one of our big stories is september surge for a few select neighborhoods. starts is at 11:00 this evening. areas in orange, about 1,000 feet. it goes through 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. winter very calm right now. very sporadic. early sunshine will work its magic, taking us from the mid-40s and mid-50s this morning to 60s and 70s at noon. 60s stay at the coast. by 4:00, back in the first at the coast. by 7:00, upper 60s to mid-70s for bay and inland neighborhoods. 90s coming at you. here's alexis. quiet morning continues on the roads. wondering how long we can hold on to this. it feels too good to be true. very few incidents. nothing tphaoeupblg talk about right now. richmond side. westbound 580 not bad approaching the toll plaza.

880, northbound 280 from 101 into cupertino, in the green at 10 minutes. developing news this morning, the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault, blasey ford is requesting an fbi investigation. >> republicans are standing firm against the plan saying monday's hearing will go on as scheduled. judge kavanaugh is being prepped to go before lawmakers. amy hollyfield is tracking the story. she is here now with the outpouring of support we are seeing. >> so much support people are writing letters. friends have written her a letter. they wrote that to the senate judiciary committee. her neighbors in palo alto, some people she doesn't even know, have written a letter. theirs is addressed to her. let's start with that. this group is offering to help

in any way. they are offering to bake her cookies. we are so impressed with your bravery and fortitude. we promise to do everything we can to make this a society where teenage boys don't think it's okay to sexually assault teenage girls. her friends describe her as a woman of great integrity who has nothing to gain except a clear conscious. >> christine is not a political person and does not have a little agenda. she came to this as a private citizen with information she thought was important. >> this letter is addressed to the judiciary committee. it starts out, our friend, christine blasey ford, made the incredibly brave decision to come forward about a deeply painful experience that she has

been forced to live with for most of her life as members of her local community we write do you to express our total support for christine and her family. that letter has more than 100 signatures. >> we have heard from several of her friends who said this was a decision, that she went back and forth on whether she was going to come forward publicly. what do we know? >> she's struggling. it been rough on on her. she has been harassed. she has received death threats. so have her children. she and her family have relocated because of the threats. >> that is too bad to hear. thank you. appreciate it. others still need more proof of dr. ford's claims. >> the republican national committee from california said she takes sexual assault allegations very seriously. but she says it's not fair to let it derail the process.

>> to use this to hold up a judicial nomination. for one thing she doesn't know where the incident occurred. she has told different stories about who was present. she cannot verify specific details. >> of course so many differig opinions. a lot of information to take in on this story. we are sending push alerts on the very latest updates of this ongoing story. you can get alerts by downloading abc 7 news app. you can customize which you want to receive. victims of abuse at the hands of priests received a show of support for a statewide investigation into the crimes. our media partner says four lawmakers are now calling for california's attorney general to investigate abuse by priests. a survivors group made the same request on monday. new details on how a new set of tariffs between china and the

u.s. will affect us in california. we first told you about the sanctions yesterday here on 7 mornings". china is imposing $60 billion in tariffs are more than 5,000 american goods. it includes a 10% tariff on wine. that's bad news for california, which produces 90% of wine in the contry. into experts say wineries oppose those tariffs. u.s. wine ex sports increased 14% in the first half of this year despite tariffs going up 20% in april. prepare to be grossed out. in san francisco today, maintenance crews plan to start cleaning up raw sewage that has forced an elderly man out of his north beach apartment. monday night, it started overflowing from the 77-year-old's toilet. at the same time the trader joe's also started flooding. this is not the first time that

plumbing has been a problem there. it 2016, the pardon me overflowed. it took more than a month to repair the damage costing the family $4,000 to replace all the furniture. >> i don't understand why is it is so hard to look at your blueprints and figure out which pipe goes where and figure out how to fix it. >> he is staying in a hotel paid for by the property owners. they said they will cover the cost of any lost property. a fight over angel island ferry service. the win for the family who has been carrying passengers for decades. audi unveils its new all-electric vehicle here in the bay area. how you can get an up-close look today. we're starting off cooler today than yesmo loo segesbut w 10 degrees w

