>> we're happy you're waking up th . u'er me than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. hi, lisa. >> good morning kumasi, reggie. starting out with a clear sky, but the camera is a bit shaky. 49 in redwood city. 45 in gilroy. we're starting out clear. a few high and mid level clouds today. 50 in concord. 47 in santa rosa. another day where numbers will be neear or slightly below average with 60s around the breezy out there today. we'll check out the bay bridge commute. we had a stall in the center divide. no metering lights right now. we're looking at friday light as far as the bay bridge commute is concerned. looking at our problem spot this morning, it's in oakland, continuing with the right lane blocked, northbound 880.

we had an earlier accident with debris in lanes. for a time all lanes were shut down. now you're backed up beyond high street for a two-mile delay. you're about 30 miles an hour at best. so 580 is green. it looks like it's your best alternate. >> thanks. >> new developments in the cease-fire between turkey and syrian kurdish forces doesn't appear to be working. kurdish forces say a border town is being attacked by turkey this morning. the deal brokered by the trump administration was supposed to order the kurds to withdraw from a border town with turkey. but there's bipartisan backlash because turkish forces are allowed to st here's how the president defended the deal last night. >> it was unconventional what i did. i said they'll have to fight a little while. sometimes you have to let them fight a little while. then people find out how tough the fighting is. sometimes you have to let them fight.

like two kids in a lot, you let them fight and pull them apart. >> the cease-fire is now coming under fire from mr. trump's former defense secretary, general james mattis. he let loose overnight after the president called him the world's most overrated general. >> i'm not just an overrated general, i am the greatest, the world's most overrated. >> as part of the cease-fire deal, turkey also avoids u.s. economic sanctions. developing in the north bay, san marin high school will not have its homecoming game tonight because of a fight over the football field's lights. a judge is now involved. amy hollyfield has more. >> hi, reggie. the students say they like the lights. they played under them last weekend but they will not be turned on tonight. this ticket booth behind me will sit quietly tonight. the san marin varsity football team will play tomorrow afternoon. the judge issued an order to keep the lights off for now. a coalition of residents brought

the case to court. some say the lights are too bright, they want the judge to review an environmental impact report. some players say they think the lights are great. >> it was exciting. i thought it was really cool. almost every student there was there. >> it was an amazing opportunity to play that one time. if i don't get it again, i'll be okay with that. i know the san marin community will keep valleyrallying andrali fighting for the lights. >> the issue even motivated a float in the homecoming parade calling for the lights to stay on. parents and the superintendent say they are disappointed in the decision. the issue will come up again at a hearing november 14th. that's about four weeks from now. that's after football season has ended. reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. police say they arrested the person behind racist, homophobic

and anti-semitic vandalism. officers say they took 20-year-old logan stone into custody yesterday. they say he sprayed hateful graffiti around burlingame high school last month doing about $1,300 worth of damage. stone is in the san mateo county jail on felony vandalism and hate crime charges. a stockton woman who went to prison after live streaming the crash that killed her little sister is back in jail. she was released less than a month ago but led officers on a short pursuit yesterday and officers found a loaded weapon in the car and she was driving with a revoked license. despite the amount of black smoke that poured out of the nustar energy

fi fire, the company claims its air samples found contaminants at or below detectable levels. engineers are inspecting the structural integrity of the remaining tanks. operations at the site have been suspended. the cause of the fire has not been determined. the woman who has been caught sneaking on to planes in the bay area and across the country is scheduled to be back in court today for her latest trespassing case. she was arrested in chicago last friday. she tried to pass through security at o'hare airport and did not have a boarding pass. she was still on probation from a previous trespassing incident. last call. why a bay area bar is closing in a few weeks. and why a new flower center is opening up blocks from the big project. we have numbers in the 50s around the bay with some mid 40s up in the north bay. we are watching a system to the north that will influence your

