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that he is are live pictures from the senate intelligence committee hearing. the era of the wild west in social media is coming to an end. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee detectived in to foreign interference grilling coo of facebook. >> we were too slow to spot this and too slow to act. >> reporter: and the ceo of twitter. >> we found ourselves unprepared and ill equipped for the immensity of the problems we faced. >> reporter: the absence marked by an empty chair and disappointment. >> i know our members have a series of difficult questions about structural vulnerabilitys, a number of google platforms. >> reporter: the questions ranged from technical, policy and philosophical issues. >> what is under attack is the

idea that business as usual is good enou. plform disseminates changes minds. >> reporter: lawmakers left open the possibility of further government regulations that tech company vowed to continue to police their own platforms. >> when bad actors try to use our site we will block them. when content violates our policies we will take it down. >> reporter: at the least these companies know they on watch and will be more so as we move through the midterm elections. there are sure to be more hearings to come. twitter's ceo is at a hearing to face questions on whether the platform is biased and favors liberal views. today, supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh taking a life look at the second day of oh his confirmation hearing where it's expected to be a long day of questioning. protesters are making their presence loud and clear.

senators are pressing judge brett kavanaugh about what kind of justice he would be. >> the first quality of a good judge in our constitutional system is independence. >> reporter: democrats plan to probe views on presidential power, pointing to his past comments that presidents should not be subjected to criminal investigations. >> can as a sitting president be required to respond to a subpoena. >> i can't give you an answer on that hypothetical question. >> reporter: he will not refer to president trump. >> under our system of government , the executive branch is subject to the law, subject to the court system. >> reporter: republicans have widely praised judge kavanaugh's credentials saying he is unquestionablely quality fade to take the seat on the highest court in the land. >> there is no dispute you are one of most qualified in knees, some say the most qualified. >> reporter: protesters made

voices heard. capitol police arrested 7 people on the first day of calf gnaw -- 70 people on the first day of kavanaugh's hearing. >> republicans are working to get a full senate vote on kavanaugh's nomination by the end of the month so he can be seated by the start of next term. a new problem at san francisco's sinking and laning skyscraper, it's a cracked window, the window on the 36th floor of the tower fractured over the weekend, the sidewalk below is taped off in case shards of glass break loose. building engineers have 72 hearse to report back on what happened. service slowed on muny, san francisco's agency wants the turn it around. jackie ward on the new plan to get people moving. >> reporter: it was a city wide slow down that lasted 90 days.

they are promising noticeable improvement, in response. >> what we did was put together a plan built you have of a lot of things that we are doing now but perhaps with more focus and urgency. >> reporter: muny faced delays all summer because of retrofitting upgrades and extensive training that drivers had to go through for modes of transportation, at the end of this 90 day period, riders should see. >> you will see higher percentage of scheduled service on the street. you will see more service on the rail side, i think you will begin to see customer service improvements with signage. >> reporter: it is providing 97% of scheduled service. their goal is 98.5%. riders should expect a long awaited update to the app called next bus. >> they want the system to be work and be active all the time. most importantly, they asked

for accuracy. is the information right? >> reporter: s fm ta says the app may take while to develop, as long as a year. >> this afternoon, federal investigators are expected to remove the plane involved in a deadly bay area crash. a pilot was trying to land the small plane at palo alto yesterday morning when the plane crashed offshore. he has been identified the pilot as 60 year old john spencer. the charity he volunteered for, angel flight west provides air travel for people with medical conditions. spencer was bringing a woman and her daughter from reding to palo alto so the girl could get treatment at lieu teal packard childrens hospital. -- lucille packard childrens hospital. they hope engine will give them clues on what led to the fatal crash. the soul survivor of a plane crash near ha toe back in

july a private plane came down in the expressway and moves outside. as soon as the group walks out to a crowded sidewalk, the gunman pulls out a gun starts shooting, three men shot and taken to the hospital. police say that the man in the black cap is wanted for attempted murder. another man and woman are also wanted for questioning. in new york city this morning, a plane had to be held away from a airport terminal at jfk after passengers got sick. the flight from dubai landed at the airport this morning, ambulances lined the tarmac ready to take the passengers to the hospital in all 100 of the

sickened. the airline says it was food poisoning. new york's mayor's office says passengers may have been exposed to a flu epidemic in the middle east. british prosecutors charged two russian men with poisoning a man and his daughter in england 6 months ago. >> reporter: scotland yard believes both opera tyes used alienss to gain entrances before hunting down the former russian spy. police releasing photos showing who they are identifying them. detectives say the suspects used this sample sized perfume bottom spray poison on the front door of the home. they were found unconscious on a park bench and the russian nerve agent was used. 3 months later woman died and

a man hospitalized after coming in to contact with the discarded remains. police say the suspect stayed at london hotel before traveling to salisbury on what they called a reconnaissance trip the next day the two sprayed the poison. they are facing attempted murder and use of chemical weapons and they are back in you are russia, a country whose constitution doesn't allow citizens to be extradited. straight ahead, president trump bees new attacks against bob wood ward's inside look at the trump administration. kaepernick unveiled a new nike ad, the video is next. cloudy and hazy. what going on with the skies, what you can expect for this afternoon temperaturewise and when our heat up will be arriving.

