america. making news in america this morning, a major development in the supreme court showdown. brett kavanaugh's accuser now making a series of new demands before testifying about her sexual assault allegations, even insisting kavanaugh not be in the room at the same time. what the accuser says she's now open to and what the president said overnight in las vegas. gridlock. the new reality for commuters. the new survey on how long it's taking us to get to work and why traffic is worse than ever. the search for a motive after a tech executive is brutally murdered while jogging on a washington, d.c. street. overnight the vigil to remember her. the new push to limit the fees that airlines can charge you. the epic losing streak now

over. a rookie quarterback leads the browns to their first win in 635 days. the free beer is flowing. and this morning a legendary song of the season celebrates a milestone. ♪ dancing in september such a tease. september there. >> and good friday morning. i'm janai norman in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. we'll start with the major developments in the confirmation battle for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. his accuser is willing to testify under certain circumstances. >> sources say professor christine blasey ford wants the hearing pushed back and she's demanding kavanaugh testify first. overnight president trump praised his nominee and seemed to reject the idea of a delay. linda lop lynda lopez joins us.

>> reporter: they're negotiating with christine blasey ford's lawyers about when and how she'll testify. meanwhile president trump weighed in on his supreme court pick at a campaign rally overnight, still standing by his nominee. at a rally in las vegas, campaigning for senator dean heller president trump sending strong support out to judge brett kavanaugh. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. >> reporter: though the nominee is being called to testify in front of the senate again to answer sexual assault accusations. >> so we'll let it play out and i think everything is going to be just fine. >> reporter: but on fox news, questioning the allegations. >> why didn't somebody call the fbi 36 years ago? >> reporter: dr. christine blasey ford accuses kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school in the 1980s. a charge he denies. her lawyers currently negotiating when she would appear before the senate judiciary committee saying she's prepared to testify next week

but also saying that monday is not possible. according to a source familiar with the negotiations, her lawyers and judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley's office now reportedly discussing thursday for her to testify. sources also telling abc news that ford does not want kavanaugh in the room when she testifies and she wants him to testify first. blasey ford originally asked for an fbi investigation and they say that's still her strong preference but is no longer insisting on it. professor ford's sister-in-law talks about why the woman she calls chrissy wants to tell her story. >> she feels that her story has been leaked out with some inaccuracies and i think she doesn't want her story misrepresented in the way that it was leaked but i think she also feels strongly that the story needs to be heard by the american public, that they need to know what this man did in his youth so that he's held

responsible. >> reporter: democrats are accusing republicans of strong-arming kavanaugh's accuser as to when she can testify, but senate judiciary chairman grassley has said he's offered several options. >> we offered one more. >> right. >> closed session or two ways of doing it by transcript. >> reporter: kavanaugh continues to categorically deny the accusations against him. he says he looks forward to testifying before the committee and continues to want a hearing as soon as possible so he can clear his name. kendis, janai. >> lynda, thank you. to a major development in the russia investigation. sources say president trump's former attorney, michael cohen, has sat down for hours of interviews with special counsel robert mueller's team. cohen's attorney has confirmed that cohen provided, quoting here, critical information to mueller. abc's pierre thomas reports on the questions cohen was asked. >> reporter: the focus of the meetings all aspects of trump's dealings with russia including

business deals and also about allegations of collusion during the 2016 campaign. given cohen's longtime working with trump and his family business some insiders believe he potentially represents a significant legal threat. >> there's more. he tells us mueller's team also wanted to know if president trump or any of his associates offered a pardon suggesting that mueller is looking for any evidence of obstruction of justice. another deadly workplace shooting in america has sent people running for their lives. police say a worker at this rite aid facility in northern maryland shot and killed three of her co-workers before turing the gun on herself. the motive remains unclear. witnesses say the shooter had been arguing with someone before pulling the gun. former congresswoman gabby giffords issued a statement saying you have a right to feel safe and i'm horrified that's no longer the reality in america. this level of gun violence not normal. new details about the man accused of trying to steal an american airlines plane in orlando. the student pilot jumped over an

