the senate judiciary committee has the fbi's background report into brett kavanaugh. so what happens now? >> kavanaugh's college roommate said no one interviewed him. he talked with abc 7 news last night describing in detail about why the supreme court nominee's drinking was, quote, unusual. good morning on this thursday, october 4th. it is 5:00 a.m. thanks for joining us. you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> let's talk about unsettled weather. humid air mass. weak cold front could spark random showers with brief downpours and cause slick streets. we will keep it at a 1 for the remainder of today, into the afternoon hours. showers dancing all around us. quiet weather out there. you can see it is a little muggy and mold. upper 50s to mid-60s. we'll hang out 70 everywhere at noon. yeah, pretty much low 70s in the

afternoon hours. away from the coast in the 60s. humidity starts dropping as we head into the afternoon hours. just a random shower. hopefully the commute is a little better. here's alexis. >> yeah. not too bad. off to a why set start, mike. a lot of green showing up on our traffic maps. one spot where we had yellow and red was eastbound 80. road work between the bridge and redwood parkway. i think they got it done a few minutes ahead of schedule because we're fully back in the green. it should not be a concern for you. the bay bridge toll plaza, right side cash lanes are definitely heavy. left side, not too bad. no metering lights yet. we should have until 5:20 until they turn them on. next update at 5:10. from our live desk, a live look at capitol hill right now. the senate now has the fbi's background investigation and members are going to start going through it under restrictions.

here's what we know. there is just one copy available for all 100 senators. democrats and republicans will take turns view it in one-hour inclements. senator koerbg said it is not expected to be a full report but an interview summary. either way, the fbi will will have a conclusion. there will be a test vote tomorrow. if there are enough votes to confirm, a final vote could happen as early as saturday. >> okay. meanwhile, one of kavanaugh's college roommates at yale university said he was not interviewed by the fbi. >> he did come to dispute what they told the senate judiciary committee last night. cornell bernard has his interview. >> reporter: we are hearing from a long-time friend of kavanaugh. she is defending him. we will hear from her in a moment. first james roche. he is going on camera to say his

strongest memory during their freshman year at yale in 1983 was his drinking. he said he was stunned to hear his old roommate testify last week that he was a moderate drinker with no capacity for disrespecting women in his college days. >> brett stood out for his drinking. people drank a lot then. i drank a fair amount then. but brett's drinking was unusual. >> he's not that guy. i'm telling you. did he drink, yes. did he take tight too far, no. he had aspirations even back then to get into an ivy league school, go to law school, follow in the footsteps of his mother and be a judge. he was smart enough to know the consequences of doing anything that would jeopardize his dreams. >> roche said he knew the second woman to accuse him of sexual misconduct and believes her allegations. as you heard from suzanne, she said kavanaugh is not that guy. she does not believe he sexually

assaulted dr. christine blasey ford back in high school. cornell bernard, abc 7 news >> cornell, thank you. you can watch both interviews on good morning america, right here on abc 7 beginning at 7:00 a.m. developing news on the peninsula, a man spotted walking in the middle of the road died after getting tased by sheriff's deputies. >> kate larson talked with a witness. she has more on the investigation getting under way >> reporter: this cell phone video which went viral shows a man wandering around el camino real in the middle of the day. >> he was kind of mumbling, yelling what do you want? what do i do? >> reporter: dennis owns a tanning salon and you saw service's deputies surround the man. as deputies arrive on scene 1:00 p.m. he saw them takeus the man.

>> he came running towards me on this side of the street. i told him get down, just sit down. >> the sheriff's department said he assaulted a deputy and was taken to the hospital. after the man got into another scuffle with deputies he did not look good. >> i noticed his chin was into his chest and he was drooling. >> reporter: he was later taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> how did he get tased? >> that's a detail we're investigating. >> reporter: he says initially deputies were trying to keep the man and others on el camino real, a very busy street, out of harm's way. >> the crime lab has to do its full assessment of everything out there, including the taser, to find was he struck by it, in essence, why did he do, and did the police improperly use force. >> reporter: they do not use body cameras but they have

dashcams. that video, along with cell phone and surveillance video will play a critical role. it will be done in the next 8 to 10 weeks. the deputy got stitches and is out of the hospital. kate larson, abgs 7 news >> a grieving mother in the east bay said her daughter is one of two that died from opioids. she call her oshi. >> i will never see her get married. i am never see her with children. >> police have not officially released the teen's identities, but dill better cartoonist scott adams believes the other victim was his stepson, justin miles. liverpool police said two teenagers died in two days.

