now at 6:00, back from the dead? toys "r" us might be on the verge of a comeback. a new bling stphreupbg burglars ransacking a top athlete's home and other celebrities who may have become targets. live doppler 7 much quieter this morning. you still might get wet heading out the door. tkpworp on this wednesday, october 3rd. you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. we will start with the storm impact scale. scattered showers. light ones this morning.

the ones with brief downpours and chance of lightning and thunder, those will be later in the arch when we start to warm the atmosphere and bring bu buoyancy to it. up the peninsula, along the marin county coast, we have light showers right now. earlier in san jose. a couple hundredths of app issue. a few slick spots. sunshine and clouds. still muggy. not as warm as yesterday. hopefully traffic is not as bad as it was yesterday. here's alexis. >> not even close, mike. things are looking much, much better. we were looking at road spray on golden gate bridge. a terrible north bay commute. today, no issues to talk about. we are looking great. southbound 101 at golden gate. we are not seeing any delays. drive times looking good too. highway 4 to the maze, just flipped over at 22 minutes. not terrible. once you pass the metering

lights, 10 minutes into san francisco. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo looks good in the green at 10 minutes. we have a crash in santa cruz. we will head there next. geoffrey the stkwreur raf may be coming back from the dead. >> it's a miracle. it looks like there is a movement to bring back toys "r" us after closing all the stores this summer. amanda del castillo is at one of those stores in san jose. hi, amanda >> reporter: good morning, jessica, reggie. the last time we saw geoffrey he was standing in a store with a suitcase in hand. maybe that was a hint that they always had plans to come back. we will have to wait and see. lenders who bought the chain recently planned an auction despite receiving qualified bids for assets. the action would have included the brand names of toys r u.s.,

babies "r" us, geoffrey the giraffe and websites. instead, they have a reorganization plan. no one knows whether there could be more toys "r" us kids in the future or whether they're toying with our emotions. the company has the option to relaunch brands. in 2017, the company filed for bankruptcy. in march of this year, toys "r" us announced all 740 u.s. stores would be closing. now, we only said good-bye to the restale giant and geoffrey the giraffe in june. amanda, thank you. a member of a suspected white supremacist group with bay area ties is expect indeed a san francisco court today. police arrested four members yesterday on charges receipted to the deadly white nationalist rally that happened in charlottesville, virginia. benjamin daily, michael ma celis, thomas guillen and cole white are all part of the rise above movement.

prosecutors say they traveled to insight a riot and attack counterprotesters. >> their hands taped and ready to do street battle, committed multiple acts of violence, including punching, can kicking, head-butting and pushing numerous people. >> three of the men are from southern california. the fourth man, cole white was working at top dog restaurant last year at the time of the rally. he later resigned. he's the one due in court today. court documents say is they may have taken part in rallies in berkeley and huntington beach. the crack on the 36th floor of the sinking and leaning millennium tower was caused by an exterior impact, according to a just released engineering report. these new photos that you see a closeup view of the break that happened over labor day weekend. and the owners of the unit say a massive bang woke them up in the middle of the night. that's when they eventually saw the crack. the report does not conclude

exactly what the impact was from. happening today in san francisco, a community meeting for people living in a new housing development on the old hunters point naval ship yard. a radiological expert will be at that meeting. this comes after a radioactive item, a deck marker, was found near homes last month. the device is used to guide ships to their berth. it contains radium 226, which doctors say can cause everything from itching skill, ulceration, dermatitis, even cancer. the meeting starts at 5:30 at the community room on galvez avenue. the fda conducted a surprise inspection at an e get company in san francisco. juul dominates the market. the question of how it's getting the sales prompted take action. they say it appeals to high school and college-aged students. they are made to look like a usb

drive and can easily be hidden and accused in class. >> it doesn't have the signal. it is associated more with something that you keep in your pocket. >> reporter: in a staple, juul says it is, quote, committed to preventing underage use and wants to engage with fda law phaeubg public health advocates and others to keep juul out of the hands of young people. adding, they have released 50,000 pages of documents to the fda since april. you're never more than 7 minutes away from my act weather forecast. all the areas in sea foam green is a chance of thunderstorms today. good news

