. >> i'm ama daetz. in florida, winds knocked over a tree killing a child in trailer home. crews had to free a second person from the wreckage. >> thousands without power and governors of louisiana, mississippi and alabama have declared states of emergency. >> most dangerous part could be the storm surge along the coast. sandhya patel. >> live doppler 7, drenching rain across the gulf coasts. wind gusts over 70 miles an hour as storm made landfall. tornado watch boxes are up. possible. tropical storm gordon is moving northwe northwest, weakening over the mississippi valley but dumping rain somewhere, isolated areas could get up to foot of rain and storm surge of one to three feet. >> thanks so much. >> tonight, we're learning more about the final moments before the pilot of a single begin plane crashed into near palo alto airport and died. >> reporter: learning that two passengers are stable tonight. palo alto online is identifying survivors as mother nancy del maria and daughter chloe king. pilot not just identified. left redding and crashed into the duck ponds near the ai

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i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. today's hearing lasts almost nine hours with tearful testimony and angry pushback. >> the senate judiciary committee will vote tomorrow morning at 6:30 our time. if it moves forward, a procedural vote is planned for saturday on the senate floor. a confirmation vote could come early next weekend. late tonight the bar association called for a delay until the fbi has a chance to investigate the assault allegations. abc news reporter emily rau begins our coverage in washington, d.c. >> nine hours of testimony. there were tears and yelling and both brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford absolutely certain of what they had to say. brett kavanaugh's first accuser, christine blasey ford took the oath and publicly told her side of the story. >> i believed he was going rape me. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe, and i thought that brett was accidentally goi

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i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley.he monster storm on our doppler radar, inching closer and closer to making landfall. florence has lost a little steam throughout the day. it is now a category 1 storm, packing winds of about 90 miles an hour. >> at last check, about 160,000 customers are without their electricity tonight in north carolina. the storm surge has been a big problem, measured as high as 10 feet in one location. marci gonzalez is in wilmington, north carolina which is under a hurricane warning tonight. >> good evening. the wind and rain here have been relentless throughout the day, and there are still many hours of this and worse still ahead here. the ferocity of florence evident even before landfall. waves pounding this pier. water breaking through dunes, inundates homes and surging down coastal streets, the beginning of what is expected to be catastrophic flooding for parts of the carolinas. with this monstrous storm stretching 500 miles across, expected to dump as much as 40 inches of rain and pummel some

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chuck grassley, says dr. christine blasey ford has until friday morning to submit her testimony. grassly offered to fly senate aides to california to interview her. >> he says the hearing will go on whether she is there or not. we begin with abc news reporter in washington. >> reporter: in a letter to democrats, the chairman chuck grassley accuses them of abuse of the process. >> we have a deadline of october 1st. that's when the supreme court starts. and i think we ought to meet it. >> this nomination has been pushed and pushed and pushed with artificial ted lines. >> reporter: the attorney for dr. christine blasey ford, the woman who accused kavanaugh of sexual assault while both were in high school, says a hearing with only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. >> it seems the republicans have no sense. have they never dealt with a sexual assault victims? do they not read anything? do they not know how ha

. >> and i'm ama daetz. that supreme court battle continues in and out of the judiciary committee and just a short time ago president trump said he'll direct the fbi in the allegations of sexual assault. tt s porter: the nomination to the full senate and one step closer to the highest court, but with a surpri shift, adding one condition. >> i think it would be proper to add the floor vote to one week toallow the fbi to do an investigation. >> reporter: just hours before, flake cornered sex assault survivors, and that anger spilling onto the steps of capitol hill and into the streets of america. the chairman of the judiciary committee defending his decision to move forward. >> there's simply no reason to deny judge kavanaugh a seat on the supreme court. >> reporter: earlier on friday, some senators walking out in frustration. >> i'm not going to participate in this charade any more. >> reporter: shared disgust. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. >> reporter: and the presiden

