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she just might be the luckiest fan in the world. >> she is the sweetest one. that's for sure. we'll get to that later. first we begin with that supreme court standoff. republicans issuing a deadline telling judge brett kavanaugh's accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, that she has until friday to say whether she'll testify. her lawyers are now firing back. abc's senior national correspondent terry moran is at the supreme court and has the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the clock is ticking. senator chuck grassley who is the republican chairman of the judiciary committee set that friday deadline, not just for christine blasey ford to agree to testify, but to submit her statement in writing. grassley says that committee rules, and he's doing this, he says, because the constitution gives the senate the exclusive responsibility to advise and consent on nominations and it's the senate that will investigate. that's not good enough for christine blasey ford. and right now, there's no sign that anyone is budging.

it's turning into a high-stakes game of chicken, the standoff between republicans and the accuser of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> we're not going to cancel any hearing until the last minute. i don't know what the last minute is, but until the last minute in hopes that she'll take us up. >> reporter: but christine blasey ford insists she wants an fbi investigation before she'll testify. in a statement overnight, her lawyer saying a hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation adding, the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee discovering the truth. blasey ford alleges brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when the two of them were high school students decades ago. kavanaugh denies the charges. president trump says he'd like to hear from blasey ford but patience could be running out. >> i really would want to see what she has to say. but i want to give it all the time they need. they've already given it time. if she shows up, that would be wonderful.

if she doesn't show up, that would be unfortunate. >> reporter: kavanaugh has interviewed under oath by republican committee staffers who said they have no reason to doubt the truthfulness of his testimony. this as his background has come under renewed scrutiny. even this old joke about his high school has resurfaced. >> the dean was reminding me before, before the talk, which is what happens at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep. that's been a good thing for all of us, i think. >> reporter: republican lawmakers are moving ahead with a monday hearing offering blasey ford several ways to be questioned, publicly, in a private session, or by staffers at her home in california. the message from the gop to blasey ford, show up or we're heading for a vote. >> she said she wanted to appear. but if she changes her mind and refuses to appear there's not much we can do. and so nothing else really would

remain of the investigation and background of the judge, and we would vote on the nomination. >> reporter: even moderate republican senator susan collins of maine, a key swing vote, doesn't see why they shouldn't proceed. >> i don't think that she can reject all those options because otherwise, there are these very serious allegations hanging over the head of a nominee who has emphatically denied them. and that's just not a good way for us to end. >> reporter: democrats are standing by blasey ford and the call for an investigation before she's put in front of senators for a grilling. >> is this so the republicans have no sense -- have they never dealt with sexual assault victims? do they not read anything? do they not know how hard it is for someone to come forward? apparently not. >> reporter: but republicans like senator dean heller of nevada sound confident even before they've heard from blasey

ford. heller saying in a private conference call organized by the republican party wednesday -- we got a little hiccup here with the kavanaugh nomination. we'll get through this and we'll get off to the races. a little hiccup? well, that shows what's really going on. politics. the supreme court has been the crown jewel of republican politics for decades and kavanaugh's nomination represents the decisive opportunity to shift it to the right. but there is another kind of politics going on here. women voters, who are watching all this very closely. >> sure is. let's look at the law and politics with chris christie, former governor, and sunny hostin, also former prosecutor. sunny, let me begin with you. dr. blasey ford faces a big decision. there's not going to be an fbi investigation before monday. should she testify or not? >> well, i certainly think her story needs to be heard. i believe that she should testify, but only after an fbi investigation. what is shocking to me actually, george, there is no protocol in place for something like this. no protocol in place when a supreme court nominee or any

federal nominee has been accused of sexual assault or sexual harassment. this happened in 1991. there is a blueprint for this. when this anita hill situation happened, bottom line is by bipartisan agreement the fbi investigated. the fbi interviewed anita hill. they interviewed clarence thomas. they had sexual assault and harassment experts testify. some of the same members that are on the committee today were on the committee then. >> i think your analysis -- >> why are they confused about how to proceed? >> your analysis is spot on. it is what happened in the past. for whatever reason and when you have the voting -- votes, you have the power. the fbi investigation isn't going to happen. i go back to the question. do you think in that situation does dr. ford say yes or no? >> i think, absolutely, she has to say yes because i think there is a need for public confidence in the supreme court nominee. >> one of the things that they're looking at and concerned about is the structure of the hearing, the rushed nature of the hearing.

if dr. ford asks for a few more days, asks for other expert witnesses to testify, would that be reasonable? >> i don't think so, george. it's been 36 years and we're talking about a much different situation than clarence thomas and anita hill for a few reasons. one, that was a much more recent event and much easier to investigate. secondly, you had two adults -- >> just because something's hard is not a reason not to do it. >> but george, what are you going to get in the end of this? this guy has gone through six background investigations in his career, including one that just happened three months ago. and none of this was ever revealed in these background investigations ever. what that tells you is there are not witnesses who will be able to talk about this one way or the other and so what's an investigation going to prove? in the end what we need to hear is to hear from the professor we need to hear from her, hear her story. people need to judge her credibility, not only the senators sitting on that panel but the other senators in the entire body and the american

people need to judge her credibility against judge kavanaugh's credibility. an investigation won't do anything that it hasn't done already. they did a full field background investigation, george. you know how extensive that is and he's gone through it six times in his career. >> i think that's really intellectually dishonest. we've both been through background checks when we were appointed as federal prosecutors. and the bottom line is they need to reopen the background investigation. when you conduct one, some things don't come up. when the fbi learns about things that haven't come up they re-open up the investigation and they continue. that is the protocol. and the notion somehow that this happened 36 years ago, that it doesn't matter, well, he was 17 years old. and the bottom line is -- >> i didn't say it doesn't matter. you said it doesn't matter. i didn't say it doesn't matter. >> what did you say? >> i said it's more difficult to investigate something that happened allegedly 36 years ago and when no witnesses have come forward when they've done full backgrounds on him starting as long ago -- zblu they missed this. they missed this. >> they didn't miss this. she hasn't spoken to anybody about it, nor is there anybody