airport fence and made it all the way inside the plane raising new questions this morning about security. authorities say 22-year-old nishal sankat who had a commercial pilot's license boarded this american airlines jet in the middle of the night. at the time the empty plane was undergoing maintenance. airport officials say two technicians tackled him and tried to hold him down but he took off running on the tarmac before he was finally taken into custody. >> to my knowledge there are no links of any sort at this time or any connection to terrorism. we have not found any evidence that would load us to any type of link of that nature. >> after checking for explosives and finding none police told towed the suspect's car away. he left it running outside the terminal. >> we've conducted a search of his residence, also of his vehicle that was here. he was not armed at the time. he did not have a lot of personal belongings with him. as a result of the search of his vehicle and home, there were no

explosive devices, there were no weapons that were confiscated and at this point, you know, we continue to look into his motive as well. >> sankat was in the u.s. with a canadian passport originally from trinidad and tobago with no criminal record. they say their security procedures worked because that plane was never left unattended. sections of two major interstates in north and south carolina will be closed until next week because of the flooding from hurricane florence. the small town of nichols, south carolina, under six feet of water. hundreds of roads remain closed. some before and after images show the extent of that flooding. you see there the death toll now 41. officials are warning drivers to stay off the roads in eastern carolinas because of the danger. time now for a look at your weather for this friday. severe storms have been rolling through the plains and midwest overnight especially near the

canadian border. later today that cold front will bring severe storms from pittsburgh all the way up to vermont and look at the range of temperatures on this last full day of fall. minneapolis will reach only 56 degrees today while it's in the 80s and 90s across the south. seattle will get up to 72. about the same for boston. washington, d.c. there at 82. 84, detroit, enjoy it. not going to last. coming up, the most popular costume for halloween this year. but first new evidence that our daily commute to work is taking longer than ever and now we know why. and later, a warning about some popular flea and tick medications for y

we're back with an incredible corn maze honoring a local hero. the image of thomas stafford was made because he just celebrated his 88th birthday. the picture was taken by a satellite 400 miles up. >> very impressive. well, it is taking longer for americans to drive to work every day. new figures show the average commute is now just shy of 27 minutes and has been rising steadily in recent years. experts say the booming job market is one reason why. also the increasing number of ubers clogging the streets and the spike in online shopping which means more delivery trucks on the road. well, american is joining delta and other major airlines raising fees for checked bags by another $5. many passengers are complaining about being nickel and dimed so congress is considering a bill change tickets. american airlines' ceo says if congress imposes a limit they may eliminate the option of

changing nonrefundable tickets altogether. ticketmaster says allegations it is running a ticket scalping operation are untrue. journalists in canada reported they were colluding with scalpers to collect extra fees and drive up ticket prices. ticketmaster says the conduct described in the report is a clear violation of its terms of services and it's conducting an internal review. a fight worthy of a mike tyson match broke out at a sushi restaurant in houston. three women throwing punches pulling hair for nearly a minute. it finally ended in one woman's driveway where it took four officers to drag her out of her car and carry her away kicking and screaming. no word on what started that fight. california is cracking down on drinking straws banning restaurants from automatically serving them. anyone who wants one will have to ask. restaurants that don't comply will get two warnings then a fine. >> okay, so this is the first weekend of fall. like it or not, time to plan

your weekend i guess or costume. according to pinterest, tonya harding will be the most popular costume this year. i didn't even think of that. that's thanks to the recent movie about her skating career. the second most popular expected to be a "riverdale" character based on the popular teen drama on tv. some ideas for you. the dramatic rescue of a roofer who slipped off a building. but first the emotional vigil for a woman murdered while jogging on a street of a trendy washington, d.c. neighborhood. what we're now learning about the suspect. and later, the cleveland browns win for the first time in 21 months. how the city is celebrating. how the city's celebrating. (camera clicks) ♪ (humming along)

