>> yesterday i was in the shade for a moment and i had a little bit of a -- >> yeah, you needed a sweater. >> it's happening. good morning on this tuesday, september 18th. natasha is off today. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. say it ain't so. i like the warm weather. >> it's coming, for about three days. i'll show you that coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. today will be the coolest day this week. you can see the march of the gray, the marine layer clouds as we look at live doppler 7. it's not kicking out anything in the form of rain or drizzle. pretty much where we were yesterday, upper 40s to mid-50s. we'll stay at 50s in the coast. mid to upper 60s at noon. barely 70s by 4:00 and back in the 50s and 60s at 7:00. 80s and 90s, i'll show them to you next. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. i have a couple crashes to show you on our traffic maps. we have a new one in san pablo area. westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. we have a three-car crash.

we already have a chp officer at the scene. they're also calling for an ambulance so sounds like we have some injuries. you were heavy before that on highway 4 from a piece of debris cleared as well. that's starting to fill if you're coming from hercules. we have a crash at 680, a four-car crash there blocking the left lane. you may want to stick to the 880 corridor. next traffic update coming up in about ten minutes. we're following developing news about supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. he and the bay area woman accused of sexual assault will both testify before the senate judiciary committee. >> it's happening on monday. that means thursday's confirmation vote is now postponed indefinitely. this morning many people are vocalizing support for the accuser, christine blasey ford. amy hollyfield is live in palo alto with more. >> hi, jessica. she's a professor here at palo alto university. they are being quiet here about

this national story. staff and students have not commented but that is not the case over at uc-berkeley. take a look at what happened on that campus. here at cal, activists came out to protest. they're showing their support for christine blasey ford and they say they believe her. they say they're ready to protest. one demonstrator explains why they came out and what they hope to get across. >> you make sure democracy and the rights of women and chris steen blasey ford are supported in this country. >> reporter: ford teaches ph.d. students psychology at palo alto university. her social media pages have been taken down but she's not publicly stepped out yet. her attorney has been doing the talking for mou, but she is expected to testify next week on capitol hill. ford's attorney says she passed a lie detector test and a

therapist documented her story from a session six years ago. reporting live in palo alto, amy holyfield, abc7 news. this morning we are getting an officer's view of a deadly police-involved shooting in oakland in 2015. take a look. >> don't move! >> what you're watching is officer nicole rhodes breaking the window of a car. inside demouria hogg, they found him unconscious in the car and they say they tried to wake him up for an hour. rhodes fired two shots saying hogg reached for a gun on the seat. the shooting happened in june of 2015. police have just released the video. rhodes was cleared of potential charges. crosswalk safety is a big concern for parents in the east bay after four students were hit by drivers in three separate incidents. coincidentally, all the drivers were headed eastbound and police say they may have been blinded by the sun yesterday morning. police in brent wood say a 10-year-old was hit in a

crosswalk. she's now recovering at uc-davis medical center. in antioch, a tenth grader at antioch high school was hit by a toyota 4 runner. that driver did not stop. two more students were hit in the same crosswalk an hour later. this time the driver stopped and helped. an e-mail was sent to parents, asking them to talk to their kids about street safety. >> as a parent telling your child to make sure that you look both ways, that you -- that you get the attention of the driver before you cross the street. >> antioch students were taken to the hospital and released. police are still serving for the hit-and-run driver. the suspect vehicle license plate is on your screen. anyone with information is asked to call antioch police. tornadoes and flooding aftermath of florence. the storm is blamed for 32 deaths. anna rivera from our sister

