i'm kristen sze. the man suffered major injuries an the station is still closed an hour and a half after the incident was reported. amy hollyfield is live with the latest at the station. amy? >> reporter: kristen, the station is still closed. they don't have an eta when they will reopen it. a technician team from b.a.r.t. police just arrived and went inside about 20 minutes ago. the man was hit by the train at about 9:15 this morning. firefighters found that the man was trapped underneath the train. it took them about a half an hour to get him out. they don't know what happened. they don't know if it was an accident or intentional. that is under investigation. he was alive when they took him away. >> as we transported the individual, he was in critical condition with serious traumatic injuries. the patient was conscious as we were transporting him. it's very amazing. >> reporter: here is a look at the equipment they used to get him out from underneath the train. the fire department has new cordless ex

nbc's kristen dahlgren is in south carolina where the storm is headed next. kristen, good morning.tarting to pick up there. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, phillip. you've been looking at that radar. we're pretty far away from where the center of circulation is, and this is the wind that we're seeing. so that gives you some idea of just how widespread the storm and its impacts are as we go through the morning today. so tropical storm force winds, you know, nothing to sneeze at here. over 39 miles an hour, that's the sustained wind, and gusts upwards of 50, 60, you know, even higher in some places. so that's strong enough to take down some trees, some tree limbs, to move around pool furniture, anything that wasn't tied down. so we could continue to see more of those power outages as we go through the morning. right now we're in a dry spot, but the rain is expected to be heavy today. so some places could see another eight inches or so of rain. keep in mind as you go through the carolinas that these are areas that were hit just a few weeks ago by hurricane florence. so that's a satur

dan. >> hi, kristen.s we continue our coverage live here from the fountain grove neighborhood, you know, when the fires broke out they certainly damaged a few wineries but it is important to keep in mind the vast majority of wine country was completely untouched. still, all of the publicity and all of the smoke in the air all over the bay area added to the perception that the whole area was devastated. as a result, hotels, restaurants, wineries took a big hit in business. they lost a lot of money as a result. certainly some saw physical damage but it was the perception that was so damaging as well. you know, when the atlas peak fire sprepd ad in napa spread s quickly and did ee norm usa damage. this is what white rock vineyard looked like before the fire and here is drone ju 7 showing after. the winery dates back to the 1870s, making it one of the oldest in california. three generations made it out of the winery safely. when the family returned to the ruins they found their livestock and dog survived, but

but kristen refers to data. i have data in front of me. 7 million people registered in georgia, 75,000 registrations put in the pending box. were minors under the age of 18. 3000 used a fake address. 3300 were not citizens. were already 900 registered. of the remainder, 75% had submitted erroneous social numbers. these were registrations that were submitted on paper rather than online, submitted by voter registration groups to increase voter registration, including a quarter from a group founded by the democratic candidate for governor, whose doing all the complaining. if these voter registration groups are going to register people, get the social security number right. register people who are noncitizens. get it right the first time so thedon't just get put into pending box. as for voter turnout, there's also data. minority turnout has gone up in georgia every year. every year barack obama was on the ballot and when he wasn't. from minorities in georgia every single election, and the voter id law has been in ra

. >> kristen bell and dax shepard celebrated five years of wedded bliss. >>> this is "entertainment tonight >> more than 10 million people watched "the conners" kill off their may tri arc. what did roseanne think about it? >> she's making it perfect live clear to the world she's >> wait, what? mom overdosed? >> how do you think roseanne feels about the episode? >> i'm sure she's hurt. she didn't like the way she was handled. >> roseanne fired back at "the conners" for killing off her character tweeting i ain't dead, bitches. then she and her rabbi followed that up with a joint statement, quote, that it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show. >> so how did the conners compare to roseanne in the ratings? the conners had 10.5 million viewers. that's pretty much on par with "roseanne's" season finale, but down 55% from its premiere last spring. la lazy -- >> it was extensively debated. i understand why the if i nalty would give her pain. for that i have a lot of empathy for her. >> so how is roseanne coping after cance

