gis, s somethi that michael ave told "the view" she is willing to testify to the committee and president trump going on twitter to blast avenatti saying he's good at making up false accusations. kristen? >> thank you so much. abc 7 news anchor will be in washington, d.c. tomorrow when christine blasey ford testifies. look for her life reports here on abc 7 and online throughout the day. who messed it up? meteorologist drew tuma is who cracked the building? here to talk about another big who cracked the building? >> commuters have questions, but story. it's a spare the air day. >> you can see the milky blue do engineers in an answer? this morning the new sales force sky. bad air skault today. transit center in san francisco remains closed after the outside on the roof camera it's the milky haze in the discovery of a cracked steel beam yesterday. atmosphere. the air quality across the the closure has wreaked havoc on region moderate to poor so a d . people who depend on public buses and shuttles. porous air inland and take a i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. with the buses rerouted to the look at today and tomorrow,

old temporary transbay terminal especially carbon copy forecast, and over 100,000 people attending the dreamforce but as we head into the weekend saturday we do get cleaner air convention nearby, traffic is working into our picture. exceptionally challenging for however, we have to get through san francisco commuters. a couple warm to hot days across abc 7 news reporter amy the region. hollyfield is live at the we will take a look at how hot we get today and how long this transit center with the latest warm weather will stick around on the inspections. amy? >> hi, kristen. when i see you with the full yeah. if you didn't think san accuweather forecast in a few francisco traffic could get any worse, it did this morning. minutes. kristen? >> all right. drew, thank you. if you don't believe it, just lyft is launching a ask these people. challenge to try to get people these are the cars coming off of out of their cars in san francisco. the ride-hailing company is the bay bridge, on to fremont street, and they are facing offering commuters who sign up caution, tape and detour signs. to ditch their cars for a month now take a look at the view from some $500 in transportation sky 7 to show you just how bad credits. they will get $300 in loiyft this backup is. commuters say it has been ainn credit, $100 for a zip car and that the new transit center has been taken out of the mix. commuters found themselves right $100 that can be used on muni back at the temporary transbay and b.a.r.t. terminal this morning after the challenge kicks off in san francisco and 34 cities on their brand new sales force october 8th. it's a week of firsts for transit center was shut down president trum a.n.sembly. yesterday because of a cracked wodeaderse' beam.

commuters say it wasn't hard to fall back into this routine. it was yesterday that was the leveling nightmare as they headed to the new center to catch their buses home only to find out it was closed. >> that was horrible yesterday. a design for and epic football snack. >> it's a st >> reporter: why? >> because it was like a last-minute thing. they closed it at 5:00 which is the bad time, which is commute time, so it was pretty confusing, but it was okay. >> san francisco muni employees were dispatched to every area in the corner between fremont and beal to help guide commuters through this change and keep everyone moving. >> everyone seemed to be going with the flow. >> the real impact was for those in their cars, coming in from the east bay. engineers recommended shutting down fremont street in front of ♪ ♪ the cteseyateacain ohe if it feels like you live in the bathroom with recurring constipation and belly pain, tbliayl talk to your doctor and say yesss! to linzess. th he. it's causing a lot of trouble first. yesss! >> how long did it take compared linzess treats adults with ibs to a normal day? >> an with constipation or chronic constipation.

linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. questions and concerns. >> who messed it up? linzess is not a laxative. who cracked the building? who cracked the building? it helps you get ahead of your recurring constipation. it's okay though, you know. we all make mistakes. do not give linzess to children less than 6 >> it's a little scary. i work in the sales force tower, and it should not be given to children 6 to less than 18, so it's like -- and then i'm it may harm them. do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. wondering if the fact that, you get immediate help if you develop know, the millennium is right next to it, if it had something unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. to do with it, so i don't know. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe, stop taking linzess >> she's referring to the and call your doctor right away. millennium tower which is sinking, and now there's a other side effects include gas, stomach-area pain, and swelling. cracked beam across the street in the transit center. engineers have said they don't so say yesss! to help for recurring constipation. think the two are related, but yesss! to help for belly pain. they are still investigating. they spent yesterday and this talk to your doctor morning inspecting all of the and say yesss! linzess. beams in the transit center. they say they expect to have a briefing and update for us on the status of the transit center early this afternoon. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. adding to the traffic challenge in downtown san francisco, an0,000