station has a report from wilmington, north carolina. >> reporter: more than 60,000 people in the wilmington, north carolina, area are still without power but many residents very happy because they're getting back to their homes on an island outside wilmington called wrightsfield beach. we were near leland, north carolina, where the conditions are pretty bad. roadways covered in water. we were there when a grandfather was reunited with his infant grandchild. she had to be evacuated before the storm. she was in a shelter but stuck there because the highway was completely flooded. this is the scene in a lot of north carolina, wilmington completely cut off by highways that are flooded and secondary roads also impassable. north carolina's governor is coming to wilmington later on today. he'll be here surveying the damage and seeing what this storm left behind. i'm anna rivera in wilmington, north carolina. abc-owned stations across the country are providing support in wilmington. you're looking at our sister

station in los angeles, they're doing an all-day phone bank to raise money for storm victims in the carolinas. if you would like to donate, please call the number you see on your screen. that's for the red cross. it's 1-800-red-cross. you can also text the word florence to the number 90999. in the north bay, pg&e is preparing to install more weather stations to track fire danger in marin county. the utility has already installed 100 stations across the state. they plan to complete 100 more within the next year. that's in addition to the eight stations installed earlier this year, in nicasio, woodacre, fairfax and novato. it's tracked at pg&e operations center in san francisco. a shocking incident at

yellowstone national park over the weekend. a man comes dangerously close to old faithful. the warning for tourists. do you recognize this man? he's wanted in the east bay and could be connected to an international crime ring. you're no more than than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. by thursday we're flirting with 90s in the south bay. mid-90s inland east bay, 90s in the north bay.

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temperatures across san francisco. they're just about where they were yesterday from 54 in sunset to about 57 in the financial district. we've got temperatures in the mid to upper 50s down the east bay shore. look at that palo alto, santa clara, pet lumina in the mid to upper 40s. fog-free golden gate bridge. exercising, look for sun in the afternoon. beaches, yeah, partial sunshine today and temperature about 60. and on the bay, no small craft advisory. here's a look at the east bay. we're 58 to 60 from 8:00 to 10:00. then you can see temperatures jumping into the upper 60s

during the afternoon hours with a little more sunshine. we'll be back to 60 under the stars at 8:00. we'll take a look at the big warming trend coming up next. here's alexis with the morning commute. good morning, mike. we have a couple issues to talk about. collisions that are really starting to cause a slowdown. chp just issued a giants for the crash in the richmond area. we've got the two left lanes blocked now due to a crash and you are already slow before that due to some earlier debris in the roadway. if you're coming from highway 4, definitely plan on delays. that's a 5 to 20-minute delay right now. i'll get information shortly and update you. southbound 680 before mission boulevard, we have a four-car crash. left lane is blocked. i'm hearing about a secondary crash just before that at auto mall parkway. take a look at these photos of a man wanted in connection with a credit card skimming operation at a gas station in the east bay. fremont police say he may be linked to an international crime

organization. credit cards were fraudulently used in fremont and other cities in may and june. the victims say they used their cards a short time earlier at a gas station in brentwood. kidnapping victims come together. jaycee dugard sitting down with abc news one day before elizabeth smart's kidnapper is set to go free. a south bay homeless camp forced to move may find a permanent home. let's take a live look outside at the san mateo bridge as that's a mini-wheat. delicious. but it's more than that. 10 layers of crunchy wheat to fill you up on big days. whether your day involves steam, mountains, or woah- fire... ...we've got your breakfast right here. is your breakfast built for big days? get your groove on with one a day 50+. gea for the wild life ♪ complete multivitamins with key nutrients that address 6 concerns of aging, including heart health, supported by b-vitamins.