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. live in santa rosa. >> we have live team coverage on the north bay wildfires one year later. our team of reporters and anchors have put together stories how the fires have changed the lives of so many people, and how they met the challenge of rebuilding and moving ahead. >> we have remarkable coverage for you here tonight, so i'm glad you're with us. i'm live in fountain grove in santa rosa, which is one of the areas so devastated when these six massive fires sparked one year ago today, and cause sod much devastation and so much destruction and heartache. lives turned upside down. you can see this moonscape here behind me. that one pink house survived the flames that day, here in this neighborhood. now, in the years since, politicians, police, and fire agencies, have tried to look to the past, of course, to see what mistakes were made and to see what they can do better going forward, to learn from this disaster, to find better ways to inform people more quickly so they can get out of

dan, kristen? >>> ama, we'll see you then. thanks. >>> finally tonight a dinner time treat from the golden state warriors. >> the team announced a second set of food vendors for the new chase center in san francisco. dan, just take a look at this mouth watering food. >> it's stunning. shrimp and grits. all the vendors are local mom and pop eateries. joining the warriors is very exciting for them. >> yesterday as i was packing things up, my heart was pounding. this is real. >> more giddy than anything. >> i can't blame them. the warriors are teaming up with old school cafe to provide business opportunities to local eateries. >> all of this happens next year when the chase center opens. >> that is a huge upgrade on food, too. very exciting. >>> tonight, hurricane michael makes landfall, an historic hurricane here in the florida panhandle. 150-mile-per-hour winds. we were in the path as the category 4 monster hurricane made landfall and tore a destructive path through panama city and so many other communities here. extensive dama

our kristen dahlgren has late details. >> reporter: tonight a deadly outbreak in a pediatric ward. six children dead and 12 more severely ill as a children's rehabilitation center. this according to the new jersey health department. the cause, adenovirus, a normally mild virus associated with colds and minor childhood illnesses. but serious for children like this young boy who is on a ventilator. >> they should have notified us sooner and shouldn't have let him get so bad that one lung was completely shut down before they sent him to the hospital. >> reporter: this strain of the virus, number seven, associated with respiratory viruses. like pneumonia, croup and bronchitis. the facility says 60 of their patients are on ventilators. in a statement, the center for nursing and rehabilitation says it notified all appropriate government agencies when the virus was initially identified and continues to fully cooperate with these agencies and has thought out their medical guidance. according to reports, the department of health said it was notified october 9th, when the center was inspecte

. >> and i'm kristen sze. this afternoon the the search for the suspect is underway. this all started on holger way in san jose. with a call about a possible stolen semi. it got even crazier after police arrested their suspect, and he escaped with their car. >> police are now searching for the man andrew chris nguyen has been following this and has the latest. >> reporter: police continue their search for this man, andrew trujillo. suspected of stealing a san jose police patrol car fo of semi truck and was detained by officers. as 9 investigation was happening outside, police say trujillo escaped from the back seat, moved to the front seat and drove off in the patrol car. >> it doesn't appear at this time the officers did anything wrong. they followed our policies and procedures. they handcuffed the suspect behind his back, placed him in the back of a marked police car. >> reporter: that patrol car ended up 25 miles away in hayward at this industrial park an claw witter wrote. abc7 news spoke off camera with a business owner who said she saw trujillo pull into the par

kristen dahlgren holding her ground in south carolina. kristen, thank you. >>> meteorologist bonnie schneider is here tracking michael. as we just heard, the biggest concern now flooding. >> and that risk for tornadoes that we jelt heard as because the storm coming onshore bring about aioot of fri when that happens. that's why there's still the risk in south carolina for tornadoes this morning. heavy rain through atlanta. it been thunderstorms there throughout the night with tropical storm michael, once a as a tropical storm it's one, going to be a rainmaker for chlotte, forraleigh, up through northern virginia, and even into the new york city tri-state area we're expecting some heavypo dos. for that reason, we are looking at a flood watch. this oneon goes throughht all the way from boston, new york, philly, down through raigh. 63 million americans at risk for flooding for today. that flood threat will persist through theternoon. the flood watches are issued and the heaviest rain should be along the coast rathe than further inland. tropic

kristen welker, let me start with you. we say we expect this confirmationing to occur the affirmative vote to carry about 20 minutes now. from terms of the president, what do we think we'll be hearing from him about this? is this going to become a major part of his message as the midterm elections approach? >> undoubtedly we'll hear from president trump about this. we expect him to take a big victory lap when he campaigns in kansas later this evening when the vote is finalized. but listen, we have reporters gathered on the south lawn as we speak that, they're waiting for president's departure for that event in kansas. will president trump answer their questions? will we hear from him even earlier than that evening rally? that's what we're all waiting to see, steve. we're very eager to hear what he has to say about this. i can tell behind the scenes here at the white house, officials have described a mood of euphoria and relief. this has been touch and go pore all of the reasons that you just mapped out. i was back with som

