the wrong reasons. suspected drug dealings, arres, aerse, just a slice of life documented by one man who is trying to make a difference. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. a the police who patrol that area send tweets about the many arrests they make, but it's not that easy. one man was arrested nine times for drug dealing just this year. the district attorney's office says after eight requests the judge finally agreed to deny bail and revoke his bail. >> you may remember a city lost convention tourism in july because people didn't feel safe due to all the drugs on the streets. one man at eighth and mission is doing what he can. we reached out to him. he's become a social media vigilante. >> abc 7's wayne freedman with

more. >> reporter: this is a frustrated man who has seen enough, lived through enough, and took his iphone and started tweeteding it. it's in the faces of local politicians now. you're watching a secretive man who can predict a crime deal long before it happens. he's watching one right now. >> the one on the right with the black shirt is a regular. >> reporter: patience is a virtue for this vigilante. using an i phone attached to binocul binocular, he documents the world beneath his apartment at eighth and mission. it does afektz everyone. >> yeah. i've had assets taken, i've been assaulted. >> reporter: now he's putting it all on twitter. this morning they checked up on this man. >> he was passed out. >> reporter: before they could arrive, watch what happens to the passed out victim. >> he's scanning and he will

reach back and take stuff right here. >> reporter: police would arrest that suspect for theft. they have the video. quote, we have prioritized the area, police told us today. we've increased foot patrols, especially in the last couple of months to improve quality-of-life issues and increased drug activity, but it's still frustrating because with every street tweet, politicians have yet to get back. mayor breed was busy. >> we want them to know, hey, guys, this is a problem, and you've got to do something about it. >> reporter: until then he'll keep watching and posting beathem, the embarrassing dealing. >> you see he took it out of his mouth. there he goes. he's pulling out his money and he's -- hee took the money. and he's going to take it out of his pocket or his mouth.

right there. mouth, bam. >> reporter: all too clearly in broad daylight. >> reporter: he says he can watch that all day long. he's tired of the fight. at the end of october, he's moving. he's moving to a safer part of the city. >> he should be working for the police. you mentioned he didn't have a lot of success of getting the attention of politicians through social media. what did the police say is the best way to get their attention so they can do something about this? >> reporter: well t best way to get the police's attention is to call them. that's what happened this morning when he saw the man passed out in the shelter. as to the politicians responding, we need to give them a bit of a break. this site has only been up for four days. we called them early. we have yet to get a response. i'm sure they'll get back to us sooner or later. they also told us they have

a dedicated narcotics tip line. it's 1-800-272-2548. that's the number to call if you see drug activity in the city. if you need immediate help for a nonemergency you can call 415-553-0123. we've put all these links on our website, abc7news.com. now, the same kind of issues are also a problem in u.n. plaza near san francisco city hall. police are continuing stepped up patrols of that area. they parked the mobile command unit on the sidewalk. the department said earlier this month it was putting extra officers at u.n. plaza as a result of neighbor come planltds. mayor breed is promising to act face on a new state laws to temporarily take away the rights of homeless people to get them care. in a tweet he said the part of the bill that expands

conservatorship laws will help those desperately in need. on monday, she said getting people into housing and social service programs is only one piece of the puzzle. >> we've got to address the people who struggle with addiction and mental illness. we can do all the cleaning we want. we can hold residents accountable more. but we still struggle with people who we're trying to help. >> the bill applies only to san francisco, l.a., and san diego. it was another incredible day on capitol hill and in washington today. just in the past few hours president trump said he offered the fbi -- or ordered the fbi, excuse me -- to conduct a supplemental investigation into the sexual assaultgation against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. it came hours after the senate judiciary agreed to have the whole senate vote on kavanaugh but with one kav yotd. -- caveat. that came only after arizona

senator jeff flake said he wouldn't support brett kavanaugh unless the fbi conducted an investigation. >> making sure we do due diligence here. and i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week. >> flake surprised everyone with his change of heart. many attribute it in the moment two sexual assault survivors confronted him. >> what you're doing is allowing someone who actually violated a woman to sit on the supreme court. this is not tolerable. you have children in your family. think about them. i have two children. i cannot imagine that for the next 50 years they will have to have someone in the supreme court who has been accused of violating a young girl. what are you doing, sir? >> i was sexually assaulted and