it will take weeks for toxicology to determine the cause. police died this was too urgent to wait so they decided to share suspicions now. >> the diocese of sap jose is hearing from parishioners and victims of clergy sex abuse. the new session will be next friday, october 12th st. maarten of tours, san at 7:00 p.m. >> nearly a year after the north bay destroyed thousands of homes, many families are without permanent housing. work is under way to install 15 cottages in windsor and fountain grove. the cottages are only a temporary solution for the displaced families. once neighborhoods are rebuilt, they will be turned into

accessory dwelling units on properties with people with single-family homes >> let me show you what's going on in the north bay. muggy and mild. coolest temperatures, 56 in mill valley. novato, 63. american canyon, some of our warmer temperatures. 62 in napa. this time tomorrow, temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees cooler. you will definitely need the coat tomorrow. daly city and cupertino, 58 degrees. you can see the winds blowing the flags on the ferry building in san francisco inland. that means it is going to be cooler than average day today. it is keeping the moisture around. one last chance of random showers. it will be muggy this afternoon for whatever you're doing outside. just a little bit of caution because of that. east bay, 64. remains partly sunny up until about 8:00. that he wants when the dry air comes in and takes away. cloud

cover. we will top out at 70 this afternoon. 64 this morning. partly sunny throughout the day. by 8:00, you'll see a little bit of a drop in temperature. 63 this morning. low to mid-70s in the afternoon hours. by 8:00, yeah, that's when the dry air starts to roll in. 62 degrees under the stars. hour by hour through the forecast coming up. good morning, mike. a couple of new issues at gate bridge. a motorcycle in the slow down. a disabled bike somehow. chp on the way to clear that. i don't think that's causing any delays. chp issued a travel advisory between santa cruz and the summit. wouldn't you know it, we have a crash in the area. northbound 17 at laurel road. the left lane is blocked.

no injuries reported. we are starting to back up. yesterday really tough commute along the stretch20 >> thanks, alexis. construction under way to ease the commute for thousands in the east bay. local elected leaders helped break ground for 11 miles of express lanes on southbound 680. once the lanes are open, solo drivers can pay to use them. the ebg press lanes will stretch from martinez, walnut creek. construction will cost $127 million. >> tuesday not the only day to celebrate this week. where you can get free mexican food. yes, i said free. and why. a first of its kind farm just opened and it's here in the bay area. >> this photo

it's my job to protect as a public safety,pg&e, keeping the powerlines clear while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing. the work that we do helps protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the powerlines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our communities safe. this is our community. this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. together, we're building a better california.

we've got a pattern change developing. it's going to be out with the old, this area of low pressure and unsettled stickiness it's bringing, and in with the new, the cold front bringing us dry weather. i will have a timeline for this in less than 7 minutes. here's reggie >> thank. a hashtag squat for change. dante palmer posted a photo of himself, you see here, squatting in the men's restroom to change his son's doctor.

he said changing tables should not be limited to women's restrooms. other fathers have reached out in support posting pictures of their own squats >> in today's gma first look, a peewee football postgame handshake escalates quickly. >> coaches ended up getting into an all-out brawl. maggie rulli has the details >> reporter: the postgame handshake is supposed to teach good sportsmanship. these two coaches from rival teams did the opposite, throwing punches in a wild on-field fight in virginia. the man in black is shoved from behind, igniting ehle wild string of hey makers, las t anyonin his way. one coach wearing red grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground, all as children standing by. >> i think the heat of the battle, if that's what you want to call i, kind of got the best

of a few on each side. >> reporter: khris davis was one of the coaches trying to break up the fight. >> tempers got the best of just a couple of people, and i thiar regret that at this point. >> reporter: coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll have more reaction to this brawl video. with your gma first look, maggie rulli, abc news, new york. shameful. san francisco police officers are now having to call their preferred pronounces. if you are unschur of a pepper's gender identity, must ask. those who do not face this policy could face the coast guard consulter stratton will be welcomed home today after its 27,000 milefloa san diego yesterday.

