are off. the dream team is here. someone actually wrote that. some sphaeu say nightmare. >> it's your birthday and we all got doughnuts in honor of matt keller. >> that's awesome. >> did you bring those? >> madison. >> oh, nice. >> shout out to madison. >> no. i brought barbara my wife put meatballs and barbecue sauce in the crock pot which are on low and getting warm. so we have some protein. >> balance all that sugar out. >> absolutely. hopefully you're having a great friday morning. pretty much clear conditions. a little bit of fog along the coast. accuweather 12-hour planner. 66 at noon to 62 at 4:00. a southerly surge of clouds and breezes, especially along the peninsula. the rest of us in the 70s and 80s at noon. 80s and 90s at 4:00. pretty nice evening. 70 to 76 at 7:00.

back to alexis for the commute. good morning, mike i want to head in and take you to a collision on the bay bridge. it's on the lighter side. eastbound 80 before treasure island. slowing you down if you're trying to get out of san francisco. solo vehicle spin-out crash. lane one blocked. far left lane. keeping an eye on that. that should be out shortly. a quick check of drive times. westbound 80, albany to the maze, 5 minutes. fremont to san jose, 14. northbound 280 still wide open at 10 minutes. the iphone frenzy is officially under way. people are lining up to get the new version. >> people in singapore are lining up to get the new phone. >> san francisco fans are still

wait anything line in much smaller numbers. >> exactly. abc 7 news reporter carlos saucedo is in downtown palo alto. they are hoping tim cook shows up. >> reporter: while we wait for tim cook and the doors to open, i have the best seat in the house. first in line. but it's not for me. i'm actually saving the seat here for my buddy david from san jose. you've been here since tuesday night, right? >> right. tuesday night, 10:15 p.m. >> why the excitement? why did you feel you wanted to be here? >> over the years i've met a lot of interesting people n line. so it's about the camaraderie and the experience. anybody can order anything online today. but you don't meet anybody ordering online. >> and i actually had the chance to meet ceo tim cook as well. >> yes, i have, last year and the year before. >> so you're hoping to get another picture with him, meet him one more time? >> i'm actually hoping so, yeah. what are you excited about the new iphone as far as the battery life or the bigger,

wider screen? >> so most importantly, every year i get older, it is the bigger, wider screen. and the battery life and the improved camera features is what i'm mostly looking for. mostly the screen. >> let's talk a little bit about that the xs and xs max have the most impressive technology. the xs max has a 6.5 inch display. it is apple's biggest screen. it starts at $1099. you can try selling your old phone. but you better act fast. after the announcement was made, resale value dropped by as much as $50. if you want another cheaper version, the third version of the iphone, that's about a little less than $8 hupb$800. that one comes out next month. guys, i think i will actually wait for that one, the more

affordable option. >> you already have your seat. you can wait until then. >> there you go. >> thanks, carlos. developing news, we now know what attorneys for dr. christine blasey ford want in order for her to testify in washington. >> blasey ford is the palo alto woman who accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while they were in high school. a source close says she wants no time limit on her statement, she doesn't want kavanaugh in room when she testifies, and she wants kavanaugh to testify first. they raised the prospect of a subpoena for kavanaugh's friend mark judge. they discussed thursday as the possible hearing date, not monday. so far there is no decision on if or when she'll testify. kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the allegations by blasey ford. president trump is backing him. >> and i'm not saying anything about anybody else. but i want to tell you that brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege on of knowing or meeting.

>> yesterday the white house released a letter from kavanaugh saying he will be there for monday's scheduled hearing. we're learning new details from the peninsula dr. blasey ford confided in for the first time. >> she said she was surprised to learn about the allegation back on july 20th and was initially unsure what to do. over the course of an hour and a half, she laid out details in an encounter in high school involving kavanaugh. she has lived for decades with scars from a traumatic event. >> she has exhibited extraordinary courage to come forward. she did not want this. she's not seeking -- she never was seeking the limelight. she doesn't have a political bone in her body. >> congresswoman says she believes dr. blasey ford. she said there needs to be an fbi investigation to flush out evidence and hear witness testimony.