. >> and i'm ama daetz. abc reporter lilian kim is tracking the spread of this fire. >> the video coming from shasta county is terrifying. one woman on interstate 5 posted video of the fire which is spreading fast. they're calling it the delta fire, and the latest video we're getting from an instagram user. she was caught in the middle of the freeway when flames began burning dangerously close to i-5 which is now closed in both directions from 10 miles north of redding to an area four miles south of mt. shasta. the flames broke out this afternoon and so far the fire has exploded to as many as a thousand acres. the shasta that county fire department is conducting evacuations on both sides of the freeway. several motorists have been rescued, and there has been at least one person injured. >> oh my god, i want to go! brandon, we got to get out and walk. we can't stay right here. look, that side just caught on fire. well cannot stay right here. >> the u.s. forest service has launched a full aircraft and ground r

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. lawyers for christine blasey ford have less than an hour to respond to the senate judiciary committee. the two sides have been negotiating over having her testify and under what conditions. her lawyers proposed thursday. the committee wands the hearing on wednesday and blasey ford to go first. if you believe mitch mcconnell, none of this matters. >> you watched the fight and the tactics but here is what i want to tell you. in the near future judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. >> president trump broke his silence on the accusations against brett kavanaugh, taking to twitter, questioning kristine blasey ford's claim and credibility. he tweeted, quote, if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed. this generates an online backlash with the #whyididn'treport as sexual assault survivors share stories why they didn't go to police. maine senator susan colins says she was apolled. >> somebody else who was appalled is the s

. >> i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. president trump weighed in on the accusations facing kavanaugh a while ago. >> i want him to go in at the absolute highest level, and i think to do that you have to go through this. if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay. >> that delay will be at least until next week. as late as this afternoon the senate judiciary committee announced a public hearing will take place next monday at 10:00 a.m. >> kavanaugh and palo alto professor christine blasey ford are expected to testify. right now it is not clear if they will be in the same room at the same time. >> "abc 7 news" reporter melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with the latest details kavanaughkavanaug kavanaugh -- ford's accusations. >> "washington post" investigative reporter and uc berkley graduate emma rau said she began speaking with her before the nomination. >> she was terrified about going public. she didn't want to speak on the record. >> this is a high school photo in 1983, a approximately a year after she say

. >> i'm ama daetz. tomorrow state and local leaders along with representatives from 39 countries will discuss how to be true to the paris climate agreement. >> "abc 7 news" reporter melendez is live in the embarcadero with a look at how the players are. >> reporter: reenergizing the climate movement is the purpose of the summit, led by governor jerry brown and a few of his friends. >> thank you and welcome to california and this very important summit on climate change. >> reporter: despite the trump administration's views on climate change, governor jerry brown insisted we are still in, referring to california's commitment to the paris agreement. that international treaty seeks to reduce emissions of green house gases around the globe. >> you have to be warriors and innovators and missionaries. >> former vice president and environmentalist al gore counts himself as one of the so-called warriors. >> and creating a world we can say to our kids and grand kids, this is the best we could do. we did not clos

. >> i'm ama daetz. treasure island is home to 2,000 people now but there are plans to add 20,000 residents in the next 20 years, along with three hotels and a bunch of shops. >> here is a look at some of the renderings of what the island will look like from the firm that's handling the design. to manage the increased traffic, there are plans to add ferry service to san francisco, increase muni bus service, and launch ac transit bus service to oakland. >> also a toll for all drivers going both on and off the island. during peak hours on weekdays it would cost $3.50. $2 off on weekends. >> abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez joins us live with more. >> reporter: i've got to tell you, the toll is a done deal. it was approved in 2016. the rates have yet to be approved. the san francisco board of supervisors will vote on november 27th. by the year 2035, there will be close to 25,000 people living on treasure island. today there are only 2,000. construction will have a huge impact on the island. more people w