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allegations the device was unreliable. elizabeth holmes is facing fraud charges, accused of defrauding dares and patients anstors ouof llof dollars. a ruling by federal appeals court could affect efforts the control homelessness. the 9th sixty court of appeals determined that governments can not make it a crime to sleep on public streets or sidewalks when no homeless shelters are available, based on a case in boy see but could affect other cities. san francisco is looking in to its ordinances to see if the city could be affected. in the past hour, president trump said bob wood ward's new book about the administration is quote a work of fiction. >> the book is fiction. i heard somewhere where they said the assassination of president -- never even discussed the back is total fiction. -- book is total fiction. >> reporter: president trump

questioned the nation's liable laws tweeting isn't it a shame someone could write an article or a book and get away with it. fear, trump in the secretary sa said most of the people he interviewed are former staffers. >> same rehashed stories, just because they keep getting told doesn't make them more true. >> reporter: wood ward writes white house chief of said said of president trump, he is an idiot, pointless to try to convince of anything. he has gone off the rails. defense secretary told close associates his commander and chief had an acting like th or 6th grader. president trump is reacting by questioning the water gatt gate reporter's credibility and raising the possibility that wood ward is a democratic

operative. in a recorded conversation between the two me after the book's completion, president trump expresses admiration for woodward. >> i'm open the you. i think you have always been fair. >> reporter: in a 2013 tweet he wrote, only the obama white house can get away with attacking bob woodward. woodward tried to arrange an interview with no success, he says. one of the former staffers bob woodward spoke to is shawn spacer. we asked him about the book at the common wealth club last month, he admitted to speaking with the author. when we asked what he revealed, he refused to respond. the city ponders a lawsuit against the football team and nfl. the executive director of oak land colosseum sent us this statement saying if a sought is filed, the raiders have fointention of moving forward

with a lease extension. the raiders are getting a new stadium built, the colosseum is trying to negotiate a lease extension through next season and one more year. several news outlets reporting oak land is preparing to file that anti trust suit against the team and nfl. >> believe in something. even if it manes sacrificing everything. >> collin kaepernick posted the new video of the just do it campaign, highlighting national and international athletes defeating the odds. started the movement of kneeling during the national anthem, to protes >> two seasoning a he started the mauvement of kneeling during the national anthem to protest able injustice. he is suing nfl claiming teams are working together to keep him from playing. in san francisco, the mayor is setting a goal to shrink the

carbon footprint. mayor breed is planning the set app agreesive course for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions including requiring buildings convicted in 2030 to be net zero carbon emitters, days before a summit where thousands of leaders will address global climate change. the wild fire burning in the tahoe national has exploded in size. it broke out monday in placer county. nearly 1000 acres have been scorched. it's 10% contained. firefighters are working to get another northern california wild fire under control, this time it's the slager fire in el dorado county. the fire broke out yesterday and burned 8 oh 0 acres and -- 80 acres and raced up the foothill towards homes. air tanks were fighting the flames. it is 30% contained. tropical storm , the powerful storm slammed in to

the gulf coast overnight and with it, came torrential downpours and destructive winds. one downed tree crashed in to a florida mobile child inside. gordan is a now a tropical depression, flooding is the biggest threat for millions as the storm moves inland. gordan didn't get much time to pick up a lot of moisture as it worked across the gulf of mexico. it moved rapidly, 15-17 miles per hour in the northwest direction. this is the lap over the past few hours what it's been doing. it hit by the mississippi, alabama border along the gulf states and currently hunkering over mississippi just five miles west of jackson and wind speeds calmed down a bit from earlier, 30 miles per hour. still gusts 40. that can do damage and the rain can do significant damage as well. we are talking several inches of rain. that's going to extend towards arkansas in to the midwest towards places like michigan.

this is a cold front passing through as well. look at this green that you see on the screen. we have gordan meeting with a cold front, bringing moisture for st. louis and cincinnati, extending arkansas to michigan. widespread rain that's expected there. here is a look at us, not looking at rain in the forecast. a little bit oh of haze, the flags have been blowing throughout the morning. breezy for inland communities. across san francisco, where the clouds are hovering and pretty stubborn even for your lunch break, hanging over the golden gate bridge. temperaturewise, it's staying cool in san francisco, 59 degrees, warming up san jose, sunshine at 74, concord 71. oakland 64, around the water keeping cool. see the marine layer, burning off a little bit and be upping off slow, staying around the coastline. wind speeds now, picking up in oak land 10 miles per hour. same the berkley, fairfield

femaling the breeze again, calm all monning and now it's getting breezier, that's contributing to keeping temperatures from getting too hot today. air quality, good to moderate range. a look at the afternoon high, 75 freemont. 90 livermore. to the seven-day forecast, show you what to expect. temperatures will warm up friday in to the 90s, staying in the 90s for the weekend and next week. we'll be right back

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