they are on their way back to the bay area. they seized drugs from eight vessels.>> advocacy groups say k messenger kids is violating federal law. >> it is collecting children's personal information without getting verifiable concept from parents. advocates are asking the fcc to investigate to see whether it violated the children's online privacy protection act. children's groups want facebook to especially sure the person who sets up the child's account is actually the child's parent. the company says messenger kids does not run ads or collect data for marketing. tesla ceo elon musk will be allowed to choose his replacement as he steps down as company chair map according to the business insider, which got a copy of the settlement agreement. with the securities and exchange commission, musk is not barred from continued service as director of the company. he will also be allowed to pick the two new independent

directors. the sec forced musk to step down as part of the agreement for issuing, quote, false and misleading statements when he tweeted about taking tesla private >> a cannabis committee is in the works to look how the office of cannabis is doing, according to the examiner. ten months ago san francisco set up the office, a team of three people, and their focus on permits as the city transitions to recreational cannabis use. it has apparently led to a backlog in issuing the permits. natural foods, unnaturally farmed. soon leafy greens, fruits and vegetables from the grocery store could come from a robotic farm. iron knocks opened yesterday. robots tend to lettuce, kayal a kale and basil.

it grows 30 times the amount on on land. isn't that tags nat fascinating >> happy taco tuesday. >> it's thursday all day long. >> why is it national taco day today? shouldn't it be on tuesday? anyway, it's happening today, and you get free tacos on it. del taco is offering a buy one, get one shredded. el pollo low co will give you chicken taco with purchase. taco bell, you get a crunchy, fiery, cool locos. >> it is taco monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday for me. >> i think i'll be making a run for the border. >> i like that.

>> we can share that gift set. >> it's pretty big. >> for five bucks. >> wife is out of town. i don't want to cook. hello! >> he's not inviting us. >> we can go for lunch. >> okay. all right. >> i could go for dinner again too. let's particular a look and show you what's going on. after a nice long workout in between. san rafael, two inches of rain fell in san rafael. while it's cloudy this morning and 63, upper 40s with a little bit of fog possible tomorrow morning. here's my highlights for today. partly sunny. grab the sunglasses. humid one last day. that will spark a few stray showers. dryer air, cooler. and we will see the stars tonight except where the fog forms. and extended sunshine as we head through the forecast. hour by hour, the white, clouds, green, rain, no yellow, no orange. random light shower here and there through the morning commute. 9:00 to noon, you can see maybe one or two stray light showers

there. as the cold front starts to sweep in, the white starts to evapora evaporate. by 4:00, the rest of us partly sunny, a stray shower possible up to 7:00 when the front is moving through the south bay. you can see more clearing taking place from north to south. by midnight, that's it. it's finally over. temperatures well below average. san francisco, 65. 70 to 76 for the rest of us. tonight, there you go. that's more like normal, isn't it? 40s in the north bay valleys, low to mid-50s for the rest of us. in my accuweather 7-day forecast, not much warming tomorrow. buff saturday, sunday, monday, 80s and 60s at the coast. >> good morning, mike. we have the continued closure of the salesforce transit center in san francisco. fremont street is still closed as well. we could get that back open shortly. maybe be sometime next week. as for right now it is shut down

between howard as you get off the bay bridge, you could see a little bit of a delay. not seeing much of one yet. as of just a moment ago, we did not have official word that the metering lights were on. on the east bay side, things are filling in. it is starting to ramp up. no major issues today. tracy to dublin filling in. yellow and 48 minutes. antioch to concord in the green at 15. ran rafael to san francisco also looking good, in the green at 15 minutes. and from our live desk, two nasa from the international space staeufplg station. the capsule separated from the international space station 1:00 a.m. our time. it returned into the earth's

