. >>> jamison. >> we're learning of more money to virus fight in florida. $10million in state funding will be used to keep it from spreading. it will train mosquito officers, improving lab equipment and buying zika detection kits. governor scott is frustrated more money is not coming from the federal government to pass a zika virus funding bill. researchers at the university of florida will be on their way there. the school received a $2 million grant to help understand the risk to florida. >>> now to the race for the white house. donald trump's big about face. >> that's right. he was one of the main voices of the so-called birther movement. just today trump reversing course on that issued th

florida has one time out remaining. >> gary: >> verne: that's the last time out. >> gary: remember, florida 55-yard-plus field goal kicker. still a football game. ?wish that i was on ol' rocky top? ?down in the tennessee hills? ?humming? ?whistling? ? ?home sweet home to me? ?good ol' rocky top - woo!? >> verne: tonight on cbs begins with "ncis: los angeles." and "ncis: new orleans." followed by the season premiere of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: i would try to draw them offside. florida has no time outs. i would try to draw them offsides first. who cares if you get a five-yard high kick. fair catch called by callaway. what is he doing? >> gary: what are you doing? >> verne: what in the world -- he called a fair catch at the one yard line. >> gary: he's 50% better than he was last time. >> verne: there is a flag. >> gary: if it's on tennessee -- >> referee: there is no foul on the play. the player went between the two players. first down for florida at that >> gary: last time he did this, he dropped it. this time he caught it, but that's the second one in the game. >> gary: i've