, the one everybody is waiting for. the biggest game of the willie taggart era, florida state at ray jay saturday. it was jimbo fisher's turn, and boy did he talk. he spoke with the minutes and upset about the loss to louisville over the weekend but stressed the importance of movering on and correcting the issues that plagued them last week. >> no we try to figure it out. be honest and direct and very accountable for myself and my coaches and players. we know we're all there together to figure it out, because we know we can. we proved it in the past and for six years. of the year we can. one game doesn't define you. >>> florida is without their quarterback, luke del rio for the showdown against tennessee at rocky top. next man up is transfer austin ail pell by. he says the offense doesn't change as they go for their 12th straight win over the bulls. >> i think i have the element of using my feet if i need to. i think i'm a little bigger just physically. i mean going to change a whole lot. we do what we do. we have our identities in offense and it doesn't matter who is behind center.

>>> breaking news this morning hurricane hermine swlaums into florida coast 80-mile-an-hour winds and heavy rains just been downgrade to a tropical storm we will have the latest on the storm track for you, good morning. >> dwooj to you, to you. investors waiting for jobs' report, a strong report could push the federal reserve to raise interest rates again meeting later this month stock market futures ahead of 8:30 a.m. release of the report, mostly flat this morning, dow futures gaining 7 s&p 500 unchanged nasdaq gaining 5 -- also, on hold ahead of u.s. -- take a look at nikkei in japan down just fractionally, higher -- oil prices continue spiral could -- yesterday, now about 4 dollars 4342 barrel. >> new galaxy seven note device amid reports of the phones catching fire, and walmart slashing 7,000 jobs to make trailretailer, 49ers colinp technique booed c. >> booed. >> thanks to roof at arthur ashe stadium murray able to advance in storm highlights coming up, in new york it is friday, welcome to your first look what is moving in markets the a list breaking news what to expect for

pounding the florida panhandle this morning, hours after making landfall just after midnight. this is what people in florida are dealing with right now. take a look at this pier, almost totally underwater as heavy rain falls in florida's big bend. it's the first hurricance to make landfall in florida since 2005. abc's adrienne bankert has more on the storm's impact. stay connected to stormwatch7 no matter where you are. stormwatch7 no matter where you are. wjla.com facebook @wjlatv twitter @abc7news or download the stormwatch7 weather app with live rardar and hour by hour forecasts no matter where you go. and r up-to-date with the latest stormwatch forecast -- by signing up for text alerts! just go to wjla.com slash text. hurricane hermine is causing major problems across florida's big bend. but at least a few young residents are trying to have a little fun with those flooded streets. check this out. it's not every day you don't even have to find a beach, when you want to go wake-boarding. the video was uploaded to twitter. the will probably have the chance to try that again. many sch

four battle ground states in 2012 in ohio, pennsylvania, virginia and florida, obama lost the vote over 30. he won voters over 30. what you saw today was a good example that the obamas can be critical in terms of bringing out the enthusiasm and the quality to her candidacy. >> what's the best way for her to talk to the voters? i'm not talking about issues, but it's a tv advertising. what is the best way to have the conversation? >> among younger voters, college campuses are a great way to go. bernie sanders went to the campuses and made the case. >> a bunch of voters 22 to 35. where do you talk to them? >> i think that is a platform that said hey, i'm here to talk to you about the future of our country and the issues that are really critical. social media is critical and i think you have to be able to communicate and i think the clinton campaign has done a good job, but you have to be there in the digital world to be able to communicate with the younger voters. >> you doing me an observer. >> i would love to see hillary be the nominee, but having a few weeks off has been nice. >> l

thursday against florida. >>> steven stamkos is the only lightning player left in the tournament. he scores his first tournament of the tournament in the third. bergeron scoring to put canada up and they take game one of the best of three finals >>> tim anderson and those white sox getting to work against the rays tonight. that's a single. eaton on first. chicago leads one-zip. cabrera homers here. a two-run shot. the rays end up with 94 runs this year in the first inning alone. they lose tonight 13-six. >>> usf head coach taggert ended his weekly press conference by the team. the third straight qb sat out last season after transferring here from ucla. the 3-one bulls get ready to focus on conference play. >>> the gators have hired a new athletic director away from another sec school. after six years at mississippi state scott strickland becomes florida's new a. d. he replaces foley who ended up retiring. >>> after a beating usf last week north carolina or at least that's what their head coach jimbo fisher says amidst rumors that he may be in the mix for the lsu job. he was there fro

