making news in america this morning, the fbi report on the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh delivered to capitol hill. senators now preparing to read it. the report being locked in a safe but overnight new accusations the fbi ignored several key witnesses. and now kavanaugh's college roommate speaking out. concerns this morning about the serial killer on the loose. a masked man caught on surveillance video suspected of randomly shooting at people in a residential neighborhood. a developing story in north texas. a deadly school bus crash once again raising questions about whether seat belts should be required. plus, party foul. why thousands of gallons of priceless prosecco have been lost at this winery. also, the mystery growing online.

is this the real president trump? and the news about hugs and why you should embrace much as possible. too early to hug it out on a thursday morning. >> no hugs? >> good thursday morning, everybody. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. we begin with the wheels now in motion for a confirmation vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the fbi has wrapped up its investigation ahead of schedule. >> and starting this morning senators will get a chance to review the report which was triggered by sexual assault allegations against kavanaugh. the white house saying overnight that it's confident kavanaugh will be confirmed but there are several senators who are still on the fence. emily rau has the new details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and maggie. we are now officially counting down the hours until senators vote on kavanaugh's confirmation, and right now this morning it is still unclear if

republicans have the votes they need. a late night motion in the senate officially kicking off the countdown to a crucial vote. >> i'm filing cloture on judge kavanaugh's nomination. >> reporter: with brett kavanaugh's lifelong appointment to the nation's highest court on the line, the full senate could vote on his final confirmation this weekend. the decision could come down to a handful of undecided senators including republicans lisa murkowski. jeff flake and susan collins along with democrat joe manchin. >> i want to look and see what it says. the investigation says. >> reporter: all four condemning president trump's mockery of christine blasey ford at a campaign rally. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. >> reporter: senator flake on nbc. >> i wish he hadn't have done it. just say it's kind of appalling. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> reporter: after spending much of the day wednesday defending the president -- >> it wasn't anything other than the president stating facts.

>> reporter: -- the white house is now debating the release of the findings of that fbi investigation as attorneys for kavanaugh's first accuser, christine blasey ford, attack its merit releasing this statement saying a supplemental investigation that did not include an interview with her nor the witnesses who corroborate her testimony cannot be called an investigation. we are profoundly disappointed. and senators will have a chance to review that fbi report starting at 8:00 a.m. later on this morning, and overnight the white house saying that they are fully confident the senate will confirm judge kavanaugh. kendis and maggie. >> sounds like it's going to be a busy day. emily rau, thank you. all of that said, kavanaugh's freshman roommate at yale says he was never contacted by the fbi. his name is jamie roche and he claims kavanaugh lied under oath about his drinking. he tells cnn that kavanaugh was frequently drunk and was sometimes incoherent. >> what struck me and made me

more interested in speaking out about it is not only did i know that he wasn't telling, you know, i knew that he knew he wasn't telling the truth. even within that environment there were people who were loud drunks who were sloppy drunks who were belligerent drunks but even by those standards my memory of brett was that he was -- he was on the far edge of this. he was notably heavier in his drinking than other people. >> interesting interview and several other former classmates say the fbi had no interest in what they had to say about kavanaugh. deborah ramirez who claims kavanaugh exposed himself to her tells "the new yorker" magazine that agents did not contact people who were key to corroborate her story. a former intern on capitol hill has been arrested accused of posting the personal data of some republican senators online. the information was apparently posted during the brett kavanaugh hearing last week. the man reportedly worked in the office of democratic

congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas and has now been fired. let's turn to that deadly standoff in south carolina overnight. several law enforcement officers have been shot including a veteran police officer who is now being remembered for always going the extra mile for others. >> this has been an absolutely horrendous evening. >> reporter: a south carolina community in shock this morning. >> we talked to my wife and she heard, you know, the shots. >> reporter: investigators say officers went to serve a warrant in florence when the suspect barricaded himself inside a home and then opened fire. >> the suspect continued to fire on other officers who responded to the scene to render aid to the wounded. >> reporter: when it was over seven officers were injured. >> they were responding to the scene of an incident where they knew that their brothers from the sheriff's office, their brothers and sisters from the sheriff's office were in need as we all do and they do for us. >> reporter: one of them,