who has come forward who said that they witnessed it or had ever heard about it. >> they haven't come forward because the fbi hasn't investigated it yet. >> you don't know who the fbi spoke to or who they didn't. >> obviously they didn't speak to professor ford. >> you don't know that either. you don't know that professor ford didn't refuse to be spoken to. up to this time, professor -- >> oh, come on. there's no evidence of that. >> george, we don't know that they didn't speak to her either. we don't know that they didn't ask any questions before. >> i think it's pretty clear they haven't spoken to her. >> how do you know that? this is a woman who, up until six weeks ago, was demanding of senator feinstein and her own local congress person that they keep her identity secret. >> if she had been asked and refused, we would know that. they would tell us. >> of course we would. >> who would tell us, george? >> the fbi would tell us. republican senators would tell us. that news would get out if she had been interviewed. >> it's not about being interviewed. >> it's about being asked. >> i don't know that we would know that information. >> i got to move on to something else before we go. president trump yesterday

continued his unprecedented assault on his own attorney general, gave this interview to "the hill" magazine and said i don't even have an attorney general and led to an impromptu press conference on the lawyer. >> what do you mean when you said you don't have an attorney general? what do you mean by that? >> i'm disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons. but we have an attorney general. i'm disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons and you understand that. >> are you going to fire jeff sessions? >> we are looking at lots of different things. >> isn't this situation getting untenable? >> well, it's been untenable for a long time. it's been untenable for a long time. but it's untenable for a bunch of reasons. one, because of the president's feelings towards the attorney general which are obvious. but also because we're in the midst of a very serious investigation that's being conducted by the justice department. and i don't think the president has an option to fire jeff sessions right now because if he did, it would create a political and a legal firestorm that he wouldn't be able to endure. so it's the combination of those two things, george. their inability to work

together -- >> damned if you do, damned if you don't. >> right. and so he's -- i think he's stuck -- until bob mueller is done, i think that the president is stuck with jeff sessions and jeff sessions obviously wants to continue to be attorney general. so when you have those two things going on this is what you see. >> crazy. thank you both very much. >> thanks. >> to michael. >> thank you, george. as the battle in our studio cools off, the supreme court battle rages on capitol hill. president trump visited the carolinas wednesday to see the devastation from hurricane florence. thousands of people still waiting to go home days after the storm hit the region, killing at least 37. abc's marcus moore is in north carolina with the latest. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, michael, good morning. take a look behind me here. you can see what the storm did to those docks there, damaging them and really leaving people here enduring dangerously high water. and with many communities still cut off by the flooding, president trump traveled to the carolinas trying to bring a message of hope to those impacted. president trump landed in the

storm zone wednesday. first in north carolina, meeting with rescue crews and survivors who face a long road to recovery. one homeowner telling him insurance won't cover the damage to their property. >> that's not good. the insurance company doesn't want to pay. >> reporter: the president handing out hot meals. >> how is the house? >> reporter: and seen here embracing a young boy at a relief center. the president also visiting the town of conway, south carolina, walking through neighborhoods, greeting residents and local officials. >> anything i can do, you all know where to call me. and we will be there for south carolina. >> reporter: that is a message they hope will resonate with the thousands of people impacted by this storm. the troubles though are expected to deepen as the rivers are going to rise even higher. there have already been 2,000 rescues here across the region since florence hit nearly one week ago. robin? >> all right, marcus. thank you very much. we're continuing to think of all

those in that area. now to the release of one of elizabeth smart's captors, wanda barzee walking free after 15 years behind bars. new images show her hours after her release. abc's david wright is here with more. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. wanda barzee was part of the husband and wife couple who committed a crime that's probably every parent's worst nightmare, the kidnapping of a child. these are the first glimpses of wanda barzee as a free woman. >> there's no reliable evidence to support speculation that miss barzee presently poses a threat of any kind to the community. >> reporter: barzee, who helped kidnap elizabeth smart, spent 15 years in custody. elizabeth smart speaking out overnight about her release. >> it certainly has been a roller coaster of emotion and at the same time i received an outpouring of love. >> reporter: barzee was supposed to be locked up until 2024. but a new ruling by the utah

board of pardons said she deserved credit for time served in federal prison. in the past few weeks, elizabeth smart has opposed barzee's release. >> i believe that she is a danger and a threat to any vulnerable person in our community. >> reporter: barzee and her husband, brian david mitchell, were convicted of kidnapping smart, then 14, in 2002. taken at knifepoint from her utah home. for nine months, smart endured the horror of daily sexual assaults before she was rescued. >> it feels like you're losing control of everything. you just feel like the world is coming to an end. >> reporter: now, mitchell, the husband in this couple, is still in custody serving two life sentences. bottom line, he won't be getting out anytime soon. >> yes, but she is out. all right. thank you, david. we'll move on to a new report on sexual harassment in the dallas mavericks basketball team. investigators have found a hostile culture for women at the team owned by billionaire mark cuban. cuban already taking action to address the wrongdoing.

and espn's ryan smith has the story. >> the dallas mavericks are nba champions. >> reporter: they're one of the nba's most valuable franchises. >> as mark cuban gets to celebrate. >> reporter: the dallas mavericks, led by charismatic owner mark cuban, known for his business skills and sharp tongue on abc's "shark tank." >> your marketing sucks. >> reporter: but this morning cuban and his mavericks facing the bite of a bombshell report, revealing multiple instances of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct over two decades. nearly all under cuban's watch. >> in hindsight, it was staring me right in the face, and i missed it. you know, i think -- you know, i wasn't as focused on the business as i should have been. >> reporter: the seven-month-long investigation commissioned by the team after more than a dozen current and former mavericks employees told "sports illustrated" the mavericks hostile work environment was an open secret. the magazine saying a pattern emerged of corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory

sexual behavior. among the findings, misconduct allegations by over a dozen women against former team ceo terdema ussery, and while cuban himself was not accused of any wrongdoing, the report stating cuban's decisions not to fire one employee accused of sexual misconduct and another of domestic violence represented significant errors in judgment. >> i don't have any excuses. i'm not trying to justify it. it's just -- i made a -- i made a bad mistake. and it's not the only one obviously that i made. >> reporter: cuban now agreeing to donate $10 million to women's groups as a result of the report and committing to change. >> the goal even more than the money is for me to get out there and teach others from my experiences. >> reporter: when the "sports illustrated" story surfaced, ussery denied allegations of misconduct, calling them, quote, outright false and inflammatory accusations. now, as for cuban when asked by espn if the possibility of selling the team was ever

discussed he replied no, i don't run away from my mistakes, so he's taking this on head-on. >> seems that way. thanks. >> thank you, robin. we're going to go to ginger now who is tracking a new storm that is bringing severe weather to the midwest and the northeast. >> flash flood warnings this morning just south of sioux falls, south dakota. the images you see give you an idea what's to come. severe storms possible in parts of the midwest today.