nobody believes me. i didn't tell anyone. and you're telling all women they don't matzer, that they should stay quiet because if they tell you what happened to them, you're going to ignore them. that's what happened to me and that's what you're telling all women in america, that they don't matter, that they should keep it to themselves because if they had told the truth, they're going to help that man to power anyway. that's what you're telling all of these women, that's what you're telling me right now. look at me when i'm talking to you. you're telling me that my assault doesn't matter, that what happened to me doesn't matter and that you're going to let people who do these things into power. that's what you're telling me when you vote for him. don't look away from me. look at me and tell me that it doesn't matter what happened to me, that you'll let people like that go into the highest critical land and tell everyone what they can do to their bodies. >> one of the women who protested today, the second woman you heard in that elevator confrontation tweeted the

afterward, maria gallagher on the left wrote in part, i feel relieved. jeff flake seems to have heard mine and ana maria archila's voices. she's 23 and never told anyone about her assault before today. the other one is from colombia. she now lives in new york. she works at the center for popular democracy, a nonprofit organization. >> that was really a powerful video there. a man brett kavanaugh is hoping to replace returned to his hometown talking to kids about the constitution, but the confirmation battle was never far from anyone's mind, even if they were reluctant to discuss it. >> this is justice anthony m. kennedy. >> reporter: retired supreme court justice anthony m. kennedy was born and raised in

sacramento and served. he served on the highest court from 1988 until this past summer. brett kavanaugh is one of his former clerks and is now seeking his mentor's seat on the court. getting him to comment is nearly impossible but he could have been referring to yesterday's tense day of confirmation hearings when he told the young people this. >> studying the constitution, talking about the importance of civility and the decent civil discourse that's necessary if the constitution is to survive. >> reporter: civility seems to be a hot topic these days. >> we're still bound by trance sparm sparntcy and civility and integrity, but i do think with media and so much interest and so much at stake here, it's not surprising, al though many would find it disappointing.

>> reporter: including high school students. this junior won first prize for her essay on the 14th amendment. she's been following the hearings and is pleased there will be an fbi investigation into the allegat allegat allegat calf gn kavanaugh. >> it's definitely necessary. it's going affect our nation for years to come. >> reporter: to show how it was impacted, news reports from that era indicated he was seen as reasonable and fair by both sides of the political aisle, and his nomination sailed through the senate on a 97-0 vote. inside sacramento, eric thomas, abc7 news. it seems like there are new developments on the supreme court nomination every day. we have it available for a download you can receive an update when a news story breaks. >> we have much more ahead. a 90-year-old suspect and how a woman's fit bit led police right

to him. shoring up the cracked beams. one expert explains what they're dealing with there. >> reporter: and in san jose, the flag raising marking a mini milestone. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. sprinkles and showers are in the forecast. i'll let you know what you'll see in the upcoming weekend straight ahead.

used a woman's fitbit to track down a murder suspect and that suspect is an elderly relative. police say he killed his stepdaughter in her home earlier this mon and then he staged it to look like a suicide. according to our media partner "mercury news." police used 60-year-old karen navarre rah's fit bit to determine the exact moment when her heart stopped. then they looked at surveillance video from surrounding homes and found out he was near the home at the same time. they say a small weapon like a hatchet or ax was used to kill navarre rah. the social network says hackers exploited a vulnerability in facebook's code which revealed the you as feature. they turned off that feature while they conduct a view.

they need to continue developing new tools to prevented hacks. >> traffic has been a mess near fremont street in downtown san francisco. it looks like it ooh going be a while. they're trying to fix two cracked beams. melanie woodrow live in the city showing us current traffic conditions from inside our van, melanie. >> reporter: exactly. we're live in the live truck, and we're going to flip a switch here in just a moment and show you what it looks like on main street joined us an hour ago, we're showing you the backup on free month street. it took ten minutes after our earlier live schott. so right now you're taking a look at the situation on main street. some of this, of course, is likely your typical friday commute, which is never a ton of fun, but some of it likely related to the fact that the

center has been removed. workers in tie beck suits were clearing the way for temporary supports after workers discovered two cracked beams earlier this week. the shoring system design will be finalized over the next day. it will then be reviewed by a third party. >> you'll see first a shoring system that's on pads, basically right on the asphalt that will be all the way up to the bus deck. >> once the support system is in place, free month street will be reopened, though it's unclear how many lanes could be closed just underneath the transit center bridge since the support beams will go down to street level. >> once the shoring is in place and we've offloaded all that support off the beam, we can start our analysis of what may have happened. >> reporter: it's also not clear how much the shoring system will

cost on top of the $2.2 billion already spend. >> it's a significant amount. >> he said they've discovered no additional fissures, cracks, or problems. and back live, we've not moved at all in the length of that story. about a minute to a minute and a half at the traffic light and since the story ran, we have not moved here on main street. flipping the switch back to the interior of our live truck, reporting in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> all right. thank you. today city officials and local dignitaries including hall of famer ronnie lot turned out for a flag raising at city hall to mark 100 days until the big game. organizers say the game will bring more than 100,000 visitors to the region. 49ers president al guido is chairman of the host committee.