the deadline is 7:00 a.m. today our time for her to announce if she will testify on monday. we will send out an alert when the decision is made public. get those alerts by downloading abc 7 news app on your device. a group of firefighters is home after helping to save lives and communities devastated by hurricane florence. oakland fire department leads california task force 4. rest of the team is specked to arrive monday. our parent company disney is donating $500,000 to the red cross hurricane florence relief drive. abc in north carolina and other stations hosted a phone bank and donation drive that collected $538,000. if you would like to donate text florence to 90999. may i have a straw, please?

everyone will have to say that if they want one at a california restaurant. that's not the only new law that could be a game changer. the biggest social media platforms suppressing conservative views? >> okay. so we have talked about the cool weather just hitting the coast today. let's see when it spreads across our neighborhoods. dramatic in san francisco. 78 today. 63 tomorrow. the rest of us pretty much in the 80s. 70s and 80s. maybe a twitch of 90s still in the east bay. look at that. 70s and 80s by sunday. will coolest days ahead of us.

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autumn is supposed to begin tomorrow. it does at 6:54 in the evening. until then we have summer-like weather away from the coast. it will feel like summer this morning. your temperatures will drop in the afternoon hours. 84 to 94. you can see tomorrow some of that cooling starts to spread. 78 around the bay to 90 inland. look at sunday. 72 to 84. a little faster breeze and the clouds hanging around just a little bit longer in the morning hours. let's take a look at what's going on right now. maybe you had a hard time sleep anything san francisco.

temperatures in the mid-50s to mid-60s. microclimates san francisco. 60, tracy. 61, daly city. that's our spread. santa cruz, if you're out and about, strong sunshine. clouds on our beaches on the peninsula. peaceful out on the bay. let's see if it's peaceful on the roads this morning. hoping for friday light. what do you have? >> we sure are, mike. we have had a couple issues come and go. we are back to friday light volumes here. south bay, 280, no major issues. slowly starting to fill in. mass transit looking good as well. 50 trains in bart service. no delays. ace rail. gps issues. ace 1, 3, 5 on time today. normal service, no delays for san francisco bay ferry. >> you will soon have to ask for

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police outside baltimore, maryland are investigating a motive behind a deadly shooting at a distribution center for rite aid. authorities say a 26-year-old woman who was a temporary employee opened fire at the building yesterday morning. three died and three others were hurt. the suspect died at the hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. this was the third workplace shooting in 24 hours. there were also shootings in wisconsin and pennsylvania. google employees considered ways to tweak search results in response to the trump administration travel ban, according to the wall street journal. reporters reviewed internal google e-mails in the days after the travel ban was instituted. they found that employees floated ideas about ways to tweak the search functions to show people how to support pro-immigrationro contact their lawmakers. google says none of the ideas were implemented and they don't

manipulate search results to implement political views. >> silicon valley leadership released these results. they show 68% support google's mega development. 24% oppose it. 8% undecided. most voters like the project down 11% from february. 79% said they supported the expansion of google into downtown san jose. in the east bay, business owners and police are working together to try to stop robberies and thefts. so far more than a dozen store owners have taken a free class offered by san leandro police. officers teach for two hours inside a classroom. they visit stores and suggest ways to make a business safer. >> when i went through the program, i learned amount of things. how to hand the cash. how to -- how much money you should put in the cash register. >> reading every customer that comes into the business so the person coming in knows that the

employees are watching and aware of who also inside the business. >> police remind store owners they should give robbers what they want and call 911 as soon as it's safe. another major retailer is gearing up for the holidays. kohl's is set to higher 1100 stores and distribution centers, e-commerce fulfillment and credit centers nationwide. gap, macy's target from announced plans to combine 265,000 workers this holiday season. all right. scuba diver off the east coast felt like something was watching her. turns out she wa right. >> the woman was minding her own business,, filming fish. she panned over. a shark was sitting there watching her. s she identified it as a nurse

shark. they are do's i'll and non-violent. they only attack humans when bothered first. she said it definitely startled her. mike is over here doing the "jaws" theme. thank you. >> nurse shark, though. if she did bite you she would s >> you're never more than seven minutes away. big changes for the weekend. temperatures will drop dramatically in san francisco where we have our warmest day yesterday. 83 degrees. . 78 today. 63 tomorrow. look how tranquil it is this morning. have you ever seen the bay this calm? that's thanks to the high pressure. coolest highs this week, summer warmth next week. two areas of high pressure. they were closer to us yesterday. the areas of low pressure develop and push it away. these are going to induce the