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the holidays begin here at the disneyland resort. we're waking up to clear conditions. a little cool out there. 40s and 50s. we won't be as cool tonight as the clouds increase. this system may be providing a light shower in the north bay, keeping us cloudy for the first part of your saturday. today we have that high surf advisory down to santa cruz. 49 in fremont and oakland. 50 n. cin concord. windy in upper elevations. sunshine with a breeze at the beach. looking at those choppy bay

waters. as we go through the rest of the day, a few high clouds, then we'll see increasing clouds from this system to the north. there's a look at those possible rain drops as we get into your saturday. today look for 6over in oakland. 70 in san jose and napnapa. mid 60s and breezy downtown. >> let's look at the traffic maps. better news in oakland. chp saying all lanes have been cleared and are recovering from this earlier accident northbound 880 near 23rd. a bit of yellow there. it is recovering quickly. 580 is still in the green. that's much better news. here's a look at some of your drive times. 101 to sfo from the city, just under 10 minutes. your northbound drive from 238 up to the macarthur maze, north on 880, less than 15 minutes. 101 in san jose from 85 to the airport, less than 15 minutes. it's almost time for last call at sam jordan's bar and

grill in the bayview. i's the oldest african-american owned bar in san francisco but it's been struggling financially. they tried happy hour specials, live music and even trying to get landmark status but that's not nough to keep up with costs. after 60 years, sam jordan's will serve it's final customers november 2nd. the flower mat is trying too fill its center with tech tenants. final approval could happen next month. current vendors will have the option of returning or moving to a new permanent location. construction could start in 2021 the new flower mart could open in 2024. coming up, the baby product federal officials don't want parents buying. and new developments about an e-scooter company banned from operating in san francisco. what could happen as the company

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implicated in dozens of baby deaths nationwide. now the consumer product safety commission wants to ban the sale of sleepers with an incline of ten degrees or more. bigger inclines can cause babies to roll their heads too much forward or to the side which can lead to asphyxiation. the ban needs to be approved by the full commission. e-scooter company skip has announced they will be laying off dozens of employees after losing their permit in the city. nearly three dozen employees may be laid off in the next 60 days. skip was not among the companies chosen for new permits. the skip ceo is appealing the decision. the behind the scenes story of uber and how it came to be is coming to your tv. showtime is turning the story of uber into a series. it will be based on mike isaac's best-selling book called "super pumped: the battle for uber." we had him on midday live. the creators of "billions" is taking on the project. the series will depict the roller coaster ride from the creation of uber through the initial public offering. an 84-year-old army nurse

can still pull rank on the younger generation. he the proof. >> seven. eight. nine. ten. >> she said okay. that's enough. y'all know who i am. >> all right. >> don't make me put this cane down and show you what's up. look at her. this is lieutenant colonel maggie dissanti she couldn't resist challenging a tsa officer to a push-up contest. she was going on an honor flight. i like to watch this. >> she is so cute, right? >> holy cow. >> she looks really good in her uniform. >> she does. >> all right. >> way to go. >> i'm not doing that. >> good morning. friday, we have a clear start

out there. a few clouds for the afternoon. a system to the north we'll be watching for your saturday morning. let's take you to the gulf coast. this tropical system is allowing for perhaps storm surge up to five feet, some gusty winds along with heavy rain throughout the panhandle of florida. this will go through monday it will move up the eastern seaboard. they had that one system. another one looks to be on the way. we'll be watching this system to start out with the cloudy and potentially wet start to your weekend. it won't last. things will turn around. here's the view from mount tam high above where the winds are still quite breezy. it is 51 in san jose. 45 in gilroy. and we will be looking at the cooler numbers to the north. napa in the low 40s. 47 in santa rosa. d with those winds anywhere from 25 to 35 miles per hour from mount diablo to mount tam. we are looking at the winds not getting into -- temperatures not getting into the 30s. that's the plus side. for the afternoon, we're slightly cooler than we would be

for this time of year. we got the sunshine, though, a few high clouds, much warmer heading towards the second half of the weekend into next week. sunday will be modestly warmer. big-time warming monday and tuesday. 68 in fremont today. 71 in san rafael. looking at the accuweather seven-day forecast. bright and breezy along the coast. chance of showers in the north bay tomorrow. slightly warmer sunday, that offshore flow returns for all of next week with highs well above average. >> we're checking back with the bay bridge toll plaza. still no metering lights. we're coming up on 6:18 on this friday morning. it's friday light so far so good. we don't want to jinx it. but you are smooth sailing. we had an earlier stall near treasure island. it was in the center divide. not blocking lanes there. here we go to the san mateo bridge. a bit busier. you're in good company there. it seems to be moving along nicely for an 18-minute ride now from hayward 880 through the

toll plaza, a few breake lights on the causeway up over foster city. better news for oakland. an earlier accident on 880 north cleared, but now we have a new accident reported, unclear if it's blocking that one westbound 580 near highway 24. i'm seeing slowing on the 24 merge to westbound 580. we'll come back and check in a few minutes. thank you. gma coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> ginger zee has a look at what's coming up. >> good morning. it's friday morning here on "gma," we start with that extraordinary day in washington from the cease-fire in syria to the impeachment showdown, president trump's acting chief of staff now saying there was a quid pro quo. our political team will break it down. also this morning an abc news exclusive with prince harry and duchess meghan. they're speak out about their battle with the media and how

