nmeca this morning, the tropical storm threat. a storm taking shape right now heading toward the gulf coast. several inches of rain expected. where the tropical storm watches are already posted. and breaking overnight, chaos at a california racetrack as shots ring out at the entrance gate. police opening fire on a man. what investigators are saying this morning. the bitter battle brewing for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh as his hearing is set to get under way. why is the administration withholding 100,000 documents from his time at the white house? plus, the dramatic police chase ending with a woman making a break for it while carrying a newborn. the doctor under fire for

claiming female physicians don't work hard. why he made the claim and what he is saying now. disproving his doubters. the football player who overcame a remarkable obstacle and then made an nfl team. and we're just a couple of folks laboring away on this day. good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm janai norman in for diane macedo. we begin this labor day with a tropical threat and much of the country bracing for severe weather. >> the gulf coast is on alert as the storm gathers strength and tropical storm watches are posted in three states running from the florida/alabama border to louisiana. this morning a weather threat looming off florida's coast. the system that will likely become a tropical storm is taking shape and heading toward the gulf of mexico. the fast-moving storm is gaining strength and forecasters fear people could get caught off guard. >> we need everybody to let their friends know because

folks are on vacation and don't know it's happening. >> meantime, on the east coast, more rain. up to 5 inches in maryland led to multiple water rescues. outside baltimore crews suspended the search overnight for a missing woman, 34-year-old melissa lehew and her boyfriend were helping a stranded driver when rushing water swept her away. >> it pushed her legs under the guardrail a little bit and her head was below the water. i was trying to pull her up and she was gone within a second. >> the body of the driver the couple was trying to help was discovered. rescuers say the conditions are too dangerous to continue the search for lehew. >> she was very religious and always wanted to help anyone she could, even perfect strangers. she was just the nicest girl in the world, and that was who she was. >> in the heartland relentless heavy rains and high winds. this ominous supercell thunderstorm spotted rotating along the horizon in kalamazoo,

michigan. in kansas, dangerous driving conditions as high winds gusting up to 65 miles an hour kick up dust and nearly blind this driver. the storms wreaking havoc on college football's opening week delaying games across the country. a fan sharing these dramatic imagines of the sky lighting up above the stadium in nebraska forcing the huskers to cancel their first game of the season and flood watches have been posted in south florida because of that tropical storm threat. we're going to have the latest track from accuweather in just a few minutes. breaking overnight shots rang out at a racetrack in southern california before a concert featuring rapper ice cube. sheriff's deputies shot a suspected gunman at dell mar racetrack in san diego. investigators say the man fired into the crowd moments after learning that concert tickets were sold out. shooting caused chaos outside the track. it also unnerved the announcers inside who heard the gunfire during a horse race. >> there's gunfire at the track.

there's gunfire at the track. >> the gunman was taken to the hospital. there was no immediate word on his condition. nobody else was hurt. confirmation hearings are set to get under way tomorrow for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh despite a call by some democrats for a delay. they're outraged the trump administration is withholding 100,000 documents on kavanaugh citing constitutional privilege. abc's emily rau has the latest from washington, d.c. where it will be a busy week ahead. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. senate democrats first tried to protest this nomination of kavanaugh and then delay the hearings, but his confirmation could come well before the november midterms. judge brett kavanaugh will go before the senate judiciary committee starting on tuesday answering a wide range of questions about abortion, executive power, and his time in the george w. bush white house. >> this is not normal. >> reporter: satmy klobuchar appearing on nbc's "meet the press"

echoing demand from senate democrats asking for more documents from kavanaugh's time in the bush white house. documents from his time in the bush white house. >> we are not able to see 100,000 documents that the archivist has just -- because the administration says we can't see them. >> reporter: but republicans dismissing those concerns. >> democrats have more than enough information to understand that this is a highly qualified jurist. >> reporter: others in the senate minority also suggesting the president chose kavanaugh because of his views on executive power. >> he chose the one person that has written that he should have immunity from any investigation and from any kind of prosecution that might result. vp >> reporter: democrats are expected to press the nominee to recuse himself from any cases that involve investigations against president trump. >> should he recuse himself? >> listen, it totally depends on the case. >> cases involving president trump. >> and i'm sure judge kavanaugh will follow the guidelines and recusewhere he should. >> reporter: now, judge