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. support for a full accounting of christine blasey ford's accusations may be softening a bit. today maine senator susan collins pushed back on blasey ford's call for the fbi to investigate her allegations before she testifies. collins is a republican. she says that would be unfair to kavanaugh. however, now some additional democrats have come out in support saying an investigation must come first. >> and all this comes as president trump for the first time seemed to suggest kavanaugh's nomination could be in jeopardy. david louie is looking into how the controversy is impacting blasey ford's palo alto neighborhood. we begin in washington. >> reporter: we have a breaking development as we're coming on the air. red state democrat claire mccaskill says she will vote against kavanaugh if that vote comes up as soon as this next week and all of this as a source close to kavanaugh in the nomination process says he is shaken by the allegations but remains resolute. the chairman of the senate j

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. we're going to devote the first ten minutes of the newscast to allegations made against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh because, of course, matters involving supreme court can affect the lives of all-americas for the next several decades. >> they can. thursday's scheduled vote has been cancelled after stanford professor christine blasey ford accused him of sexually assaulting her when both were teenagers. kavanaugh denies it. >> both have been asked to testify before the senate judiciary committee. it is not clear if ford will appear. her attorney says she wants to testify but thinks the fbi should investigate before the hearing is held. >> it reads in part, an fbi investigation should be the first step in addressing her allegations. a full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non--partisan manner and that the committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing or making any decision. >> a m

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. a few days ago the nation did not know the name christine blasey ford. now she is the woman that could make a critical decision to a crucial decision affecting america's highest court. >> she says supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her decades ago when they were both teenagers. he denies it. both are invited to testify before a senate judiciary committee on mon, september 24th. >> her lawyers want an fbi investigation done before that. president trump, who has the power to make that call, argued for the opposite today. >> i would let the senators take their course. let the senatos do it. i really want to see her. i really would want to see what she has to say. if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision. >> judiciary chairman republican senator chuck greatly of iowa says an fbi investigation isn't needed. he says the committee's investigation is sufficient and he's reaching out to blasey forward. >

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. simple senate judiciary vote did happen this morning. >> but it is complicated by a condition that will delay the next vote on supreme court no, ma'am notice brett kavanaugh for a week. >> let's begin tonight's coverage with reporter omar jiminez explaining exactly what happened and what will happen next. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a simple committee vote along party lines, until this. >> i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue -- to do an investigation, limited in time and scope. >> reporter: it was only under this condition that jeff flake decided to support of judge kavanaugh but added he would not support the nominee in the final confirmation vote until the fbi investigates. earlier today moments after he announced he would, two female protesters cornered the senator in an elevator. >> what you are doing is allowing someone who actually violated a woman to sit in the supreme court. >> don't lo

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. >>> i'm ama daetz. you may have seen this banner above the bay area in support of christine blasey ford. it reads, thnk you, christine, we have our back. a national women's advocacy organization. blasey ford has demonstrated tremendous courage in coming forward with her allegations against brett kavanaugh, they say. >> blasey ford says she's opening to testifying on capitol hill but monday is, quote, not possible. >> abc news reporter, kenneth moton has the latest from washington. >> unlawfully -- >> protests against support nominee brett kavanaugh took over capitol hill demonstrators targeted the offices of republican lawmakers on the senate judiciary committee. gop senate leaders giving kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford until friday morning to say if she will testify monday. >> we're not going to cancel any hearing until last minute. >> blasey ford's attorney says monday is not possible. but she would be prepared to testify next week. senators must offer terms that are fair and which ensure h

. >> i'm ama daetz. today's announcement is the latest throwing the hearing flow doubt. chuck grassley says there's know reason to further delay the hear. we also learned today dr. ford has had to move out of her house and hire private security after receiving dating threats. >> a man she identified as a witness to the attack march judge says he has no memory of the incident and will not testify. team coverage with abc news lana zak in washington. >> reporter: dr. ford's attorney tells cnn her client will cooperate but that the call for a hearing on monday is premature. >> there's no reason we should have a public hearing on monday given what has occurred and when it occurred. this is too important to be rushed through. this is a serious situation. >> reporter: her allegation tags nominee bret kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when drunk at a high school party in the 1980s upaccepteded washington. democrats want the fbi to investigate before the hearings proceed. >> there must be an agreement on witnesses and the fbi should be given time to reopen its background collect i

