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. overall, it has been a pretty decent morning on the roads. southbound 680, walnut creek. that's looking pretty good. north main street. i'm not seeing a ton of brake lights. delay as you approach the 24 split. but that is about it. overall, our drive times are looking good. all in the green here. westbound 80, 22 minutes. that is of course once you make it to the toll plaza. san francisco to sfo, that is still in the green at 9 minutes. next update 6:10. and you are looking live at capitol hill. the senate now has the fbi's background investigation. and they're about 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 viewing it in one-hour increments. senator bob corker says it's not

expected to be a full report. instead, interview summaries. either way the fbi won't have any conclusions. leader mcconnell says there will be plenty of time for everyone to review the material before friday's tefpt vost vote. we will hear from two different people. one is a long-time friend of kavanaugh. she is defending him. first we start with james roche. his strongest memory at yale during 1983 was his drinking. roche 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 take it 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. >> he said he knew deborah ramirez and that he believes her allegations. you heard from kavanaugh's friend suzanne mat ton. 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 the saneeo county district attorney's office is looking into a deadly tasing incident involving county deputies. witnesses saw a man walking in the middle of el camino real yesterday. surveillance video shows deputies arrived at 1:00 p.m. and then they tased him.

he fell to the ground. the man died at the hospital. the sheriff's department said he had assaulted a deputy, who had to be taken to the hospital to get stitches. >> in the east bay, a grieving mother whose daughter was one of two teenagers who died from a possible overdose involving opioids. this is ocean muth. she was only 16 years old. her friends called her oshi. she dreamed of following in her mother's foot steps to become a cosmetologist. >> she had her whole life ahead of her. i will never see her get married. i will never see her with children. >> police have not officially released the teen's identities, but dilbert 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.

>> in the south bay, the diocese of san jose will host another listening session to hear from parishioners and victims of clergy sex abuse. bishop patrick mcgraw said the new session will be next friday, october 12th at st. martin of tours, 7:00 p.m. and santa teresa parrish, san jose at 3:00 p.m. on october 17. advocacy groups say facebook messenger kids is violating federal law. the groups claim facebook is collecting children's personal information without getting verifiable concept from their parents. advocates are asking the federal trade commission to investigate to see whether it violated the children's online privacy protection act. children's groups want facebook to ensure the person who sets up the child's account is actually the child's parent. facebook says it hasn't reviewed the complaint yet.

messenger kids does not run ads or collect data for marketing >> nearly a year after the north bay wildfires -- >> many families are still without housing a year later. 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 can use them as accessory units with single-family homes next door. officials just broke ground on miles of new express lanes. >> this is inspiring a social media moment. fathers across the country are asking for change. and you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. welcome to our last muggy and mild morning. upper 50s to low 60s in san francisco. we've actually got low to mid-60s in other neighborhoods. i'll tell you when this is going away and when it takes the showers with it coming up in my

accuweather 7-day forecast. a live look outside right now at the bay bridge toll plaza.

let's talk about what's going on. pretty dry thi it is kind of muggy and mild. that will lead us to one last chance if you're out and about of random showers. it's going to be muggy all day up to 4:00, 5:00. the east bay, cloud cover through about 10:00. it becomes partly sunny. we hit the mid-60s. jump from the mid-60s to the upper 60s. by 8:00, dryer air is in. peninsula, same thing. a little bit warmer. it's 70. then the east bay valleys, dry air finally rolls in between 6:00 and 7:00. we'll top out in the low 70s. here's alexis >> good morning, mike. i want to follow up on a couple of situations we talked about in east bay. southbound 880, around a street, we had an earlier hit and run collision.

incident was pretty minor. the vehicle damaged but no injuries. that has cleared. traffic heavy from 238. and well south past the split as well. eastbound 580, north flynn road. not really causing any backups. the other direction, unfortunately, very heavy out of tracy. you're stop and go for a little over seven miles. construction now under way to ease the commute for thousands of people in the east bay. abc 7 news was in martinez when local elected leaders helped break grouped for 11 miles of express lanes on southbound 680. once the lanes are open, solo drivers can pay to use them. they will stretch from martinez, walnut creek and construction will cost $127 million. are you feeling down? new research shows a simple hug could help >> maybe kanye could use one. he was ranting on a tabletop. it somehow involves elon musk. we'll explain.