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good morning. it's 56 degrees in oakland right now. underneath a clear sky. later today we'll call it partly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 60s from fremont to hayward. 68 in san leandro and union city. if you're heading to the north bay today, little warmer there. 71 in san rafael. 73 today in santa rosa. >> now -- >> okay. >> as kumasi might say, there is being on the edge of glory and then there's going to glory. we were afraid for a second. >> she almost went. >> that lady gaga was going to -- >> go right on to glory.

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now at 6:30, top pg&e executives answering questions about the public safety power shutoff. the emergency meeting happening today. the city of san francisco hoping practice makes perfect when it comes to the earthquake early warning system. why they say it was a success even though it kind of wasn't. a tech company helping to make life easier for teachers. the empty parking lot that's about to become affordable housing thanks to a $25 million donati donation. that's the big story of the morning. awesome. >> talking about building a better bay area, it's nice when we have a solution to talk about. >> yes. >> on this friday, october 18thment. >> happy friday. hopeny it wil hope hopeny -- hopefully it will feel like a great day. >> it will feel like fall, then back to summer. 52 in mountain view, 55 on the

coast. sfo, temperatures in the upper 60s later today. 45 by the delta. cool numbers up in the north bay. we have the wind in the upper elevations, a please at the coast today. numbers in the mid 60s around the bay and inland noontime. a few clouds. still running a few degrees shy of average, near 70 inland. sue? >> looking so far, pretty quiet out there. a couple of trouble spots for your early friday morning. back to oakland. this has been switched, chp changed the location of this accident. it's westbound 24 on the transition ramp or the merge to westbound 580. we saw that slow traffic earlier. so that is the update. it's partially blocking the lane of traffic there. and just now cleared to the shoulder, westbound 80 near san pablo dam road, you are slow and go back to hercules and highway 4 westbound on 80. a b.a.r.t. delay, 10 minutes on

the warm springs line in the richmond and daly city directions because of equipment problems. we'll check back in a couple of minutes. today pg&e gets some feedback. the california public utilities commission holds an emergency meeting to address last week's power shutoffs. >> abc7 news's live in kuper tecupertino with . >> good morning. cupertino is one neighborhood that felt this shutoff. many have described this as a failure, and they will discuss that today. the commission is having this meeting with executives. in a letter the public utilities commission outlined seven areas that need to be corrected immediately. the top three are accelerating

the restoration of power with a goal of less than 12 hours, enhancing efforts to minimize the size and magnitude of future power shutoff events, developing systems and protocols to ensure public information through call centers and pg&e's website is available during high volume and critical times which we know that did not happen this time around because that website was not working. it's fair to say people impacted by the shutoff can agree with the outlined issues, and thousands of customers in northern california feel pg&e has failed them. that meeting, 1:00 today in san francisco. we will follow all of the information that comes out of that meeting stick with us on the air, online, we'll have our special media updated as well for all of that information for you. reporting live from cupertino, jobina fortson, abc7 news. cal fire says a wildfire in

lake county shut down highway 29 near spruce grove road. you can see in this cell phone video, the fire burned close to the road as people evacuated the area. the fire broke out around 8:00 last night. it has grown to ten acres. cal fire ordered mandatory evacuation for about 45 minutes. those evacuations have been lifted. new video of a growing brush fire in southern california. people evacuated the city of golita near santa barbara. the fire started around 5:00 last night and it has grown to 450 acres. both directions of highway 101 closed at one point because of the smoke. that highway has also been reopened. more than 200 firefighters are on the scene. on the 30th anniversary of the disastrous loma prieta earthquake san francisco had some trouble getting their new emergency alert system off the ground. anyone within county and city limits were supposed to get a test alert from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. yesterday, but the emergency message went out at 6:14. san francisco's emergency

managers say they will be able to use the delay as a way to improve on the system. other people we spoke to say yts better than nothing. >> i think it's good they're figuring it out. and toopefully execute in a earn more efficient way next time. >> the city says it still may be a few days before it figures out what actually led to the delay before the emergency management office can launch another test it will have to get fcc approval. a california fault capable of producing an 8.0 earthquake is moving for the first time. the garlock fault is located in southern california and is on the northern edge of the mojave desert. the movement is causing a bulge in the ground that can be seen in satellite images. and there's a warm of quakes in another section of the fault. scientists believe the 7.1 quake in july triggered the garlock fault to begin moving. that quake left a rupture that's only a few miles from the fault.