. >> and i'm ama daetz. a >>> the police who patrol that area send tweets about the many arrests they make, but it's not that easy. one man was arrested nine times for drug dealing just this year. the district attorney's office says after eight requests the judge finally agreed to deny bail and revoke his bail. >> you may remember a city lost convention tourism in july because people didn't feel safe due to all the drugs on the streets. one man at eighth and mission is doing what he can. we reached out to him. he's become a social media vigilante. >> abc 7's wayne freedman with more. >> reporter: this is a frustrated man who has seen enough, lived through enough, and took his iphone and started tweeteding it. it's in the faces of local politicians now. you're watching a secretive man who can predict a crime deal long before it happens. he's watching one right now. >> the one on the right with the black shirt is a regular. >> reporter: patience is a virtue for this vigilante. using an i phone attached to bino

. >>> i'm ama daetz.ts for san francisco's sinking, leaning, and cracking millennium tower. ahead see how it avoided getting yellow tagged today. >>> also -- >> a new president could give 30 days' notice, and we're right back in the paris agreement. >> the closing message of the global climate action summit and the message of who's being asked to make the change now. that's coming up at 6:00. >> thanks. we'll see you then. >>> one of america's biggest heroes helped. >> oprah winfrey unveiled a new forever stamp honoring the first responders in santa barbara county. recent disasters have just devastated that area. those disasters hit home for winfrey. she owns a house there. >> the stamp is merely a symbol of what each of you represents. each of you represent the best of us, you represent the rising of courage, the rising of honor, the rising of compassion, endurance, survival, and thriving. >> the new stamp features a firefighter, police officer, and emergency medical worker. >> world news tonight with da

ama daetz is off. the defendants allegedly targeted members of the filipino community, many of whom were new to the united states. the facilities are located in residential neighborhoods in south san francisco, daly city, and pacifica.% abc 7 news reporter katie utehs is here with more on the investigation. katie? >> reporter: dan, the neighborhoods are unassuming as you can see in this video, but neighbors i spoke with were suspicious. a bright yellow ferrari caught people's eyes. possibly funded off the backs of the hundreds of immigrants the facility owners are accused of exploiting. >> reporter: a deceiving name. rainbow bright. for a family-run business accused of dark conditions. >> rainbow bright was cheating not just the workers of their pay, not just the workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> reporter: about $8.5 million, says state attorney general javier becerra. the four adult and two childcare facilities are tucked away in pacifica, daly city, and south san

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i'm ama daetz.g up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> they told my chell mate to ly on his stomach and face the wall so he couldn't watch what they were about to do to me. >> an army vet cleared of attempted murder charges fights back tonight. the action he's taking for the treatment he says he received in jail. perspective on nike's ad campaign from a local icon on the front lines of sports and social activism for decades. plus -- >> oh, my god, oh, my god, i can't see anything. still can't -- >> a woman's harrowing escape from the delta fire. why she decided to record it. coming up. >>> finally tonight, the oakland a's just beat the yankees in a series that could turn out to be a wild card preview. >> before leaving the bay area, yankees all-star pitcher and vallejo native -- >> they hosted a backpack giveaway for students from hissal ma mater. 1,700 students received free backpacks filled with school supplies. >> he also took part in a career panel alongside hip hop artist e-40 and mr. fab. the message wa

. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit >>> i'm ama daetz, coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, he's now the face of nike. but colin kaepernick has been a hero to several nonprofits for a while now. tonight the local group's benefiting greatly from his support. also -- >> it's all good, brother, yeah, it's all candy bars and ice cream, man. >> he is a shining light in the middle of a disaster area. at 6:00, how a north bay fire victim's patience and optimism are about to pay off. this man is truly amazing. coming up in a half hour at 6:00. >>> a woman in foster city unintentionally brought home a live souvenir from a trip to cancun. >> a baby iguana stowed away in her bikini top last month. >>> experts think the woman snuck into the bikini top when she put it on the balcony to dry. >> after treating him for dehydration he was taken to a local animal sanctuary to get used to a new country and home. >> nobody said, excuse me, lady, you didn't declare this iguana. weird. >>> tonight, the hurricane warnings up right now, as gordon takes aim. the massive system

. >> and i'm ama daetz. less than an hour after dr. christine blasey ford finished testifying, judge kavanaugh took his turn. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. since my nomination in july, there's been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything, to block my confirmation. i have never done this to her or to anyone. that's not who i am. it is not who i was. the other night ashley and my daughter, liza, said their prayers, and little liza, all of 10 years old -- >> hours of testimony at today's hearing reveals at least one thing, two very different truths. >> we begin our coverage tonight with abc 7 news anchor dion lim who is live in washington. dion. >> reporter: larry, the turnout for people who wanted to witness history has been so tremendous you can imagine the amount of security we've witnessed today. it's the only reason why we're finally able to access the hallway where that he

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm layer beil in for dan ashley. drow live from millennial tower with how the homeowners association has met the department of building inspections demand. melanie. >> reporter: larry and ama, a yellow-tagged building would have meant restricted access, and that restricted access would have been set by the department of building inspection, but that's not what is happening here tonight, in part because of what you see over my shoulder, scaffolding. the other reason is 36 floors up. with a 3:00 p.m. friday deadline looming, millennial tower homeowners association made good on its promise to the city. >> crisis averted, so we're able to give db i what they wanted in terms of their demand. >> reporter: including taping up and securing the cracked millennial tower window as well as ee racketing scaffolding around the building in case of falling glass. the attorney, tom miller, says there's one demand the hoa could not meet. >> there's no way we can expect 416 units, the city has basically giv

. >> and i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz.ting down to the oakland raiders game and we put a countdown clock on the right side of your screen. >> that's right. just about an hour to go now until our pregame coverage. let's bring in abc 7 sports director larry beil. what is at stake tonight? >> you can see the parking lot is full. tonight's game the return of john gruden on the sidelines but a matchup with one of his coaching prodigies, sean mcveigh, who got his start under gruden. mcveigh was named not only the youngest head coach but the coach of the year in the entire league. wayne freedman is live with raider nation. we'll talk about the teams and xs and os coming up. we will start with mindy on the coaching matchup, that is teacher versus pupil. >> reporter: well, dan and kristen, john gruden and sean mcveigh are known for developing quarterbacks and building an offense around the quarterback strength. with cal product jared goff under the center, the rams put up 30 points in the game, the most in the nfl. their expectatio

i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley.ived national attention after police received reports of a gun on campus that. >> gun did go off in a classroom, but the bullet only struck a chair. still, four students were detained and one now faces felony charges. >> abc 7 news reporter katie it utehs is live on campus. >> the 14-year-old freshman is a minor so, we're not naming him. but he is facing eight felony charges, and now police are working with atf to determine where the teen obtained the gun. as classes resume at balboa high school, mixed reactions from students. >> i'm still kind of nervous what happened today. i feel like everyone's still got to talk about it. >> others seemed unfazed after their classmate brought a gun to class and it discharged, sending a shot through a chair on thursday. >> i'm fine. pretty used to it. so it's just like whatever. >> parents, who were panicked during the lockdown, remain nervous. >> it's only the second week. it's how i feel. i feel so bad, because, yeah, i don't want her to come here