. hurricane hermine making landfall overnight, unleashing on florida's gulf coast, the first hurricane to hit the state in over a decade. winds whipping up to 80 miles an hour, knocking out power, along with it drenching rains and flooding. >> the record storm surge could be catastrophic. >> we have fox news coverage on this early edition of fox and friends, first tracking hermine's track. we start with live in panama beach city, florida. what is the latest there. >> reporter: things are relatively calm here because we're on the west side of the storm. it is a lopsided storm, and so most of the damage, most of the heavy rains and pounding wind you're going to see on the east side. take a look at the video from tallahassee, the storm pounding the state cam capital overnight. it is first to make landfall in the state in over a decade. in tallahassee the city government reports 70,000 customers are without electricity. take a look at this photo of the florida state university campus, fsu is among those customers without power. now we want to take you to cedar key where fox news producer heat

>>> along the florida panhandle, residents are awaiting the arrival of tropical storm hermine which is expected to make landfall as early as tonight. ((kirsten joyce)) >> and i'm kirsten joyce. dianne gallagher is live off florida's gulf coast -- as people in the region hunker down and hope the storm passes quickly. good morning dianne. ((diane gallagher)) over the gulf of mexico and is expected to make landfall today. it's already brought a good amount of rain to florida. the national weather service says hermine is forecast to increase to hurricane strength before making landfall. (gov. rick scott, florida) we're going to have storm surge, we're going go across the state. parts of florida are already feeling the effects of hermine. walked in my garage and there's a river in my garage. i've been watching the water, watching it rise, so if it gets to a certain point, then i will leave. the tropical storm could become a hurricane by the time it officially makes landfall along florida's gulf coast, sometime tonight (gov. rick scott, florida) we're going to have storm surge, we're goin

these people in florida free medical marijuana. even though it's ban by the state and federal government. >> this is money, power and poll teches. >> clinton up eight points. with said don't be surprised if trump narrows the gape within three points by labor day. now they are three points apart in average of national polls. trump has the lead in the cnn poll and making hay in swing states. points in ohio. >> this year after a disastrous run for donald trump, circumstances are now working in its favor. >> every time i think about trump i get allergic. >> trump is attacking hillary clinton for a lack of stamina. while people do, in fact, cough and there's no sub stanuation to claims of her health. her scaling back on media a low profile filled into his narrative. obama getting a chilling reception in asia. it plays right into his wheel house. >> i think it's incredible. >> on top of that hillary clinton is still tieing herself in knots over her e-mail troubles. first the fbi she claimed to have little training or understanding about the classification process, which begs the question how c

fortunately no one was badly hurt. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> we're still tracking pretty severe thunderstorm warnings have been canceled. but there's still quite a bit of lightning and taking a closer look this is the cell that actually spawned the severe thunderstorm warning, 1.5-inch hail across southern pasco, in the last hour. from odessa down to westchase over the rocky creek area, that's where the rains are really kicking in. 's are drifting very, very slowly to the south, southeast. so kerry wood, down toward tampa going to be seeing this over the next couple hours. lightning strikes not nearly many as we had in the last hour down to about 500 now. in the last 15 minutes. but across pinellas county right along he was 19 tom's logo typically this time of day anyway. limited visibility, heavy rain and slick roads, makes it even trickier all the way down to saint pete from shore acres over toward lealman and then west, there's more storms that are ready to move on short on the other side of the bay. still heavy rains across southern pol