sea breeze that brings our temperatures back down to average through the weekend. today, warm once again. mid to upper 80s in the south bay. 88, sap jose. low to mid 90s in morgan hill, gilroy. cool bay. only 76 today. 80 to 88 on the peninsula. most of us mid-80s this afternoon. the sea breeze kicks in. south san francisco; sausalito. upper 80s, 90s in the north bay valleys. east bay, upper 70s around richmond and berkeley. low to mid-80s everywhere else until we get to fremont, 88. inland frbgt, low to mid-90s. we'll cool off nicely once again. fog in the north bay. cloudy along the coast. the rest of us in the 50s. temperatures down 10 degrees across the board sunday. we could potentially be even warmer next week. some of that warmth links to the coast. alexis. good morning, mike. we are nice and quiet right now. so kind of in a sweet spot.

a couple crashes early this morning. they're gone. backup has cleared out. looking at typical slow areas, including altamonte pass. 205 down to 9 miles per hour. 580, up to 29 miles per hour. it is stop and go for about six, seven miles. but that is looking better than it typically does. bay bridge toll plaza thinker than normal. monday through thursday commute anyway. metering lights a little bit later. 5:38 the official time. not terrible. definitely a delay as you preach the metering lights. thanks, alexis. good morning america at 7:00 right here on abc 7. adrian is live from new york city with a look at what's coming up ahead. good morning, adrian. >> reporter: good morning to you too, matt. it is very good to be with you. coming up on gma, we have new developments in the supreme court showdown nominee brett kavanaugh's accusers christine blasey ford saying she may be prepared to testify next week.

what the president said overnight. we'll have the very latest. plus, an abc news exclusive with the teenager who was taken across the country by her 50-year-old teacher. the case captivated the cup for weeks. now she is telling her side of the story. you might be surprised. also ahead, such a sweet reunion. a brother and sister separated as small children finally finding each other through a dna test more than 30 years later. the heart warming moment they met. adam rippon one on one with cate blanchett. they might give you magic tricks too. that's coming up only on gma. >> looks like a lot of fun. thank you, adrian. beer, fresh air, and a greek fest. we're about to show you great events this weekend, including what you can get for free. all right. i like that. let's keep the free train rolling. starting today, you won't have

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it is going to be another warm one. 10 degrees above average, alexis. >> sounds goo thank you, mike. if you are looking for something to do this weekend, you have plenty of options. here's a look at a few of them thanks to our partners at hoodline. spoiler alert, they include free

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a new cathedral is under construction but the courtyard is open and ready for this year's festival. admission is free and celebration begins noon each da okay. so i have a confession. my best friend is greek. whenever her mom would come to visit, i would make sure i was over there every night so she could fix us dinner. a massive feast, right? you might see me all three days this weekend. >> greek food is the best. >> for sure. >> one way or the other, you feel strongly about rental electric scooters. a bay area city is banning them, kind of. this

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can and celebrating your favorite football team's win. >> i'm pretty sure she was shotgunning that beer. >> cleveland browns can. they did something last night they vice president dup in a long, long time. >> i was asleep when this happened. >> we were all sa sleep. >> reggie, jessica and natasha are all off celebrating what happened last night. >> are they browns fans? i can't imagine any of them are. >> i don't think any of them watch football. >> they're getting your surprise birthday party ready. >> that's it. >> go on twitter and guess how old i am. no. i don't hate myself that much. >> 28? >> too late now. @mattkellerabc7. calm to light breeze blowing offshore again. it will be warm for most of the day.

you look from the east bay hills camera. in the 50s. 66 at the coast. notice it cools down. that's the sea breeze kicking in along the coast. the rest of us will soar into the 80s and 90s. still in the 70s at 7:00. cooler weather coming up. over to alexis for the morning commute. we have new new issue in the tri valley. heading on our traffic maps. 680, sounds like this is around sunol boulevard. left lane partially blocked. we have some injuries. keep an eye on that one. a little bit of backup in the air right now. a quick check of mass transit. heads-up for this weekend. 19th street and west oakland stations. a bus bridge provided but it will add to trip times saturday and sunday as you can see, all is quiet on the golden gate bridge this morning. that was not the case last

night. it may cause issues the next few years. >> amy hollyfield is live at the bridge with more details on lane closures tonight and why. amy? >> reporter: hi, matt. yeah, this lane closure situation is the new reality for marin county residents. this is expected to happen for the next three years. take a look at what it is doing to traffic. this was shot by someone who was stuck in it. this is the approach to the golden gate bridge. traffic was barely moving or even stopped at times. this is because construction has started on the suicide barrier that they are putting on the bridge. they will be shutting down at least 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 at at&t park. this is one one event can do to your drive on the golden gate bridge.