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. breaking news about marriott hotel workers in san francisco. they have now gone on strike. this is a big deal.

2,500 workers walking off the job is early this morning at seven different downtown hotels. >> the hotels have been working without a contract. they authorized a strike last month amid contentious negotiations for a new contract. as we mentioned, finally walked off the job this morning. and here are the affected hotels. cort yard marriott downtown, marquis, union square, palace, st. region us, the w, and the westin st. frances. marriott said they will still remain open. a live report at 6:30. >> san francisco police officers now required to respect people's gender identities and call people by their preferred pronounced. according to the examiner, they passed this yesterday. the police commission says officers who do not follow policy can face discipline. fathers are using the

hashtag squat for change after this photo went viral on instagram. 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. new at 6:00, if you're having a rough day, maybe just ask for a hug. a new study from carnegie mellon shows it can put new a better mood regardless of gender or age. a hug from a platonic friend is just as significant as one from a significant other. 400 people during a two-week period. >> it. >>. oh, i know why. that's right. free hugs in cleveland.

>> don't pass up on the free hugs the next time you see someone out there. >> just make sure we are all getting permission for the hugs. >> that was cop september. consent is great. >> didn't get stiff armed or the look. >> no. >> a smile works. how about that. we're getting rid of the humidity. that will put a smile on a lot of our faces. we have delays due to low cloud cover. partly sunny today. humid. a few random showers lingering from this air mass. dryer air, cooler temperatures arrive tonight. we will see stars and the fog along the coast. warm sunshine on the way through the extended. all right. low pressure has moved on. it is sitting over las vegas now. i'm watching this area right here. that's a dryer air mass behind a cold front. it comes through. it could help lift this muggy air mass. the best chance of thunderstorms, though, up to our north and east.

let's see what it does for our neighborhoods. here we are at 7:00. the green, light rain or light shower. the white is the cloud cover. we make up mostly cloudy. clouds get thicker in the morning hours. just random shower lehere and there. by 4:00, the cold front. notice the white erasing from the north bay sky. dryer air rushing in. look what happens during the evening hours. the stars come out, clouds go away. and it feels very refreshing. the brisk factor falls off the charts during the evening hours. low to mid-60s half moon bay and san francisco. low to mid-70s for the rest of us. tonight, look at these temperatures. we're back in the 40s in the north bay. that will be 15 degrees cooler this morning. low to mid-50s for the rest of us. accuweather 7-day forecast, even with all the sunshine, it will bring us back to temperatures about the same as today.

and then notice saturday, sunday, monday, 80s inland. near 80 around the bay. were sunday, fleet week. 64 at the coast. a little bit cooler next week. alexis. all right. sounds good, mike. taking a look at the roads. no major issues. the one lingering issue could affect you during the bay bridge commute, the closing of the salesforce transit center. everything the same as it has been the last couple of weeks. femont closed between mission and howard. a little bit of yellow starting to fill in on surface streets around that. westbound on the bay bridge getting into is san francisco. no significant delays yet. in the east bay here at the toll plaza, metering lights on for almost an hour. that official lip happened 5:22. unless you are using carpool lanes, you will have a little bit of a wait. richmond-san rafael, 8 minutes. 19 minutes across the san mateo bridge. and dumbarton bridge, 18

minutes. back to san francisco where marriott hotel workers have gone on strike. this is a live look at the westin st. frances union square. you can see the folks picketing in front of the hotel. >> this is a huge deal. it's 2,500 employees who are now picketing at seven different hotels around the city. and, remember, in stpraan franc, tourism is our number one industry. they are picketing because of contentious contract negotiations that have been going on for a while. san francisco is not alone, by the way. they are picketing in boston and other key cities around the united states. we will continue to check in on breaking news throughout the morning for you. good morning america at 7:00 on abc 7. ginger zee live this morning. >> reporter: good morning, reggie, jessica. coming up on gma, we have that breaking news in the supreme court confirm saeugz battation .