people are in the city for the dreamforce conference. abc 7 news was at the mosconi center as the annual owe vent held by sales force took over the neighborhood yesterday. howard street is closed between third and fourth. conference-goers are being strongly encouraged to use public transit, and this is why. let give you a live look at our drive time traffic map. you can see the purple sections. that's fremont and that is howard. currently the sections that are closed as a result of this work and also the conference, and you can see a lot of red. that is where traffic is very slow. you can see leading up to the pay beige and 101 to 80 very, very slow. new this morning. we september out this push alert president trump is accusing china of trying to interfere in when news of the cracked beam the u.s.' mid-term elections. he made the comments in his closed. we included information on every opening speech for the united bus line that uses the sales nations security council today. he said he found china has been force center. attempting to interfere in the new this morning a woman in her 90s had to be rescued from november races but did not her burning home in the berkeley provide any evidence. hills. she's recovering as fire >> they do not want me or us to

investigators tried to discover what started the fire this morning. abc 7 news reporter amanda del win because i am the first president ever to challenge castillo has the details. >> that fire happened early this china on trade, and we are morning along avalrado road. winning on trade. we are winning at every level. this is near the claremont hotel located in oakland. >> the president made no mention neighbors that we spoke of said though of russia's interference the homes here are much older and more susceptible to fires. attempts. we're getting our first wednesday morning's fire glimpse of bill cosby's booking response was a coordinated effort by the berkeley and oakland fire departments. both received calls shortly photo after being sentenced on after can have a.m. about a structure fire and possible rescue at the border of the two cities. >> 40 feet from where they made entry and behind the closed door s sexual assault charges. they found another victim. he'll serve three to ten years in prison. >> reporter: concerned neighbors say the victim is a longtime this is the state institution in resident, a woman in hs who pennsylvania, a maximum security w ago.s prison. he was found guilty on three counts of sexual assault for firefighters aren't elaborating on how she's doing. any fire damage to her home is difficult to see from the road. drugging and assaulting andrea >> they look like the fire, most of the fire was contained to two

rooms, within some smoke damage, maybe two other rooms. >> reporter: berkeley's fire constand. a shocking twist that fans can keith mays says it's too early to determine whether the woman, expect in the very first episode able to return home. neighbors say they are focused of this new drama beginning on her recovery and understanding the dangers living tonight. >> we've rid ourselves of the along avalrado road. >> these are older homes. fog earlier this morning, and now we're going to see the sun they are susceptible to fire because of the age. really warming us up pretty >> in berkeley, abc 7 news. quickly. a look at how hot we get and how now to the latest bombshell in the brett kavanaugh long this heat sticks around. the full for nomination. a third woman has just come forward pubically with sexual misconduct allegations against the supreme court nominee. abc news reporter emily live in washington with the lateest. >> reporter: kristen, this is once again changing the game less than it a day before kavanaugh and christine blasey ford testify on citol h hou boresays has a client, jul swetnick, who has new

allegations against kavanaugh. he told "the view" she wants to come forward. >> and she wants the american public to know the truth about brett kavanaugh and about his conduct. >> reporter: abc news has confirmed the senate judiciary committee has received a sworn declaration from swetnick who has multiple security clearances for federal agencies. kavanaugh responding to these latest accusations says, quote, this is ridiculous and from the twilight zone. i don't know who this is, and this never happened. this morning president trump renewing his fight for kavanaugh saying republicans couldn't have it's my job to protect as a public safety,pg&e, been nicer in their handling of keeping the powerlines clear the situation. while also protecting the environment. >> they could have pushed it the natural world is a beautiful thing. through two and a half weeks the work that we do helps protect it. ago, and you wouldn't be talking about it right now, which is public education is definitely frankly what i would have a big part of our job, preferred. >> reporter: the senate to teach our customers about the best type of trees judiciary committee has now scheduled a vote for friday to plant around the powerlines. sparking outrage from democrats we want to keep the power on for our customers. already angry after republicans we want to keep our communities safe. this is our community. on the judiciary committee, all of whom are men, hired a female this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place attorney to question kavanaugh's for our children to live. together, we're building a better california.