monday through thursday, 9:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning. friday night, 10:00 tonight and they don't reopen until 7:00 in the morning. the person who took the video and said it usually takes 30 minutes from novato to san francisco. last night it took 1 hour, 50 minutes, almost two hours to, get home. developing news, will she testify? is the senate could hear next week from the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual all the. >> she was given until 7:00 to confirm if she will testify. linda lopez is live in new york with the latest. hi, linda. >> reporter: good morning, matt and alexis. republican senate leaders are currently negotiating with dr. christine blasey ford's lawyers about when and how she'll

testify. meanwhile, at a rally in las vegas, campaigning for senator dean heller, president trump sending strong support out to judge brett kavanaugh. # # tkpaeupbg for dean heller, president trump sending strong support out to judge kavanaugh. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege on of knowing or meeting.

>> reporter: though he 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: on fox news, questioning the the allegation. >> why didn't someone call the fbi 36 years ago. >> reporter: dr. christine blasey ford is accusing kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, a charge he denies. her lawyers currently negotiating when she will appear before the senate judiciary committee, saying she is prepared to testify next week but saying monday is not possible. according to a source for the negotiations, her lawyers and chairman chuck grassley's office now reportedly discussing thursday for her to testify. ford does not want kavanaugh in the room when she testifies and she wants him to testify first. blasey ford had originally requested an fbi investigation before her testimony. her lawyer saying that is still her strong preference but no longer seemed to be insisting on it. democrats are accusing republicans of strong-arming her as to when she will testify. but grassley said he has offered several times. >> we offered one more close said session or two ways of doing it by transcript. >> reporter: kavanaugh continues to categorically deny these accusations. he said he looks forward to testifying before the committee and continues the hearing as soon as possible so he can try to clear his name. linda lopez, abc 7 news.

okay. thank you, linda. blasey ford's family is breaking their silence to defend her. >> this morning in an abc news exclusive interview, her sister-in-law said the story was leaked out with some inaccuracies. >> i think she doesn't want her story misrepresented in the way it was leaked. but i think she also feels strongly the story needs to be heard by the american public. they need to know what this man did in his youth so that he's held responsible. you can see much more with blasey ford's sister-in-law coming up at 7:00 a.m. on gma. the deadline is 7:00 a.m. for blasey ford to announce if she will testify on monday. we'll send out an alert when the decision is make public. in the south bay, police are trying to find a driver who hit and killed a woman. the 77-year-old woman was walking just after 7:30 last night when a dark blue mini van or suv hit her.

the driver never stopped. the woman was taken to the hospital where she died. the police have not released a description of the driver. the dmv is promising all offices will be back to normal today. a line of people waiting to do business 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 started coming back up after two and a half hours. the outages at some locations lasted four hours. kwraoe here's a look at the temperatures in the south bay. 72, lowe's al toes. los gatos. 50s. morgan hill, 49 degrees.

60s in san francisco, san pablo, alameda. 58, brent wood. novato, 47. half moon bay, 48 with a little bit of fog. over the bay bridge toll plaza, a little bit of fog near half moon bay. nice commute weather wise. cool this morning. hot this afternoon. san francisco starting off 59ment we'll bump into the mid and upper 70s before the sea breeze kicks into the evening hours. 61 rather quickly. for the peninsula, 58 this morning and sunshine. noon, nice time to be outside. 76. low to mid-80s n the afternoon hours. comfy 67 at 8:00. low to mid-90s this afternoon from 1:00 through 5:00 in the east bay valleys. 71 by 8:00. cooler weather on the way for the weekend and even warmer temperatures in accuweather seven detail forecast.