. >> and i'm kristen sze. building in san francisco is hard enough, even without the threat of a major earthquake. >> it's been two years since the centerpiece of the downtown started sink. then a month ago a window cracked in the millennium tower which this week experts said was unrelated to any movement in the building. >> last week the $2 billion salesforce transit center was shut down because cracks were found in two steel beams. installation on the shoring to take pressure off them began today. >> also today the city opened a new front on seismic safety. it's an unprecedented inventory of the tallest buildings with an eye towards fixing them before potential disaster in an earthquake. >> more now from abc 7 reporter melanie woodrow. melanie? >> kristen and dan, you can see a lot of the tall buildings behind me. this is a study that was commissioned by the late mayor ed lee, and it looks specifically at buildings that are higher than 240 feet. san francisco's skyline is rising, with threats to tall buildin

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. >>> i'm kristen sze. he's suing because they allegedly covered up child sex abuse claims. >> david louie is live with the story. >> bishop patrick mcgraw is expected to be here in an eff ef to solve the issue of clergy abuse. he wants to hear from victims or their families. today's filing of a lawsuit reflects concerns that they're concerned. the diocese of san sees are holding listening session toss allow parishioner toss speak to church leaders about the sexual abuse issues. however, a victim's advocacy group filed a lawsuit seeking names of suspended or known offenders and disclose you are of sensitive church records. >> this lawsuit seeks to force each of these bishops in each of these diocese across the state to not only disclose the identities and all of them of all the offenders, but their histories and the documents that they keep secret in their secret file. >> the plaintiff is 50-yearold thomas emmons. he was abused by a monsignor 40 years ago. >> he was a close family friend. i remember birthda

i'm kristen zse. right now lanes are again closed on the union city/heyward border after an accident involving a motorcycle. but first we want to begin with the overnight cleanup and investigation of that deadly chain reaction crash last night. it happened on northbound 880 right before the whipple road exit. amy hollyfield is live in heyward with new information. amy? >> reporter: hi, kristen. we've been watching all morning. it's a bus busy thoroughfare. last night -- it's a very busy thoroughfare. last night traffic was slow and now look at it behind me at 11:00 this morning, it's still because of an accident that happened 45 minutes ago. the key is to adjust and last night the chp said the bus did not. it was going faster than the flow of traffic. the deadly accident happened at 10:40 and led to the shutdown of northbound 880 in heyward for almost eight hours. investigators say one bus started it all. >> we believe that there was a tour bus in the middle lane, and it came up to stop-and-go traffic

kristen? >> reporter: hey, dana. two stories we're tracking that broke over the last 24 hours or so. first is an nbc news report claiming judge kavanaugh and his team have been texting with two of his old yale classmates trying to get them to refute the second accuser's claims before they became public. that's a big deal if true because at the hearing last week, judge kavanaugh told the committee he had only learned of the accusations after they became public. here's chuck shumer on the senate floor just hours ago. >> beyond tupb seemliness of a federal judge pressuring former classmates to support his nomination, it seems judge kavanaugh was at least very misleading to the judiciary committee about miss ramirez story. >> reporter: but a spokes person for the judiciary committee is defending the judge. quote, these texts from miss birchem, who is one of kavanaugh's old classmates do not appear relative or contra ductry to judge kavanaugh's testimony. this appears to be a last ditch effort to derail the nomination wit

complete and total fraud and owes the american public an ap poll e ji, and here to sort it out is kristen welker, and former national republican committee chairman michael steele, and jim massena, the manager of president obama's successor campaign in 2012 and to all of you, kristen, you have been drilling down on that the elizabeth warren controversy, and where does it stand today? >> well, effective, you have a back and forthping , and as you elizabeth warren released dna results and she has indian heritage going back five to six generations which is consistent with the story that her family has told and this is under scrutiny or for the bulk of her political career, and k controversy for her with the president calling her poke h-- pocahontas, and so he said that he would donate $1 million if she came forward and she said, time to put up, mr. president, and we asked him about it, and he said that senator warren owes him an apology, and she responded that it is an indication that president trump is scare canned of her, and bottom the line, andrea, this is the clearest signal to date that

washington examiner" kristen soltis anderson. stacey abrams 2 point deaf out to brian kemp. we thought this was a ruby red state. what's happening? >> georgia is one of those states that democrats have long thought has the potential to become a swing state. because georgia has a very large african-american population and they view this year as the year they could potentially flip georgia blue. with stacey abrams being nominated for governor. she is the first african-american woman to be nominated by a major party for the governor's ma mansion. when it comes to the photo that just came out it, will be interesting to see how this changes the race. when she was burning the flag, it was during the 1990s, period of time when the flag had the confederate flag on it. it was removed in 2003. nonetheless, already a race where there is lots of tensions between the republican and the democrat. this will surely just bring them more to the surface. brian: does make more sense if you are burning the flag stars and bars.