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san jose and sunnyvale 52 degrees. low to mid-50s in the bay area. 49 danville. mid to upper 40s throughout the north bay valleys. golden gate bridge, lack of fog. light breeze. 6 miles per hour. cool to warm if you're exercising this morning. sunny and calmer at our beaches. on the bay, strong sunshine. check out san francisco. start off at 53. 60s by noon. mid to upper 60s in the afternoon hours. 61, 8:00. as we look at the peninsula, 53. low to mid-70s in the afternoon hours. comfortable weather here. how about the commute? >> good morning, mike. overall, it has not been bad this morning. looking live at walnut creek southbound 680, north main street. hit and run reported to chp. the victim is okay. he made it off to the shoulder. a few break lights in the area.

we don't have a lane taken away. i will keep an eye if they end up having to update that. mass transit looking good. bart doing major track repairs between 19th and west oakland stations. bus bridge all day saturday and sunday. a fight to stay in the north bay. state lawmakers are putting plans to find a new ferry operator on hold. earlier this week we told you the state was soliciting a bid from a large her company to run the angel island tiburon ferry. captain maggie says her family has run the ferry the last five generations. the community came out in support of the family this week. acclaimed chef mina is about to expand into the north bay. >> the rally by health care workers to keep a south bay hospital from closing. >> as we head to break, a live

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newscast. wanda barzee expected to walk out sometime this morning. the 72-year-old was convicted of helping kidnap smart from her utah home in 2002. she was supposed to be released in 2024 but authorities miscalculated her time served. smart says she does not know how all the conditions of barzee's release but a federal agent said they will be be keeping a close eye on the convicted kidnapper. meanwhile, brian david mitchell is now serving a life sentence for the crime >> new dominanour media partner news reports the city council voted for a proposal last night. it says up to 5 elected officials can be away from the city at the same time as long as it doesn't affect the meeting. many visited japan to mark 630 years of being sister cities.

celebrity chief michael mina is opening a new restaurant in the north bay. the restaurant will be in tiburon at the former mexican restaurant on main street. it is scheduled to open next summer. he is the founder of mina group which operates 40 rauptsz around restaurants around the world. happening today, a closer look at audi's new electric vehicles. audi set up a display in san francisco across the street from us. >> what? >> yes. . showing off the e-tron. >> is that mike saying what? it's just around the corner. >> you haven't seen it? >> no, but i want to. >> go check it out. >> it is priced at more than $74,000. also is a formula e race car. you can see them in person, mike. you have to walk out of the tv station starting around 11:00 a.m. today at audi's service station unleashed event.

okay. on the corner of broadway and front here the embarcadero. the vehicles will be on display through saturday. they have been putting it up for weeks. >> i wondered what that was. sometimes we have film or movie shoots around us. >> filmers. >> now that i know, i will get out of the building once in a while and go look. thank you, guys. today is going to be gorgeous. hi, everybody. san rafael. alexis and i have been watching fog on the north bay. 2 1/2 miles. southbound 101 past san rafael, down towards the gold especially gate bridge. sunny today everywhere, including the coast. warming trend. average to above average

temperatures. the warmth will stay away from the coast. upper 80s morgan hill, gilroy. mid-70s to 80 in the south bay. 71, bi 1 millbrae. is sunny in san francisco. hope that makes everybody happy. east bay shore, very comfortable. mid to upper 70s. 73 to 75, 76 degrees. still comfortable inland. mid to upper 80s. the 90s will be more dominant tomorrow. temperatures don't, low to upper 50s. don't forget we have the fire danger in the north bay. 6:00 this evening, winds fast along the coast. notice by 2:00 in the morning, they ramp up around 20 to 30 miles per hour. they stay that way through 5:00 tomorrow. look at the temperatures in the 90s for several days inland. 80s around the bay. comfortable 60s at the coast. here's alexis. all right. good morning, mike. we do have one issue if you're traveling between cordelia and

venue knee that. earlier cross. everything off on the shoulder. definitely seeing a backup back up to interstate 80. plan on delays there. that is stop and go for 10, 15 minutes. metering lights on at 5:28. afternoon delay into the maze. drive times looking pretty good. most bridges in the green. 17 minute on westbound mateo. >> good morning america at 7:00. >> skwreupger zee live with a look at what's ahead. hi, ginger. >> hi, reggie. hi, jessica. nice to be with you on a wednesday morning. coming up, we'll talk more about the latest on the supreme court showdown. the woman accusing bred kavanaugh of sexual assault.