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a park ranger pleading for a man to back away from the old faithful geyser at yellowstone national park over the weekend. if you've been, you know that's boiling hot water and erupts out of that geyser every 30 minutes or so. at one point, the man appeared to urinate into the landmark. the ranger ticketed him once he returned to the boardwalk. this, jessica, is why we can't have nice things. >> oh, wow. yikes. two girls, both abducted at a young age are coming together this morning. jaycee dugard disappeared in 2001 and elizabeth smart went

missing in 2002. both abducted and held captive for years before breaking free. both are trying to adjust to a normal life. tomorrow one of smart's kidnappers is going to be set free from jail. we're now hearing from dugard, on the left, she's talking only to abc news in support of smart. dugard issued this exclusive statement saying, quote, i feel deeply for what elizabeth is going through knowing this dangerous person is free to walk the street. believe elizabeth when she says this woman is a threat to society. new at 6:00, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against uc-berkeley filed by an oakland resident after she got attacked during a protest last year. she was pepper sprayed during an interview with abc news in february last year. she planned to taenattend a spe that was canceled after protests turned violent. she says her rights were violated when she was subjected to bodily harm because she was expressing a conserative

viewpoint. the judge says she is not provided enough evidence to support support those claims. in the south bay, a tent village for the homeless may find a permanent home. advocates in san jose created hope village a week ago on an unused parking lot near the airport. the village was closed down yesterday, but its seven residents moved to a new temporary space in another parking lot. city leaders are now searching for a permanent location, saying they were impressed with how clean and orderly that village was. teachers in the san francisco unified school district have reportedly been getting bigger paychecks but the money to pay for it hasn't kicked in. voters approved prop "g" in june. it's supposed to generate a $5500 annual increase to teachers salaries through parcel tax. the parcel tax has not yet been mailed to homeowners. the district says it will continue processing the raises while developing a plan to

protect the financial well-being of the district. well, hello there. a bear broke into a car and then broke a window to get out. this happened in asheville, north carolina, over the weekend. the car owners say they tried several ways to help the bear, even opening a sliding door remotely. the bear was not having it. so, it got out nascar style after destroying everything inside. oops. does insurance cover that? >> i don't think so. does it? >> a bear attack. >> i haven't seen that commercial yet, farmers insurance, those crazy commercials. haven't seen that yet. i'm guessing -- >> there's good footage if they want to use it. let's talk about what's going on. we've got good footage of low clouds hanging around. you can see from the camera, waking up with sunshine in the south bay. this is 280 and 17. clouds haven't quite made it down there and probably won't

now that the sun's just about to come up. coolest day this week is on tap for most of us. it will be warm to hot but only inland tomorrow through friday. then we'll be back below average everywhere again next week. very progressive jet stream right here. we're in the bowl of coolest air today. look at the warm ridge that's going to come in tomorrow and hang out through about friday. let's see where our temperatures end up today. mid to upper 70s from san jose southward. you have upper 60s to low 70s for the rest of the south bay. 69 in santa cruz. mid to upper 60s, most of the peninsula. redwood city the exception at 70. we'll be on either side of 60 along a cloudy peninsula coast this afternoon. near 60 with a little more sunshine along the north bay coast. as you move into the valleys, low to mid-70s. north of cloverdale we'll have temperatures in the upper 70s. as you move into the valleys, how about 76 to 78 degrees. tonight not as much cloud cover.

a little more fog in the north bay and upper 40s mid-50s. great sleeping weather once again. my accuweather seven-day forecast, the heat spikes inland. this is not an offshore event so the heat never makes it to the bay and the coast. by the time we get to monday next week, we're firmly entrenched in ougautumn and it l feel like it. here's alexis. >> we have a traffic alert if you're traveling in the richmond area, westbound 80 near san pablo dam road. we have a crash blocking the two left lanes. sounds like three vehicles involved in this along with injuries. definitely seeing that line of red increase. about a 15-minute delay from highway 4. you're averaging anywhere from 25 miles an hour in hercules down to 6 miles an hour as you get closer to the crash scene. that's our slowest spot. we have two crashes southbound 680, first at auto mall parkway and another at mission boulevard. one lane blocked in both of those situations. you are starting to back up into

sunol. if you want to stick to 74 then go to 880 for an alternate. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> rebecca jarvis live with us and a look at what's ahead. >> good to be with you. coming up on "gma," the new twist in the supreme court showdown nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault when they were in high school now may both publicly testify on the same day. we're live at the supreme court as that key confirmation vote is pushed back. plus, there was a big night at the membemmys. hollywood diversity and turmoil took center stage. lara is backstage with the man who stole the show. and did you see the director who got a trophy and then with a

