. >>> a touching moment at the vatican when pope francis blessed the eyes of an american girl

. >> we dealt with charlie, francis, wilma. this is like none of those. >> i'm jim rosenfield, and this is what matthew looks like right now on radar. a monster storm just off the coast of florida right now, and conditions are getting worse by the minute. take a live look at the situation in west palm beach. we've seen trees swaying in heavy winds there. the storm has killed at least 280 people in the caribbean, and that number could rise. president obama declared a state of emergency in florida and south carolina today. 2 million americans are under evacuation warnings, and analysts say matthew could cause $200 billion in damage in the u.s. tonight we have live team coverage on the storm and its impact. we begin with nbc10's randy gyllenhaal live in stewart, florida, about two hours north of miami. what's it like where you are right now? >> reporter: jim, i can tell you in just the past nine minutes or so, we officially lost power here at our hotel in stewart. we're hearing reports of scattered outages, thousands from palm bea

♪ >>> it may be hard to believe but it's been a year since pope francis's visit to philadelphia. thousands watched as the pontiff rode through the city and visited independence hall before wrapping up his trip with the world meeting of families mass on the parkway. tonight st. joseph's anniversary celebrated the visit. students read passes for several of the pope's addresses during his time in philly. they collected signatures for a banner that will be sent to the vatican thanking pope francis for that visit. >>> now to a new plan designed to ease your commute. skyforce 10 live over i-76 in montgomery county, always packed with cars during rush hour, as you probably know. soon you'll have another lane. the shoulder. it's part of a new penndot proposal to improve travel along the schuylkill expressway between philadelphia and king of pruss prussia. keith jones is live with the details. help us out, keith. >> reporter: we did our own test and becrawl we crawled along th schuylkill expressway behind me but penndot says it could take five years for drivers to drive along the shoulder

prosecutors say that 16-year-old hit amy joyner-francis last may. she decide of a heart condition. but that she wouldn't have died if she hadn't been assaulted. >>> four people were sent to the hospital, including a 6-year-old boy. a tractor-trailer collided with a ford pickup truck around 2:00 in the morning in glasgow. we're still waiting for officials to give us details on the victims' conditions. the state police are looking into exactly what caused this crash. >>> accused of doping. ryan howard has been fighting reports that he took performance-enhancing drugs. now we're hearing from league officials about what they found. that's coming up. [ hip hop beat throughout ] [ fans cheering ] ♪ olympics 2016, let me get you on my level. ♪ ♪ so you never miss a moment, ♪ ♪ miss a minute, miss a medal. ♪ why settle when you can have it all? ♪ ♪ soccer to wrestling. track and field to basketball. ♪ ♪ fencing to cycling. diving to balance beam. ♪ ♪ all you have to say is, ♪ "show me," and boom it's on the screen. ♪ ♪ from the bottom of the mat, ♪ ♪ to th