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good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. i'm alexis smith from abc 7 mornings. and developing now, a cliff rescue in san francisco. san francisco fire says three men fell from a cliff near ft. mason, just after 6:00 this morning. a fire boat pulled one from the water. two others were rescued from the base. medics took one man to the hospital. the other two are stable. police say alcohol may be involved. earlier this morning, you know we had a big issue on the san mateo bridge, a crash involving an suv and a semi. that is long gone at this point, but we are still in recovery mode. westbound 580, richmond/san rafael bridge, eight minutes, down to 33 across the san mateo bridge. that is much better and it looks like a lot of folks taking the

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red flag warning continues for our higher elevations you see in red here. that mean the fire danger is going to be up until about 5:00 later today. temperatures from 48 in santa rosa, napa, to 64 up in the hills and over towards brentwood, we have 62, also. for your commute, look at this. fog-free, hazy sunshine, mild this morning, but hot this afternoon on mass transit. we'll get a little bit of a break saturday and sunday and it gets even warmer, even to the coast next week, alexis. >> okay, thank you, mike. coming up next on "good morning america," the urgent search for the person who stabbed a jogger to death in washington, d.c. the possible suspect caught on surveillance video. and we'll have another abc 7

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>> give me one move. shoulder. there you go. take what you can get. >> what you can get now is the headlines. we have a lot of headlines to get to as well right now including new developments in the supreme court standoff. republicans now telling brett kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford, they need to know by tomorrow whether she's going to testify in front of congress on monday. today marks one year since hurricane maria made landfall in puerto rico. the storm so devastating the death toll estimated at nearly 3,000. so many still in need of help. >> the u.s. virgin islands were also impacted by maria. we'll have more on that later. take a look at this dramatic rescue. a major fire broke out at a senior housing complex in washington, d.c., quickly spreading. marines, who happened to be nearby, jumped into action, helping firefighters and other good samaritans rescue those trapped. thankfully we can say all tenants were able to escape with no major injuries. >> thanks to all those heros. >> mm-hmm. >> all right. thank you, robin. now to that urgent manhunt under way in the nation's capital after a woman was killed while jogging. this possible suspect caught on

surveillance video and, amy, this just happened in a very popular area. >> that's right, michael. i used to liver in that area of d.c. i used to run there all the time. i used to live in the area so this is a very frightening story for everyone who lives there. karina martinez was killed in what is typically known as a very safe part of town and now news of aj an arrest. this video shows wendy karina martinez on her evening jog. moments later she staggered into a chinese take-out restaurant after she was stabbed in the neck. >> stab wounds were very serious in nature. >> reporter: in front of a full restaurant police say the 35-year-old software executive rushed in and collapsed. >> they tried to provide medical assistance to her. unfortunately she was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. >> reporter: this morning, d.c. police they have arrested a suspect. they were zeroing in on this man, caught on this surveillance joid running away from the scene, holding what looks to be a knife. police are saying it was likely

a random attack. according to the victim's family, martinez, an avid runner, was engaged just last week. in a statement the victim's mother said wendy karina martinez was the light of our lives. not only was she an avid runner but she was a devout christian, a wonderful friend, and a driven professional. everything you hope that a daughter could be. tuesday's murder is just the latest in a string of killings targeting female joggers in recent years. 20-year-old mollie tibbetts abducted and murdered while running in july. the man accused of killing the university of iowa student pleaded not guilty this week. in 2016, 30-year-old karina vetrano was brutally beaten to death while jogging near her home in new york city. that same month, 27-year-old vanessa marcotte was found strong told death after going for a run on a rural rode near her mother's home in massachusetts. but this woman survived. 36-year-old kelly heron was running when she stopped to use a public bathroom.

>> as i was drying my hands, i became aware that something was wrong. >> reporter: that's when police say this man, a 40-year-old sex offender, assaulted her. herron says self-defense lessons saved her life. >> i learned you put hard bones in soft, fleshy places. so i just started beating the side of his head with the side of my hand. >> now, police say they have recovered what they believe is the knife used in the attack in washington, d.c. but for those of us who are avid runners, these are frightening stories. and i try to run with friends. because it really does feel scary to run by yourself these days. >> at any time. >> any time, anywhere. >> you're more aware now when you're running? >> i'm much more aware. >> we move to new developments for that california surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and assaulting women. several new accusers have come forward and police think there may be hundreds of victims. and one woman who went on a date with that doctor last year now

telling her story. abc's kayna whitworth has the details. >> reporter: this morning, more than six women coming to authorities saying they were sexually assaulted by dr. grant robicheaux and his girlfriend, cerissa riley. robicheaux once named "orange coast" magazine's bachelor of the year, and appeared to be great catch on this bravo tv show. >> you seem too perfect. what's wrong with you? >> reporter: but this morning, former patients of his are shocked. authorities saying the couple used drugs and alcohol to incapacitate potential victims including two women who reported attacks to authorities in 2016. you said that it was their m.o. that they would send her out first to meet the women. >> that's what we've seen, yes. usually with m.o.s, if they work, they maintain those consistently. >> reporter: lauren hayden who matched with robicheaux on tinder in 2017 says he didn't understand the meaning of the word no. >> i was in the pool with him or jacuzzi and he started trying to tear my top off.