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breaking news in san francisco. thousand says of hotel workers have walked off the job it is because of intense contract negotiations with the employee's union. cornell bernard talking with the protesters. much more information in just moments. obviously, guys, it's a huge deal. san francisco is, it's the number one industry, travel and tourism. >> a lot here for fleet week. a very big deal. >> no doubt. they will carry picket signs and not umbrellas like the last couple of days. we have the storm impact scale. it's just a 1. we have a muggy air mass over top of us. you're going to notice that when you step outside. it could yield random showers, light amounts and a few slick

roadways. you can see most of the showers to our east and north. that's the cold front that will bring us our last chance. it will introduce us to dryer air. upper 50s to mid-60s at 7:00. stray showers until 4:00. it's overfor now. here's alexis. good morning, mike. it's been a pretty quiet morning. decent driving conditions. that is helping. a live look at the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge. it is busy. we don't have any blocking issues on the westbound side of the road. a not looking great. tracy to dublin in the red at 53 points. and antioch and concord. that will take you 34 minutes. no delays 101, san rafael to san francisco. still in the green at 16 minutes. back to breaking news happening right now. thousands of workers on strike

at marriott hotels. >> they walked out two hours ago. cornell? >> reporter: guests not getting a whole lot of sleep this morning. this is the reason hospitality workers are on strike. 2,300 to be exact. they all work for marriott hotels. by the way, the st. frances is owned by marriott. this picket line went up about an hour and a half ago. it's happening at seven hotels here in san francisco. they are here and vocal making their grievances known. a representative of local 12 here. you represent the union. tell me what this is all. >> right now workers are striking where one job is enough to get by. marriott is the richest and largest hotel come in the world.

too many workers are forced to work multiple jobs to survive. we are trying to make one job enough at marriott. >> you are hearing one job. what does that mean? >> the idea that it is wrong people who work for the most profitable hotel company have to work multiple jocks just to pay their rent in san francisco and other cities. the idea is we need to have the largest hotel come in the world truly be be a leader and turn jobs into a position where you can really support yourself and your family. >> this is not only happening in san francisco, but bay area, and san jose as well. >> that's right. san jose walked out of union? this morning as well. we have eight hotels on strike against marriott. we walked out in boston yesterday. more than 4,000 workers are striking marriott. >> you tell me it's not just 2,300. in san francisco. it could be more than that at the end of the day. >> that's right. more workers will be walking soon. >> okay. this is not just a one-day strike? you're out for good until you get some sort of response from

marriott hotels? >> that's right. we're willing to continue. it's great to see so many supporters. we are not going to stop until they make one job be enough for workers. >> thank you very much for your time. workers say they are not going anywhere. we got a statement yesterday. they told us that they respect the right of their associates to voice their opinions in protest. but they do say that hotels will continue to operate and guests at all marriott hotels in the bay area will continue to get exceptional service. live in frsan francisco; cornel bernard. >> if you can hear me, types of employees are we talking about? >> reporter: reggie, i think i

hear you. these are housekeepers, people doing maintenance throughout the hotels. vital services, according to the representative from the union. >> thanks so much for the update. >> here's a list of the affected hotels. courtyard marriott downtown, marquis, union square, palace, st. regis, the w, and the westin st. frances. marriott said they will still remain open. senators will spend the day reviewing the report. the white house deputy press secretary said the white house remains fully confident. the senate will vote to confirm the supreme court nominee. abc news reporter emily rau reports the focus is on a handful of senators still on the fence. 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 eventually have the vote they need. officially kicking off the countdown to a crucial vote. with pwreplt kavanaugh's lifelong appointment to the nation's highest court on the line, the full senate could vote on final confirmation this weekend. the decision could come down to a handful of undecided senators. 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. white house saying overnight they are fully confident that judge kavanaugh will be confirmed. president trump tweeting again this morning. reggie, back to you. thank you, emily. stay on top of the developments with our abc 7 news app. enable push alerts on your phone. welcome to another muggy morning. this will be the last one. temperatures in the south bay, 63 sunnyvale. cooler conditions. lowe's al toes hills, saratoga, 58. novato, 57. everybody else in the low to mid-60s. 64 at half moon bay. i put caution because we have spotty showers possible today.