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>> that looks good. alexis, thank you. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. ginger zee live in new york city with a look at what's ahead. hi, ginger. >> good morning, representingy and jessica. good to be with you this morning. we are talking about president trump's rally. he was mocking dr. christine blasey ford, the woman accusing judge kavanaugh of sexual assault. trump faces a bombshell new report on his taxes. his father lent him millions. and the new questions about dubious tax schemes. one of the reporters who broke the story will join us live. also ahead, the secrets to

co-parenting from alicia keys, her husband and his wife. one of the most buzzed about movies of the year ""a star is born"." it is all coming up only good gma. i'm so excited. i heard the movie is great. and suspect lady gaga also coming to gma? >> everybody is saying it's perfect. yeah, we've got them all. this is a pretty special week here. i haven't even seen the film, and i'm that excited. >> we're excited too. >> ginger, see you soon. new help has arrived for homeless in oak hrapbtd. a statewide law to crack down on the opioid epidemic. looking outside at 6:20 at the embarcadero.

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6:23:45 this morning on this wet wednesday for some of us. shower chances starting to taper a little bit. as you can see by the storm impact stale there we have more scattered showers and brief downpours and chance of lightning in the afternoon hours. tomorrow, the thunderstorm threat will start to move away from us. i will show you when the showers will be completely gone in the 7-day forecast. live desk, the situation in indonesia getting even worse. this shows a volcano eruption earlier today. this happens just days after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami there. 1400 people have died in the recent natural disasters. aid is finally starting to ith north bay, budget cuts could lead to dozens of positions also getting the axe. city council discussed a plan

that could cut $7 million next year. that would eliminate 50 mostly vacant positions, including 6 full-time slots for firefighters. the fire chief said that could make it more difficult for retiring firefighters, staff, and new stations in the long run. the city of oakland opened its third tough shed community to house the homeless. they are in a fenced in logon lake merritt next to the park. the wooden sheds will provide shelter for 40 people and their pets. is s kate's fir solo ck on the i again. ncsirinc was

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right now at 6:30, president trump on the attack. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. two teenagers in the easdie

overdose. the urgent warning for parents this morning a new timeline for opening the transit center and the busy roads around it. changes on the way as the first storm of fall wraps up. good morning to you on this wednesday, october 3rd. it is 6:30. thank you for joining us. you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. will the rain stick around for a while? >> we have a storm impact scale. we have light showers this morning. they're scattered. we have a chance of thunderstorms with brief downpours as we head into the afternoon and early evening hours. daly city, south san francisco, colma getting wet, in veriness as well. this is all moving north. shower moving through pleasanton and livermore. you can see they are starting to taper. what you will notice is it's muggy and mild. low to mid-60s. mid-60s at the coast. the rest of us in the 70s.

here's alexis. good morning, mike. we have one new issue in vallejo, westbound 80 before the 780 split. a semi and motorcycle crash. not a good combination. it did clear to the shoulder very quickly. i'm hoping that means we don't have serious injuries. we certainly have delays approaching the scene. keeping a close eye on that one. a check of walnut creek, 60, a lot of break lights. nothing blocking along that route. thanks, alexis. now the latest on the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the fbi expected to wrap up its investigation into allegations of supreme court nominee brett calf knauf as soon as today. overnight, the "new york times" releasing this 1983 leter from kavanaugh to his prep school

friends ahead of a trip to the beach saying, warn the neighbors that we're loud, obnoxious drunks. >> reporter: president trump said it's a scary time in america for young men. for tuesday night's rally, reporters asking president trump what message he's sending to young men. president trump spent his tuesday night in mississippi, getting laughs from the crowd as he openly mocked christine blasey ford, who claims brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while drunk at a high school party in the early 80s. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: while his son, don jr., denied the president was mocking blasey ford, her attorney sending this scathing quick, calling the remarks a vicious, vile and soulless attack, going on to say he is a profile in cowardess. blasey ford's team saying they have sent letters and e-mails to the fbi with no response,