blasey ford said she will not testify until there is an fbi investigation. this morning we are talking exclusively to anita hill. what she wants ford to know. a shocking story of a well-known doctor who has appeared on reality tv and his girlfriend have been charged with drugging and assaulting women. why police believe there could be hundreds of victims. a breakfast health alert. the new study about popular supermarket brands of yogurt. dr. ashton here to tell us and ruin breakfast for a lot of us. kathleen turner, chrissy teigen/tig-gen. emma stone is. >> it is very confusing these days. >> does she clear it up, ginger? >> yes, she will clear it up for

you. i feel like i'm on team teigen still. >> okay, cool. i love her so much. i don't want to offend her. >> i know. neither do i. she's good on twitter. see you later. >> it's interchangeable, right, at this point? we'll find out. okay. this morning a group of nfl players issuing an ultimatum to the league. pay up for else. the reason they are demanding more money. >> the millions in security improvements come to the san jose airport. a live look from our roof camera. look at

you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we have warm weather way. check it out. we also have clean air. good news there. thanks, mike. occurred warner and jerry rice are responding to the bombshell ultimatum. former colts running back eric dickerson speaking on behalf of the group says if their needs aren't met they will boycott future induction ceremonies. until hall of famers receive health insurance and an annual salary including a share of league revenue. rice and warner's names were included in the letter making those demands. dickerson later clarified that he wrongly included rice and

warner's names. they said they will not be boycotting the hall of fame ceremony. south bay, health care workers held a vigil to keep a san jose hospital from closing. closing. they filed for bankruptcy last august. they are looking to sell, shut its doors and end contracts with current employees. it has an obligation to the community to keep the hospital open and maintain existing services. a former sesame street writer is saying that bert and ernie are a couple. >> there is some confusion. however, sesame street fired back, denying the claims. there is an lbgtq website and they enter the writer from sesame street. he said he always felt like they were a gay couple. he said he didn't have any other way to contextualize them and the sketches would reflect the

dynamic in his own same-sex relationship. sesame street wants to let you know that bert and best friends and don't have a is sexual orientation. he was saying as a writer he was writing what he knew. that was the framework he used. >> in either case, they're best friends, right? >> yeah. >> sure. >> sure. coming up next at 6:30, new polls showing how two important california races are shaping up. >> hope for the homeless in the south bay. new developments regarding a tent city that faced eviction a few days ago. the abc news exclusive. anita hill responding to the you could generate your own energy, at home.

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now at 6:30, judge brett kavanaugh's accuser said she won't testify against the fbi investigates. this morning anita hill is demanding they slow down the confirmation process to make sure they get it right. big changes coming to the airport.

the goal is to keep people from trespassing on airport grounds. phaopldz refuamazon ramazonr way we shopped. >> amazon is up in our lives. good morning, alexa. it is wednesday, september 19th. thnatasha is off >> maybe some shades, warm weather clothes you forgot about the last couple of days. one and a half miles is the visibility in novato right now. between 1 and 3 miles all morning. that will be around another hour or so. it is kind of h have suit row tower. look at the result of my 12-hour planner. mid-40s to mid-50s. we are ending up in the 70s by noon.

80s by 4:00. just the beginning. >> very few incidents today. this does not feel like real life. we have had a quiet morning on the roads. one issue we have had is 680, a crash. i got to the bottom of why we had this delay. it was pushed to the side almost immediately. we had debris blocking one lane up until a few minutes ago. back up into the stretch, 15-mile-per-hour average. that is heavy from highway 80, interstate 80. southbound 680, walnut creek, heavy as well. hit and run crash off the shoulder on north main street. developing news in the battle over the supreme court. the palo alto woman who is using brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is willing to testify on capitol hill. but only after an fbi investigation. >> elizabeth hur live in new york with more details.

hi, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning to je. dr. ford's lawyer say this is a serious situation. and there is no reason to rush a public hearing. but republicans, well, they say in their view there's no reason to delay it. this morning dr. christine blasey ford is standing firm. no fbi investigation, no testimony. in a letter to senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley obtained by abc news, ford's lawyer writing, quote, "a full investigation by law enforcement officials will especially sure the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner and that the committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing. "adding her life has been turned upside-down and she will not be be appearing on capitol hill on monday. overnight, grassley responding in a statement, "dr. ford's testimony would reflect her personal knowledge and memory of events. nothing the fbi or any other investigator does would have any bearing on what dr. ford tells the committee, so there is no reason for any further delay.