>> to us it's fitting that for the fifth year, levi's stadium is holding the college championship game. we've done over $5 million for economic impact to this region. we couldn't do it without everybody's support. it's not just one city. it's everyone sf the college football playoff national championship game from levi's stadium takes place on january 7th and you can watch it live on our sister network espn. felt like the seasons changed all of a sudden. take a look at live doppler 7. good evening, everyone. we do have clouds along the coastline. look at the 24-hour temperature change. up to 13 degrees cooler in antioch. compared to yesterday, 12-degree drop in concorde. we did see a minor tick in temperatures, but we're not expecting a warming trend. they're going to remain well

below average heading into next week. take a look at our rain chances. a slight chance this weekend. best chance in the north bay, next week, monday into tuesday, it looks like a better opportunity for seeing a light level system in the bay area. it is that time of year when our seasons are definitely beginning to show signs of changing. >> from our camera you're seeing clouds scattered, sauce lee ta, 62. 69 in san jose. and it is currently 63 in san jose bay. you're seeing the sun shining. 66 in santa rosa. fairfield, concord. temperatures so far in the low 60s and 70s. here's a look at the marine layer camera. light showers or sprinkles. well below average. it's looking wet early next week. here's your hour-by-hour forecast. it is going to be cloudy, it's going to be cool. as we head into the afternoon s

2:30, you start to see a few showers begin to develop. very light, very spotty, 6:00 to 9:00, 10:00, isolated sprinkles not out of the question. you'll notice most of the focus is in the north bay. sunday morning still focused, but a few of these drops may slip into san francisco and along the coastline, so don't be surprised if you see a little drizzle out there just about anywhere by sunday. tomorrow morning you'll see drizzle. 40s to 50s. it's going to be cloudy and deaf nitzly on the cool side. for the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds but a few showers in the north bay. temperatures similar to today. anywhere from 62 in half moon bay to 76 in antioch. the storm impact comes in a light level 1 for your tuesday. light showers, a tenth of an inch for most of you. let's fast forward to monday. a lot of clouds by 9:00 a.m. a few showers showing up going into 1:00 in the north bay and

here comes the wet weather. the models have been painting a wet picture for tuesday. not a lot of rain. light showers scattered about through the nighttime hours and it winds down as we head toward wednesday. you can track the temperatures, track doppler 7 any time you want and the forecast will feature sprinkles in the north bay. a few sprinkles anywhere sunday, but it's not one of those situations where you need to change your plans. cooler than average for this time of year and a chance of showers leading up to what looks like a wet forecast for you tuesday, level one, light system on our exclusive storm impact scale. a slight possibility. and then we'll go clearing, warming, temperatures up to average by friday. >> what a roller coaster. >> thank you, sandhya. making your

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with hundreds of exhibits featuring kitchen and bath, pools and spas, windows and doors. it's a $7 value. you tried it. what do you think? >> the mango tastes like it needs to be cooler. i'm good. how do people get these? >> they can pry one from your hand or this. they can go to abc7news.com and look for the finney's friday free stuff page. >> cool. thank you, michael. >> cool. from one garden to another,

coverage of the brett kavanaugh nomination. they say the investigation probably won't settle anything. also -- violence has been ignore and dismissed for far too long. >> we'll look into the immediate impact of christine blasey ford's testimony and the best way to help a sexual assault survivor. >> plus cooking up trouble. what a woman found covering her brand-new stove. that's all coming up at 6:00. plus, finely a unique

volunteers turning a corner in san francisco into a farm. >> field is now known as the hummingbird farm. six acres are being transformed with the help of the san francisco public utilities commission and a nonprofit. >> org nietzers say the garden will provide fruits and vegetables to the local community. >> medicinal plants and foods traditional to americans and also like the arab yachtic worlds. just food. >> and lots of just food. when it's up and running, they expect it to generate about a thousand pounds of fruits and vegetables each season. world news tonight with david muir is next. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama dada

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tonight, breaking news on tonight, breaking news on this friday night. president trump is now asking the fbi to investigate sex assault allegations against his nominee. the fbi will now look into dr. christine blasey ford's allegations against judge brett kavanaugh after another dramatic day today. tonight, the republican senator who was stopped in the elevator by victims who told him their voices must be heard. that dr. ford deserves a fair investigation. then, just as the senate judiciary committee was about to vote. that same senator, jeff flake and his bold move, pushing for a one-week pause to give the fbi time to investigate the allegations. also tonight, the cameras were right there just moments after president trump learned of this surprise turn. his reaction.