>> well, i say is that it's a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very -- these are very difficult times. >> reporter: and his message for women. and as we get closer to the friday deadline, fbi investigation sources are saying it can could be wrapped up soon, even as early as today. reggie and jessica. >> emily, what's the overall reaction this morning about president trump's comments regarding christine blasey ford? >> reporter: you saw in the video, jessica, that people really reacted well to it at the rally. they were very energized and chanting back at the president. this morning senator flake, the one who really forced this fbi investigation in the first place, he said it really wasn't talking about that, such a topic. it wasn't right to bring it up at a political rally. he described it as kind of appalling. >> emily rau reporting live from

washington, thank you so much. you can stay on top of the newest developments on the kavanaugh supreme court nomination with abc 7 news app. be be sure to enable push alerts on your phone or smart , police in livermore issued a warning after two teens died of suspected opioid overdoses. amy hollyfield live in livermore. amy. >>reporter: hi, reggie. livermore police want parents to talk to their kids. they say one teenager died on sunday. another one died on monday. they want people to know that there could possibly be bad drugs out there on the streets. they put out a social media post saying they need to spread the word. >> if we can get one person to rethink what it is that they're taking, maybe that's success. the only way to do that is do some edcation and get it out in social media and out having people talk about it. >> reporter: police say it could take a couple of weeks to get

the toxicology report and confirm causes of death. they decided not to wait because they said they needed to educate people. this is just too urgent. livermore has had four overdoses this year. a month ago police started carrying narcan. they say it has already saved lives. reporting live in livermore, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news amy, thank you. a santa rosa doctor is charged with districting drugs without a medical purpose and health fraud. 72-year-old thomas keller knowingly give fentanyl and oxycodone to two people outside the scope of his previously practice. he is accused of submitting two fraudulent health care claims for payment. doctors are required by law to check a state database before prescribing opioids. the so the doctor can decide if it's valid to prescribe medication. the effort was started by bob pack of danville, whose two

children were killed in 2003 by an impaired driver. the system is designed to red flag doctor shopping addicts and prevent deadly drug combinations. more information at abc7news.com for links how to prevent prescription abuse. engineers hope to know what caused the cracks in two support beams at the salesforce trap sit center by the end of the month. i should say the end of this month. transit officials won't give a reopening date until a cause is determined. and rooftop park may open sometime before the terminal. you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. showers from dublin to castro sraefplt watch out on that stretch of 580. it will get slick.

we have one exception. los gatos, 57. and low to mid 60s. novato, 58. a muggy and mild morning out there. it is significantly dry, especially in the north bay. san rafael, look at that. no need to use the windshield wipers just is yet. there are scattered showers in the forecast with heavy down powers. caution on the roads at times this afternoon. could be tkoplging drops on the ferry ride. that's the kind of day it will be as we dart in and out of the cloud cover. cloudy in san francisco. mid to upper 60s through 6:00. back in the low 60s by 8:00. for the north bay, 61 this morning. 68 at noon. low 70s this afternoon. much dryer than yesterday. especially this morning. and it's the south bay and our east bay valleys that have some of the better chances of thunderstorms start, at noon through 6:00. now, it's not going to be widespread and as heavy in the north bay.

anything they get is a bonus tfpld we'll look at the accuweather forecast and timeline for the showers coming up. first, i want to give you a timeline for the commute this morning which has been easier overall. >> yes. . that he wants a good summary. you've been paying attention this morning. we have three trouble spots i want to focus on. that was the last one i was going to go to. vallejo, not a lot of new details involving a semi and motorcycle on westbound 80, just before the 780 split, tennessee street, that is all off on the shoulder. it looks like that will stay that way. i don't have any lanes blocked. folks going down to take a look as they drive by. hayward, before you get to winston avenue, a disabled van blocking the middle lane. crews cleared it off to the shoulders. delays on 237 there. that is all clear. finally give you the thumbs up on north highway 17 past the summit, that was there for an hour and a half, blocking the left lane. check out these delays.