>> i don't think the fbi really should be involved because they don't want to be involved. >> they have completed one background check on kavanaugh. president trump could request another but the president making it clear he has no intention to do so. ford is accusing kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when he was drunk at a party in the 1980s. kavanaugh emphatically denies the allegations. democrats are coming to ford's defense saying it should be investigated and the hearing should be delayed. but they said the invitation to testify still stands. her lawyer says as of now she won't be there. elizabeth hur, abc news.

anita hill accused thomas back in 1991. she expressed concern over how the senators would handle blasey ford's testimony. >> whether or not it is going to be anything more than just a sham proceeding so the sisters can say we gave her a chance to talk and then move on to doing exactly what they were ending to do before she came forward. and you can watch hill's full interview at 7:00 after "abc 7 mornings". also important to note that ford says the another pepper was in the room when the incident happened and his name is mark judge. >> judge said he never saw kavanaugh act that way and he is denying the incident ever occurred. >> a lot of information to make in. we have an entire page on our website dedicated to coverage of

brett kavanaugh, including the links that his accuser has to the bay area, especially palo alto. you can find that on abc7news.com >> police are investigating a deadly shooting in the outer sunset neighborhood. it happened on 46th avenue and moraga street last night. the victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. so far no arrests have been now to the south bay. a major financial boost to increase security at san jose airport. >> they are getting millions of dollars to keep intruders off the airfield. matt kel ser explaining why this is evening happening >> reporter: this is airport security. at least on the perimeter, fence with barbed wire. at times this is often not enough. now they are getting big money to upgrade. intruders made it to the other side of this fence. the most famous when a

15-year-old boy from santa clara, climbed into the wheel well and flew to hawaii. he survived. a woman was able to hop the fence and was caught trespassing. this airport and the miami international airport are the two to test new perimeter technologies. they will split up $10 million. some of the security technology being tested it includes video cameras, analytics software to detect unauthorized personnel on the property, laser, fence and ground sensors and radar, microwave and infrared sensors that can cover a larger area than a typical camera. now the airport here sees about 14 million travelers a year. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> who could forget the teenager in a wheel well. matt, thank you. new at 6:00 a.m., two brand-new polls are showing us where the race for governor and

u.s. senate stand just 48 days before election day. let's start with the race for governor. gavin newsom against john cox. the new poll shows if the election were held today, newsom would beat cox 52-40 percent. in the race for senate, democrat versus democrat. dianne feinstein against kevin deleon. fine fine would get 44% of support today, deleon with 24%. today president trump will travel to north carolina. it's to survey the damage that florence left behind. >> the winds have died down. the flooding is still deadly. in fact, two mental health patients died in marion county, south carolina yesterday.

37 people have died there. >> you can make a $10 donation by texting florence to 90999. even though florence has left the country and is no longer an issue in the respect of creating new problems, those around will be there for months to even years before people get back to some semblance of normal. anything you can do to help. i know it's greatly appreciated. low to mid-50s. 3 to 5 degrees cooler than yesterday due to the late arriving clouds. 40s in palo alto, saratoga, pleasanton all throughout the north bay. the rest of us in the low to mid-50s. a little bit of cloud cover trying to make its way across the bay. for the most part, you're going to need sunglasses early on the roads. tranquil out on the water. a little warm this afternoon in east bay valley. 73 at noon. look at the mid-80s for the afternoon hours. north bay, low to mid 80s.

a little bit of fog near novato. sunshine quickly 67 at noon. some of the most comfortable weather today. mid 70s this afternoon. 64 by 8:00. temperatures today warming. warmer tomorrow and the next couple of days. how about the traffic? ramping up pretty fast? >> the volumes are filling in. we have had very few incidents today. i'm not sure what's going on, but we are not complaining. >> people driving better than normal? >> i guess so. that must be it. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at a typical time. 5:28. normal backups. fast track users, a bit of a delay. mass transit has looked really good. muni, normal service, no delays. the only delay, word from

capital corridor, 520 is delayed 15 minutes due to a raised bridge. this one goes into the do not try this at home category. a guy in southern california decided he wanted to see how his tesla looked like it parked itself. he activated the auto park feature. we're going to see him here in just a moment. it's a bit of a tight fit. i think if he opened the door it would deactivate it. here we go. he squeezes out. uh-huh. and there we go. cargoes back into action. parks itself just like it should. maybe even better than most of us could park our vehicles. and i guess he just wanted, you know, a better view of what was happening? i don't know why he had to get out. >> what in the "dukes of hazzard" is this? >> he is one trusting fellow in that technology. >> so are the people on either

side of him too. i don't know if they knew that experiment was going on or not. pretty cool. >> rich people problems. >> i know, despite my 2004 honda does cool stuff but nothing that fancy. >> don't try that at home, folks. don't do it. >> thanks, alexis. san francisco's union square is of course a shopping mecca. why one lawmaker wants to keep office space away. a live look at the dow. trading already under way. 116 points up. an update on how the markets are doing next. a local research team is working on a polite pedestrian robot.