>>> making news in america this morning, hermine makes landfall in northern florida marking the state's first hurricane in more than a decade. >> it's kind of crazy out. kind of scary. we're just sitting inside the house hoping a tree doesn't fall on us. >> the storm has a long way to we have coverage from across the storm zone straight ahead. >>> "your voice, your vote," critical voices being heard by both donald trump and hillary clinton this morning. trump losing the support of one of his closest hispanic allies while the clinton campaign braces for the release of detailed documents from her time as secretary of state. >>> spacex rocket explodes on the launchpad. we have the latest on the blast and its potentially worldwide impact. >>> back to school time with students, a reminder to drivers and students as kids head back to school. >>> a good friday morning. hurricane hermine hits the florida panhandle and it made landfall before 2 a.m. near st. mark's florida. >> so far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north outages this morning affectin

gentleman from florida, mr. jolly, for 30 minutes. mr. jolly: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the opportunity tonight to come to the floor of the house, together with a bipartisan group of legislators from the state of florida. to talk about the importance of urgent action on the zika virus. perhaps no story has captivated the anxiety of the american people more than zika has recently. neither has a topic more angered the american people, angered people throughout florida, because of the inability of a congress and a president and a divided government that put policy ahead of politics andually address what is -- and actually address what is growing public health crisis. many issues that we face today, and the founders intended this, are regional issues. from flooding to health scarce to infrastructure issues. we have regional representation here in the house. florida and the continental united states is ground zero for the impact of the zika virus. and what has emerged within the florida delegation i am proud to say is a consensus that continues to grow among republicans and d

talked about i believed that tennessee needed to win a tough, hard-fought game against florida to start to turn the ship around. i think this is exactly what this has happened before to tennessee. 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

needed to win a tough, hard-fought game against florida to start to turn the ship around. this has happened before to tennessee. 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 dec

east coast on this holiday weekend. >> we are tracking what is ahead in panama beach, florida. what's happening there? >> good morning. things are relatively calm here because i am on the west side of the storm. most of the damage, most of the heavy winds on the east side. that's exactly where tallahassee, florida is. the state capitol city taking a beating overnight. the storm knocking out power to more than 70,000 customers including the entire florida state university campus. now we have some new video i would like to show you have some power lines on fire. the storm has been causing power outages through out many portions of the state here. crews have been going back out in between feeder bands to restore power as quickly as possible. as the storm moves out of florida utility companies say they are optimistic they will be able to get most of the customers back on within the next 24-hours. we have video to show you overnight from cedar key, this is a barrier island on the northern gulf coast of another dau well to the east of the eye of the storm yet like many of those comm

talked aboutelved that tennse needed to win a tough, hard-fought game against florida to start to turn the ship around. i think this is exactly what this has happened before to tennessee. win a big game against florida ad things could turn. now, i t to bean 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 finis this game. >> verne: appleby back. goes across the middle. it's dropped. we'll 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. at'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. numb

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 millibars. it is beginning to sl

?closed for swimming. florida fish and wildlife officers will be out in full force today, making sure boaters are enjoying labor day responsibly. officers will be out patrolling the water -- looknig for the proper safety equipment, decals and keeping an eye out for anyone who shouldn't be behind the wheel. last year -- there state. that's about a hundred more, than the year before. those accidents lead to 55 deaths. they say the leading cause of death is people falling overboard. and 87 percent of those people who died... were ?not wearing a life vest. and another boating-related death is under investigation today in central florida. last night in volusia county, crews recovered the body of a man who jumped off his boat for a swim with a woman in lake george. back to the boat... but the man never resurfaced: fish and wildlife investigators has not released the man's name. a sad update out of polk county: a teenage boy has ?died... trying to save his sister. sheriff grady judd announced sunday that the body of 18-year-old "austin welch-- was recovered from the peace river. officia

panhandle. >> it will be the first hurricane to make land fall in florida in 11 years. and so far, we have seen flash evacuations. tonight, we have team coverage to make sure you are prepared. >>> good afternoon. i'm josh benson. >> and i am stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. >> storm team 8 has been tracking hurricane hermine for us. julie phillips has the latest on the storm. >> thank you,guys. that's really the big story today. hermine was upgraded to a hurricane this afternoon. maximum winds now at 75 miles per hour, making its way north, panhandle, big bend region of florida, expected to make land fall later tonight as a category one hurricane. you can see hurricane warnings posted for areas north of the tampa bay area. and then as we head into friday, it will continue to move away from us and then up the east coast as we head throughout labor day weekend. so at this point, it's looking like this could be the first hurricane to hit florida in over 10 years. hurricane hunters were out investigating this storm the today. and that's why they were able to upgrade it hurricane. t