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he was dangling for more than 30 minutes unl arrived. so scary. >> glad to know he's okay. we turn to the emotional vigil in overnight honoring the woman killed while jogging in that popular neighborhood. >> f of wendy martinez remembered her as a smart, happy person who just got engaged. meanwhile we're learning new details about the man now charged with her murder. overnight, several hundred people gathered near the location where 35-year-old tech executive wendy martinez was killed. less than a mile from the white house. her mother delivering a message of forgiveness. >> my heart has been broken in a thousand pieces. i forgive and i let god do what he has to do. >> reporter: surveillance video shows martinez jogs tuesday night. moments later she was brutally stabbed seven times before stumbling into this restaurant

desperately seeking help. she later died at the hospital. police say this is the man responsible, 23-year-old anthony crawford. >> we do not have any information to suggest that wendy knew or had any association with the suspect in this case. >> reporter: police have yet to determine a motive. they say crawford tested positive for cocaine. court records say he has a history of mental illness and a past psychiatric evaluation found. seriously self-destructive behavior creating an imminent danger. crawford's attorney calling his client's arrest a rush to judgment by police. with the popular community of logan circle in shock, the man martinez was planning to marry has this message of resilience. >> we are all here together as a community, as a family, as a city and this type of incident shouldn't prevent us from continue being who we are. >> her mother said wendy just

picked out a wedding dress. they now plan to bury her in the dress. two soldiers killed during the korean war were identified. they include charles mcdaniel, a medic from indiana and 19-year-old william jones, an army private from north carolina. their remains were among the 55 transferred cases turned over to the u.s. by north korea. their families are expected to attend a white house ceremony today. and we have a health alert for pet owners, the fda is warning flea and tick medicine can cause problems in dogs and cats. a pesticide found in the pill, chewables and drops have been blamed for causing seizures. the fda says they can be used safely on most pets but it's calling on the companies that sell these medications to use clearer labels that offer more information about the risks and proper usage. we have more information on our website. to sports now and the cleveland browns have never won a super bowl, but last night's win over the jets may very well feel as good.

their ends their 635-day losing streak. the rookie quarterback there, baker mayfield, was looking good making his nfl debut helped them erase a 14-point deficit thence cleveland partied like it was christmas eve 2016, the last time the browns won. cleveland police tweeted, we won, wait, oh, god, the free beer thing, okay, cleveland, stay calm, go, browns. that fear beer thing refers to the then so-called victory fridges filled with free bud light, unlocking all over the city as part of a bud light promotion. they're probably still partying in the flats in cleveland. >> they deserve it. >> yep. >> that long. coming up we pay tribute to a special song on this day in september. >> and also ahead. an easy way to save lots of time at the gym and sti all the benefits of your workout. and the emotional story of a brother and sister brought together decades after being

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clear lake, 61. the rest of us in the 50s. 67 at the coast. the clouds are coming back. 78 in san francisco. 80s around the bay. 90s inland. i'll tell you if the cooling trend continues coming up. state route 87 in san jose, very few vehicles out there. friday light start. no major incidents to talk about. drive times are reflecting that. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze in the green at 16 minutes. bay bridge, still in the green at 8 minutes. san francisco to sfo, looking good, in the green at 9 minutes. heads-up if you are heading to or from the north bay this weekend. >> construction of the newer golden gate bridge suicide barrier has started. beginning this weekend you can expenges and delays. amy hollyfield is live at the bridge. amy >> reporter: hi, matt. the lanes are still closed.

they will be be opening in the next half hour. this is the new reality for marin county residents. it is going to be like this the next three years. traffic is okay right now. take a look at what last night was like. this is video taken after 11:30 when somebody was stuck in it. this is the approach to san francisco. traffic was barely moving, even stopped at times. that is because construction has started on the suicide barrier. they will shut down one lane in each direction every night for the next three years. it probably didn't help there was an eagles/zach brown concert last night. this is what one event can do to your drive on the golden gate bridge now. here are the closures. monday through thursday, 9:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning. those who work at night and need to get back home and need to

cross the bridge are going to suffer. friday night, 10:00 tonight and they don't reopen until 7:00 in the morning. the person who took that video says it took 1 hour 50 minutes, almost two hours, to get from san francisco to novato. that drive usually takes them 30 minutes. live at the golden gate bridge, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. that is rough. the be back to normal today. fremont dmv where the line stretched out the door yesterday. the dmv said a state-wide router issue stopped services and transactions from being processed. workers weren't aware of the problem until they came to work. >> of course when they're wrong, they're wrong. they don't go smoothly. i have to accept it. there's nothing i can do about it. >> the system start