atmosphere with a fiery re-entry, as you can see. the capsule then parachuted back to earth >> a thrilling season for the a's ended after the team lost to the new york yankees. >> oh, man. abc 7 news was at the coliseum's tree house where the a's held a watch party so fans could watch last night's wild card game. the a's lost 7-2. oakland has the third lowest in the league. they finished the season with nearly 100 wins. such a great run this year, this season. man. ? the folks are obviously celebrating from an earlier time in the game. >> yeah. >> definitely not the end. congrats to them. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know to start the day. >> coachella's lineup won't be announced until january. but we may know who is headlining and he may be in a suit and tie.

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drinker. >> number four, a sheriff's deputy dead, six others hurt carolina. a man opened fire on officers trying to serve a search warrant >> number five, california grade poorly on our infrastructure. c minus and d for the roads according to the american society of civil engineers. >> number six, speaking of the roads, a fairly quiet start to the thursday morning commute. we have air crash that just cleared on highway 17, south of the summit around the laurel curve. giving you the thumbs up there. residual delays thinning quickly. this afternoon, san francisco skies will be buzzing. the blue angels are scheduled to practice over the city from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. ahead of this weekend's fleet week air shows. >> who is going to headline coachella next year? >> a source is telling "us weekly" justin timberlake is

among the confirmed performer. it would be his first time taking the stage at the music festival. other rumored headliners including kanye west and childish gambino. it will be announce indeed january. the anticipation already had building. >> it's nice you can headline a big thing like that without having a hit single. >> shady. >> another 90 minutes of news.n. >> a san francisco judge puts the deportation of 300,000

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>> the fbi's investigation is over. and right now senators are looking through the report on brett kavanaugh. we will take you live to capitol hill with what we know this hour.

>> if you're enjoying the muggy weather that we've had, good news. more of it on the way. the streets are talking. we will be back to normal soon. >> what? streets or mike nicco? >> now you know my secret. >> cover is blown, mike. >> fifth the magic 8 ball, now the streets. >> we have had beautiful sunsets. last night was amazing. >> i think tonight will be also. it will be illinouminated from underneath. the dryer air will start rolling in. storm impact scale is around. random showers with light amounts of rain. it could make slick spots. our closest radar is well to the north. fort bragg. heading to the east. they will stay east of us. random showers more likely when the sun comes up.

cold front will roll through during the latter parts of the afternoon and evening hours. well below average. near 60 at the coast to near 70 around the bay. low 70s inland. all right a look at the dryer commute with alexis. yeah. that is translating to a smoother commute as you would imagine. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza, things have filled in 5:22. carpool lanes are open. everyone else will have to wait to get to the metering lights. drive times looking good. 680, walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes. 101, santa rosa to san francisco, wejust under an hourt 49 minutes. 23 minutes, you are back in the green. >> thanks, alexis. developing news on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. the if i can report on kavanaugh is now out. >> that means senators will spend the rest of the day

reviewing this report. in an overnight tweet, the white house says it remains fully confident they will vote to confirm the supreme court nominee. a handful of senators still on the ten. we will see what they think now. >> exactly right. good morning, reggie and jessica. we are just hours away from the first vote in this process to possibly confirm judge kavanaugh. and this morning it's still unclear if the republicans actually have the votes they need. >> late night motion in the senate officially kicking off the countdown to a crucial vote. with brett kavanaugh's lifelong appointment to the highest court on the line, the full senate could vote on final confirmation this weekend. it could come down to a handful of undecided senators. the white house is now debating 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 started reviewing that fbi report about 30 minutes ago here in washington. and overnight the white house saying they are fully confident that judge kavanaugh will be confirmed. president trump tweeting this morning. reggie, back to you. thank you so much, emily. activists opposed held a rally at city hall last night. they say he is unfit for the high court based on the testimony of christine placy ford. there is going to be a similar rally in palo alto planned for 7:00 p.m. on the corner of el camino real and embarcadero. take a look at this. the new cover of "time" magazine. it shows christine placy

made up of her words to the committee last week. stay up to date with our abc 7 news app. in able push alerts. every day we are tackling the biggest issues in our community. >> as part of our ongoing commitment to building a better bay area, we are exploring our commute. a group of civil engineers has just released a new report card for roads and transit. if your kids came home with this report card, you might ground them. two cs and a ds. abc 7 news reporter amanda dell cast trio joins us live. amanda >> reporter: jessica, reggie, a report card no one would be proud of. american society of engineers graded california in three different categories, looking at the conditions of our roads, our bridges, and our transit system. and across the board we rated poorly.

