abc's lana zak has the new details from capitol hill. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning to you, kendis and stephanie. with the country watching, two different versions of the young brett kavanaugh will be presented today, on one side, the choir boy, the high school virgin, on the other, the hard partying drinker and alleged sexual assaulter. brett kavanaugh and the first of his accusers, dr. christine blasey ford, will be grilled in an attempt to find the truth. >> i don't think there's any question in my mind about it. but i'm willing to keep an open mind. >> reporter: a new look at exactly what blasey ford will say paints an emotional picture beginning her opening statement with, i am here today not because i want to be, i am terrified. meanwhile, an excerpt from kavanaugh's statement reading in part, i drank beer on weekends with my friends, sometimes i had too many. in retrospect i said and did things in high school that make me cringe now but remaining adamant saying i have never sexually assaulted anyone, not in high sc

reporting from the senate, lana zak, abc news. >> lana, thank you.an you tell us anything more about that poli graph text that dr. blasey ford submitted to the senate. >> a lot of people talking about that. it was administered in august by a former fbi agent. along with her testimony, there were two questions. one, is anything within this statement false? and, two, did you make up anything in this statement. in both cases, she passed. matt, jessica. >> lana zak reporting live from the capitol. thank you so much. and the hearing starts at 7:00 our time. opening remarks from senator grassley and dianne feinstein. then blasey ford will give her opening remarks and then questions from senators. blasey ford will then leave and kavanaugh will enter to give his statement and answer questions. >> abc 7 will carry the hearing live. we will be be streaming at abc news 7.com. and the abc 7 news op. >> dion lim is in washington, d.c. look for her reports all day on abc 7 and online. >>> a lot of uncertainty about what's next for the salesforce transit center. >>

abc's lana zak has the latest from washington. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning to you, stephanie and kendis. president trump continues to support judge brett kavanaugh overnight tweeting that democrats are trying to destroy the reputation of a wonderful man with false accusations. judge brett kavanaugh is not waiting until thursday to tell america his side of the story. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. i did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter. >> so, you're saying that through all these years that are in question you were a virgin? >> that's correct. >> with his wife ashley by his side, kavanaugh spoke with fox news. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place. but what i know is i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> ashley, how has this been for the girls, for your family? >> it's very difficult. it's very difficult to have these c

abc's lana zak busy overnight following the new details for us from d.c. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning to you, kendis and stephanie. busy, indeed. there are a lot of details to get to. you know, at the same time that chairman grassley was saying how he was trying to depoliticize tomorrow's hearing, president trump went hard on the politics accusing democrats of laughing behind the scenes. president trump has let go of the appearance of detachment tweeting overnight, the democrats are playing a high level con game in their vicious effort to destroy a fine person. pray for brett kavanaugh and his family. the president casting aspersions on the sexual misconduct claims made by dr. christine blasey ford and deborah ramirez. >> they don't believe it themselves. >> reporter: but the lawyer for ramirez who is not yet scheduled to testify tells cnn the republicans are engaged in politics. >> it feels like there's a lot of game playing that's going on right now by the majority of the party. >> reporter: with only gop men on the committee, republican

abc's lana zak has the new tash overnight. lana, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, kendis and stephanie. for days the credibility of dr. christine blasey ford has been in question and now a second woman is coming forward saying she too wants the fbi to investigate. just after the senate announced the details of christine blasey ford's testimony, a second person announced she had a me too moment with the nominee for supreme court. this woman, deborah ramirez, a former yale university classmate of kavanaugh's says he exposed himself to her at a party 35 years ago, according to "the new yorker." ramirez says her incident happened at a drunken dormitory party. she says she was forced to push >> his body part away from her. when someone steps forward and accuses another person of this kind of sexual assault, it needs to be taken seriously. >> reporter: earlier democrats had been urging chuck grassley to slow down kavanaugh's nomination. together with blasey ford, they asked for additional witnesses at thursday'