when i was saying no, it was like he wasn't even hearing me. it was just he kept going at it. it was like he had no concept of, you know, personal autonomy, like no concept of consent. no concept of, um, no. >> reporter: hayden was able to get out of the situation but she says she's still afraid. >> looking at the news on my phone, and his face just came up, and i just -- i just started screaming. i just started sobbing. >> reporter: victims have come forward from new york, las vegas and out of the country. the d.a.'s office is currently working to see if they can bring additional charges against the two. now, they're currently out on bail set to be arraigned in october. and their lawyers are telling us they deny all allegations of nonconsensual sex. george? >> these are some stunning charges. okay, kayna, thanks very much. >> they really are, george. coming up, iphone frenzy. apple's latest creations hit stores tomorrow. how to get the most money for

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morning these stores are going to be packed with people getting those new iphones. so this morning, "gma" is trying to help you figure out what to do with that old one. >> the most advanced iphone we have ever created. >> reporter: apple recently unveiling three new iphones and some of its most impressive technology yet. >> it's the best camera we've ever shown before. >> reporter: on tuesday apple's ceo, tim cook, gave robin a preview of some of the upgrades. >> this is the memoji. >> reporter: going on sale in stores tomorrow, the new iphone xs, a faster phone with an extended battery life. and a larger version, the iphone xs max, with the biggest screen yet. and a third new model going on sale in october, a slightly less expensive iphone xr that comes in a range of six colors. but if you want one of these new toys, how can you try to get the most money for your old iphone? >> once apple announces a new

iphone and it goes on presale, the value of the older model does drop pretty fast. >> reporter: bridget carey, senior editor at cnet, tracking prices for us on two old iphones before apple's big reveal last week and after that announcement to see how much she could get. she entered the info of both phones on four different resale sites. >> that is the best price. >> reporter: before apple's announcement, she received the highest quotes from the website decluttr. for one phone, that was $512, roughly 40 bucks more than the next highest price. cnet checking again after the announcement. and the prices dropped. one site as much as $50. but decluttr with the highest quote. carey says if you plan on selling your phone, you better act fast. today is your best bet before the new models hit stores tomorrow. >> the longer you wait, the less you're going to get for your phone. >> reporter: so what you want to do is you want to do what cnet did.

you want to check several different websites. check those offers. see which one gives you the best deal. make sure the website is legitimate. and you also want to go to your cell phone carrier. and see what kind of trade-in offers they may have. i'm getting the best deal trading it in directly with apple. >> you're just rubbing it in, gio, aren't you? good for you. >> he's in line early. >> i know. thank you as always, gio. >> he's going to be waiting a while though. >> oh, yeah. no doubt. coming up, everybody, you see our interview with this incredible little girl who got a brand-new heart. she got a visit from drake. she's doing great and wait till you hear what drake gave her. ♪ i need some good news baby ♪ cause all the world's gone crazy ♪ the new capital one savor card.

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♪ i need some good news baby ♪ the world's gone crazy we're back with the inspiring 11-year-old sofia sanchez who has a lot of people cheering for her. she had two wishes. one, to get a new heart. two, to meet drake. well, they both came true and sofia is doing better than ever and adrienne bankert, you had a chance to go sit down and talk to her. >> wait till you see this little girl, michael. good morning, guys. sofia is definitely living her best life. and thanks to an organ donor, she and her family are forever grateful. ♪ i want you and i need you >> reporter: she's the viral video superstar whose dance moves to drake's megahit "in my feelings" won hearts worldwide. >> hi, my name is sofia. i'm 10 years old and i'm about to turn 11. >> reporter: but it was her birthday wish that changed everything.

>> and i love your music. and i was hoping that you could come and cheer me up for my birthday. oh, my god! >> reporter: and he came through. >> you asked me to come. i'm here. >> i froze. >> reporter: you froze? >> yeah. i was like, is this a dream or is this not a dream? i was like, oh, my god. he came to surprise me. >> just for you, my dear. >> drake. >> reporter: that invite from her hospital bed while waiting for her other wish, a new heart. >> i knew she was sick. i was carrying her around for six weeks from doctor to doctor. everyone was diagnosing her with asthma, psychological issues. everything but the heart. >> reporter: after weeks of misdiagnoses natalie sanchez brought sofia to chicago's lurie children's hospital where doctors immediately identified cardiomyopathy. sofia's heart was too big. by pushing and by asking other doctors, you saved her life. >> yes, i feel very grateful to be where we're at today. >> reporter: the only cure, a heart transplant. >> she had 12% of her heart

pumping. so it was barely squeezing. it's horrible. it's just a waiting game. you just have to wait. >> reporter: one week later mom delivers a surprise. >> congratulations. >> i'm getting a heart, mom. >> yes. >> that's amazing. >> yerks baby. i know. i love you. >> reporter: sofia's nine-hour heart transplant operation, a success. >> what do you think about when you know that there's a child whose heart is inside of you now? >> it's important for everybody to donate their good organs to other people to give them a second chance at life. because, even though, like, a tragedy happens, something good comes out of it. >> reporter: now out of the hospital she's in recovery. >> how are you? >> good. >> reporter: and loves to visit what became a second home. >> my best friend on the unit. >> reporter: doctors say it's her optimism and constant smile that helped sofia heal. a visit from drake certainly didn't hurt. i hear there's a rumor that he gave you his phone number.

>> yeah. >> his personal phone number. >> i can't give it away. >> you can't give it away. >> i made a pinkie promise and it's his personal phone number and he's famous so he's busy. >> we just fell in love with this girl. >> how could you not? >> she says drake promises also to call her up on stage at of his koconcerts and sing "god plan" to her. she wants other kids to foe what to expect in preparation for open heart surgery. >> that was the best stiff-arm i ever saw in an interview. can't give it away. >> one of the coolest things is that the doctor who performed the surgery, he does this with all his patients, he lowers the heart inside of them and says, welcome to your new home. >> oh, my goodness. and we do have to think about the old home where that heart was and that family. >> absolutely. >> and how they have -- >>ndt >>hat a ftat priceless gift. i saw you busting some moves there. >> we have a lot of kiki love over here. >> we'll be right back. ax. at carmax, we buy all the cars.