i'm dab ashln ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. tonight walnut creek is poised to declare a homeless shelter crisis. the declaration would enable the city to get a grant to fight the problem. >> berkeley is expected to vote to limit the amount of space homeless people can occupy on sidewalks, a restriction that would effectively ban tents. >> and both oakland and san jose want to launch safe parking programs for people who live in their cars. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area, devoting more time to issues that affect your quality of life. >> one of them is getti inting d out of the american dream. it happens a lot in the bay area. >> if you think those who live on the streets in shelters or their cars are sitting around doing nothing you're going to be surprised to hear what the city of oakland is reporting, that 48% of the homeless there have an earned income, meaning they go to work. >> we

>> reporter: hello, kristen. when there are public sentiments to express in santa rosa, oftentimes you'll find them here in old courthouse square. about an hour from now there will be a memorial bell ringing for firefighters and there will be poetry. for the last two days, there has been this on the pavement. it is chalk and it's sentimental. chalk on pavement in santa rosa's old courthouse square, if only all the pain caused by the tubbs fire could fade away as easily. >> a lot of things don't last forever, but they're important because it changes people in the moment like how they feel or how they think, connections. >> reporter: the north bay did feel a sense of community. let's count some of the ways. >> her blood sugar. >> reporter: begin here. a temporary clinic set up by santa rosa community health after the fire destroyed their real one. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: do you remember last november's benefit for fire relief at at&t point raised $17 million that night. they spent $4.25 million of it keeping community hea

kristen, i will be back with a full look at the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> we have schedule of events and times on our home page. just go to our website abc7news.com to better make your plans. >>> more to come here. new developments in a high-profile murder case. >> the former bodyguard of a wealthy heiress accused of murder is freed from prison. >>> thousands of marriott hotel workers strike during one of the busiest weekends in the bay area. why this won't likely end anytime soon. >>> in today's finney friday, this >>> a high-profile murder case on the peninsula took a turn today. one of the accused men in the 2016 killing of keith green is set to be released from custody following a hearing this morning. olivia adela struck a deal to testify against two other suspects involved in green's death. tiffany lee of hillsborough one of the suspects the mother of two of green's children. lyanne melendez has the story. >> reporter: she was scheduled to walk away a free man. his murder charges were dropped after he agreed to testify begins tiffany lee and her boyfriend at

hey, mindi. >> hi, kristen. the warriors are poised to leave ork until rare air having won their third title in the last now years under steve kerr the franchise total is now six championships. only the lakers and celtics have more. but golden state is looking to add on. speaking of the celtics they're the only team to have appeared in five straight nba finals. and the warriors want to match that because this year three-peat is the goal. >> i think if we do what we did last year and the year before it will be a beautiful year again. i think we've just got to stay focused and enjoy every night, those two things. jy and focus will be great. >> we understand that right now winning a championship is attainable if we do -- take care of our business. and doing it three years in a row is a tremendous opportunity for us that we should not be afraid to talk about and go after. >> reporter: and every season has its own look, its own feel. and that starts tonight as they begin their quest for a third straight title. and st

we have nbc's kristen welker with more on that.risten, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. new supreme court justice brett kavanaugh vowed to be a justice for all americans after that fierce confirmation fight. president trump was anything but unifying. he stoked the partisan battle in his remarks and for the president, it was aimed at energizing republicans with four weeks until election day. a primetime victory lap after a bruising confirmation battle. president trump overseeing the ceremonial swearing-in of brett kavanaugh. delivering a remarkable apology to the new supreme court justice. >> on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. >> reporter: adding this pointed rema remark. >> our country, a man or a woman, must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. with that, i must state, you, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent. thank you. >> reporter: it's mr. trump's second appo

here is c news white house correspondent kristen welker. >> reporter: it's the narrative that helped sweep president trump into the white house, a self made billionaire with a little help from his real estate mogul father. >> i started off in a small office with my father in brooklyn and queens. >> reporter: but an explosive report by "the new york times" paints a very er dit picture. "the times" obtained tens of thousands of pages of financial records, documents nbc news has not had the opportunity toreview and they had a pattern of deception saying much of the money came to mr. trump becae he helped his parents dodge taxes and they set up a sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents and the paper's entire documentation presented for show time. >> trump's state tax retu is in the building now. it's incredible we have it. that opened a door and when you pull the string, the whole thing unvelled. >> reporter: while candidate trump boasted, "the times" says his father actually loaned him $60.7 million at the time and suggestions that's not all he got.