. >> i'm ama daetz. some fear the team would skip town sooner in the lawsuit is filed.hs has more. >> reporter: just as the stadium looms large behind me so, too, does that $90 million in debt owed by taxpayers. some think suing the raiders could help recoup the money, but others fear the plan could backfire. as raiders fans watch their team score, some say the city of oakland is losing. as the team prepares to leave for las vegas. >> we still owe $90 million on the renovations to the coliseum, if we could get that back, i'm in favor of that. >> reporter: he says he's heard reports of a lawsuit in the works. the city may file a multimillion dollar antitrust lawsuit according to the chronicle. those law firms have reportedly offered to fund the initial case. >> you know, i feel strongly in our case, they're going basically for it on a bad faith effort and just being on the coliseum authority, having those conversations, it appears the raiders acted in bad faith in this process. >> reporter: some fear a lawsuit would mean an early end to the raiders lease. scott mckibben

. >> and i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. it's been a tumultuous 24 hours for tesla.ly we learned of the promotion of several staff members to positions. >> the head of human resources has announced departure. the changes are all overshadowed by the ceo, elon musk. >> he was smoking marijuana last night while being interviewed on the joe rogan experience, a podcast shown on youtube. >> we can't show you the entire exchange, only a portion. it's important to see the context here. the host is the one who lights up. >> i mean, it's legal, right? >> totally legal. >> okay. >> how does that work? do people get upset at you if you do certain things? >> musk takes a puff before handing it back. some call tesla's found area visionary. others are less favorable. >> let's go live to david louie at a tesla charging station in san jose with a look at what else the company is dealing with tonight. david? >> well, dan and kristen, this big management shake-up announced just a few hours ago. we don't know whether it was timed in order to divert attention away

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. this fire has shut down i-5.tran tells us i-5 will be closed until tomorrow likely. it's burned 15,000 acres, nearly 24 square miles. >> three homes damaged, with hundred more are threatened. mandatory evacuations are in effect. investigators say someone started the fire, but they're not saying it was an accident or if it was arson. >> this map will give you a better idea of where it's located. it's along interstate 5 north of redding. the flames are raging alongside the freeway, very scary. >> a woman who became trapped by the rapidly spreading shasta fire is grateful to be alive. >> kristen, she has amazing, heart pounding video here. >> this is the story of kate mckeszen, she went to hell and back yesterday, all the while recording the ordeal on i-5 north of redding. >> holy [ bleep ], oh my [ bleep ] god. i might die here. >> just in case something would go wrong i wanted it to be on film. >> and so much could have gone wrong. mckesz is a was driving a u haul, moving her sister's stuff to san diego, when she

. >> i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz.ties say these crimes went on for years and involved hundreds of victims. >> the family ran two child care centers and senior care homes. wayne freedman is live in daly city with the latest on a shocking and still developing story. wayne? >> reporter: indeed, larry, and th onorehe building over my shoulder there, quiet neighborhood, all under the guise of caring for children and cog tateap directly across the street from west moore high school in daly city. >> no clue. >> so many policemen yesterday. >> these are some of the weapons police seized at the rainbow bright day care. they include a loaded handgun found under a blanket allegedly within easy reach of children. this, one of six locations in so you have the san francisco, daly city and pacifica, sites where attorney general javier says they engaged in exploitation. >> rainbow bright was cheating, not just their workers of their pay, not just their workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> $8.5 millio

see the unlikely help some bay area firefighters recently >>> i'm ama daetz.n abc 7 news at 6:00, california's drive to be the epicenter of the climate action movement. tonight the major summit coming to san francisco and the star power leading the way. >>> also -- >> part of me knew that if anything happen, i was going to be out of here really fast. >> the small fire in marin county that so many people are calling a major wake-up call. >>> and the high school photo that made a splash on social media. it's a bay area sports star like you've probably never seen him before. all that plus much more coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. dan, kristen? >> thanks, am map. we'll see you then. >>> finally tonight, when it comes to fighting california's wildfires, we are learning that help comes in many forms. >> in this case it has four legs. the santa clara county fire partment pos d pki hea ihaa co >> the firefighters were trying to protect a home from the flames, and the dog jumped right in to help. >> don't leave me out. i'm important. i can help. "world news tonight" w