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good morning, south bay. let's get up is and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> hi, good morning. i'm jessica castro from abc 7 mornings. let's start with meteorologist mike nicco with our forecast. hi, mike. >> hey, jessica. hi, everybody. just to remind you, we still have the red flag warnings for the areas you see in red. that high fire danger goes through 5:00. if you're going to be out and about today, find some way to stay cool, as the 80s and 90s are back. it's going to be quite light over our beaches and over the bay, with the winds, that is. and here we go, saturday and sunday, it gets warmer again next week. alexis? >> good morning, mike. and we are looking live at our walnut creek traffic camera, southbound 880 crawling along, nothing blocking along that route, but it certainly is slow across much of the bay area at this point. and a quick check of some drive times, 54 minutes, westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze. about 14 across the bay bridge, once you make it past the metering lights and an 18-minute drive southbound 101 heading to

sfo. >> alexis, thank you. coming up on "good morning america," robin is celebrating six years since her life-saving bone marrow transplant. the new initiative she is announcing this morning. meanwhile, we'll have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. supreme court standoff. republicans set a deadline for brett kavanaugh's accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, to testify saying they need to know by tomorrow. her lawyer fires back as the president stands by his nominee. new this morning, the popular diet that could be linked to lower stroke rates. the research revealing that men and women are affected differently by what they're eating. what you should know about preventing a stroke. dr. ashton is here to break it down. road to recovery. we're going back to the u.s. virgin islands one year after the devastation from hurricanes irma and maria. how they're rebuilding right now, and the brand-new addition to the phillips family who helped so many get back on their feet.

thriver thursday. six years ago today robin had that life-saving bone marrow transplant. this morning, we're celebrating with so many others who have incredible stories of renewal, of determination who aren't just surviving but thriving this morning. ♪ everybody get up and the top trend overnight, "space jam" is back. guess who is starring in the sequel and what the connection is with "black panther." ♪ i walk down to the river >> it's josh groban's 23rd time on "gma." and it's the performance that will make your thursday, "a bridge over troubled water." he's here live and he's here to say -- >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ to the river ♪ over troubled water >> don't you just love that voice? love that man. who counted? 23 times.

who's the one up there counting? >> we should call him a substitute anchor. >> you notice my voice got deeper. here to say -- >> it's great to have josh groban back here on this thursday morning. >> it is and robin, it's a very special day. it's robin's 6th birthday, the sixth anniversary of your life-saving bone marrow transplant from your sister sally-ann. >> that's right. that's right. >> you're using it this morning to pay it forward which is really, really amazing. >> you know, i really appreciate having this second birthday, if you will, and i always try to think of what can i do? and so we're starting this new initiative today. >> or you can go to first grade. you're 6. >> only 6 years old. >> we're violating child labor laws right now. >> oh, come on. ♪ i'm a big girl now >> we'll talk a lot more about it coming up. thriver thursday is the new initiative but right now the latest on that supreme court standoff. republicans now setting a deadline for judge brett kavanaugh's accuser, they need

to know by tomorrow if she's going to testify. terry moran has more from the supreme court. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. the moment of truth is approaching for christine blasey ford, not only does she have to decide by friday to testify before the senate judiciary committee on monday, but she has to submit on friday her written testimony to committee staff. she has reportedly told friends this is an incident that has haunted her entire life and so now the clock is ticking and she has to decide quickly whether to share it with the entire country. it's turning into a high-stakes game of chicken. the standoff between republicans and the accuser of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> we're not going to cancel any hearing until the last minute. i don't know what the last minute is, but until the last minute in hopes that she'll take us up. >> reporter: but christine blasey ford insists she wants an fbi investigation before she'll testify. in a statement overnight her lawyer saying a hearing that has

only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation, adding, the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee discovering the truth. president trump says he'd like to hear from blasey ford but patience could be running out. >> i really would want to see what she has to say, but i want to give it all the time they need. they've already given it time. >> reporter: kavanaugh has already been preliminarily interviewed under oath by republican committee staffers who said they have no reason to doubt the truthfulness of his testimony. the message from the gop to blasey ford, show up or we're heading for a vote. >> she said she wanted to appear but if she changes her mind and refuses to appear there's not much we can do. >> reporter: even moderate republican senator susan collins of maine, a key swing vote, doesn't see why they shouldn't proceed. >> i don't think that she can reject all those options because otherwise there are these very serious allegations hanging over the head of a nominee who has

emphatically denied them, and that's just not a good way for us to end. >> reporter: that statement from senator collins is crucial. she wants to support christine blasey ford in her effort to get her story out, but she also is going to move forward with the committee. the only person who can change things right now really is president trump. he can call on the fbi to investigate and he says he's not going to do it. george. >> that's right, which means it's a big decision to ahead for dr. ford. terry, thanks very much. we will switch gears to a video that's been trending this thursday morning. anyone ever have a hard time getting off the couch into the gym? here's an easy way to get motivated. try working out with a friend in the comfort of your own home. that's right. check it out. luca, the great dane getting his workout in and showing off his best form doing it lunging in the living room with his owner

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[ applause ] welcome back to "gma." a lovely audience. >> slow clap. >> a slow clap there in the middle right there. i like your slow clap. i like your hair. yeah. thank you. little bow there. that's a tough act to follow but only lara spencer can with "pop news." [ cheers and applause ] >> i got you. i got you. let's do it. the markle sparkle strikes again. here we go, meghan markle's new cookbook has already topped

the best seller list and it hasn't even officially hit book shelves yet. she lent her name to the project called "together: our community cookbook" to raise money from the grenfell tower in london and wrote the foreword filled with recipes from local survivors and supporters and bumped j.k. rowling out of the number one spot on the best-seller list and it is now available in book stores as of this morning. if it's available. >> if it's not sold out. >> unbelievable. and speaking of markle sparkle you know what's coming up later, tory johnson, "deals & steals." [ applause ] they're excited. i'll be ordering. then we have a "pop news" exclusive for you this morning. the "hollywood reporter" give us the first look at its annual 100 list ranking the most powerful people in entertainment. some of our favorites like

tiffany haddish. [ applause ] saw her at the emmys. on the list for the first time, number 79 and the mag says she burst on the scene in 2017 with "girls trip" and, of course, leveraged that success into a, quote, one-woman comedy empire. congrats, tiffany. ryan reynolds at 71 thanks to the sequel of "dead made over $730 million. somehow in between being funny on instagram having that beautiful wife blake lively, he also found time to become owner of aviation american gin which, i don't know, he looks pretty good drinking. and no surprise here, reese witherspoon -- >> yay! [ applause ] >> she's all the way up at number 39.