. >> i'm kristen sze. unfortunately we know that nobody in california matched all six numbers. but somebody who bought a ticket in south bay got close. >> 15, 23, 53, 65, 70, and mega ball is 7. >> as we said, nobody in california matched all six numbers but someone in morgan hill, five of six. that's a lot of cash. >> it is really. amanda dell castio is the ticket was sold. >> reporter: huge news and news still making the rounds around morgan hill tonight. so many people coming up asking what is media doing here? deliver good, maybe bad, news for some. ticket purchased this week matched five of six numbers. no one has won mega prize since july when a group of coworkers share shared $543 million jackpot. this is largest since game was started. >> have to go here to buy more lotto. scratchers too. $50. >> reporter: safeway employee matched five of six earlier this week. spoke with mathematics professor about your odds. >> 50 times more likely to die from lightning striking you than winning the jackpot. >> reporter: but there's always tomorrow. $470 million powerball. mega millio

my colleague kristen welker has breaking news. we just got information from the press secretary about an unexpected meeting between president trump and u.n. ambassador nikki haley. what's up? >> yes. sarah sanders announcing that the president and nikki haley will be meeting in about 15 minutes. that's going to be open press. it means there will be cameras and reporters allowed inside that meeting. it comes as our colleague geoff bennett did spot nikki haley at the white house. she declined to comment why she's here. there are reports she may be resigned. nbc news has not confirmed that. we're trying to run down those reports. but it seems something significant is happening. it's an unexpected meeting. now, of course, two were just at the u.n. general assembly together, working on a range of issues, everything from the crisis in north korea to iran, and she has broadly been seen as someone who has the president's trust. you'll recall that after that op-ed was written in "the new york times" in which an anonymous official said that

and kristen, first to you, when did he know and who else knew? we know that she had an appointment a week ago, because loft people in the white house, at least under the top ranks did not know this was coming. >> well, that is right, andrea. we are trying to drill down on exactly when the president was to told. as you point out last week, he did have a meeting with u.n. ambassador nikki haley and we have been working the sources here behind the scenes here at white house and capitol hill, and i will tell you that there is a sense of surprise. a sense of surprise that she is leaving now with exactly four weeks into the mid-term election, and one source describing it as disappointing that she would make the decision right now, and the political ambitions are broadly known and have been talked about and she addressed them head-on and she said, i will not run in 2020, but behind the scenes, there is speculation, can does she want to run for office later down the line and run for senator from south carolina, the state where she served as governor, and

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >>> i'm kristen sze. he's suing because they allegedly covered up child sex abuse claims. >> david louie is live with the story. >> bishop patrick mcgraw is expected to be here in an eff ef to solve the issue of clergy abuse. he wants to hear from victims or their families. today's filing of a lawsuit reflects concerns that they're concerned. the diocese of san sees are holding listening session toss allow parishioner toss speak to church leaders about the sexual abuse issues. however, a victim's advocacy group filed a lawsuit seeking names of suspended or known

by in the streets to raise awareness of this this issue person salumi at the protest in new york kristen thank you for more on this we're joined by mohamed the sorry he's secretary-general of the party for islam if we knew and the exiled saudi political dissident who's been living in the u.k. since the ninety's sir thank you for joining us here on al-jazeera. disappeared what just over a week now and perhaps initially. the response from the white house the united states the administration was a bit muted it does seem to be gathering pace now we're hearing that mike pompei or john bolton and jared cush there of course there have been some months apparently great friend have called the crown prince to find out what you think any of this will put any pressure on the saudis or do you think it will lead to more information official information coming out let me just mention some fundamental facts one fact is definitely known to you that the american president gets every day in the morning a security briefing another fact which many people do not know but it was featured in the new yorker the

kristen? >>> let's check out this beauty, the "uss manchester," becoming the navy's newest surface combatant. she makes her home in san diego but you can tour "the manchester" through saturday. you can also tour the "ussbonham richard." they get to chat with service members. when the ship is deployed it carries an additional 2,000 marines, helicopters, and combat weapons, all of it you can see up close right now. >> my father was in world war ii and in the navy and he was a gunner on the "uss wasp." i wanted to see the inside of a ship. >> people have an opportunity to climb aboard an aircraft or learn about the different type of equipment the marines use onboard. they get the hands-on experience while touring the ship. >> reporter: of course the biggest pleaser is the navy's precision flying team, the blue angels. practice flights begin tomorrow afternoon with the full air show friday, saturday and sunday. now for complete information on all things fleet week, for events, schedules to transit