brutal from scotts valley. you have an hour delay. all right. we are getting a closer look at new digital license plates in california. we first told you about them when they were being tested back in may. it makes it easy for drivers to update vehicle representing station tabs. they can display amber alerts, show when a vehicle is reported stolen. revive auto, ss customs in redwood center and 1200 were registered across the state over the summer. so we might start to see these pretty soon. sounds like a pretty cool idea in some aspects. they are pretty pricey though. >> how much are we talking, alexis? >> we are talking $700 just to get one and $7 monthly service fee. a lot of folks are talking about privacy concerns too. >> sure. >> someone knows where you are at all times. some people are not okay with that.robly an everay if you hav.

>> $700 isn't looking so bad anymore. that's awesome. thank you. a major announcement this morning from gm and honda. the partnership bringing them together >> and the big board of the new york stock exchange. another update when we can come back, next. and in today's robots are taking over the world segment, amazon at it again. what it is trying to do now with a teddy bear. >> oh, my. right now as we get into gear, a look at the city as you are just waking up at 6:40. we'll be right back.

here's a look at our thunderstorm threat today. sonoma and mendocino.

this moves over to the high country tomorrow. still a chance of a shower tomorrow. i'll show you that in less than 7 minutes. the big chance of rain along big sur coast. that will move southward into l.a. basin. here's a look at temperatures for the next seven days. tahoe, a chance of showers and thunderstorms today. showers tomorrow. look at the freezing cold lo 20s. highs in the 50s this weekend. new this morning from our live desk, general motors and honda are now working together to speed up the deployment of self-driing cars. honda motors will invest $2.75 billion in the autonomous vehicle called gm cruz. they want to develop an autonomous vehicle for global deployment. it will spend $2 billion over 12 years on this project.

it looks like there is an effort to possibly bring back toys "r" us from bankruptcy. amanda del castillo is live in san jose at one of the stores that closed this summer. amanda? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. we only said good-bye to the retail giant and geoffrey the giraffe back in june s. signs pcomeback.to go a possible we know "the wall street journal" reports lenders who bought the chain canceled a planned bankruptcy auction despite receiving qualified bids for us, babies "r" us, geoffrey is the giraffe and websites. no one seems to know whether this means more toys "r" us kids could be a thing of the future. buff the move has given the company an opportunity to relaunch its brand. >> i think i's great. it's sad that they were closing.

b i buy toys for kids, my grandchildr grandchildren. i think it's wonderful. >> reporter: the company filed for bankruptcy. this march of this year, they announced all 740 u.s. stores would be closing. back in june, we know the last we saw geoffrey, he was in a vacation shirt with a suitcase in hand. maybe that was a hint that he and the retail giant would be making a comeback soon. live in san jose, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> maybe it was just a short vacation. new details on the facebook hack that affected 90 million accounts. an investigation found no evidence the hackers accessed any apps using the facebook login feature, which means your information for apps like tinder, spotify and airbnb should be secure.

tesla is turning out more model 3s. >> the third quarter report hit production goals. tesla made more than 53,000 model 3s and delivered 56,000 of them to customers. but that's when shares fell 3% yesterday. the company is still dealing from the fallout of settling a securities fraud lawsuit from the sec. a live look now at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. up 106 points right now. and the dow opened at a new record high this morning. it's been very good after breaking its 14th record high this year. the new trade deal with canada and mexico being credited for the surge. amazon reportedly wants to patent a device that would allow toys to interact with children. the toys would be similar to the alexa voice assistant. >> what do you think of this? it would be equipped with a microphone and speaker attached