potential fire danger developing across the north bay, the areas in orange from 11:00 tonight through 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. a north wind gusting 35 miles per hour. low humidity. the fire danger is possible. if it becomes more certain, it will be upgraded to a red flag warning. here's a look at the temperatures. upper 80s through the is central

valley. 81, l.a. 101, palm springs. check out the temperatures in tahoe. mid to upper 70s. we want to get you caught up on accusations against brett kavanaugh. >> the bay area woman accusing him of sexual assault will testify before congress but only after an fbi investigation. abc news has learned the agency will not take further action unless ordered to do so by the white house. that puts the judiciary committee hearing in jeopardy. amy hollyfield in the newsroom now with more. >> her attorney said she will not be be there monday. christine blasey ford may not know what next week is going to look like for her. one thing she can be sure of, she has a lot of support. letters are pouring in for her. an excerpt of a letter written to her by her palo alto neighbors saying we wanted to tell you that we are here, and

we have your back. most of us don't know you personally, but we all are thinking of you and holding you tight in our hearts. we are all so incredibly sorry, and sad especiallied, and infuriated by what happened to you in high school. christine blasey ford say professor at palo alto university. while her neighbors have written a letter, so have her friends. one friend also spoke out publicly. >> i have known her 40 years, along with friends who signed a letter in her support. and there is nothing we have ever known about her to be anything but honest and straightforward. >> there is sample of their letter. christine's bravery and sacrifice in coming forward with her story does not surprise those of us who know her. we are all very proud of christine, grateful to have her as a member of our community,

and stand in solidarity with her. this was signed by more than 100 people. her lawyer says she is getting death threats and her family. because of the intense harassment, she and her family have left their home and relocated. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. this just in, president trump is responding to the kavanaugh allegations. he's commenting on justice kavanaugh and his accuser, blasey ford. so here's the raw video of what he said on the white house lawn about both of them. >> i really want to see her. i really would want to see what she has to say. but i want to give it all the time they he need. he is an extraordinary man, a man of great incident electric as i have been telling you, and an unblemished record. we want to give it the same time. we want to give tremendous

amounts of time. if she shows up, that would be wonderful. if she doesn't show up, that would be unfortunate. >> president trump is now headed to joint base andrews where air force one awaits him to go to north carolina to survey damage from hurricane florence. a man is expect to be arraigned just about an hour or so from now. rivera is due in court in iowa. there's his picture. he is charged with the murder of mollie tibbetts. she spent part of her child in the east bay. her father still lives in california. prosecutors have filed paperwork which indicates rivera will enter a not guilty plea today. enough developments on a south bay tent city set up by local volunteers. it now has a new home. they will allow hope village to lease a piece of land owned by the city. they can stay for 180 days until

a long-term location is found. the city will charge only one dollar for the lease. volunteers created hope village without permits on a state parking lot last week. it was forced to relocate monday to a union office down the street. san francisco supervisor aaron peskin wants to ban office space on the first three floors of buildings in union square. there are proposals to convert retail space into offices. he doesn't want to see the historic shopping mecca overrun with desks and computers. it would impose a $4 per square foot fee for office space. that would help pay for improvements in public kwraeuar. are you ready to bank with amazon? >> it turns out a lot of you are. "the wall street journal" first revealed amazon was considering a banking service in march. the service would give 2% cash

back on amazon purchases. 65% would be interested. 43% of non-prime members would switch. shoppers have very loyal to amazon but not loyal to their current banks. interesting. evernote is laying off 15% of its workforce. that's 54 people, according to the business journal. they sent a memo saying they had invested too far ahead of growth and needed to quickly adjust their strategy. the notetaking app has been around since 2004. now to wall street. a live look at the new york stock exchange. changing under way. up 120 points already. we're in the green. stocks were up yesterday too despite tariffs from the u.s. and china in their trade dispute. that's because tariffs were actually smaller than expected. in other news, stanford researchers are introducing a new version of their polite pedestrian robot calledddddddddd

jackrabbot. it will have a face of sorts and one arm, unlike the previous version. it is a little bit larger and more maneuver bible than version one. the goal is to develop a robot that doesn't just move around in its environment, but it is aware of its surroundings and can interact with humans in a more natural way. and wear a tie. >> he's very cute. >> remember those terrifying ones that could open the door? >> oh, yeah. >> no. i like this guy better. yeah. so i think yes. >> every time we runef sryore e take over. >> well, that's inevitable. but they'll do it in a really friendly will.