alexis's normal home. let's find out what went on with traffic. >> fairly friday light today. collisions on long gone and delays as well. a live look at san jose. 101, 880. volumes picked up a little bit. a quick check of drive times. highway 4 to walnut creek, still in the green at 10 minutes f. you're continuing onto westbound 24, in the green at 8 minutes. heavy traffic out of central valley but not terrible. tracy to dublin, yellow at 45 minutes. bart says riders who use the 16th and mission street should notice a big difference in cleanliness. bart finished resurfaced area around the station with a material that repels liquids rather than absorb them. this makes it easier to clean. the notoriously dirty station has been the focus of cleanup by city officials. in the south bay, if you plan on enjoying san jose

vivacalles event, you be able to ride around on an electric scooters. >> a brother and sister separated for nearly their entire lives. he lives in oregon. she lives in pleasanton. cameras rolled as they reunited. find out the twist that brought them together. looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. how the markets are doing next. and we have another massive beef recall to tell but this morning. and it's turned out to be deadly. a live look from our cameras out there. what a beautiful start to your morning out

here's a look at what's goingnhis morning. autumnal equinox. the sun passes over the equator and heads to the southern hemisphere. we are losing the minutes, 22 seconds of sunshine. chico, 92. partly cloudy 62 in eureka.

. 81, l.a. 100 in praupl springs. 712 a record earlier in july. average high 72. our coolest high moving forward. we have heard of people sticking together when times get tough. insects can do the same. this is a colony of fire ants floating along a flooded road. they huddled together and form a giant raft to protect the keep. the ants pose a hazard to humans escaping rising floodwaters. and i can tell you this from experience, i have had many of battle with the fire ants. they sting and it really, really hurts. look at that. saving the queen. >> pretty cool. new this morning, palo alto professor christine blasey ford. in a series of tweets in the

last hour, the president defended kavanaugh saying he has an impeccable represent youation and is under assault by the radical left. >> he said if the attack was as bad as she says charges would have been filed immediately by either her or her loving parents. >> the radical left want the fbi to get involved now. why didn't someone call the fbi 36 years ago? >> if you haven't heard, the new i phone goes on sale in one hour. >> as you can see, some people already know that. two top boxes are lines in singapore and chicago. the bottom boxes are san francisco and palo alto. notice the difference? barely anyone in line in the bay area. >> they are more online, eventl. carlos is live in palo alto. has the hraoeupbl grown in the last half hour?

>> people are starting to wake up. the line has grown. that's the line here. it has grown significantly in the past hour or so. of the crowds not as large as they have been in years past. nonetheless, people of course are excited, excited to get their hands on the new iphone, xs and xs max. they are pfaffer, more advanced camera, extended battery life. it starts at $999, the larger version has a 6.5 inch display. these phones are not cheap. that won't come out until next month. they come in six different colors. again, if you are thrifty like i am, you are going to probably be be waiting for the one next

month. check your freezer. 130,000 pounds of ground beef is being recalled due to possible e. coli contamination. it affects a dozen different cargill meat solutions products. it was produced june 21st. usda says est 86-r inside. they issued a similar recall last month for ground beef produced august 16th. you can find all the details on abc7news.com. now to an emotional reunion for an east bay woman more than 30 years in the making. a pleasanton woman named renee found her long lost brother with the help of a dna test. good morning america is featuring their story. renee and brother justin were born in south korea. they were separated when they

were very young. both were adopted by parents in america. he grew up in salem, oregon. she grew up here in pleasanton. the dna test 23andme led them to this moment. >> i knew about him all of this time. i just never thought i'd ever meet him. so this is really amazing. we came from the same parents which is blowing my mind because i have never known anyone related to me, and i never thought i would. >> they hadn't seen each other in 34 years. the two are now inseparable. he said it helped heal a part of him he didn't even know existed. you'll hear the rest on gma at 7:00. i have goosebumps. that is amazing. they clinch a playoff spot is to four with a win over the angels yesterday. >> the man of steel.

angels catcher pitching here. >> it's never good when your catcher is called in to pitch. they nearly outscored the raiders output for the entire season. 31 runs in two games. raiders, 32 points. >> ouch! >> a's have 92 wins and are headed to a wild card game against the yankees. the only question is which team will host? i don't think the a's care whether they play in new york or here. i think they can go into new york and win. >> governor brown vetoed a bill that would have required middle and high schools to start classes after 8:30 a.m. brown agreed with the bill's opponents who said class schedules should be left to local control. a later start time is better for student health. well, there's still a number of bills sitting on governor brown's desk that could become

law. >> it would let san francisco open and several other cities keep bars open until 4:00 a.m. it would require public universities to make abortion pills available at student halth centers and a proposal to let san francisco set up safe drug injection sites. you can be the first to know what bills get signed by the september 30th deadline. download abc 7 news app. we send out a bush alert when he signed the straw ban yesterday. you can customize alerts to where you live. >> your morning monday alert. an important new tool to protect you against identity theft starting today. >> the three major reporting agencies are now required to offer you a credit freeze for free. it prevents lenders from looking at your account. the idea is to stop anyone from opening credit or bank accounts without your knowledge. freezes did cost $10 in california for each reporting agency and another $10 for each to remove the freeze. it's now free. wells fargo plans on cutting