now, c minus for our bridges and transit system. and a d for our roads. last april the act passed $52 asce found we need $130 million to get us back into good repair. >> there's working going on all the time. >> the demand for having a working infrastructure has increased. and we haven't invested in it properly. >> reporter: the asce found most roads are 40 years old, exceeding expected design life. 50% of california's major urban

roads in poor condition. live in san jose, amanda del castil castillo, abgs 7 nec 7 news >> is there a bad road where you live? we will reach out to officials to see why it is not getting fixed >> tempers flared as hundreds turned out over an idea to turn two school campuses into affordable teacher housing. their idea, build a brand-new high school and middle school down the road and turn the current sites into teacher house. it is an idea that generated plenty of fierce opposition from residents. >> it's not a good idea for this area. >> yeah! >> it is hurtful as a teacher because we are really nice neighbors, if you have ever met a teacher. >> the idea is one of several the district came up with an in

effort to alleviate the affordability crisis facing many of its teachers. district leaders say despite high emotions they plan to keep analyzing all their options. a young boy is back with his family thanks to action by pittsburgh police. he turned up alone at a gas station on railroad last night. all he could say was his name was sam. police posted a photo and alerted the media. someone recognized sam, and he was reunited with his dad. his grandparents learned he was lost by watching abc 7 news at 9:00. no word why he ended up at the gas station. >> glad he is okay. on the peninsula, around 200 demonstrators are planning to protest at google's headquarters in mountain view. in august, many residents

rallied at city hall against google's downtown development in san jose. they plan to march with a fair community benefits package for san jose. the march is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. pacifica, daly city, redwood city, menlo park in the 50s. the few that are. the rest of us in the low to mid-60s. hayward, 64. san jose, 63. los gatos, 54. concord, 63. same in napa and san rafael. san francisco 61. this is san mateo bring from east to west. no shower lurking on the other side like yesterday. there is a chance of spotty showers due to the mugginess once again. sprinkles and sunshine. mild all day. a little bit of caution for your commute at any time today because of the random shower. in the north bay, dryer air comes in.

cloudy, 59. noon, cloudy. 63. 2:00, we're still pretty cloudy. look at the sunshine come out. upper 60s by 4:00. san francisco, partly sunny. low to mid-60s. dry air and sunshine comes in just in time for sunset. south bay, the last area to get the tkraoeup air. partly sunny just about all day and evening. 63 at 8:00 this morning. to 70 at noon. back to 63 at 8:00 this evening. but, yes, the dry air is on the way. got a feeling from a lot of tweets that people weren't enjoying the amenities. >> they don't have the hairspray supply that you have, mike. maybe that's contributing to that.

shell lack the air. >> there you go. tip from mike nicco today. we had a disabled vehicle for a short time. ist didn't cause a delay. that is all cleared. it is moving along just fine. north bay commute is looking great so far today. we do have one new issue on the nimitz. southbound 880 just before a straight, not a lot of details. we had a vehicle possibly involved in a collision. they are trying to get it off to the right shoulder. we should know a lot more when chp arrives on the scene. no major issues. 45 bart traipse. ace 1 and 3 on time. they have the ongoing gps issues. they assure us they are out and on schedule. normal service, no delays for capital corridor. thanks, alexis. a federal judge in san francisco is blocking the trump administration deporting 300,000 immigrants. the judge says the administration may have been motivated by racism in trying to remove immigrants from haiti,

sudan, nick raug a what and to remove immigrants from haiti, sudan, nicaragua and el salvador, who are protected under a federal program. his profane reference to haiti and african nations in january were cited. >> there are