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. building in san francisco is hard enough, even without the threat of a major earthquake. >> it's been two years since the centerpiece of the downtown started sink. then a month ago a window cracked in the millennium tower which this week experts said was unrelated to any movement in the building. >> last week the $2 billion salesforce transit center was shut down because cracks were found in two steel beams. installation on the shoring to take pressure off them began today. >> also today the city opened a new front on seismic safety. it's an unprecedented inventory of the tallest buildings with an eye towards fixing them before potential disaster in an earthquake. >> more now from abc 7 reporter melanie woodrow. melanie? >> kristen and dan, you can see a lot of the tall buildings behind me. this is a study that was commissioned by the late mayor ed lee, and it looks specifically at

arizona democratic senate candidate kristen sinema calling arizonians crazy.ow, there is a great campaign ad, take a look. >> i want to talk to you about the things that i think you can do to stop your state from becoming arizona. it reminds me, i was raised in arizona, in tucson, near the border. when we grew up, i remember in first grade we learned a song about arizona. because arizona is a state of the five cs. cattle, copper, citrus, cotton, and climate. and these were the five things that the state historically made money out of. five out of six cs, call it crazy. >> sean: only crazy part is if the people of arizona fell for the lie. we reached out, we haven't heard back, her campaign spokesman gave a statement to the associated press, frustrated, no one in the state legislature was standing up to out of state special interests, we're going to take away healthcare from children and tuition and more expense, and that's a crock of you know what else. and there's more disturbing news, fox news.com reported that she, quote, promised events at arizona state un

i went with kristen. it was absolutely incredible. calvin loved it. the music and sound effects.ng. >> we're carving pumpkins tonight. my daughter asked for elsa. >>> still to come, justin >>> even in the rain they're re. still to come on "today," the last on the investigation of the m who mailed more than a dozen pipe bombs. >>> and the duke and duchess at the closing ceremony of the invictus games. >>> we cannot wait to celebrate peter. all that and more comisg up after >>>r, pe huge congratulations on joining the weekend "today am. as the person who sees you every morning at 6:.m. no one works harder and no one deserves it more. we are so proud of you. country to get to know the peter alexander i know. excellent dancer andd pretty g singer. a lot of dad jokes. to our white house unit big brother, we are so excited for you. >>> peter, congratulations. we are thrilled for your dut oneekend "today." i have been a fan of yours for years. it is now a personal and professional privilege toal you a friend. bt mor>>e happy for hou. white colleagues are thrilled. america will be thrill

and so joining us is kristen welker, and olivia who is with the new website intelligentsia. and what an exclusive, and kristen would share my amazement of that and i don't know another reporter summoned without any preparation, and summoned into the oval office to the meet not only with the president but everyone else. what was your take away? he is concerned and wants to reassure the world that he is not about to fire john kelly? >> it seems that the president has been speaking more to the press this week than usual. he has gagled a few times and several interviews including with new york magazine. it seems that he wanted to influence my story and then pulled out all of the stops in an attempt to do so. it is remarkable certainly, and we don't see it a lot where we have high ranking members of the president's cabinet and the administration is in a room with a are reporter as he is trying to influence the story in this way. i am glad it happened and i think it is revealing. >> it is revealing that you touched a nerve, olivia, with the reporting when word got back to him. >>

our kristen dahlgren is in south carolina where the only winning ticket was sold. >> reporter: tonight simpsonville, south carolina is keeping one of the world's biggest secrets. >> i'm just glad someone in south carolina hit it. even more, in simpsonville. >> reporter: someone who bought a ticket at the local kc mart is a millionaire, winning a lump sum of $878 million before taxes. the store'swner isn't spilling. and we may never know. south carolina, one of just eight states that allows winners to remain anonymous. but don't despair. there's still time to be a multimillionaire. tonight's power ball drawing is just hours away. people here hoping lightning strikes twice. a mere $620 million on the line. not a bad consolation prize. kristen a fight over what to d valuable piece of art. >>> right now, 6:00, a fight over what to do with the valuable piece of art. the reason a bay area museum has it locked up in the basement while its creator is demanding action. >>> information is power. our investigative unit uncovered how you can easily find out who's putting money into the campaign of