make a direct hit on florida in more than a did slams the gulf coast and thus of people are in the dark and we are tracking the damage. >> a solemn farewell for a wisconsin born nun murdered in mississippi. more on the service where family and friends say good-bye. >> first, to a check on the commute and forecast. a moment. first we are going to meteorologist sally severson. >> early morning temperatures a few upper 40s but climbing up to 70 for today. 73 degrees at the airport. 75 in lake geneva. 69 for sheboygan. the weekend getting not mucher than this. feeling more especially for labor day monday. a little rain in the forecast by tuesday and into wednesday. now to matt salemme in news chopper 12. matt? >> we are over 41, 45. mayfair road under the freeway. both directions are looking pretty good. if you are headed to 94 east freeways right now. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> matt, thank you. today family and friends say good-bye to the local nun killed in her home in mississippi. he was one of 8 and later joined the sisters of st. frances. held and anothe

talked about i believed that tennessee needed to win a tough, hard-fought game against florida to start to turn the ship around. this has happened before to tennessee. 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'll 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. 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 21. appleby toward the end zone. incomplete. c'yontai lewis. number 80. >> gary: in the pocket. make

kids head back to school. >>> a good friday morning. hurricane hermine hits the florida panhandle and it made landfall before 2 a.m. near st. mark's florida. >> so far three states have declared a state of emergency, 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 it bringing strong rain and wind to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina and bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the bankrupt was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. >> we have team coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. abc's marci gonzalez is in mexico beach florida, good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning. well, some parts 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 in

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support. >>> hurricane hermine has come ashore in florida's northern gulf coast and is now making its way across the state. it's expected to become a tropical storm later this morning. it's still threatening storm surge possibly as high as nine feet. >> tens of thousands of people are without power, and there's a tornado watch as far north as south carolina. hermine expecting to affect travel in the eastern u.s. >>> two students have been hit by pickup trucks in austin, texas. some of the video is tough to watch. we want to tell you the kids are all okay. in the first incident a boy was truck hit him. in the second the truck clearly ignores the stop sign arm on the bus and the flashing lights. both incidents were caught on newly installed school bus cameras and police are circulating the videos in hopes they will inspire drivers to be more careful, especially now that school is in session. >> a stunning video, even the one with the school bus stop sign out. always remember to obey those. >>> two five-year-old boys are safe and sound after a mixup by planes and flown to the wrong citie

, disaster on the ral. >> and hurricane hermine is drenching florida and georgia. we'll talk to a countied a administrate about how his county is coping. find us on facebook and twitter. you're watching "world news now." wildlife rescue workers open up a lot of dawn. tough on grease...yet gentle. dawn helps open... something even bigger. >>> it's a sleepless night for many in northern florida. night. >> there are florida right now but also 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 pictures showed him wearing >> 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. >>> and a new york appeals co loh lohan saying they used a likeness to her. >>> and back to square one for spacex. an explosion o

. >>> and hurricane hermine is drenching florida and georgia. we'll talk to a county administrator about how his county is coping. >>> if you're in the storm zone, let us know how you're doing. find us on facebook and twitter. you're watching "world news now." wildlife rescue workers open up a lot of dawn. tough on grease...yet gentle. dawn helps open... something even bigger. go to facebook.com, >>> it's a sleepless night for many in northern florida. 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. >>> 49ers quarterback colin 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 pictures showed him wearing socks with pigs wearing caps. he said the socks were only meant to represent rogue cops. >>> "rolling stone" stopped a bid to get a $25 million defamation suit thrown out. they're being

>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> right now florida's gulf coast getting hammered by hurricane hermine set to make landfall in the next hour. live radar shows that storm covering most of the state from the panhandle down south of tampa bringing soaking rain, high winds and all around mess. that mess will be here just in time for your holiday weekend. good evening, i'm iain page. lucy is off tonight. that storm already causing massive flooding in parts of florida. that's only the start. we already have tropical storm watches posted in parts of our area. our chris o'connell found some people preparing down the shore, but we start with scott williams tracking the path. >> hi there, iain. >>> of course, new information just came in from the national hurricane center. it's keeping hermine at a category one hurricane maximum sustained winds still at 80 miles per hour and still about 40-miles away from making landfall as a category one hurricane. it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in florida since wilma back in 2005. the pressure it's h