one of tv's hottest producers and stars and wrapped the second season of "big little lies" working on a morning show drama as we all know with jennifer aniston. and topping the list, drum roll, please, thank you, audience. third year in a row, ceo of disney, bob iger, everybody. [ applause ] our parent company, now has the marvel superheroes, "star wars" franchise, the disney parks just to name a few of its many holdings, all of which bring a little disney magic to folks all around the world. congrats to everybody on the hollywood reporter list and thank you, "hollywood reporter" for giving it to us. i have to get to this. i know he's a friend of all of yours. lebron james in "pop news." getting some new teammates. i'm not talking sports this. this is not the lakers. the basketball star is going hollywood announcing he will star in a "space jam" sequel. [ applause ]

>> he'll take on that role that michael jordan had in the original. the dream team also includes producer ryan coogler who had a slam dunk with "the black panther" film. lebron sending fans into a frenzy posting this photo on instagram. it shows a dressing room where b. bunny is point guard and l. james is the small forward, making it the number one trending topic overnight. he says he wants kids to understand how empowered they can feel if they don't give up on their dreams. the sequel set for 2019, in the off-season, of course, >> ryan coogler is so talented. "creed," "black panner in". >> we've seen his comedy chops before with amy schumer. >> he was very great in that. good luck with that.ityou l thn. >> time to do the walk. >> our "gma" cover story is about the mediterranean diet and we've talked about it a lot before but there's a lot of new information coming in.

we have jen ashton here to explain. >> good morning, george. >> good morning. now we've known it's a good diet, can lower the risk of strokes, heart attack and things like that. we have new information. >> score another for the greeks. we've heard it again and again about the mediterranean diet that appeared in the journal of the american heart association, stroke, number two killer worldwide, so again, getting a lot of interest. and basically they gave people a one-week questionnaire really followed their diets closely and sought to be more accurate than the others used in a lot of nutritional science. and take a look at the numbers. they found overall people who followed a mediterranean diet lowered their risk of stroke by 17%. for women it was huge. 22%. >> 22-6. >> for men it's about 6%. that could be due to chance. that's why you see the hashmark there. what's interesting about this, it's one of the first big studies that showed gender difference for diet. we see that again and again in medicine. we don't see it enough being studied male versus female. >> any idea why? >> no. so here are the interesting things with this diet. number one, there are different causes of strokes for men and

for women, for both of them, and this might act differently based on what type of stroke someone has. also, just like in anything else in medicine, we may see differences in men versus women. not just with diet but with exercise and other interventions so very, very hot area of research right now. >> got a mediterranean day here. >> this is a day out of the stephanopoulos diet. here's the key thing with stroke. you want to lower your risk whether you're male or female any way you can. diet, this is a typical mediterranean diet, high in fruit, vegetables, red wine in immediate ra moderation with exercise, lowering blood pressure, do not smoke. if you smoke, stop by any means necessary. very, very important. >> excellent advice. thanks very much. robin. >> all right, george. this morning marks one year since hurricane maria ravaged puerto rico and the u.s. virgin

along with irma, the storms left a trial of destruction in their wake. when we visited the area weeks later, we saw firsthand the power of community and resilience. as the island still worked to recover, we wanted to check in with our friends in st. thomas to see how they are moving forward one year later. looking around the recovery effort in the u.s. virgin islands is significant but there is still a long way to go. the damage from the storms was catastrophic. 22,000 buildings were damaged and $625 million of aid have gone to the people of the islands to help rebuild their new normal. >> i think the recovery is like one of the most amazing things to watch because everyone just dusts themselves off but it's the caribbean. you can't take that charm away. >> reporter: the storms could not crush the resilient spirit of the u.s. virgin islands like the phillips family who we met last year. >> how are you? >> oh, good morning. >> i heard so much about you. >> reporter: after the storm, the family of 14 took matters into their own hands, feeding their community day and night, providing over 3500 meals. >> i cook for 25 people normally. that's just us.

so it's not too much extra to share with the community. >> so it was out of necessity that you came up with this idea? >> yes. >> reporter: and today just like the rest of their beloved community, the phillips family are getting back on their feet. >> i trust you had a good trip. >> reporter: recently starting a new venture as a roofing and renovation company. >> there are a lot of people misplaced by the hurricane that still actually don't have a place to live and still in shelters. we kind of switched from doing the cooking to actually the rebuilding. >> the funniest thing, our house has not been touched and we're building other people's houses. >> we got windows. just got these in this week. >> reporter: like the turn of the tide, a growing phillips family recently welcoming their own little sign of hope. >> this is the newest member. say hi. >> i love this family. the phillips family and all the

people in that area, the islands, puerto rico and the virgin islands and you think about it, it was one year ago todays. one week ago today felt the first effects of hurricane florence and so for them to see the progress that has been made in the other places and just to give them hope that, hang in there and there are people that want to just lift them up and help them through their time of need. >> yeah. [ applause ] and that phillips family, they're gorgeous, every last one of them. on another note they're just gorgeous. now let's go outside to ginger. >> thank you, robin. speaking of lifting people up, we do your "gma" moment now and today we have a double. that's right. the first one comes to us from chicopee, massachusetts. this is 5-year-old leanna and she's been following her mom around who is a realtor and you can see what happened. >> this adorable condo has two

bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms and an open concept, crown molding throughout and -- >> aw, isn't that so sweet? little leanna, i'm buying. i'm in. you say open concept, i'm in. then i thought wouldn't it be fun to head to searcy, arkansas and a 3-year-old being lifted up by his stepfather and this is actually christian and you'll see he's turned him into spider-man. >> hey, spider-man, what are you doing? >> right? who needs special effects when you have a great stepdad? we love that. thank you very much for sending in your "gma" moments. anything that makes you laugh, that makes you smile, that makes your family happy, please go ahead and put it on my facebook page. wasn't that so much fun? where are you from? >> pennsylvania. >> we got to make you into a realtor. that's what we learned here today. all right. that