10% of its workforce the next three years. that could mean tens of thousands of jobs lost at the nation's third largest bank. they have about 265,000 workers right now. the ceo says changes are needed because customers are turning more to digital banking. a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. up slightly at just about 70 points. we will continue to keep an eye on that here for you today. for the first time in 635 days, the browns, the cleveland browns have finally won a game. bud light beer promotion with coolers all over cleveland finally got unlocked. kind of surprised to see that. they are packed with victory fridges containing to 2 00 bottles. last night fans got free beer after the browns beat the jets

21-7 to end their winless drought. they came close the first two games on the season. but number three was the big clincher. they were down 14-0 and then they brought in their new quarterback. >> baker mayfield. >> baker mayfield brought them back. >> how popular is he? everybody got free beer. he will be the most popular athlete in cleveland. >> lebron james is moving out. he's moving in. >> beer is moving in. free beer. >> everywhere he goes they say dilly, dilly. good for them. they're 1-1-1 now. that's weird. >> i grew up in michigan. i feel their pain. hey, good for them. they finally got a win. >> after watching on hard knocks, going to be intng watchingth. it like summer.

hazy again today. at the coast, warm up until 2:00. then the sea breeze kicks in. that will bring more clouds and fogginess to the north bay. the summer, well, the heat will return next week. cloud cover, notice it's quiet out there. by noon, you're starting to see it sneak up from the south. by 3:00, all along the peninsula coast. by 7:00, it's already starting to move inland. here's what it does to our temperatures. actually nothing in the south bay. santa cruz, 76 today. 92 yesterday. will definitely feeling that southerly cool surge. 90s, morgan hill. 88, san jose. 80 to 88 from millbrae, redwood city. low 60s late this afternoon at the coast. mid to upper 70s downtown, sauce le. 95,cloverdale. 88 fremont. oakland 81.

92 to 96. all right. three games left at home. magic number four. twins in town. dress for 69 at 7:05. ten degrees cooler by sunday. warmth out to the coast tuesday and wednesday. checking out the roads. zooming in on traffic maps, solo vehicle spin-out sunol boulevard, 680. blocking the left lane. some delays past the 580. emeryville, not terrible. westbound 80 traffic coming towards the maze, no major issues. just decent friday light volumes. k-pop is growing in popularity in the bay area. just last week bts sold out oracle arena. last night fans met in downtown san jose for a crash course in k-pop choreography.

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tonight, including the golden gate bridge. it has been a friday light commute. the bay bridge toll plaza one of the busier spots. 5:28 was the official time. no major incidents right now. >> number six, my accuweather 12-hour planner. the thing that sticks out is the cooler weather that will hit the coast. the rest of us warm to hot. the rest of us will drop 10 degrees through the weekend. >> the xs goes on sale in one hour. this is the live look in palo alto. the starting price for the newest iphone, $999. >> i don't know. could you guys do it or will you wait for the cheaper one? >> i always wait for the cheaper one, but that's just me. >> i haven't upgraded in years.

>> all right. that's it for us. back here in 25 minutes with an abc 7 news update. >> good morning nerc starts right now. hope you have a great weekend. thanks for joining us this morning. good morning, america. supreme court showdown. judge brett kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford, may now be willing to testify in front of congress according to her lawyer. overnight president trump standing by his nominee. >> i think everything's going to be just fine. >> as kavanaugh tries to clear his name the negotiations now under way and what his accuser's family is saying only on "gma" this morning. meeting with mueller. president trump's former longtime attorney michael cohen now cooperating with the special counsel, sitting down for multiple interviews lasting hours, answering questions about possible collusion with russia and the possibility of a pardon. workplace rampage. the woman opening fire on her

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