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lana zak, abc news, washington. jessica, back to you. >>> lana, thank you.m will be live from washington tomorrow. when christine blasey ford testifies. look for her live reports here on abc 7 and online throughout the day. >>> at 6:39 on our wednesday, the big story today, along with the heat, is also our air quality. there is a spare the air day in effect today. no matter where you live, air quality between moderate and poor. this afternoon, haze in our atmosphere. air quality inland. and the santa clara valley. mixed bag. 40s and 50s. 48 in santa rosa. 57 our current temperature in san jose. hour by hour for you, later on this morning, future tracker temperatures showing you by 11:00, already warming quickly into the 70s and 80s in our warmest spots. so today will be the warmest day we have all week. into the afternoon, bay shoreline, 70s and aeupts. inland well into the 90s. it is a warm day. 80s and 90s in most spots. tomorrow, a degree or two cooler. but the big cooldown really hits us on friday. temperatures kind of back to where they should be this t

lana zak has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. president trump saying he found the testimony brutal and hard to watch. and across the country, reverberations, a 140% increase in a number of calls made to a sexual assault hotline. senators on capitol hill tried to reconcile two ease phoerblly char or emotionally charged testimonies. judge kavanaugh defending his reputation. >> you may defeat me in the final vote, but you will never get me to quit ever. >> the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two. >> i have never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: but both certain. >> none of these allegations are true. zero. >> do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100 percent. >> reporter: republicans frustrated that the allegation was revealed so late in the process. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020. >> reporter: kavanaugh at times joining in the partisan fight. >> this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled by a

lana zak joins us live from washington. >> president trump overnight continued to tweet his support for judge kavanaugh. he accused the democrats of playing politics, saying they're trying to destroy a wonderful man with false accusations. judge brett kavanaugh is wanot waiting until thursday to tell his side of the story. >> i did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter. >> so, you're saying through all these years in question you were a virgin? >> that's right. >> reporter: with his wife by his side, kavanaugh spoke with fax news. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone, some place. what i know is i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: kavanaugh says he will not bow out. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: on thursday america will hear from dr. christine blasey ford, his first accuser. in a letter to the republican chairman, chuck grassley, impfo writes, while i am frightened, please know i will testify. grass

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 investigation into judge kavanaugh making it much less likely that it will devolve into a he said, she said affair. >> reporter: and even though the fbi is charged with background checks, president trump says he will not order them to follow up. >> i don't think the fbi really should be involved because they don't want to be involved. they say this is not really their thing, but

lana zak, abc news, washington. >>> lana, thank you. dion lim will be live from washington tomorrow. >>> a proposed ikea store is getting pushback this morning. the commission voted 3-1 to not recommend building the new store in the city. the city council will have the final say next month. ikea wants to build on on an empty plot of land it owns near 580 and hacienda drive. while some say they would welcome the new store, on opponents worry it could cause traffic congestion. >>> air canada is pointing a finger at sfo after it almost crashed into a line of planes on a taxiway. air canada said it is hard to distinguish the right way because of bad lighting at sfo. >> i would view any party's input, including faa, the city of san francisco, who woepowns airport, air canada on finding a defensive position. >> they allow their pilots to fly planes when they are fatigued for 19 hours is very, very troubling and it ought to be changed. >> ntsb will issue its final report in the coming weeks. >>> bart passengers have been seeing homeland securi

lana zak, abc7 news. back to you. >> lana, we saw kavanaugh's wife sitting next to him.entioned it as well. for our viewers just joining us can you recap about how they're handling this with their kids. >> yeah. it's important to note that they have daughters, and in this interview, kavanaugh's wife said it had been hard on their children. she prepared them beforehand saying things aren't going to be fun in this nomination process but in regards to this specific allegation, she says she told the children to remember that they know their dad. >> lana zak reporting live from washington. thank you so much. >>> abc7 news will be in washington , d.c. >>> b.a.r.t. is exploring a new way to patrol trains. according to "the examiner," the b.a.r.t. police department is asking the board of directors to hire 54 and hire unarmed ambassadors to help. the meeting is set for thursday. >>> happening today, 170,000 people are descending on downtown san francisco for the dreamforce conference. the annual event is put on by salesforce for its customers. the ceo will deliver the keynote add