there's still active weather around the state. notice no thunderstorms like we had the last couple of days. let's take a look where the threat is. it is pretty much from tahoe northward. the area in sea foam green here. with that said, a look at what will happen tomorrow, it moves away. our best chance moving through tahoe. a lesser chance around fresno. peppered with thunderstorms. we have another chance of thunderstorms saturday. and look at those lows. mid-20s and highs in the 50s sunday and monday. >> thanks, mike. we have new details coming in on a shooting that left a sheriff's deputy dead and six others hurt in south carolina. investigators say a man opened fire on officers trying

to serve a search warrant in florence yesterday. three of them got hurt. four others were shot while trying to rescue the wounded deputies. authorities eventually took the suspect into custody. he was holding children hostage. fortunately none of the kids got hurt. the officer who was killed just celebrated 30 careers in law enforcement. a former navy apprentice is expected to be charged after the pentagon received envelopes suspected of containing poison. yesterday s.w.a.t. teams swarmed a home in logan, utah. the fbi is questioning the suspect identified as william allen iii. it indicated the possible presence of ricin. a suspicious envelope was sent to the white house but intercepted. the letters appeared to only contain kastor bean seeds. amazon made a big splash with its $15 an hour

announceme announcement. now they will no longer get stock or bonuses. workers earn based on their attendance and work house productive. they earn stock if they stayed a certain number of years. amazon says workers will still earn more money even with the elimination of bonus and stock programs. happening today, san francisco mayor london breed will review a plan to add 1,000 more beds in homeless shelters. the chronicle reports that breed wants to have half the new beds available by next summer and the rest by the year 2020. governor brown just signed a bill into law making it easier for local governments to move the homeless into shelters. on the peninsula, relief may be coming to neighbors fed up with engine noise from planes landing at sfo. officials say is they will alter rivals at the airport to slightly help mitigate noise. it is called a ground-based augmentation system.

they will submit to the faa for approval >> happening today, speaking of noise coming from jets, we will hear a lot of it over parts of the bay area. >> it usually sounds louder in person. >> oh, a lot louder. >> blue angels will practice today 1:00 to 5:00. there are shows saturday and sunday noon to 4:00 p.m. as part of fleet week >> plenty other activities going on today. veterans art exhibit at the cannery galleries. and tours at pier 30. and 32nd street brass band at city college at noon. and 6:00 to 8:00 tonight, honor our fallen concert. look at this.

celebrity chef inspired birthday celebration. huntington beach resident always thought her 1-year-old son looked like guy fieri. look at this elaborate birthday party complete with flavor town cookies. she featured some of the restaurant mogul's catch phrases from his tv series. in lieu of gifts she asked for campbell's soup donations for the local food bank. >> i live guy fieri. >> that's awesome. >> and she went all out. this is crazy. that was a ton of work. >> she must be a chef or artist or something. >> yeah. she's got to be. >> incredible. >> i know. her son does look like guy fee ai ai fieri. >> my mom got me an ice cream cake. >> oscar the grouch or cookie

monster. >> from party city. there wasn't pinterest around in those days. >> he was sighted at nascar, of all places. i didn't know he was a nascar fan. >> it sounds about right. >> now you know. let's take a look at what's going on. good morning, everybody. a little bit quieter. we're a little more relaxed. a little more fun this morning. looks dry on the golden gate bridge. i was tracking showers rolling across with live doppler 7. not so much. ? could see a little bit of fog tomorrow morning. today, partly sunny. you'll need sunglasses. we have a random shower. keep an eye on the app, and that will let you know if one is coming your way. warm weekend. full of sunshine. this area of lesser cloud cover. a cold front will bring in the dry air.