kristen welker reporting there. the president also taking aim at pop star taylor swift after she told fans on social media she plans to support democratic candidates in tennessee in the mid terms. all four newly hired law clerks are women. >>> the opening bell there at the new york stock exchange. where stocks fell today as investors grappled with rising u.s. interest rates. and the dow actually fell about 25 points there. bay area facebook actually rose 1%. >>> continuing coverage, no real end in sight yet to the bitter hotel strike involving bay area marriott hotel workers. workers first walked off the job six days ago. the union is vowing to stay away until a new labor deal is reached. locally, the strike is affecting more than half a dozen marriott-owned hotels in san francisco, san jose and oakland. it could affect two conferences this weekend in san francisco at the moscone center, including the anesthesiology conference and oracle's open world. >>> you might not even know your child is vaping. that's why one

kristen dahlgren takes a look. >> reporter: for cecilia, a parkinson's diagnosis felt like the end of life as she knew it. >> i was upset. i didn't know what my future would be. >> reporter: the little understood neurological condition can cause tremors and difficulty moving. michael j. fox, alan alda and muhammad ali are among the famous people diagnosed. about 60,000 new cases in the u.s. every year. and no known cure. so now, many are hitting the disorder from a different angle. in this boxing class, everyone has parkinson's. >> the tremors have decreased, they're smiling more, moving quicker, interacting better. >> reporter: barbara russo never exercised, since her parkinson's diagnosis, she doesn't miss a day. >> you have control, you are cognitively aware of what's going on, and it just continues. it's great. >> she's got a mean -- jab there. >> yeah. >> wow! >> reporter: doctors say there is medical evidence that exercise reduces stiffness. improves mobility and balance. >> people feel they can improve their strength and endurance and as a result of that, may not need as much m

i'm kristen welker in for andrea. the president is on day two of oohis campaign push acting as one-man wrecking crew to beat back the blue wave that republicans believe will wash over washington in november. >> and there are a lot of rigged things going on in this country and a lot of rigged things. and we fight like nobody ever fought before. and you know what we do? we fight and we fight and we win. >> and joining ne now a great panel to kick it off. my colleague at the white house, nbc national correspondent peter alexander, and nbc's gadi schwartz in arizona, and also pam stein from the daily beast as well. >> and so, you heard it, peter alexander, jobs and not mobs, and he is not pulling any punches when with it comes to the democrats, and is that effective on the campaign trail? >> we know that anger happens to motivate angers and it is the idea of donald trump even joking about the montana manager who body slammed a reporter, and so the president is trying to sort of embrace the idea to rally the base and suppo

. >> i'm kristen sze.e are still a couple of weeks away from halloween but the focus is turning to christmas. >> "abc 7 news" what in san francisco where crews are starting to build the ice rink at union square. it is going to open on november 7th. >>> at the embarcadero center downtown, christmas trees are stacked up in the loading dock ready to be brought out as decorations. >>> holiday shopping sales are expected to go up about 4.5% over last year. that translates to an additional $721 billion of spending. it is a higher increase than usual due to a healthier economy and higher wages and high employment. >>> all right. just how high is that employment? new numbers show today the national rate in september dropped to 3.7%. that is for unemployment. california's rate dropped for the first time since march down to 4.1%. it is almost half a percentage point lower than it was a year ago. >>> but what is interesting is the good news is also bad news for businesses looking to add temporary workers for the holi

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five of the six numbers, kristen. he's a bakery clerk here at this safeway. the manager says he is in his 20s. he does not want a lot of attention so we don't have his name. we're told he's shy but a great guy and hard worker. one thing we do know about him, there are a lot of people who are really happy for him. word went out last night that someone bought a ticket from this san francisco safeway store on marina boulevard with five of the six winning lottery numbers. >> i was hoping it was one of my employees. i was totally -- i can't sleep last night when we found out that we had the five of six numbers, and, of course, i wanted to be the winner. >> reporter: the manager wasn't the only one who was excited. customers also felt a rush of hope. >> and when i saw it on the internet last night, i hit it. i felt it. i hit it. >> reporter: but it was the manager who got her wish. a bakery clerk had the ticket c worth $1me.9 million. i literally ran through the entire score screaming unprofessionally i'm sure, and there he was at customer service. >> reporter: her