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good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> hi. good morning. i'm jessica castro from abc 7 mornings. developing now, a cliff rescue in san francisco this morning. sky 7 was over the scene. san francisco fire rescued three men after they fell from a cliff near ft. mason. this was just after 6:00 this morning. medics took one to the hospital. the other two are stable. police say alcohol may be involved. all right. and it has been a really rough morning on the san mateo bridge commute. we are looking at major delays once again for westbound 92, two crashes this morning, both are gone. but having a tough time bouncing back there. also, we've got some downed wires on the muni and judah line. that means some detours. they are providing bus shuttles,

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> we'll start off with a red flag warning. stillntil 5:00 for the areas you see in red, which are our hills and mountains. light breezes for your commute. it will be hot inland with 90s, at least. five of the -- six of the seven coming days. jessica? >> mike, thank you. we'll have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and

always on our news app and abc7news.com. look at that sunshine. en ♪ welcome back to "gma." this time yesterday we asked you to send us your video for this song for our idol challenge, dancing to the hit global superstar bts. well hundreds poured in. we want more so keep coming. keep sending those videos. you can use the hashtag, #btsongma. >> great moves. >> it's already been tweeting nearly a quarter of a million times. keep it's going. more videos are comeing. >> bring it. >> waiting for yours. >> you keep waiting. all right. we're not waiting anymore our guest, everybody, he always comes to play.

he's hilarious and cannot only act, the guy can sing as well. you know him from movies like school of rock, tropic thunder and "kung fu panda." now he's starring in a new movie, "the house with the clock in its walls." please welcome jack black. [ cheers and applause ] >> good morning, good to see you. >> it's been so long since i've seen you. >> i think it was ella fitzgerald. good to see you, michael. do i sit here? in the catbird seat. ah. >> the crowd goes wild. >> ah, it's nice. >> so, thanks for being here, first of all. >> my pleasure. >> congratulations, two days ago star on hollywood walk of fame. >> yes. >> my friend. >> yes. [ applause ] >> so how does it feel? people are just going to be walking over you forever.

how does that feel? >> it feels good. i like to be walked on. it's a thai massage. they walk on your back. only way to get to the deep tissue muscles. >> also had the premiere this week. >> i did, yes. >> had a very exciting premiere at the chinese theater in hollywood and, yeah, brought my kids and they were stoked. they're very honest with me. they will tell me if they think i'm no good and they loved it. they were really into it. so mission accomplished. >> we have here in the front row -- >> i love jack black. >> he's blocking it with the camera. >> oh, nice shirt -- oh, you love jack black, do you? [ cheers and applause ] god bless your heart. for making that shirt, is this the only time you've ever worn that shirt, be honest? you made it for this occasion. okay. well, she admitted it. i appreciate your honesty.

you're just like my boys. you're making my glasses steamy. [ laughter ] >> was it steamy in your trailer, the prankster -- i heard there was a goat in your trailer. >> yes. well, i wasn't the prankster in this case. >> you were pranked. >> you're talking about on "the house with the clock in its walls" set, my last day of shooting i hugged everyone, kissed everyone good-bye. i walked to my trailer for the last time, a tear in my eye, had so much fun on this movie, opened the door and there is a goat staring me right in the face and you may know that of all the nondangerous animals, the goat is the most terrifying because it looks like satan, the devil and i was terrified and let out a little squeak and looked around and there was the director eli roth and owen vaccaro, the star of grinning from ear to ear. they had pranked me and took weeks how do we get the goat, how do we get it in so he doesn't notice and i will get

them back. >> one day. >> one day when they least expect it. >> yes. >> you play a warlock. your nephew comes to live with you and -- >> you want the know the whole synopses. >> or we can show a little. >> let's show a little. >> my next-door neighbor mrs. florence zimmerman? i'm relieved to see you didn't inherit your uncle's freakishly oversized head. >> huh, says the woman who literally looks like a q-tip. >> look, the giant head is angry. >> did that withered purple skeleton just speak? she thinks she's smarter than me because she has more colleges degrees. >> no, i think i'm smarter than you because i'm smarter than you. ♪ ooh. [ applause ] >> cate blanchett. >> yeah, so i play a warlock and she's my best friend across the street. she's a witch and that little boy is my nephew and we're

teaching him the ways of magic so he can help us deactivate and find this doomsday clock that threatens to destroy the word. >> so you're a good warlock. >> yes, we're good witches and warlocks fighting against bad witches and warlocks. >> you spoke of magic. you had to learn some magic tricks. >> yes, a little bit. >> we have a deck of cards there. >> oh, just so happens. >> is there something you can show us? just happen to have them there. >> okay. >> what's your best trick. >> yeah, i had to study. i'm like daniel day-lewis with my research. pick any card. literally any card. look at how he picked the one that it seems like i wanted him to pick. show the crowd your card. put it in here. as you see, tre's noay that i could knot is then that, iisio at,th, io th do right. is that your card? no, it probably isn't.

i don't know magic. i'm an actor. [ applause ] >> oh. >> 52% chance that i was going to look really good at magic. >> many talents. [ laughter ] but you are a man of talents. our producers are very excited about this. we hear that you yodel. >> i do a bit of yodeling on the side, yes. it's a special talent. do you want a little taste? >> if you don't mind. [ applause ] [ yodeling ]

it's a little better than my magic but not much. >> speaking of yodeling, acting, magic, yodeling, tenacious d, man, you're one-half of the tenacious d new album coming out. a youtube series. >> yes. >> and post apocalyptic rock or opera. >> it's like we figured out all the best movies are post apocalyptic action like "the matrix" and "terminator." i think we can agree these are the greatest films of all time and wanted to do one of our own so that's coming soon on youtube. the regular free one on september 28th. >> all right. we can't wait for that and also "the house with the clock in its walls" is in theaters tomorrow. give it up for jack black. [ applause ] we'll be right back.

back here on "gma." celebrating a very special birthday, exactly six years ago today robin received a life-saving bone marrow trance mrants from her sister, sally-ann. >> we're all celebrating robin. you did a little dance during our 3r0e78 mow with houston that we want everybody to see. >> oh, yeah.