terrence carraway, did not survive. carraway just celebrated his 30th year on the force. >> today we lost a good friend of mine, an officer i've known for 30 years. pray for these officers and their speedy recovery. pray for the family who lost the bravest police officer that i have ever known. >> really tough morning in the low country of south carolina. the suspect was eventually taken into custody. his name has not been released. police say children who were inside the house at the time are safe. fbi agents have arrested a navy veteran accused of mailing threatening letters to the white house and pentagon. william clyde allen was taken into custody in utah. he's being held on a threat of terrorism charge. the pentagon letters initially tested positive for ricin but contained only caster bean seeds, not the poison. no word on a positive motive in

the case. authorities in indonesia say nearly 200,000 people need urgent help after that devastating earthquake and tsunami. six days later the government is struggling to coordinate the response. water and fuel are in short supply. the indonesian troops are now warning they will shoot looters as the situation grows even more desperate. time now for a look at your weather on this thursday morning. a strong line of storms is moving through the ohio valley. the radar here showing rain stretching from illinois to the canadian border. the storms are bringing damaging winds with gusts of up to 60 miles per hour. they're expected to bring rain to new england later today. behind those storms is a cold front moving in. temperatures won't get out of the 50s in minneapolis, chicago and kansas city. 79 here in new york. 80s in washington, d.c. 73 out west in southern california. it's a hot one. a question for you, would you pay $300 for some ice?

coming up, the new luxury ice cubes. but first the decision on whether airlines should be forced to give you a certain amount of legroom on flights. and later the controversy over a police officer caught taking inappropriate pictures of a woman's back side. hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings]

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we're back with a deadly school bus crash in north texas. one student was killed and three others injured when the bus rolled into a ditch and struck a power line bursting into flames. there were 42 students on board at the time. one of them said her seat belt made it difficult to escape the bus at first but another student helped her. in west hollywood thankfully nobody was seriously injured

when a suspected drunk driver -- look at that -- plowed into this crowd outside the famous whiskey a go go. a pair of random killings has a busy neighborhood in chicago on edge as police search for the mystery gunman. they say he was caught on this surveillance video wearing a mask walking calmly down the street moments before he shot an elderly man who was walking his dogs. another video shows the suspect running away here as you can tell. authorities say he also killed a 24-year-old man about six blocks away. both victims were shot in the head in the rogers park neighborhood. police are now stepping up patrols. feel like many airline passengers frustrated by the lack of legroom? well, you may soon be getting some relief. the senate wednesday passed a bill requiring the faa to set a minimum size for commercial airplane seats and a minimum distance between those seats. president trump is expected to sign the bill into law. it will also make it illegal for airlines to remove passengers from overbooked flights in response to this video of a

doctor being dragged off a plane in chicago. amazon made a big splash this week announcing it's raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour but turns out there is a catch. the company now says those workers will no longer be able to collect bonuses or receive stock in the company. amazon says the changes mean compensation will be more immediate and predictable. >> now to those so-called luxury ice cubes being sold by a california company and luxury isn't cheap. $325 will get you 50 cubes. that's about $6.50 per ice cube. the ice takes up to 40 minutes to fully melt. you see, that's why. the company says the cubes are purified and protected in a resealable package without the impurities or ice made from tap water. >> i only use luxury ice. >> well, of course. i'm so basic. coming up, don't cry over spilled prosecco. the big problem one winery is having.

and why i'm crying. parents and coaches setting a bad example as handshakes turn into punches at a youth football game. and the growing mystery behind the disappearance of a schoolteacher who went to bed sunday night and was gone monday morning. morning.

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dozens of searchers are using drones and dogs to scour the area. her husband says he's trying to stay hopeful. >> this is the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. >> reporter: kristin westra's husband is baffled by his wife's sudden disappearance. jay westra says he saw kristin when they went to bed sunday night, and when he woke up monday morning, she was gone. jay believes she left the house on her own. >> i can't imagine a scenario where somebody would be able to take her from the house without noise and without a fight. >> reporter: police say kristin left everything behind, keys, phone and wallet. family members say she was recently stressed at work and was having trouble sleeping. searchers near portland are focusing on a wooded area not far from the couple's home. >> we really haven't found any clues that would lead us to believe that she's, in fact, in the woods but we're eliminating that possibility anyways. >> reporter: mike roman doesn't even know the family but he's one of the dozens of volunteers

out searching for the 47-year-old teacher. >> if something happened to one of my loved ones, i would hope somebody would try to help out. >> kristin, no matter what, come home. >> reporter: jay westra remains hopeful. >> i explained to my daughter that possibly kristin had some worries and some thoughts and she may have tried to go somewhere to think about those things and that she may have gotten lost. >> her family says she has no history of mental illness and they say it would be abnormal for her to leave her young daughter behind. a rare outbreak of red tide is spreading along florida's atlantic coast. dead fish are washing up on the beaches. red tide, which is caused by toxic algae, is common on the gulf coast but not on the atlantic side. it can cause breathing problems in some people. a seattle man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for fraud after he collected nearly $200,000 in disability pay.