proposal. apple ceo tim cook is here live, apple unveiling the new iphones and apple watch. he'll show us a very fun new feature. get ready, super hero fans, brea larson joins us with exclusive new look at the new captain marvel trailer. it's all coming up only on "gma." >> you guys -- you got captain marvel and brea larson trending all over the place in san francisco and the bay area. >> yes. >> nationwide. i'm excited to see that. >> we love that. >> very cool. >> it's worth it, yes. >> we're looking forward to it. >> take care. >> see you soon. >> thank you. the city of berkeley is cracking down on laptop thefts. you may not even realize what's happening and how they're doing it. also, this is so cool. a drone show in the east bay ♪ ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? ♪ still flat. here. try this. and... ♪ ooh, heaven -- nailed it.

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good morning. we have low clouds. for the last time this week i'm going to say our temperatures today will be 6 to 10 degrees below average, in the 60s and 70s. 80s and 90s coming up in the accuweather forecast. saudi arabia is sending a billion dollars to an electric carmaker and it is not tesla. . saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund is investing the money in lucid motors. it's a newark-based startup. this comes weeks after elon musk said saudi money was going to

help tesla go private. lucid's team includes seven tesla former executives. audi is now taking deposits for it's new all-electric suv. >> they unveiled it last night in richmond in this cool way. they had hundreds of drones that formed audi's rings. the etron of the first of three electric vehicles audi will debut by 2020. deposits are refundable and cost $1,000. it is a bit pricey. those cars start at $75,000. >> look, we didn't even see a picture of the car but just based on the opening ceremonies for the car, it looks like it's going to be awesome. >> it was a beautiful light display. >> never seen anything like it. next at 6:30, the east bay school district about to get a major infusion of kless scooters in the east bay gets

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to be reacting to new developments in the trade war between the u.s. and china. minutes ago, china announcing new tariffs on $60 billion in u.s. goods. that's after president trump imposed tariffs on chinese-made goods. we'll see how the market reacts. good morning. it's september 18th. thanks for joining us. >> you're only seven -- never more than seven minutes -- you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> nailed it. >> i got it. >> i like that. let's jump right in and we'll talk about what's going on today. first by looking at live doppler 7, we have the winds out there. they're not very strong but definitely blowing from the ocean to land. you see the gray and causing some delays at sfo. you have to be above it, about 2500 feet on mt. tam to get a glimpse of the sunrise. pretty much the same as yesterday, by noon still some clouds lingering throughout the

bay. that's why you're in the mid-60s to upper 60s inland. we'll barely reach the 70s. you have to go inland today and back in the 50s and 60s by 7:00. kind of cool today. how about traffic? here's alexis. >> unfortunately, no, we have a lot to talk about in the traffic center. in fact, we have two new sigalerts, one on 680 at auto mall parkway and one that's been there for quite some time at siise route 262 at mevd.on sounds like two left lanes are blocked in either collision. so sigalert issued for both of those a few minutes ago by chp. flipping over and checking out our drive times, westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 56 minutes. i think this will climb significantly here. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard about 33 minutes right now. about a 15-minute delay for you. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino, that's in the green at 15 minutes. >> you have to feel for the parents of a 6-month-old baby boy. they've been praying for a miracle to heal their son. >> their son has been in a coma

for more than a month. last night they moved the boy to hey new hospital after they said an oakland facility originally wanted to take their son off life support. abc7 news reporter matt keller is live in palo alto with the story. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. fo.olngnto pe s is now here at at he' >> i feel that he has more room to improve and i want him to have some time so we can all witness this. >> reporter: the 6-month-old boy has been in a coma since going into cardiac arrest more than a month ago. on friday kingston's parents were given a letter from oakland's ucsf benioff hospital informing them his life support would be discontinued 1:00 p.m. yesterday. the parents say doctors made. the decision without consulting them. the decision was reversed to give the family more time. kingston was transferred to stanford children's hospital last night.