kavanaugh has done intense mock hearings to prepare for this week, and sources tell abc news he is not expected to offeany sort of commitment to recuse himself from cases involving investigations of the president. kendis and janai. >> well, that should create some heated moments, no doubt, from some senators there. emily rau, thank you. after a week of emotional eulogies and remembrances, john mccain has been laid to rest. the senator's horse drawn casket was closely followed by his wife and children at the naval academy in annapolis. he was buried in a private ceremony next to an admiral who was a lifelong friend and he was honored with a military flyover. president trump was not invited to any of the softs but his daughter ivanka and her husband jared kushner attended saturday's memorial. a source close to mccain's daughter meghan tells abc news the couple wasn't personally invited but mccain's wife gave her blessings after senator lindsey graham asked if she would object to their presence. anger over the child sex abuse scandal in the catholic church boiled over as

washington, d.c. cardinal donald wuerl spoke. a heckler interrupted wuerl who was accused of mishamming abuse allegations while he was the bishop in pittsburgh. the disruption came as wuerl asked churchgoers to remain loyal to the pope. >> shame on you. >> at each mass we -- yes, my brothers and sisters, shame. i wish -- i wish i could redo everything over these 30 years as a bishop. >> did you hear what the protester said? he said, shame on you, and then you see him there walking out. he says he wants wuerl to spend less time defending himself and more time talking about what he did wrong. another protester in a different part of the church called on wuerl to resign. many others have done so as well. time now for a look at your weather forecast for this labor day.

good morning. tropical development likely for us throughout portions of the gulf. we're looking at it moving across warm water. there's going to be a decreased wind shear and the tropical wave is likely to arrive. in tracking it, it's starting to get more organized crossing between the south of miami and north of cuba for monday then deeper waters tuesday going into wednesday as we track that storm system and it's going to begin to target the new orleans area with torrential downpours. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, more fees going up for air travelers. but first a wife under arrest accused of poisoning her husband. how police say she used eye droppers in the alleged murder. and the dramatic video overnight as a museum goes up in flames. the ra reese witherspoon tonight dare to dream big. on friday, sept 7th, join stand up to cancer for all the inspiration

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we're back with new video of a museum going up in flames overnight. this is the brazilian national museum in rio de janeiro. the 200-year-old building housed millions of historical artifacts including a collection from ancient egypt. now, officials say nearby fire hydrants just were not working and there's concern this morning that most of the 20 million artifacts in the building may have been destroyed. the fire broke out after the museum had closed, so there were no injuries. but still this morning they're trying to figure out what caused the fire. and back in this country four people are missing and presumed dead after two boats collided on the colorado river in southern california. authorities say both boats sank throwing everyone into the water. nine people were injured. passing boaters helped pull victims from the water. authorities say nobody was wearing a fe jket. llg her lear if alcohol or speed

husband by poisoning him with eye drops. officials say lana clayton confessed to putting eye drops in her husband's food and water for several days. the 64-year-old was found dead in their home. his autopsy showed high levels of a chemical commonly found in the over-the-counter eye drops. >> she revealed that she used the liquid which is normally like eye drops, put it in his food and she did it without his knowledge. >> wow. so stephen clayton's funeral was weld in their backyard before his wife's arrest. investigators have not released details on a motive. some bad news for travelers. it now costs more to check your bags on united. the airline has decided to follow jetblue in raising its baggage fees by $5 to 30 bucks for the first bag, $40 for the second. the nation's two biggest airlin are expected to follow suit. united's higher fees apply to all domestic and some international flights. izing fog

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police even laid down spike strips in the road, but that di she eventually rammed into the back of that truck like you see. that's when she gets out, watch this, grabs her baby in the car seat and started running. she then tried to carjack another woman who had her own child with her. a trooper arrived and you'll see in just a second there. the trooper takes her down. she's facing a number of charges including child endangerment. thankfully amazingly her baby wasn't hurt. the father of murdered iowa college student mollie tibbetts has a message for anyone using his daughter's death to further their political agenda. he's asking them to show some decency. he is responding to comments about the immigration status of mollie's alleged killer. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: a plea from the grieving father of mollie tibbetts, rob tibbetts writing this op-ed in "the des moines register" with this request in bold, don't distort her death to advance racist views. >> mr. rivera, did you kill mollie tibbetts?