>> reporter: exactly, kristen. officials are saying that fremont street could be opened by october 12th. they're hopeful it will be opened by october 12th. that's not this friday but next friday. we'll show you the traffic situation right now on main street. there's a little bit of a backup. we joined you just an hour ago. traffic was looking pretty good compared to what we saw on friday when there was quite a big backup. again, free lamont street expected to be closed through the end of this week and next week, as well. yellow and blue jacks installed are providing the initial stabilization for the sales force transit center. >> these jacks were brought in just to ensure that the bus decking was secure until we can get the system we want. >> reporter: it will likely be a series of towers and column, that will reduce the number of lanes available. >> it's ten feet wide. and then we will have what we call k-rail, which is a concrete barrier that will protect this shoring from any traffic. so that will give you a wid

kristen is outse of the white house this morning.hat's the president's message. >> good morning to you. he's not backing down. the midterm erections alections weto away from y. the president is trying to fire up his core supporters to turn out nationwe and topping his ueenda he tried to pivot away from these i is really immigration. on tuesday night, mr. trump appeared on fox news and escalated his threats against that migrant caravan we have been talking about with the pentagon announcing the deployment of,200 additional troops to the southwest border by the end of the week those 5,200 troops are outnumbering the 4,000 migrants making up the caravan. the troops set to provide them already there and already migrants and refugees fm crossing the border. president trump is considering an executive order that would citizenshiight so citizenship for those born here in thu.s. to their parents, whether or not they're citizens. that's going tbe highly controversial and we anticipate will be challenged in court. we'll have a lot more coming

but kristen refers to data. i have data in front of me. 7 million people registered in georgia, 75,000 registrations put in the pending box. were minors under the age of 18. 3000 used a fake address. 3300 were not citizens. were already 900 registered. of the remainder, 75% had submitted erroneous social numbers. these were registrations that were submitted on paper rather than online, submitted by voter registration groups to increase voter registration, including a quarter from a group founded by the democratic candidate for governor, whose doing all the complaining. if these voter registration groups are going to register people, get the social security number right. register people who are noncitizens. get it right the first time so thedon't just get put into pending box. as for voter turnout, there's also data. minority turnout has gone up in georgia every year. every year barack obama was on the ballot and when he wasn't. from minorities in georgia every single election, and the voter id law has been in ra

. >>> i'm kristen welker in houston where tonight president trump is seeking to use the specter of that caravan of migrants to energize his base just two weeks before the midterms. contending without any evidence, criminals and unknown middle easterners are mixed in doubling down late today. >> go into the middle and search. you're going to find ms-13. you're going to find middle eastern. you're going to find everything. >> reporter: in houston supporters lined up hours ahead of the rally to watch the president campaign for texas senator, ted cruz, once his bitter rival. >> ted cruz, i call him lying ted cruz. he's lying ted. >> reporter: months of attacks that included then candidate trump falsely accusing cruz' father of being involved in the kennedy assassination and even mocking the appearance of his wife heidi. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> reporter: times have changed and so has the president's tune. >> to me, he's not lying ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. >> reporter: the two now unlikely allies fighting to hold on

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we'll see you again in half an hour. >>> tonight, the developing story. the images coming in right now. the showdown south of the border. thousands of migrants marching through mexico, heading for the u.s. border. tonight, president trump now calling it a national emergency, vowing to send in the u.s. military. >>> breaking news tonight. the shooting at a tv station late today. authorities looking at this surveillance. the suspect smashing his way through glass doors. a security guard then opening fire. >>> new images emerging tonight of "washington post" writer jamal khashoggi in his final hours. with his fiance, going into that consulate. the saudis now acknowledging he's dead, first saying it was a fistfight, now saying it was a chokehold, a rogue operation. if this was a fight gone wrong, where is the body? >>> the tragy

>> kristen welker, thank you. >>> a story concerning this network. megyn kelly will not return to her nbc morning show a spokesman said today as discussions about her future with nbc continue after her comments about black face ignited a firestorm. morgan radford has more. >> reporter: just 13 months after the show's debut, an nbc spokesperson announcing "megyn kelly today" is not returning. next week, the 9:00 a.m. hour will be hosted by other "today" co-anchors. the move coming just days after megyn kelly made controversial comments defending black face in a discussion about halloween costumes. >> what is racist? because truly, you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on black face for halloween or a black person that puts on white face for halloween. >> yes. >> when i was a kid, that was okay if you were dressing up as a charr. day, kelly apologized. >> i learned that given the history of black face being used in awful ways by racists in this country, it is not okay for that to be part of any costume. >> reporter: enough for some,