>> is he is moving. he's wiggling his toes.'s, as w know, tremendously better. >> reporter: ucsf said they couldn't specifically comment on kingston's case due to privacy laws but said the parents were notified about the pending decision for weeks. now his care is currently in the hands of doctors here. reporting live at stanford, matt keller, abc7 news. >> we wish them well. thank you. more help on the way today to one of the north carolina communities hit hardest by florence. >> today workers will distribute food and water to people in wilmington, a town virtually cut off by floodwaters. at the latest count, 32 people are dead in the wake of the storm. a team of san francisco first responders responded to a call from fema. members areefforts. they say it's been eye-opening to watch folks across the

country keep fellow americans safe. >> when they find out there's a team here from san francisco, they always tell us that we're a long way away from home, but they're super thankful we're here to help out. >> the biggest challenge now is safely getting people back in their homes. abc-owned stations across the country are supporting relief efforts for florence. this morning our sister station in los angeles, kabc, is doing an all-day phone bank with the american red cross to raise money for storm victims in the carolinas. if you would like to donate, please call the number on your screen for the american red cross. that's 1-800-red-cross or 1-800-733-2767. or you can text florence to 90999. happening today, flags across the state will be flown at half-staff to honor the sacramento county deputy killed in the line of duty. 27-year-old deputy mark stasyuk and his partner were shot at an auto shop yesterday. the owner had called police over a conflict with a customer.

the suspect fired at the officers as they encountered him. stasyuk was hit in the upper body and his partner hit in the arm. the suspect was also wounded in an exchange of gunfire with other officers. he had been with that department for nearly five years. happening today in san francisco, legislators will call on governor brown to enact the strongest net neutrality protections in the nation. if the governor signs the bill, it would prevent internet service providers from blocking or slowing down websites or charging for faster speeds. unlike previous bills, this big would limit data plans and also allow companies breaking the rules to be prosecuted. in the east bay, the oakland unified school district will get millions of dollars in aid over the next three years. governor brown signed the education trailer bill, which will provide financial relief for the district. the district estimates a budget shortfall of $30 million next school year. under the bill, the state will cover up to 75% of the deficit in the first year, up to 50% in the second and up to 25% in the

third year. in the east bay it was really a shock for customers as a cell phone store was robbed. you can see that everything has been cleaned out of the place. those robbers rushed in, took everything at the t-mobile shop in concord last night. look at this. those shelves are empty. the crime is similar to the grab and dash thefts at six apple stores last month. police have made no arrests. berkeley place are taking a pretty big step to help curb laptop thefts at cafes. thefts like this one that happened at a cafe last year are an ongoing problem. that's why undercover officers will now keep watch at a number of cafes around the city. the standard advice from police is to be aware of your surroundings and always keep your laptop with you, but in some of these cases, thieves have been stealing computers right from people's hands. governor brown has signed a bill designated to regulate

balcony construction and inspections. the bill is forcing contractors that settle lawsuits for $1 million or more to publicly report the settlements. it also requires balconies at apartment complexes be inspected every six years. it's all in response to the 2015 accident in berkeley where six irish students died after a fifth floor balcony collapsed. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. you have to dress warm in most places in the south bay. 46 right now in morgan hill. 48 in redwood city and bodega bay. everybody else in the 50s. alameda, 57, one of our warm spots. here's a look at low clouds causing issues along the peninsula, flight delays into sfo. haven't heard of drizzle or mist. fog in the north bay but not as widespread as yesterday. ferry ride, not as breezy.