in case you missed it, you can watch our abc 7 originals documentary "the earthquake effect." it looks back on the loma prieta quake 30 years ago and gives a glimpse into the future. you can watch it anywhere you get abc 7 including amazon fire tv and our abc 7 news app. we can help you prepare for an earthquake or any natural disaster. click on the prepare norcal link on abc7news.com to get ready for the next one. developing news, president trump's acting chief of staff is attempting to walk back an astounding statement he made from the white house podium. mick mulvaney admitted there was quid pro quo when the president asked ukraine to investigate his political opponents. it's something the president has denied for weeks. the admission came as john karl pressed mulvaney about why the president decided to withhold military aid to ukraine. >> i have news for everybody, get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> what you just described is a quid pro quo. it's funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happens as

well. >> we do -- we do that all the time with foreign policy. >> mulvaney later claimed that his comments were misconstrued writing a statement saying the only reasons we are were holding the money is because of concern about lack of support from other nations and concerns over corruption. new details on the texas woman recently shot and killed by a police officer in her home. harrison barnes says he will help to pay for her funeral costs. barnes and his wife will join a player from the nfl's philadelphia eagles to split the coast for the family. she was watching her nephew in ft. worth over the weekend when an officer shot her through her window as part of a wellness check. that police officer is now charged with murder. developing news, the city of san francisco is asking a judge to dismiss an nra lawsuit against the city.

last month the board of supervisors approved a nonbinding resolution to call the gun rights group a domestic terrorist organization. the nra then sued the city claiming it violated free speech rights. the city attorney filed the motion to dismiss yesterday saying the first amendment allows lawmakers and other public officials to express their views on matters of public concern. the vaping crisis is getting worse. the latest numbers from the cdc. and a live look at the big board in the new york stock exchange this morning. starting down. another update on the markets next. if you're looking for love, the number one restaurant when it comes to best places to take a date, if you're basic. >> that's not the kind of love i want. >> first a check on your weather and traffic. >> good morning. it's friday but not friday light at the richmond-san rafael bridge. traffic is stacked up to the richmond parkway for a 12-minute

delay getting to the tolls. it's sluggish on the upper deck over towards marin county. getting busy in the usual spots. we have this accident still blocking the lane, the transition from westbound 24 on to westbound 580. so give yourself a little extra time. just cleared to the shoulder, westbound 80 near san pablo dam road, that accident has things stacked up to highway 4. it is out of lanes now. we're still recovering for a ten minute delay on b.a.r.t. warm springs line in the richmond daly city line because of equipment problems. we'll check in with lisa here in a minute for her look at your friday morning weather. sounds like we'll be having a transition into summertime later this he would -- this we thi >> we have a couple of fall days today and tomorrow. then things switch around like they do in october with a return to the offshore flow. here is live doppler 7, we're

clear, but we have a few clouds. we'll see them today under a partly to mostly sunny day. this is the system we're watching for late tonight into tomorrow bringing us clouds, chance of a shower and continuing that cool thooechee . mount tam, the camera continues to shake with 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds from mount tam to mount diablo. we will look for it to be breezy again at the coast. 50 in concord. 46 in livermore. here's the trend for the cloud coffeko cover. you will notice partly sunny today, as we go through the day, increasing clouds to the north. that allows for the chance of a shower into your saturday morning. this is 2:30. we still have some clouds around, partly cloudy saturday. looking at highs today from the 60s to the low 70s. looking at a couple of nice fall days before we switch things up. the accuweather seven-day

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good morning. friday here. looking at some clouds moving in to the north coast. they could be inclufluencing ou start of the weekend. later today, 70s in sacramento. 79 in los angeles. if you're headed to the mountains, that's not the mountains, but you know temperatures will be comfortable in the 50s. partly cloudy skies today and tomorrow getting warmer on sunday. that trend will continue for our forecast. a look at that with the seven-day outlook coming up. >> look at this scary situation on an alaska commuter flight. it went off the runway while landing at a small airport on the aleutian islands. it took off from anchorage last night.