also sunshine mixed in. temperatures will be mild all day today. let's see how the north bay breaks down. you're the first to feel the dry air. you also have a better chance of a stray shower today than the rest of us. cloudy. low 60s. stray shower possible during the lunch hour. around 4:00, 70. 56 by 8:00. san francisco cloudy up to 4:00. low to mid-60s. dry air and sunshine at 6:00. 58 by 8:00. south bay, you will be the last to feel the dry air. clouds hang around all the way through sunset. warm sunshine for the weekend. we hope a dryer commute means a better commute. >> i have one new issue to talk about. this could certainly cause delays for a while. flipped vehicle westbound 80,

willow avenue. rodeo, hercules before the state route 4 merge, the right lane is blocked now. everyone made it out of this flipped vehicle okay. obviously they're sending a large emergency response. delays already starting to form. 25 miles per hour average. 31 once you get closer to the bay bridge toll plaza. once you make it past that, a few more delays getting into san francisco. and it's likely due to the fremont street closure all surrounding the transit center. yeah, a lot to get through if that is your commute route this morning. next traffic update in 10 minutes >> alexis, thank you. amazon's pay increase made a lot of workers happy this week. but we are now learning it will come with a price >> a live look at the big board, new york stock exchange.

we are down a bit. another update how markets are doing next >> the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track

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remember that area of low pressure bringing us all this unsettled weather off the socal coast. it is already moving away. a cold front coming in its wake. it will kick off thunderstorms from reading, yu about city, lake tahoe. 52 in tahoe. mid-70s for san diego and los angeles. a little bit dryer than it was yesterday. a chance of thunderstorms today. again saturday in tahoe. it feels like fall with freezing cold lows and highs only in the 50s sunday through wednesday. mike, thank you. back to breaking news. we have been tracking this hour. thousands of marriott hotel workers in san francisco and san jose are on strike. they walked off the job early this morning. seven downtown hotels are affected. you are looking live at the

westin st. francis, union square. they authorized the strike amid contentious negotiations for a new contract. this is the first strike since 2004. they are saying it could happen in other cities in the coming days, including oakland. be watching this closely. >> we want to help make the bay area an even better place to live. this morning, as part of 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 home with grades looking like this, well, you might ground them. two cs and a d. amanda del castillo joins us. amanda. >> reporter: when we think of

california, we think of our iconic brings like the golden gate or well-known roadways like the pacific coast highway. buff california is also crippli. the american engineers graded our state's surface transportation. c minus and d for the roads california road conditions are among the worst in the u.s. the road and repair account bib accountability act put $52 billion the next decade. but $130 billion is actually needed over the same time period to get systems back to good repair. >> investing in infrastructure is as american a apple pie. shame on us that we don't do it.

this is our common good, our common quality of life. >> in the past decade, 26 states raised gas leap tax to fund products. california only joined them in increasing that tax in 2017. reporting live in san jose, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> amanda, thank you. is there any really bad road where you live in? let us know. use the hashtag better bay area with picture, video and location. we'll reach out to city officials to see why it's not getting fixed. now your morning money report. sears is planning to close more stores by the end of the year. >> pwarpbls and noble is also for sale. the company board will offer one from the largest shareholder. barnes & noble has 600 stores.

sales down 6% in the last were quarter. when amazon announced it was raising minimum wage for all workers this week, there was fine print. the deal to pay people $15 an hour also includes cuts. warehouse workers will no longer receive bonuses on productivity and stocks. trading gets under way this morning. you can see we are down a bit. 77 points. happening today, a familiar roar over many parts of the bay area. the blue angels will practice over the skies of san francisco from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. then tomorrow, saturday, and sunday, you'll see the airshows from noon to 4:00 p.m. it's all part of san francisco's fleet week. and there are plenty of other fleet weeks going on. a skwrerpbt's art exhibit opens

at 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 tonight, honor our fallen concert. and tours at pier 30. and 32nd street brass band at city college at noon. >> i've been seeing that on my drive in. it looks awesome. >> impress itch. i would love to see the technology. it's going to be good weather. better. they will be be be dodging clouds, blue angels. a whole lot of sunshine and warmer weather is on the way. by the way, one more chance of rain and showers as we look at south beach. blue it feels pretty muggy and warm by our standards. dry air and cooler air tonight.