trump has a slight lead. very slight but lead none the less in florida. our fox 13 poll gives trump the lead in georgia. polls this week give trump the edge in the other big prize. swing state of ohio and in iowa. and when you put all of those trump's column he surges ahead of clinton by 30 points on that national map. and the data is showing us that trump supporters are nor enthusiastic and therefore more likely to vote than clinton supporters. >> part of this is a warning to hillary clinton and the democrats that they are going to have to do a heck of a lot more to stir their base and get them out to vote. >> it looks as if clinton picked the wrong week to call half of ignore hr doctors advice and nearly collapse from pneumonia that her daughter did not know she had. >> i had never seen her tired. i've had pneumonia twice. i didn't know she had pneumonia until she came to my apartment. >> it didn't help when powells hacked e-mails show him calling her a greedy 70-year-old with unbridled ambition he would rather not vote for. >> e have a great deal of respect for colin sympathy for any

florida will likely be affected. there's been a ground stop in c delays that will likely m up the east coast to major airports if the hurricane maintains its northern trek. linzie janice. >>> and the holiday travelers include our presidential candidates and their teams hitting the road for the labor day push. >> donald trump is facing more fallout from his immigration speech with several key advisorsal away from his iniv d opponents more ammunition. here's lauren lister. >> reporter: donald trump on the campaign trail in ohio talking up his meetingnesday with the president of mexico. >> when we both expressed our shared desire, and it is a shared desire, to secure the border. >> reporter: but this on mixed messages of boarder security and the wall. we didn't discuss payment of the wall nature that will be for a later date. >> reporter: that was standing next to enrique pena neito. and in california fife his conv that mexico would not foot the bill. tim kaine in new hampshire saying that meeting showed trump folding on one of issues. >> he has been talking nonstop since the beginning of

hermine barrels into florida. residents stay shelter from the damaging storm. it is causing flooding and power problems in the panhandle. this storm now a tropical storm, set to make its way up the east coast. 25 million people in hermine's path. cnn's team coverage of the storm begins right now. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is september 2nd. 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast. hermine now a tropical storm with winds of 70 miles an hour. when the storm made landfall in the panhandle this morning, it was a category one hurricane with winds of 80 miles an hour. heavy rain and high storm surge and flooding along the florida gulf coast. now tropical storm hermine powering across southern georgia where the governor has declared a state of emergency. millions of residents all along the storm's path up to the carolinas under watches and warnings. 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 floo

hermine. sending massive waves to the florida coast. michelle: entire neighborhoods are under water as several inches of rain have already fallen. thank you for joining abc7. we're on storm watch keeping an eye on hermine as florida beaches are seeing bigger waves and stronger winds. jonathan: a look at hermine spinning in the gulf starting to accelerate as it approaches. look at the size. all of that color is rain, wind, everything. headed for florida's big bend. what sort of holiday weekend impacts could we see here because of this? chief meteorologist doug hill has the forecast. this thing grew up pretty good. doug: it did. it took its sweet time but reached the hurricane threshold at 75-mile-per-hour winds. there is no meteorological reason it won't get stronger before it makes landfall later tonight. we are expecting hurricane center at 5:00 which will be an upgrade to the track, intensity and where it's headed in the next several days and that will determine how it will affect our area. here is what we are looking at, at the satellite images here around the area with the radar sh

before we came on the air. also let me show you why our aquifer is so vulnerable. because florida sits on a giant bed of limestone. that limestone is really kind of like the swiss cheese of rock. coming up tonight at 6:00, i will show you exactly how the radioactive water is penetrating the limestone and leaking right into the aquifer. meanwhile, brand-new here at brockovich is commenting on the situation tonight. this is a crime against humanity. the government in florida will sweep this under the rug. the u.s. environmental protection agency is a co- conspirator, her words. she goes on to say this could destroy the groundwater resources in the area forever. we should point out tonight that both mosaic and the state department of environmental protection says that the water is safe. to read the rest of erin brockovich's comments go to abcactionnews.com. >>> happening right now a sentencing hearing is underway in pinellas county for a man on trial for killing a 20-year-old skateboarder. hubbard's lawyer says the four- year minimum is unjust. hubbard had a panic attack during the crash