take a look at the cloud cover. stubborn. up through lunch we're in the 50s. a little more sunshine in the afternoon hours and we'll hit the low to mid-60s. for the south bay we'll see 53 with sunshine today. 68 at noon to mid-70s in the afternoon. grab a coat for the evening hours. 63 at 8:00. we'll go to the north bay where we have a mixture of clouds and fog and 55 degrees. by noon we're 67. hanging out in the mid-70s in the afternoon hours. and under the stars we'll drop do unto 63 degrees at 8:00. it was an hour ago the last time you and i stood right here and talked and you said it was pretty quiet outside, as i imagine things have changed. >> quite a bit has happened in the last hour here. in fact, i've got several updates to give you. we were up to three sigalerts, three separate crashes. two out of three have cleared. things are starting to improve. let's take you up to the richmond area, westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. all cleared. all lanes are back open. we have residual delays on

highway 4, averaging so miles an hour. hopefully that will thin out shortly. down in fremont, coming southbound 680 from sunol, we had two sigalerts, southbound 680 at auto mall parkway and mission boulevard. the first one at auto mall parkway has cleared but we still have the crash blocking the two left lanes approaching mission boulevard. that's still a sigalert. stick to 880 corridor if possible. in the east bay, dockless skoolt scooters will stay on the b parking lots in oakland. the ordinance passed after a heated debate from council president larry reid. he wanted to ban scooters until details are finalized. >> i got these scooters out there speeding up and down the streets. >> let's pass an ordinance to prevent it. >> no. >> in santa cruz, city officials have impounded about 60 bird scooters after sending the

company a cease and desist letter, according to the santa cruz sentinel. bird says it wants to work closely with city officials to legally keep scooters on city streets. i feel like these are very polarizing. there are some folks who love them, say they're so much fun, a great way to get around and get you where you need to go faster and there are some who say, hey, these are dangerous, they're an eye sore, left all over the sidewalks. so, yeah, you can go either way there. it's definitely a hot issue in the bay area and a lot of cities around the country. >> there has to be middle ground. >> the video in santa cruz, almost every shot we have is of the scooters on the sidewalk and not the street. which is where they're supposed to be. >> that's a big problem and folks not wearing helmets or using using them in bike lanes, using them how they're not supposed to be used. >> good luck, everyone. >> i'm sure we'll hear a lot more about this. >> yes, thank you. roseanne reveals how her character will be killed off her hit tv show and she's not happy about it. and a live look now at the

big board at the new york stock exchange. investors reacting this morning to new tariffs in the ongoing trade dispute with china. we'll have an update next. plus, an abc news exclusive. tim cook sitting down with robin

let's talk about florence quickly. 17 tornadoes in virginia yesterday. the big threat is for flood pentagon nearly 15 million people in the green could be flooded today. flash flooding at that, which means it happens immediately from this rain. it's about 1 to 3 inches that's going to fall. for us back here at home, we have 80s through the central valley. low 60s at the coast. 105 at palm spring. here's a look at tahoe's seven-day forecast. low to mid-70s tuesday through saturday. the dry cold front puts us in the upper 60s monday. new video this morning shows supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh leaving his maryland home. this was about 20 minutes ago. news cameras have been staked outside his home. kavanaugh did not respond to questions about whether the sexual assault allegations made against him by a palo alto professor are true. that professor accusing kavanaugh of sexual assault will get her chance to tell her story in front of congress and, of

course, the nation next week. >> christine blasey ford says kavanaugh attacked her when they were both teenagers and she first told her story to dianne feinstein and "the washington post." she claims kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her, claiming she tried to attack her. >> i want the american people to be happy. to do that, you have to go through this. if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay. >> if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> the hearing is set for monday morning. kavanaugh and ford will testify separately but before the same panel. this hearing means thursday's confirmation vote is now postponed indefinitely. >> this morning many people are vocalizing their support for blasey ford. amy hollyfield is live in palo alto with more.