accus accuser christine blasey ford. >> well, clearl they didn't want to ask the questions directly. >> reporter: the attorney will question both blasey ford and kavanaugh. the second woman deborah ramirez is not scheduled to testify. she told the "new yorker" magazine she and others were playing a drinking game at a dorm party in the 1983 school year where she says kavanaugh exposed himself close to her face. kavanaugh strongly denies the allegations of all three accusers. you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from an allergy pill? in the prepared statement flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes kavanaugh will deliver tomorrow, and a runny nose, he calls the allegations a plus nasal congestion, which most pills don't. grotesque character it's more complete allergy relief. assassination. in washington abc 7 news. flonase. >> of course, republicans have questioned the timing, especially of the new allegation coming just one day before kavanaugh is set to testify. what will happen next? in accuweather we're tracking the warmest day all >> reporter: well, we know, week. sunshine is breaking out. kristen, that the committee has

sworn statements from this we'll loop this over the past latest accuser,s, a engaging int three hours. you can see the white gray shading on your screen. it slooipgs over the past couple of hour. that's the cloud cover early on that's moving away. a large look from our sutro tower camera. a little bit of fog along the immediate coastline. otherwise a milky haze in the atmosphere. the spare the air day is in effect the next 24 hours. temperature-wise. we're in the 70s inland. 77 in brentwood and 79 in san ramon rather and morning fog really slowed your warming process there. 63 in heyward and san jose checking in with a temperature right around 66 degrees, so highs today in our microclimate starting in the south bay. this afternoon in the 80s and 90s. 87 san jose and 92ororgan hill and 86 the high in santa clara. along the peninsula, 84 in redwood city and 838 for palo alto and 77 the high in sanr.

64 that high in daily city. into the north bay it's warm and sunny. 92 in santa rosa and san rafael is up to about 86 degrees. east bay, seeing the sunshine break out. warming into the 70s and 80 on . about 76 in oakland and 77 in san leandro, and inland we're calling it hot out there. 90s later on this afternoon with the poor air quality, unfortunately. 98 brentwood and 95 walnut creek and 96 the high in pleasanton. taking to the giants game later on this evening, it will be rather cool. call it partly cloudy skies out there. first pitch 61 degrees and tonight that sun is going down exactly at 7:00 this evening. we'll fast forward a month. on october 26th that sun is setting at 6:17 and look at that, two months later daylight savings time our sun will be

setting at 4:52 in the afternoon so the daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter. over negotiate tonight 40s to 50s. fog spilling in and around the bay. autumn heat today. the hottest day all week. little relief on thursday, and then a big cooldown on friday which will lead to a seasonably cool weekend, and then monday and tuesday next week. both days, we do have a chapsnc of light showers. >> thanks, drew. a new series airing here on abc 7 is getting a lot of buzz. network has kept details of "a million little things" under wraps but it recently revealed a shocking twist coming up in the first episode. abc 7 news reporter matt keller spoke with two of the stars snow probably recognize ron livingston from "a few dozen things." had prominent rules in several works but many will approach him

about his role on "sex and the city" when he probing up with the main character with a post-2 note. a lot of people must come up to you and yell about breaking up with carrie, right? >> the add vent of texting and tinder have made the post-interest break-up seem kind of quaint. >> reporter: now livingston is starring in "a million little things" on abc. i interviewed the star and his co-star. the plot centers around a group of things trying to deal with the shocking suicide of their friend john played by livingston. >> you sort of jumped right in with this brutal start and little by little you learn about who these characters are. >> reporter: the show sees creator d.j. nash told "variety" this was based on real life experience. he said losing a friend to suicide led him to write "a million little things." nash says people grieve in different ways and he wanted an ensemble drama to show different ways that people react to losing a friend. >> it's not really about suicide. it's about people's reaction to

suicide and their own decision to like choose their life. >> reporter: the "l.a. times" reports abc will include a public service announcement on suicide at the end of tonight's episode. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> you can watch the premiere of "a million little things" right here tonight and meet a bay area woman who tried to take her own life and survived. see how she's part of a growing movement of suicide survivors giving hope and helping others. we'll be right back.

the asian art museum, the mayor was among those in attendance last night for the ground breaking ceremoy on a major expansion project. the museum on larkin is adding a new exhibition pavilion with a huge open floor space. there will also be an art terrace where the museum can host programs and special events. the museum will be open during construction. a reminder, we're on 24/7 on the abc 7 news app and and and and d get details on everything from crowds to closures, and we just learned that janet jackson has been added to tonight's usf benioff children's hospital benefit concert.

it's $1,000, by the way. jackson will perform at 8:00 p.m. at the bill graham civic auditorium and metallica will follow at 8:30. be sure to download the abc 7 news to get breaking news alerts and tune into the latest news and weather right here on the next newscast. abc 7 news at 4:00. i know you want to go. >> that would be really fun. >> i'll take up a collection for you. >> can you do it in like the next eight hours? >> if all of the co-workers with five bucks, you're there. >> i think so, too. darn, from all of us here at abc 7 news, thanks so much for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. we leave you with a shot looking at sutro tower.

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