>> i said you were 6 years old and you went right back to being 6 years old. >> i did. i did. i couldn't resist. >> you shared your journey from the very first and for a good reason trying to help others. now you have this new initiative called thriver thursday. >> you remember my momma. she always said make your mess your message and always try to do something special on this day. because it fell on a thursday of all days, i thought about thriver thursday and it's something that we're going to do. it's an initiative going forward because i'm so grateful for all the people that have crossed my path and who are celebrating life as i have, not just once but twice with what i've gone through and there have been incredible stories. not survivors, you know the word i say, they're thrivers. they are thrivers. ♪ >> i'm going to tell you what a thriver is. someone who, you know, takes their life back. we've been thrown something in our path that we thought we

couldn't overcome but we did and by golly, we ain't going back. we're looking forward. whether it's a catastrophic illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one, there is always hope. yes, even in the darkest moments. >> you have a choice to either try and work through it or you succumb and if i did that, i would have a really miserable life. >> i've learned how to be content in whatever circumstance i'm in. contentment, joy comes from a place within. >> if there's things i can't change, i can't worry about it because it'll stop me from living. >> from people who were ready to give up. >> sometimes my mind wanders and i go to that dark place, death. >> you're fighting for your life. you don't know what's going to happen to you. >> but then found their inner strength and a new path forward. >> when i got better, the very first thing i said was i'm going to live my life with my hair on

fire. i'm going to start doing things i normally wouldn't do. >> i really was in a wheelchair. watch this, baby. >> yes, a thriver makes that conscious choice to go beyond survival toward a newfound passion in life, new joy and even new love. >> i'm not crazy about the word survivor. >> i'm not -- i hate that word. i hate that word. >> we are thriving and i say we, we are thrivers. >> i would add to the thriver, i feel like i'm a warrior. >> and she definitely is a war joe so every thursday starting today i hope that you'll join the conversation about thriving with #thriverthursday. whether it's messages of hope for others or your own success stories please share them. i'm also proud to announce a special digital series we're producing through rocking robin productions where you get to meet and be inspired by some of the most extraordinary thrivers

we have met and a big shoutout, have to thank my wonderful sponsor bristol-myers squibb for partnering with us and you can go to thriverthursday.com to learn about that and more and tell us about someone you think should be highlighted in our upcoming series and i just want to thank my "gma" family as i always do. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. [ applause ] >> we have to thank you for the message you sent and we just saw up in the piece the woman talking about this being a conscious choice. did i feel like a conscious choice for you? >> oh, gosh, george, i think, no, i know that we're all stronger than we think we are. i don't -- you know, if someone had asked me you're going to go through cancer not once but twice and lose your parent, all those things are going to happen and you're going to be so happy and you're going to be still so strong, i would have said, no, that's impossible so i think i am and i hope i'm living proof

this too shall pass. something my mom used to say to us, i chattered -- i walked a mile with pleasure, she chattered all the way but i was none the wiser for all she had to say. i walked a mile with sorrow and nare a word said she but all the things i learned from her when sorrow walked with me and lets you know we're all a little bit stronger than we think we are. [ applause ] michael, you're going to love this. you know how we're always trying to get george to dance. there was a time because of my battle, it inspired him to dance. >> no. >> can we roll? >> i'm not kidding. >> watch this. remember. [ applause ] there is a reason. remember that, lara? >> robin, you don't want to do

that again. >> i need a tissue. i'm emotional. >> had to happen. >> the man is motivated and you really helped me through a difficult time, george. >> you helped all of us. and right there is the last time you're going to see me dance. one and done. thank you, robin. >> at the end she said i'm a thriver but i'm a warrior and you're a warrior, robin. not only for yourself but everybody else out there, all the stuff you do amazing and i know i'm honored to sit next to you every day and be a part of this. >> thank you, michael. [ applause ] >> all right. all right. >> let's go to ginger. >> let's go to ginger. >> i can't wait to see all those warrio

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back now with our friend josh groban, his latest album "britons" comes out tomorrow. happens to be the same day as his netflix show "the good cop." here is josh now performing "bridge over troubled water." take it away. [ applause ] ♪ when you're weary feeling small when tears are in your eyes, i will dry them all ♪

♪ i'm on your side when times get rough and friends just can't be found ♪ ♪ like a bridge over troubled water i will lay me down ♪ ♪ when you're down and out when you're on the street ♪ ♪ when evening falls so hard

i will comfort you ♪ ♪ i'll take your part i'll take your part ♪ ♪ when darkness comes and ♪ like a bridge over troubled water i will lay me down ♪ ♪ like a bridge over troubled water ♪ ♪ sail on, silver girl, sail on by ♪ ♪ your time has come to shine

and all your dreams are on their way ♪ ♪ see how they shine see how they shine ♪ ♪ and if you need a friend ♪ i'm sailing right behind like a bridge over troubled water ♪ ♪ i will ease your mind like a bridge over troubled

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thank you so much to josh. you've actually performed that with paul simon. >> i have. he was such a hero of mine and my first time playing that song was with him in brooklyn nearly ten years ago. >> that was amazing. thank you. >> thank you all for watching and happy birthday to our robin roberts. >> check out josh's album "britons." it is out tomorrow.

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> hi, there! good morning. i'm jessica casto from abc 7 mornings. it's thursday. let's start out with meteorologist mike nicco. how's it going? >> hey, jessica. hey, everybody. yeah, it's still going, um, well, touch and go up in the mountains. let's say that, and up in our hills. we have that red flag warning until 5:00. high fire danger. mid- to upper 70s in san francisco. 80s and 90s for the rest of us. it will cool slightly this weekend, of course, autumn starts. look, next week, it gets warm, even at the coast. alexis? >> okay, we have a lot of red on our traffic maps, as you would imagine at this point in the morning. new crash here on southbound 880 at the 238 connector. a couple of vehicles involved. at least one lane blocked and they are sending emergency crews to the escescene. a rough morning for the north judah line for muni. continuing the bus shuttles as they get normal

service back in place. >> slow, but at least some progress, right, >> announcer: it's "live with kelly"! today, from the hit drama "empire" ," terrence howard. end of the young star of "young sheldon" ," iain armitag. and performing his new hit, jake shears! all next on "live"! and now, here are kelly rabbi and ryan seacrest! ♪