reporting live from washington, lana zach, abc 7 news. >> lana, thank you.e're sending push alerts on the latest updates on the kavanaugh accusation and confirmation. get them on the phone by downloading the abc 7 news app and you can also customize which alerts you want to see. >>> breaking news out of wisconsin. there are reports of an active shooter near madison and five people have been shot. the shooting took place at a software company in middleton. middleton has a population of under 20,000 and is just west of madison. that's the state capital. police are urging people who live in the immediate area to stay inside and shelter in place. one injury is non-life-threatening. it's not clear the condition of the other four people. we will stay on top of the story and bring you updates as soon as we have more information. >>> and new this morning, the man accused of murdering mollie tibbetts pled guilty. christian rivera waived his wife after pleading guilty of first-degree murder. this is video of the suspect in court just a little while ago. t tibbetts wen

let's continue our coverage with lana zak live on capitol hill. lana?rter: good morning to you, reggie and jessica. this is a major breaking news development. the fact that jeff flake, the senator from arizona, who is the person most likely to be on the fence about judge kavanaugh's vote within the senate judiciary committee, the fact that he now says he intends to vote for him, means it is most likely he will get a positive recommendation out of the committee. that pro tells him the next couple of days before the full senate. and it seems like he is now back on track to potentially become the next supreme court justice. senators on capitol hill have spent the night trying to reconcile two emotionally charged and diametrically opposed testimonies. dr. christine blasey ford the reluctant accuser and judge brett kavanaugh fighting for his reputation. >> you may defeat me in the final vote, but you will never get me to quit ever. >> reporter: the tension at times spilled over. democrats frustrated by the lack of an fbi investigation. >> reporter: republica

reporting live from washington, lana zak, abc 7 news. >>> lana, thank you. dion lim will be live from washington tomorrow. when christine blasey ford testifies. for for her reports online throughout the day. >>> a proposed ikea store is getting pushback this morning. >> the commission voted 3-1 to not recommend building the new y.ore che tit final say next month. ikea wants to build on an empty plot of land it owns near 580 and hacienda drive. while some say they would welcome the new store, opponents worry it could cause traffic congestion. >>> approaching 5:38 on this wednesday morning. temperaturewise, a mix. napa in the 40s. oakland, san jose, mid if not upper 50s at this early morning hour. but the warming process will be very quick later this morning. hour by hour to show you the temperatures. by 11:00 this morning, well into the 70s, if not low a 80s in our warmest spots. a lot of sunshine today away from the coast. as we advance the clock, by 4:00 later this morning, a lot of 70s and 80s around the bay shoreline. inland, it will be a hot day today if

reporting live from the capitol, lana zak, abc 7 news.ssica. >>> the testimony affected a lot of americans, especially judging by that stat that you just gave us. but were any minds inside that chamber changed? >> reporter: that he wants the question. republicans right now, for the most part, the undecided republicans are holding their cards close to their chest. we have to wait and see what happens with today's vote. we do know other minds were changed, including the american bar association, which had endorsed kavanaugh. they pulled that back and said instead of a vote, there needs to be a full fbi investigation. we'll see if that has any impact on those republican undecides. reggie, jessica. lana zak, abc 7 news. thank you. >>> reaction to the hearing has been pouring in on social media. president trump said kavanaugh's testimony was, quote, powerful, honest, and riveting. he calls this process a total sham and an effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. alyssa milano was in the hearing to show support for dr. blasey ford. she asked jeff

we begin our coverage on capitol hill with abc's lana zak. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good to be with you kendis and stephanie. here's what we've learned since the hearing ended yesterday. we know that the committee will note on whether or not to recommend brett kavanaugh to the supreme court in the hearing today, but it's still unclear if republicans have enough votes to confirm president trump's nominee. assuming all democratic senators vote no, the confirmation could be derailed if just two republican senators vote against kavanaugh. and we do know that there are at least three undecided republican senators, but still there's strong confidence within the gop that kavanaugh will be confirmed. >> i thought the judge did well. we gave dr. ford a chance to have her say, and i think it's time to vote. the longer that the nomination remains open, we know that more and more of these anonymous and uncorroborated allegations will be made. unfortunately, that's part of the search and destroy process that frankly i think is an embarrassment to