a high school swim team was on board. two people are critically hurt. developing in the north bay, afight over friday night lights. san marin high school was supposed to have its homecoming game tonight but some say the football field's lights are too ight. a judge even issued a restraining order to keep the lights off. amy hollyfield has more. >> reporter: no friday night lights here in novato tonight. they're too controversial. the issue even inspired a homecoming float in last night's parade it called for the lights to be turned on. but a judge has ordered that they stay off for now. the judge wants time to read the environmental impact report. those who are fighting to keep the lights off say they are just too bright. >> imagine not car headlights but huge mega truck headlights focused on your home. the whole side of the home was lit up. you could easily read a book.

>> reporter: tonight's homecoming football game will have to be played tomorrow afternoon because of the court order. some students and parents here at san marin say they are disappointed. the judge could make a decision at the next hearing which is scheduled four weeks from now, that is after football season has ended. reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. finding affordable places to live is a major challenge in an effort to building a better bay area, and that's true for teachers in silicon valley. now one huge tech company is taking steps to change that. facebook announced they're contributing $25 million to build affordable housing for teachers in palo alto. they hope others follow in their footsteps. >> i was extremely excited to know my girls and i have the potential to have a permanent residence. >> up to 120 units will be built

for school employees who work in the surrounding cities. in an email to abc 7 facebook says we hope partnerships like this can inspire other communities to develop their own innovative solutions to providing housing for teachers and other public service professionals. we spent a week digging into the issues that teachers face all over the bay area. you can find the stories in one place on our website, abc7news.com/betterbayarea. facebook is establishing an independent oversight board for people to appeal content decisions across its services. that's what founder and ceo mark zuckerberg said during his free expression speech yesterday at georgetown university. facebook has been criticized for how it handles some political speeches allowing some politicians to lie on its campaign ads and platforms. >> we have diverse backgrounds, but we each hold free expression as a paramount value. i want to ensure these values, a

voice and free expression, are enshrined deeply into how this company is governed. >> congress called on zuckerberg to testify several times about the role facebook played in the 2016 election meddling scandal. he's not as famous as mark zuckerberg, but chris hughes is a co-founder of facebook and is now calling for it to be broken up. the "washington post" reports that hughes is spearheading a $10 million anti-monopoly advocacy fund. it will explore big corporations in tech, health care, wall street and more. 10 million is really just a drop in the bucket compared to what corporate lobbyists have, hughes says anything helps to get the government's action. now to our morning money report. venmo is following in apple's footsteps. >> they are getting to launch their own credit. it should be ready to launch in the fek hasecond half of next y. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange. we're starting the day slightly

down, about 22 points in the negative territory. ford says it is now offering the largest network of electric charging stations in north america going head to head with tesla. ford is partnering with green lot and electrify america to create the ford pass charge network. the network uses an app on the in-dash display of upcoming ford electric cars to direct you to the closest charging station and there are 12,000 stations in the u.s. and in canada. and this is not an ordinary halloween brew. sam adams utopias is illegal in 15 states because of its frighteningly high alcohol content. get this. 28%. okay. what am i looking at? what is that? that's what you drink it out of? >> i don't know. but look, a regular sam adams lager has an alcohol content of just 5%, reggie.

28? >> that looks like a genie bottle to me. i guess you'll be making some i bet you might wish you had just closed the bottle. >> that's right. you wish you would have had some water in between some of those sips. forbes is reporting that the suggested retail price for the 25-ounce bottle is $210. it would really last. you would probably just need this much. >> just a sip. you're not chugging that. >> why is that even made? this is an entire day for corgis in san francisco. hundreds of the little dogs will wag and mostly waddle their way around ocean beach for corgi con tomorrow. it's happening from 10:00 to 2:00. this year's theme is homecoming. corgis are highly encouraged to

come dressed in their best tuxes and gowns. it raises money for a corgi rescue group. >> little low riders. >> so cute. just -- >> so short. >> what is the weather going look like? >> clouds around for the bulk of the day as saturday looks to be the cooler day into the weekend. today is only friday. we'll talk about friday in detail. a mostly clear start. this will influence the saturday portion of the weekend. a system to the north dropping to the south, but a live look outside, isn't that pretty from the exploratorium camera, clear sky and 54 in san francisco. dropping to 49 in oakland. 55 half moon bay. and looking at mount tam where the winds, 20 to 30 miles per hour from 2,000 to 3,000 feet later on today at the surface.