>> reporter: hi, jessica. she's a professor here at palo alto university. they're actually being very quiet about the situation here. students and staff have not commented. but it was a very different scene over at uc-berkeley. take a look. that's where activists came together to show support for christine blasey ford. they want to let everyone know they are ready to protest against brett kavanaugh and his nomination to the supreme court. >> we cannot allow someone who is a predator into our government. it's not safe. it's not fair. and it's wrong. >> reporter: and palo alto university, ford teaches ph.d. students in psychology. all of her social media pages here have been taken down. she is expected to appear, though, next week and testify on capitol hill and so is brett kavanaugh. reporting live in palo alto, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thanks. this is christine blasey

ford's high school yearbook picture. if you want to learn more about her background and what brought her to the bay area from the east coast, we have that at abc7news.com. talk show host julie chen is stepping down from "the talk" on cbs. >> the decision comes a week after her husband, les moonves, left cbs following sexual misconduct accusations. sources tell cnn that chen wants to spend time clearing her husband's name and caring for her son. she'll be addressing the decision through a videotaped message on tomorrow's episode. chen will remain a host on the reality show "big brother". a new report says muni needs to do a better job at collecting cable car fares. the cable car whout ovit wkers i fare a audit. out of 100 attempts, 24 succeeded. muni says a new cashless fare system launching next year will help fix that problem. now your morning money report. a major consumer protection

kicks in. >> starting next friday, the three major credit reporting agencies are required to offer you a credit freeze free of charge. it prevents lenders from looking at the account, which stops financial loss from i.d. theft. here in california, freezes have cost ten bucks for each reporting agency and another $10 from each to remove that freeze. amazon is doubling down on its alexa devices. they plan to create eight new voice-controlled devices, including a microwave and something for your car. amazon is expected to reveal more details about the devices at an event later this month. let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. the dow trading under way this morning. we're up 94 points right now. today investors are reacting to new tariffs in the trade dispute between be the u.s. and china. about 15 minutes ago china announced $60 billion in new tariffs on u.s. foods after president trump imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese-made goods yesterday. we're in the green right now.

we'll see if it stays that way throughout the day. apple ceo tim cook shows us some features on the new iphone and apple watch. he sat down for this exclusive on "good morning america." he says the new watch can sense when you fall down and if you don't respond within minutes, the watch will call 911. the new iphone photo allows it to add depth. the newest iphone is the most expensive one yet and not surprisingly, cook says it's worth it. >> the phone has replaced your digital camera. you don't have a separated one anymore. it's replaced your video camera. it's replaced your music player. it's replaced all of these different devices. it's replaced your video player. and really important. >> this is cute. coming up at 7:00, you heard

about the emoji but what about the memoji. cook gives a demonstration on "gma." now to the emmys, the ceremony's most memorable moment when glen wise won the emmy for directing and used his acceptance speech to ask his girlfriend a question. >> you are the sunshine in my life. mom was right. don't ever let go of your sunshine. you wonder why i don't like to call you my girlfriend, because i want to call you my wife. >> and the audience cheered. needless to say, no one saw this one coming. she said yes. abc's lara spencer caught up with the happy couple backstage after glen won the emmy and jen's hand in marriage. >> i'm used to being in award shows with him, and i'm used to my one-second cutaway, so that i was expecting. i was not expecting what came next. i'm so excited.

i'm shocked. i'm shaking. >> they met at the tonys ten years ago. glen says he was waiting for the perfect moment to pop the question. what's better than that, on stage in front of millions of americans? >> if he hadn't won, would he come up with something this weekend or -- >> maybe on the red carpet. >> sure he had a backup plan. >> yeah. >> it's nice they didn't play the music and make them move on. that would have been so inappropriate. >> they handled it well. she looked great. >> very excited and happy. and surprised, how when that. let's talk about what's going on. we have a surprise twist. in 48 hours we'll go from our coolest day to warmest day and we'll try to fly back to our coolest day. accuweather seven-day forecast, we have a lstartot witngh g tod will be the coolest this afternoon as the clouds will linger a little longer. not as many tonight. a little more fog in the north bay and above average warmth in