>> reporter: officials say the man charged with killing the 20-year-old, cristhian rivera, is an undocumented immigrant from mexico. the case immediately drawn into the center of the national conversation on immigration. >> mollie tibbetts, an incredible young woman, is now permanently separated from her family. a person came in from mexico illegally and killed her. we need the wall. we need our immigration laws changed. >> reporter: tibbetts writing, please leave us out of your debate. responding to this op-ed in the same paper written by donald trump jr. in which the president's son writes, democrats are seemingly more concerned with protecting their radical open borders agenda than the lives of innocent americans. tibbetts writing, i encourage the debate on immigration, but do not appropriate mollie's soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist. the act grievously extends the crime that stole mollie from our family and is to quote donald

trump jr., heartless and despicable. and the suspect accused of murdering mollie tibbetts is being held on $5 million bond. he has not yet entered a plea. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> authorities in amsterdam say terrorism was the motive in the stabbing of two american tourists in the city's train station. authorities say the suspect, a 19-year-old afghan citizen, targeted the americans. he was shot and wounded by police, and he is due this court today. police say he had a german residency permit. the americans are now recovering from friday's attack. now to a jailhouse interview with the man at the center of a stand your ground case in clearwater, florida. michael drejka is speaking out for the first time since he shot and killed markeis mcglockton outside a convenience store. drejka had confronted mcglockton's girlfriend for parking in a handicapped spot. he opened fire after mcglockton pushed him to the ground.

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(vo) ask your healthcare provider if ozempic® is right for you. good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> hi, good morning. we're in september. it's monday, september 3rd. >> yes. it's labor day. happy labor day to you. you're up so i'm assuming you're laboring. so are we. >> we are. >> we are. >> it looks like yesterday, maybe a touch cooler by a couple degrees inland. the marine layer is back. let's take a lock at temperatures right now. if you are heading out, 60 in brentwood, 61 hayward. it says 71 in san jose. i meant to double check that temperature because everybody else is in the mid to upper 50s. technically san jose hit 98 yesterday. could be pretty warm there. a look at this afternoon's highs, mid 60s along the coast into san francisco, upper 60s around richmond and 70s around the bay, 80s inland until antioch, livermore and lakeport

and ukiah, 90s there. any commuters, pay attention. >> not many, that's for sure. i have a feeling the bay bridge toll plaza is going to look like this for most of the morning. hey, that's not a bad thing. no metering lights. we'll see if they even have to turn those on. i cannot find red anywhere on our traffic maps. westbound 205 to 580 out of tracy, 65 and 62 miles an hour respectively. we have a lot of adjustments for mass transit today. i will talk more about that next. >> now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> we are following breaking news this morning in southern california. ten people are shot at an apartment complex in san bernardino. take a look here at the scene. it happened just before 11:00 last night. this is some new video from overnight. police say a group got together to play a game in a common area and the shooting then happened when someone new showed up. ten people were hurt. at least three are in critical condition at this hour. right now not clear if police have arrested anyone so we're

going to stay on top of this breaking news and bring you much more as soon as we get it. >> sheriff's deputies shot a man outside the racetrack near san diego right before an ice cube concert last night. this is video of the man on the ground. investigators say he twoontsds get a ticket and -- wanted to get a ticket and was told none there was an argument, the man pulled out a gun and started firing into the air and deputies took action. we don't know his condition right now. nobody else was hurt. four people are still missing after two boats collided. this happened on the colorado river near the california/arizona border. crews have been searching since that crash happened at 8:00 saturday night. ten people were hurt. two others came away unscathed. the spot where the crash happened is between two popular marinas and the river is busy because of the holiday weekend. investigators say everyone from both boats were thrown into the water and both boats sank. >> unfortunately in this case the prime example no one was

wearing life jackets. it's not mandated they do so, but we encourage folks to do that because of the situation just like this. >> investigators say it is too early to say what may have caused the boats to collide. it's 4:30. just joining us, let's get a quick update on your weather and traffic. hi there, mike. >> good morning, hi, everybody. let me throw together the big story for the day, a spare the air day. everybody wants to be outside. the greatest amount of caution should be taken in the south bay where you have the best chance of dealing with poor air quality during the entire day today. all right. let's take a look at what's going on as far as our planning. you can see the clouds are arriving late and keeping temperatures in the mid 50s to upper 50s. now we'll be around 60 to 70 for the coast and bay to near 80 inland by noon. look at this, 60s, 70s, nearly 90s by 4:00 and back into the 50s and 60s by 7:00. >> not many folks on