10 to 20 cooler than this time tomorrow. look at the cloud cover. that he wants the white. showers from 7:00 until 9:00. yellow off the shore. this just came in. this is what is going to happen this afternoon. as we head to noon, that's the lifting mechanism that creates the buoyancy. we are losing the showers and the cloud cover in the north bay. by midnight, hardly a cloud to be found. the the reason why it will be so much cooler. it's muggy. it will be pretty mild. low to mid 60s along the coast, san francisco. 70 to 76 for the rest of us. check out the dewpoints. we're in the upper 50s. kind of muggy once again. at noon, it will be rather sticky out there.

look what happens at 4:00. dry air moves into the north bay. by the evening hours, we are all falling into the comfortable levels. this is what the result is. upper 40s to mid-50s. more like we should be. there's your warmest push for saturday, sunday, monday. here's alexis >> good morning, mike. i want to take you back to the rollover crash. not a lot of enough details. we have a backup that continues to grow. westbound 80 before you get to highway 4, rodeo area. looks like the backup just reached the foot of the bridge. it will continue to grow into the vallejo area. a vehicle flipped over, landed on its side. it is blocking the right lane, possibly two right lanes. that will take a while unfortunately. southbound 680, north bay. a new issue reported just north of here. a possible collision involving a pedestrian.

still working on sorting out all the details. i believe the pedestrian is okay. drive times, southbound 101, 21 minutes. westbound 580, 15. highway 85 in the yellow at 14 minutes. on the peninsula, people are fed up with the usual engine noise from sfo. officials will use a satellite system to alter arrivals to mitigate noise. it is called a ground-based augmentation system. the the airport will test 13 landing adjustments and submit them to the faa for approval. natural foods, unnaturally farmed. soon leafy greens, fruits and vegetables from the grocery store could come from a robotic farm. iron knocks opened yesterday.

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plus, 24-month financing and free home delivery. ends monday. sleep number. proven, quality sleep. it's 6:55. if you're just joining us, here are the 7 things you need to know before you go. about 2500 marriott workers in san francisco and san jose are on strike. going to take a live look at the westin st. francis in union square where workers walked off the job early this morning. marriott says hotels will remain open. workers are threatening to expand to other cities, including oakland. the supreme court showdown intensifies. senators will review the results of the fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh's alleged sexual misconduct. the white house says it's confident he will be confirmed after reviewing the report. number 3, freshmn roommate at yale is disputing what he

told the senate judicial committee last week. he said kavanaugh was a frequent drinker. >> let's look at your fo b mugg. slight chance of showers at 4:00. then dry air arrives and things back to normal by 7:00 >> number five, rollover crash in the rodeo air, westbound 80, willow, two right lanes blocked. number 6, california is rated poorly when it comes to infrastructure. a d for roads according to the american society of civil engineers. >> san francisco skies will be buzzing. the blue angels are scheduled to practice over the city from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. that's of course ahead of fleet week air shows. so neat to see every single time. it doesn't get old. >> best place to see it, our

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good morning, america. breaking news, supreme court showdown. the fbi's final report on kavanaugh just delivered to the senate. what did the investigation uncover about those sexual assault allegations about the supreme court nominee? were key witnesses shut out of the fbi's probe? one of the judge's closest lifelong friends who was there during his testimony joins us live on "gma." deadly standoff. >> officer down, suspect still firing. >> a police officer killed and six others shot by a man barricading himself in his home with children inside. now, the suspect is in custody and the tributes coming in for the 30-year veteran of the force. urgent manhunt.