the three days. here's a look at the cloud cover. by noon there's still plenty of clouds around the bay. by 3:00 that's when it's almost completely clear but never really does. the coast will be cloudy all day today. let's take a look at our temperatures. we go from 69 in milpitas. san jose, 73. gilroy, 78 in the south bay. redwood city being the lone 70. 60 along the peninsula coast with cloud cover. sunshine in bay area. 63 in downtown san francisco but we should be around 70 this time of year. mid to low 70s in cloverdale. 66 in berkeley, oakland and richmond and then the valleys with 76 to 78 degrees. going to the game, a's and angels, 68 to dress appropriately. let's see that warming trend. it's mainly inland. it's not an offshore event. it really never reaches the bay even though you get to 80 thursday.

it never really reaches the coast. the warmest we get is 68 thursday. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. at one point we had three sigalerts and now zero. that's good news. i told you about one on southbound 680 clearing a few minutes ago. we got the all-clear from chp for both crashes. the first one at auto mall parkway, the second one at mission. we had the two left lanes blocked in either case. both are off on the shoulder. that doesn't mean we don't have residual delays. leaving the sunol area you're averaging 14 mild an hour on 684. you could move to 880 but that looks slow. delay that trip if you can and that will start to improve. westbound 80 from highway 4 to the maze, improving. westbound 80, bay bridge, 11 minutes. that's once you make. through the metering lights in the maze. and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, we don't have any major problems and we haven't along that route.

that's in the green at ten minutes. the sigalerts are clear but i'm hearing about a new rollover crash that sounds series in the oakland area on state route 13. i'm working on getting more details from chp. we'll put a map together and talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks. a big spoiler for the upcoming roseanne spinoff show called "the conners." in an interview posted on youtube, roseanne barr says her character dies in an opioid overdose. barr says it was her idea to have a character struggle with opioid abuse, but she didn't want her character to die from it. she says her character should have died a hero. abc has not confirmed whether the spoiler is true. to the south bay, a reporter with our media partner the mercury news is willingto take on what many are have dubbed the van life. >> equipped with three-burner stove, this retrofitted 2018 ford transit is tracy kaplan's

80-square-foot answer to housing. >> to see it as a long-term solution, but i see myself parking this from time to time somewhere for months at a time. at a friend's, at some land i rent, in a community that tolerates it easily. >> she plans to park overnight in places around the bay area considered safe by a network of other van lifers or spots she's discovered herself. she says once she

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talk about it much more. at home you can see it's a gray start to the day. barely in the 70s this afternoon. taking a look at five. new crash in oakland, highway 13. sounds like a solo vehicle collision. was traveling northbound near roadwood road, flipped over and landed in the southbound side. one lane blocked on each side of the roadway. number six. mcdonald's workers in san francisco and nine other cities will stage a one-day strike today to protest sexual harassment. some employees say the company isn't doing enough to prevent harassment in its restaurants. number seven. heinz will sell a mayonnaise and ketchup hybrid. it hit the u.s. after a campaign on twitter received half a million votes. you don't like the name mayochup. >> ail morning long we've been trying to brain storm names. >> it's a hard mash-up. >> i just came up with one. are you ready?

good morning, america. supreme court showdown. judge brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault when they were both in high school, now being called on to publicly testify in front of congress. kavanaugh accepts. no response yet from the accuser, while president trump stands by his nominee. breaking overnight -- the new threat from florence, sparking more than a dozen reported tornadoes as the storm moves north and rivers rise to dangerous levels in the carolinas, forcing hundreds of rescues from neck-high waters. now 30 million americans from virginia to massachusetts on alert for flooding. murder she wrote. did the romance novelist who penned these novels and an essay called, "how to murder your husband" do just that?