>>> for the first time in 11 years, the hurricane makes landfall in florida. and the governor warns, it is life-threatening. >>> a new cnn poll of polls. two months until the election, donald trump has cut hillary clinton's lead in half. >>> and later, colin kaepernick takes a knee once again, refusing to stand for the national anthem. and now, it seems other athletes are joining his protest. all ahead here. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. cnn center, live in atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom." our top story is hurricane hermine. it has made landfall on florida's gulf coast, leaving a major mess in its wake. the storm is dutching rain from tampa up through the panhandle. hermine is the first hurricane to come ashore in florida since wilma in 2005. widespread flooding is expected, as the storm affects millions across florida, georgia and into south carolina. power is out in many places, including florida's capital, tallahassee. 70,000 customers we're told are in the dark. jennifer grey is in florida. what are the conditions there? and

>>> breaking overnight. hurricane hermine barrels into florida. residents taking shelter. it is causing problems in the panhandle. the storm set to make its way up the east coast. millions of people in hermine's path. cnn's coverage of the storm begins now. i am miguel marquez. it is "early start." >> good morning. i'm christine romans. a lot of trouble with florida. it is friday, september 2nd. let's start with the breaking news. hurricane hermine making landfall smashing into the panhandle as a category one with sustained winds of 80 miles an hour. heavy rain and storm surge and flooding along florida's gulf coast. this is the first hurricane to hit the state since 2005. wilma, i think. millions of residents along the storm's path are under watches and warnings. they are 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 rain and flooding and downed power lines. there's going to be a lot of risk if we don't do our job. everybody needs to be prepared. we have the bes

the tampa bay area. just after midnight... hermine slammed into florida with strong winds and heavy rain... and thousands of residents in the sunshine state are waking up without power this mornin. northeast - people are still expecting to face heavy downpours and deadly flooding... along with strong riptides in tourist hotspots like the jersey shoreline. hermine is the first hurricane to hit florida directly... since wilma in 2005. chief meteorologist rob haswell will have more on the storm coming up on wakeup. more news from overnight - one person rescued from a fire in whitefish bay. north shore fire crews were called out to the scene near henry clay the person rescued was evaluated by paramedics on scene...but their condition is not known at this time. no word yet on what caused the blaze. and milwaukee police investigating three shootings overnight. the first taking place near 86th and hampton. police say a 21-year-old man was shot after two people tried robbing him.. the man is expected to survive and police continue to search for the suspects. police say the other two shootin

about i believed that tennessee needed to win a tough, hard-fought game against florida to start to turn the ship around. i think this is exactly what they needed. this has happened before to tennessee. 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'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 succession. going to last year. 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. >> ver

. >> reporter: fewer crowds may be heading to florida. the survey found that thousands of americans are concerned enough about the virus stop th alliance looked at booked flights through tia through last august to this they found flights dropped by more than 30%. >> our local data is showing the opposite. >> reporter: bob morrison heads the hotel and motel situation and says they have seen record occupancy this year. >> we have seen absolutely no impact in terms of our group or convention or leisure business. >> reporter: despite his outlook, alliance predicts a florida this winter. only one single customer has backed out because of concerns over zika. as for what this winter brings after 39 years, all she can do is wait. >> so we have our fingers crosses. cross-- crossed. >> reporter: so pharaoh officials report around 73 cases of zika virus around problem and shows the attempt to keep you from finding out. >> this is what i was afraid of. reliving everything. >> reporter: shannon pots will never let go of mother's guilt. >> maybe i should have gone with someone else. and it wouldn

now, a hurricane strikes the florida gulf coast. we'll take you live near the eye of the storm. >>> plus, a former super bowl quarterback isn't backing down to critics, refuse to go stand for the national anthem for a second straight game. >>> ask why this explosion is a major setback in efforts to bring the internet to the developing world. hello and thank you for joining us. i'm isha sesay. news room l.a. starts right now. 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