he claimed he had a back injury and couldn't work as a railroad conductor but then investigators saw this. take a look. it's video of him doing yoga on a paddleboard in a seattle tourism video. he now has to pay money back and pay $177,000 in penalties. >> oops. a former star from the tv drama "beverly hills 90210" is now among a group of parents demanding action against a school bully. ian ziering and others protested the school's lack of action over a second grader with a history of violence, they say. the actor's two daughters attend the west hollywood elementary school. he says the bullying problem started when the student was in kindergarten. >> his classroom now has been evacuated twice this year. he has brandished scissors and he has verbally assaulted children. he has verbally assaulted children. he's threatened to kill them. he's held scissors in his hand and the school is not doing anything.

>> a spokesman for the school district insists there is a strong no tolerance policy when it comes to bullying at that school. in sports, aaron judge of the yankees smacked a first inning home run against the a's last night and that set the tone for an easy win in the american league wild card game. the final score was 7-2 and they celebrated of course with a champagne shower in the locker room. their win sets up their first playoff series against the red sox since 2004. >> and that series begins friday. here's some more alcohol going to waste. take a look. 8,000 gallons of prosecco spilling at this winery in northern italy. it's unclear what caused that fermentation tank to explode. on the bright side italy's wine production region just had one of its best harvests on record so this should not impact overall production levels. it just hurts to watch. >> such a sad sight to see. >> i'm not crying. >> why, why? >> no, i am crying. >> we'll get through this together. now coming up, one high school cheerleader really wanted to be crowned homecoming queen

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>> hi. good morning. it is october 4th. by afternoon and evening hours, you will definitely notice a difference. we will time that out on the next half hour. hi, everybody. live doppler 7. not as active as it was yesterday, which was less active than it was the day before. but there's still an unsettled pattern over top of us. so we will keep a stray to random shower in the forecast because the humidity is around. and a cold front will o mgyuak up this morning. upper 50s to 60s. 60s through noon. we'll get to 70 this afternoon.

the storm impact scale next. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. no major issues. no significant slowdowns to kick off the thursday morning commute. live at the bay bridge toll plaza. lines both sides of the toll plaza. we're expecting the metering lights on flip on 5:20. just under app hour to go. a quick check of the drive. 34 miles per hour. 32 miles per hour at 580. a crash reported a off on the shoulder on north flynn road. folks could be slowing down take a look at that. the south bay coming up next >> all of us here want to help make the bay area an even better place to live. we are tackling some of the biggest issues in on our community. this morning, as participant of our ongoing commitment to building a better bay area, we are exploring our commute. >> a group of civil engineers just released a new report card for california's roads and transit. if your kids came homeit

these grades, you might ground them. amanda del castillo joins us. amanda >> reporter: good morning, reggie, jessica. california's report card on our surface transportation is disappointing, but it's not surprising. that's according to the american society of civil engineers. now, this grades three things, including our bridges, transit system, and our roads. california roads got a grade of d as in dog. the asce said california hasn't invested enough money to expand, fix or maintain any of the three categories that were graded. >> in vesting in infrastructure is as american as apple pie. shame on us that we don't do it. this is our common good, our common quality of life. >> many are deep red states that

are typically fiscally conservative. california only joined them in increasing that tax last year. reporting live in san jose, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news >> amanda, thank you. is there any really bad road where you live in? send us a picture with the picture, video and location. we'll reach out to officials to see why it is not getting fixed? one big closure is the salesforce in san francisco. there is still no estimated date to reopen it. engineers say finding out what caused cracks in two steel beams could take weeks. a block of fremont street may reopen next friday. >> speaking of the commute, it's 4:30. if you're just joining us, a quick update on weather and traffic. hi, mike. >> hi, jessica. good morning, reggie. we have showers overnight. you