it will be breezy with winds 15 to 20 miles per hour at the coast. 56 in san rafael right now. looking at the clear start, sunny days through the weekend. but a much warmer pattern next week. sunday begins our warming trend. wave heights continue to build off the coast. high surf advisory through 9:00, 20-foot breakers are possible. here's the winds today. certainly not as windy as yesterday. if you are spending time at the coast, anywhere around the bay, 12 to 15 miles per hour out of the west-northwest. that's that cool component. 73 today in concord. 68 in fremont. we talked about the warmer second half of the weekend. check it out. as we look at sunday, about 4 degrees warmer. into monday and next week it's that offshore flow, a steady pattern with 80s inland. 0 at t 8 0 at the bay, 70s inland. we have a delay for

carpoolers at the bay bridge. the carpool layne is an unusual situation a little bit slow. not too bad. hopefully once you get on the span traffic is moving well. a few brake lights before the tunnel, things pick up on the san francisco side. new accident blocking the two left lanes, san jose, north 880 near stevens creek. i'm seeing some slowing back to the 280/17 interchange. the merge from west 24 on to westbound 580 is slow. an earlier four-car accident. two of those cars left the scene. two remain on the scene. slow westbound around san pablo dam road back to appian way. the latest numbers from the cdc show vaping deaths are on the rise. there have been 33 vaping related deaths nationwide, three of them in california. nearly 1,500 people suffered lung injuries in connection with e-cigarette and vaping. people got sick in 49 states.

alaska is the only u.s. state that has not reported an illness. say good-bye to this mural featuring robin williams. it's about to disappear from market street. abc 7 news went to see it again, and there you have a lot of construction that is blocking the view. they're going to break ground for a new downtown housing project soon between 6th and 7th streets. the mural was painted in august of 2018, which was around the 4th anniversary of his death. san francisco-based company open table reveals the 50 best restaurants for a date in america. >> and none of them are in the bay area. we don't know what's up with this list. the online restaurant reservation service named arrowhead grill in phoenix, arizona number one. three restaurants in l.a. made the list. the rankings were based on diner reviews. >> but not necessarily good taste. >> we'll leave it at that. >> we sure will. coming up next, 7 things to

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hi, everyone. it's 6:57. if you're just joining us, here's 7 things to know before you go. number one, president trump's acting chief of staff is trying to walk back was he said at the podium. he admitted there was quid pro quo when the president asked quk q ukraine to investigate his opponents. pg&e executives have to answer some tough questions in front of state regulators today for its power outages last week. city and county officials say pg&e was difficult any time they tried to ask for critical information. san jose mayor sam is proposing that the city create its own power utility. the move would cost billions but the mayor says it is the best solution to avoid pg&e power shutoffs like earlier last month. number four, san francisco leaders say yesterday's emergency alert test was a

success even though there was an hour delay getting to peoples phones. the city hopes to use it when there's an actual emergency. nice fall feel to the weekend. temperatures in the mid 60s downtown, partly cloudy. a little breezy there. 73 inland. then we will warm up into next week. and number six, we are following an accident, mot motorcycle down in the san mateo bridge, just saw emergency vehicle, it's about midway across the span. that is the reason for all those brake lights. number seven you guys, this is the video on everybody's soes social media feeds, lady gaga and a fan falling off the statement during her convert in vegas last night. gaga is asking people not to blame him for the fall. >> that man. >> it all was looking so fine until it wasn't. >> was it really? some of that was like oh, sit down. >> kind of fun.

not the fall part. >> you knowwhat? shout out to her hair and makeup team. that good morning, america. as we join you this friday morning, president trump's main defense on impeachment undercut by his own chief of staff. the stunning admission in the impeachment showdown. president trump's top white house aide acknowledges there was a quid pro quo with ukraine. millions in military aid withheld to pressure the country to investigate democrats. >> and i have news for everybody. get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> mick mulvaney later denied out this morning.amera.e fa breaking news out of syria. hours after vice president pence announces a cease-fire with turkey and the kurds, more fighting and shelling reported.