you can see greens out there. random light showers. the white is the cloud cover. it is not a total shield of clouds. but it does increase as we head through the morning and up to noon. as a light stray shower here and there. the cold front. notice the white starting to fade from the north bay skies. as it slides through the evening hours, we will see the clouds break up and the threat of rain. it ends about 7:00. look at this, by midnight, just about total clearing. we will be 10 to 20 degrees cooler tomorrow morning. this afternoon, still cooler than average. the coast up into san francisco, low to mid-60s. check out these temperatures. 60s in the north bay. mid to upper 40s tomorrow. rest of us low to mid-50s. tomorrow, with the deeper start, sunshine will bring us back to temperatures the same as day. much warmer for saturday, sunday, morning >> good morning, mike. a few slow spots on our traffic maps. zooming in, not many more

details. southbound 880 past a street, rorpts of a crash. not sure how many lanes are blocked. not even sure about the surrounding details. all we know is a vehicle trying to make it to the shoulder. slow from 238. as soon as i have more information, i'll give you an update. and the the lighter side of 580, north flynn road. a sedan and a semi got tapping elled tangled up. not seeing any delays. we are seeing delays in tracy. 13 miles per hour on 580. next traffic update in just a few. thanks, alexis. new at 6:00, need a hug? new research says it could be the key to boosting your mood. but first, have we seen the end of standardized tests like the s.a.t.s? the new push to change admission requirements. plus, if you consider becoming a ride hail driver, new numbers reveal how much some of them really make. the abc 7 storm impact

scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. so keep an umbrella haepbld and drive safely. track today's storm any

all right. it's 5:54. here's a look at walnut creek. one of the areas that should be in the 80s today. like your neighbor to the north, concord, mid-70s. all of our temperatures from san jose at 76, oakland 71. 1 degree cooler than average. napa, 74. stpr san francisco, 65, 5 degrees cooler than average >> soccer superstar cristiano

ronaldo has been left off the portugal team. he has been the subject of a reopened investigation into an alleged rape in a las vegas hotel room in the year 2009. the record reports ronaldo recently spoke to portugal's coach and the country's federation president. the three decided it was bev not to be included in the squad through november. it is unclear if his omission from the team is related to those allegations. california state university's chance lore wants academic leaders to take a closer look whether csu should use standardized test scores as admission requirements like the s.a.t.s. some studies found that tests are not accurate predictors of a student's success in college. it put low income students at a competitive disadvantage because they can't afford costly test prep. csu says he wants to make sure there isn't an unintended

consequence by eliminating these tests. >> it would eliminate a lot of stress for all the high schoolers. >> it really would. >> uber drivers not getting rich. >> according to ridester, which focused on the rideshare industry, the median pay is $14.73. however, you need top discuss insurance, gas, and car depreciation. when you do that, drivers make $9.73 per hour on average. they came up with the incomes after asking drivers for a screen shot of their uber app's earnings page. all right. checking out the roads this morning, crash nimitz, south of a street. it is starting to cause a backup. it does not take much there. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:22. let's check in with

meteorologist mike nicco. let's check in with the dewpoints. i'm getting a feeling some of you don't like the mugginess. mid to upper 50s, down from the 60s yesterday. still sticky during the lunch hour. watch the north bay. 4:00, the dry air starts to roll in. it sweeps across all of our neighborhoods as we head into the evening hours. you'll notice the refreshing change in evening >> thanks, mike. eating processed meat has an increased risk of breast cancer. researchers reviewed 16 studies connecting hot dogs, bacon, ham, and salami with disease. women who ate 30 grams a day, had a 9% increase for developing breast cancer. there was no significant link with other red meats. the results are published in the international journal of cancer. new at 6:00, high-tech ways to protect your kids from bullying. we'll show you the tools that could be a game changer. and abc 7 sits down with

brett kavanaugh's college roommate. he went into detail about why the supreme court nominee was lying under oath.

hi. good morning. it is thursday, october 4th. thanks for joining us. 6:00 a.m. never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco, what do we have in store? >> anythimugginess that will lea random shower. we will see as much as we saw yesterday. even less with lighter amounts out of those. as you look to our north and east, that's where all the showers are right now. for us, as we head throughout the day, we will keep it in there through 4:00. that's when the humidity starts to ease. the humidity is gone completely by 7:00, 8:00. starting off in the 60s this morning. ending up away from the coast right around 70.

alexis >> all right. good morning, mike.