to a stuffed animal or figure reason. it would pair with a computer server and respond to violence commands. the toys can talk to each other. >> it sounds terrifying. >> they talk to each other. >> toys can communicate with each other. >> that's a real life "toy story". >> mr. potato head for toy store mania. >> i'm getting like the possessed teddy ruxpin something will go terribly wrong and i don' want it in my house. >> it's a brave new world. good luck to parents. won't be on the christmas list for alexis's young son. >> no. >> mark that one off and

reassess the situation. here's a look at what's going on in south bay. light showers this morning. things look dry on 280 and 17. beautiful sunrise we'll have looking from south beach. it is going to uplight the clouds. i will@mikenicco. showers possible and thunderstorms today. muggy and mild with an isolated shower. warmer with lower humidity towards the weekend. light shower from guerinville, heelsburg, west of wind sore. light spreupbg inkles moving th san francisco. it is much quieter than yesterday. the bulk of the wet weather to our south. it will rotate toward us. isolated moderate showers. look at the yellow, orange and reds. thunderstorms. that's what those are. the best chance. they could be be anywhere, but the best chance in the east bay and south bay.

that's it. temperatures for today, not nearly as hot and sticky as yesterday. it will still be warm and sticky. low to upper 70s. mid-80s inland. >> good morning, mike. zooming in, just a little bit stop-and-go traffic coming in villa bay bridge. surface streets not looking too terrible from the bay bridge. of course take harrison as well. a live look at the south beach camera. traffic pretty average, if not lighter than average.

those delays we have seen from the salesforce transit closure have been later in the morning. walnut creek to dublin, 16 minutes. 101, santa rosa to san francisco, 9 minutes. still in recovery mode. 1 hour 17 minutes to lass gatos. >> instagram users, you can breathe again. the photo-sharing service is back up after a worldwide outage. >> around midnight, users started reporting error messages on the app and the website. some of them took to twitter to complain. instagram confirmed the outage but didn't give a reason. the network was back up after an hour. the 7 thing you need to know before you go coming up. follow us at abc 7 news. you can see a lot more. great pictures. this on the brand. share your photos and videos on abc 7 now.

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coming up at 6:55. the first one this is weather. showers are starting to taper but they could reskwrep rate. heavy downpours, lightning, thunder. scattered chance this afternoon. muggy but not as hot as yesterday. two, warning from livermore police. they are drawing attention to opioid abuse after the death of two teenagers from suspected drug overdoses. >> number three, allegations against supreme court nominee kavanaugh. president trump is on the attack ridiculing blasey ford's testimony in front of thousands at a campaign rally. >> expect your cell phone to make some noise. fema will conduct its first nationwide test of a wireless emergency alert system. it happens this morning at 11:18. that alert is in case of a national threat like a nuclear or terrorist attack. >> number five, a possible second chance for toys r u.s. according to the wall street

journal; toys "r" us canceled plans to auction off the company and is now proposing a new reorganization plan. >> our biggest issue of the morning was a crash blocking the left lane for an hour and a half, northbound highway 17 north of the summit. still trying to bounce back. all lanes back open. down to 9 and 7 miles per hour back to scotts valley. >> number 7, happy mean girls day. what's that? it's the day every year fans celebrate the hit movie. why october 3rd? in the movie, lindsay lohan's character tells her crush what day it is. of course she says october 3rd. making it this year special, it's wednesday. in the movies they say on weapons's we wear pink. >> october 3rd he asked me what day it was. it's october 3rd. >> wednesday's we wear pink. >> there are no rules in this house. i'm not like a regular mom. i'm a cool mom. >> she doesn't even go here. that will do it for "abc 7

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good morning, america. president trump on the attack. mocking dr. christine blasey ford, the woman accusing his supreme court nominee of sexual assault. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> this, as a letter written by judge kavanaugh, raises question whether he told the truth about his drinking in high school. also this morning, trump tax bombshell. a new report from "the new york times" that the president received more than $400 million in today's dollars from his father's real estate empire despite claiming he's a