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 where i stayed when i first got here and wait and see wh

will be making landfall tonight somewhere in florida, right along the florida panhandle, closer to the tallahassee area. just in, we now locally have a tropical storm watch as we go into the weekend because of hermine and as it moves closer to us, what it means for our weather. the entire jersey shore, the sussex county beaches in delaware, tropical storm watch until sunday around 4:40 in the afternoon. this means as we go into part of your labor day weekend, you can expect tropical storm conditions. that is certainly a possibility. now we'll go back to hurricane hermine, spinning in the gulf of mexico. so it's still very far away. 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, bu

from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. ms. ros-lehtinen: if the visitors would join us in our pledge to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. this week with the expectations that perhaps this is the week when as elected officials we will do the right thing for south florida families and for americans across our nation, perhaps this is the week in which the senate will finally pass the long awaited zika funding bill and then for the house to act finally. south floridians are correctly pushing our congress to leave politics aside and to do our job to protect the public. we're already way late in doing so, mr. speaker. i look forward to governor scott's meeting with our south florida congressional delegation later this week because the

to possibly contaminated drinking water, environmentalists are not happy about florida's water issues. >> now the latest crisis has some groups getting political and calling on lawmaker to do more. we sent reporter matt galka to see what they want. >> reporter: the latest environmental crisis florida, the mosaic fertilizer plant sink hole which dumped more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into the florida aquifer has people up in arms. the florida conservation voters say lawmakers are not doing enough to hold polluters accountable. >> hopefully, lawmakers will be paying attention, and not just sort of speaking platitudes to voters. about their great environmental records when, really, over the can legitimately claim to have great records. >> reporter: earlier in the year, algae blooms caused a stink in south florida. now, a group of stake holders will look to tackle the state's biggest water problems. business leaders, lawmakers, environmentalists will participate in a water forum in central florida on thursday and friday. associated industries of florida is hosting the

ties to florida is among the victims. >>> is former florida governor jeb bush turning on donald trump? why some think he could be casting his ballot for another party this fall. f0 >>> we are tracking breaking news. a deadly crash on 75 north of the i-4 junction. right now the southbound lanes of 75 are completely shut down. and just ahead, leslee lacey has the latest on how to get around this morning for your morning commute. >>> thank you for joining us on first, let's get you out the door because the tropic, it's heating up. >> yeah, a big development overnight when the hurricane center had to put out a special advisory at 2:00 because hurricane matthew strengthened so rapidly to a category two hurricane. mountainsing west quickly at 14 miles per hour. one thing they did note too is the strongest wins are close to the center of circulation so they didn't have to increase the warnings. didn't get stronger for land at but it's expected to be a category three hurricane through the weekend, getting close to jamaica early monday morning, crossing over eastern cuba and the bahamas

out at donald trump. she's holding rallies in florida today and trump responds to allegations that he violated the u.s. trade embargo against cuba. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah news in tampa. a deadly pedestrian-involved accident is stopping the morning commute on i-75. all of the lanes are blocked and it happened about an hour ago. we're still working to get details right now. we'll be watching the roads and keep you updated throughout the morning. >>> rail service is suspended in hoboken, new jersey following a deadly train crash that killed one woman and injured 100 others. the engineer is coope >> as i said, the engineer was released from the hospital. >> new jersey governor chris christie referencing the everything near. >> he is cooperating with the law enforcement. >> reporter: now identified as 48-year-old thomas gallagher, a transit employee for 29 years. the train was reportedly traveling too fast when it slammed that hoboken terminal. >> we got jolted out of our seats. >> reporter: the crash killin

this is new video of what's happening now in florida as the state deals with its first hurricane in 11 years. >> here at home, preparations are under way for the made in america music festival. we are live on the ben franklin parkway in center city as officials are keeping an eye on hermine, heading our way. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." it's 5:00 a.m. i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm rosemary connors. we've got a little bit of a break in the weather today. let's get more on that from meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> yes, we will, get nice weather around here. but we'll be watching hermine the entire time. hermine has just weakened, now with 70 mile-an-hour winds. those winds producing lots of heavy gusts with heavy downpours of rain. hermine is expected to move through the carolinas today and into tomorrow and then head out to çsea. but stay offshore of our area and that's going to impact our holiday weekend. for today, yes, you'll see sunshine and clear skies, which is producing some cooler weather this morning. 65 degrees right now i