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dion lim in for dan ashley.nd their supporters gathered in oakland, blocking streets outside kaiser's medical building with their protest. >> they're against what they believe are looming layoffs and outsourcing by the hospital. vic lee is live at kaiser permanente medical center in oakland with the story. vic? >> well, this was a well orchestrated demonstration by kaiser workers and their union. it was peaceful. police were notified in advance that there would be civil disobedience, and the workers, they got their point across. >> what do we want? >> health care justice! >> when do we want it? >> now. >> more than a thousand demonstrators marched down west macarthur boulevard, angry that kaiser permanente may outsource their jobs. >> these are jobs that are not being eliminated due to technology. these are jobs eliminated solely for profit. >> the service employees union says those most vulnerable, warehouse work. >> drivers, vocational nurses and call center operators. he believes his li i'm really because i'v

. >> and i'm ama daetz.ter lilian kim is tracking the spread of this fire. >> the video coming from shasta county is terrifying. one woman on interstate 5 posted video of the fire which is spreading fast. they're calling it the delta fire, and the latest video we're getting from an instagram user. she was caught in the middle of the freeway when flames began burning dangerously close to i-5 which is now closed in both directions from 10 miles north of redding to an area four miles south of mt. shasta. the flames broke out this afternoon and so far the fire has exploded to as many as a thousand acres. the shasta that county fire department is conducting evacuations on both sides of the freeway. several motorists have been rescued, and there has been at least one person injured. >> oh my god, i want to go! brandon, we got to get out and

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. eyes are on san francisco tonight as the global climate action summit kicks off with representatives from all around the world. >> "abc 7 news" reporter lyanne melendez is live at grace cathedral where they are kicking off the summit. >> you know the episcopalian church has been actively involved and interested in environmental causes, so they want to be a part of this summit. so do all of these people. these are the speakers for thursday, tomorrow, and friday. ctor alec baldwin, congresswoman nancy pelosi, former vice president al gore. the list goes on. you have governors, you have senators, you have people from all over the world, all eyes are on san francisco. >> reporter: grace cathedral in san francisco held an event called "wonder and commitment," a ceremony to show their support for the climate action summit. >> what's the matter with

. >> i'm ama daetz. tomorrow state and local leaders along with representatives from 39 countries will discuss how to be true to the paris climate agreement. >> "abc 7 news" reporter melendez is live in the embarcadero with a look at how the players are. >> reporter: reenergizing the climate movement is the purpose of the summit, led by governor jerry brown and a few of his friends. >> thank you and welcome to california and this very important summit on climate change. >> reporter: despite the trump administration's views on climate change, governor jerry brown insisted we are still in, referring to california's commitment to the paris agreement. that international treaty seeks to reduce emissions of green house gases around the globe. >> you have to be warriors and innovators and missionaries. >> former vice president and environmentalist al gore counts himself as one of the so-called

injured after a small plane crashed into a pond, not far a tgood afterhank you f joining us, i'm ama daetz that pilot was killed. he was on a mission, flying a patient to stanford medical center. vic lee has been following the story. >> reporter: well, the plane is sitting in heavy mud in a duck pond right behind me. it's sort of hard to see. we were not allowed any closer. palo alto airport is to my left, across the marshes here. now, the plane is registered to an owner who lives in is for alle, presumably the group called angel flight west headquartered in santa monica. i talked to one of the officials of that group by phone just a little while ago. he tells me that one of the passengers is a patient who was being transported to stanford's children's hospital. the other passenger is her mother. both of them, by the way, survived. now, here's what happened earlier today. >> palo alto. >> reporter: the air traffic control audio indicates the pilot was having trouble landing. the call to the palo alto fire department came in just after 11:00 a.m. a moony single engine plane with three peopl