hopefully the forecast will put a smile on your face. never more than seven minutes away from it. exploratorium camera. doesn't the bay look so peaceful a little bit of haze off in the horizon. pink from the impending sunrise. absolutely gorgeous. sunny already today. the warming trend begins today. mainly clear tonight. remember the fire danger in the north bay. sunshine and warmth, average to above average temperatures due to this ridge of high pressure moving in and shoving the bowl of cool air away. here's the result. 80, san jose. back to average. santa cruz, sunny, 71. back to average on the peninsula. mid to upper 70s. millbrae, 71. temperatures in the mid-60s. 70 for downtown san francisco with sunshine this afternoon. that is pretty pleasing.

along the east bay, 73 to 76. as you move inland, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. as far as the game tonight, we're still holding at 7 for the magic number with 11 left to play for the a's to wrap up the last wild card spot. 64 at first pitch. you can see several days net 90. comfortable. 60s at the coast. good morning, alexis. good morning, mike. yeah, it's been quiet morning on the roads. certainly a good thing. we are not complaining. a little bit of fog. it's been coming and going. nothing too dense. here's along the 101, a little bit of reded bi not ny daygh nothing blocking here on westbound 580, richmond side. you are heavy approaching the toll plaza. a quick look at drive times.

highway 4 to the maze, yellow, at 37 minutes. westbound 80, bay bridge, yellow, 13. metering lights are on. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo looking good. in the green at 10 minutes. thanks, alexis. a lot of you are eating your breakfast. maybe it's time to check the yogurt label. a new study shows most store bought yogurt may not be be as healthy as we think, including organic. it is loaded with calcium and protein, and that's great. not so great, the other things yogurts are packed with, sugar. so which one is best for you? dr. ashton is talking about this on gma. >> we found in general the winner in general service greek yogurt. it tended to have the lowest added sugar. organic can be misleading, especially for products marketed to children. it can be loaded with sugar. there is a lot of confusion about terminology. is it added sugar, free, total sugar? in the u.s. the labels are only

saying total sugar. turn it around and look at that number, because that is important. >> dr. ashton will look at some of the healthiest ways to prepare your greek going kwrur . f yogurt. >> don't go anywhere yet. >> a live look outside as

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if you're just joining us, the 7 things to know before you go. number one, palo alto woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh wants an fbi investigation before test testifying. blasey ford was invited to testify. >> two number, an exclusive interview with anita hill this morning. she's concerned monday's hearing could be a sham. you can see her interview coming up in a few minutes on gma at 7:00 a.m. number three, san francisco police are investigating a shooting in the sunset district that left a man dead. it happened at 46th and moraga street before 9:00 last night. so far no arrests have been made. number four, meta san jose international airport getting

millions in federal fund to go test new security. number 5, starting off cooler this morning but warmer as the warming trend begins. it hangs around several days. a high fire danger in the north bay don't. >> i am pinching myself today. very few incidents on the roads. overall, just a decent morning commute. >> everyoe is in new york. or at least getting ready for this. a big announcement this morning is number seven. k-pop group bts will perform on good morning america next wednesday. mark your calendars. it performed a sold-out show at oracle arena last week. we hadn't seen anything like it. they will be storming -- the bts army will be storming new york. >> they are probably there kafplg out already. >> i don't think new york is ready.

this is going to be crazy in a good way. >> the fans seem sweet. >> they do. >> it is good morning, america. breaking overnight, judge brett kavanaugh's accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, now says she won't testify until the fbi investigates her claim that kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. >> i feel so badly for him that he's going through this. >> now anita hill demanding lawmakers get it right this time. she's here only on "gma." also breaking overnight, what north korean leader kim jong-un just committed to, the fate of a key missile test facility as he and south korea's leader pledge to make a joint bid to host the olympics. president trump heading to the storm zone this morning to meet the victims of hurricane florence. the death toll climbing and warnings still in effect. rivers rising, dams in danger of