. >> and i'm ama daetz.as been without an nfl team ever since he left the niners in 2017. >> now the former quarterback has been chosen by nike as the face of its new ad campaign. you can't miss kap's face, several feet tall above the nike store in san francisco. >> we captured this billboard with droneview7 today. kaepernick was the first athlete to neil before the national anthem to protest police brutality against blacks back in 2016. he hasn't played since then. >> some say his protests cost him his career in the nfl. the new question is what could his campaign cost nike. >> let's begin our team coverage on the topic tonight with abc 7 news reporter david louie who is live in san jose with some expert advice. david? >> well, ama and dan, the early reaction from investors has been mostly negative. the stock took a 3% hit today, although we have to put in perspective the fact that the stock is up 27% for the year. still, the real test will come with consumers. consumers and whether they buy colin kaepernic

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i'm ama daetz. abc news at 5:00 starts now. >>> the fatal drop. firefighter battling the largest wildfire in state history was killed when an air tanker made a mistake. >>> plus -- >> this is about people and their live and their kids. >> families feeling betrayed after sinking their life sav the ings into what could be a serious toxic mess. >> flooding is likely to get worse. >> help is on the way. how the bay airy is reaching out to those affected by the disaster. >> did you see it? what's behind this phenomenon across our skies today. >>> there is a new report out on exactly what killed a firefighter who was battling the mendocino complex fire last month. good evening. i'm larry beil. >> and i firefighter died when force of an air tanker dropped a huge tree on top of him. >> wayne freedman has more on this story. wayne? >> reporter: this report supplies many more specific details. these are the kinds of fire images people marvel at. super tankers lining up to drop retardant. it's risky work. this killed battalion chief matt burchett and injured

. >> i'm ama daetz, abc 7 news 5:00. >>> a girl sees a male teacher .n the girl's restroom a nsonhtnc 7 news. >> the latest on the threat to yellow tag the sinking leaning tower. >> b.a.r.t. changes its ways. license plate information to the feds and the plan to prevent future mistakes. >>> senator dianne feinstein's mystery letter she just sent to investigators. >>> governor brown's stunning comments on the president. >> i'm going to remove her from the school if they allow the teacher to come back. >> an east bay mother is upset with the way an oakland charter school is handling an incident involving her young daughter. it involves another girl and a male teacher. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristin zee. >> it happened in the girls bathroom at the oakland military institute. >> laura, this is a very strange incident obviously. >> reporter: well, it is, dan. the teacher c it was an accident, but now there are two investigations. the teacher is on suspension and the mother and her young daughter are on edge. >> we heard someone come in who had boots on. we knew it wasn't a k

. >>> i'm ama daetz. chaos is the way to describe what's happening in the capitol. chuck grassley of iowa can semd the judicial committee vote on the nomination. a hearing is set for monday where kavanaugh and his accuser have been invite today testify. >> the question is, will f there? chairman grassley has yet to hear from her. one who doesn't want to hear -- mark judge said he didn't want to testify and said he had no memory of a sexual assault. we have team coverage this afternoon. wayne freed man is looking at the vetting process for judicial nominees. but we begin with our reporter in washington, d.c. lana? >> hi there. i've been talking to the senators on the judiciary committee. their offices. everybody is really wondering how this supreme court nominee who just two weeks ago seemed like he was a shoo-in for the confirmation has now changed completely. what they are saying now about that woman who has come forward and that big question on everybody's lips in the capital. >> will dr. christine blasey ford testify? what happens if she doesn't? >> if she is not

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. >> i'm ama daetz. thank you for being >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, keegan-michael key and dave salmoni and animals. and now, look alive, here's jimmy kimmel. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. thank you very much. hi, everyone, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. very nice. thank you very much. well, that's very kind and i thank you and i welcome you. you're joining us on a somber day in the united states when we honor and remember the victims of the tragic attacks of september 11th. this is a day on which we look to our leaders for comfort and for inspiration, our leaders like former president obama who this morning tweeted, "we will always remember everyone we lost on 9/11." there's nothing our resilience and resolve can't overcome and no act of terror could ever change who we are. former president bush tweeted, "this is a day i will certainly never forget. this morning, we pause to say a prayer for the lives lost." former president clinton tweeted, "today, we honor all those who l