larry, ama. >> lana zak reporting live from washington, d.c. if valid, why weren't they discovered earlier? vetting is intense. reporter wayne friedman has finished speaking with a local retired federal judge who describes the ordeal in great detail. wayne? >> reporter: in deep detail. longer than we have time for. the chief judge for the ninth district court. when he was appointed, he went through the vetting process by the fbi. they asked all kinds of questions about him. to this day, he has not seen the file, does not know what's in it. >> i wouldn't say it's painful. i think it's interesting. i think it's very interesting to watch because it's democracy in action. >> to understand how our system vets nominees for federal judgeships, best to ask someone who has gone through it twice. >> is it fair? >> it's proven itself to be worthy of a fair process over time. >> retired ninth district federal judge james ware confirmed after a nomination by president bush in 1990 and withdrew a second nomination to the circuit of appeals after nomination b

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lana zak joins us live from washington. >> hi there, matt and jessica.tinues to support his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. he tweeted his support overnight, writing that democrats are leveling false accusations, trying to destroy, he said, a wonderful man. judge brett kavanaugh is not waiting until thursday to tell america his side of the story. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. i did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter. >> so you're saying that all -- through all these years in question you were a virgin? >> that's correct. >> reporter: with his wife by his side, kavanaugh spoke with fox news. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place. but what i know is i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: kavanaugh says he will not bow out. >> i'm not going anywhere. rbd are r >> reporter: on thursday america will hear from dr. blasey ford, his accuser. in a lette

lana >> reporter: hi there, matt and jessica., the country is watching as two different versions of a young brett calf a gnaw will be presented to the senate today. one there is a choir boy, high school virgin. and on the other a hard-partying drinker accused of sexual assault. blasey ford will be grilled today in an attempt to find the truth. >> i don't think there's any question in my mind about it, but i'm willing to keep an open mind. >> reporter: kavanaugh submitting his calendar from 1982. rachel mitchell will be representing the republican men on the compete. a third person is coming forward, julie swetnick. she claims in a sworn affidavit she saw him drink excessively and engage in abusive way towards girls. she alleges he was present at a house party in 1982 when swetnick says she herself was a victim of gang rape. judge kavanaugh says this is ridiculous and from the twilight zone. i don't know who this is. president trump says he will be be watching. >> i'm going to see what's said. i will have to see what's said. it's

. >> you disagree, lana?ne nothing but divide our country further apart, and charlottesville was huge for me. to see the president of the united states get up and say that there is good people on both sides really, really hurt. i don't want my kids looking up to that. i don't want my kids thinking that racism is acceptable. . >> my daughter was crying on the couch when she saw my friend -- from sterling, virginia have to jump out of the way of that car. >> you knew somebody who was there? >> yes. no one in the commonwealth of virginia should ever have to fear for their lives when they are at a rally supporting diversity. >> do you believe that this president has done anything that is considered an impeachable offense? monica, i know you're an attorney. what do you think? >> i don't practice that area of law. i do believe and support robert mueller's investigation into the russian interference. and, of course, if there is anything that is uncovered by robert mueller and his investigation, of course we should p

why did lana clayton allegedly poison her husband?er medicine used to relieve red or irritated eyes. but this morning, investigators say they still have no clear motive as to why 52-year-old lana clayton allegedly used eye drops to kill her husband of four years. >> well, she did admit during interviews with our detectives that she committed the crimes. >> reporter: steven clayton was found dead in the foyer of this $800,000 south carolina mansion he shared with his wife in july. police say they never suspected foul play was involved until toxicology results from his autopsy revealed high levels of tetrahydrozoline, the chemical found in eye drops, in his bloodstream. in ingested orally it can cause respiratory failure, seizures and even comas. >> during our search of the home we found several bottles of the eye drops. >> reporter: police say clayton admitted to poisoning her husband's water with the drops over the course of three days before his death. neighbors say clayton, an active member of her local church, held her husband's fu

lana clayton's alleged plot to murder her husband of four years.admitted to poisoning him with eye drops, allegedly spiking his glasses of water three days in a row, eventually killing the 64-year-old. >> we don't have a clear-cut reason why she committed the crime that she did or what kind of motive she may have had. >> reporter: abc news obtained the arrest warrant that concludes clayton died after ingesting toxic levels of tetrahydrozoline. the active ingredient found in eye drops and nasal spray. when used as intended, it helps with eye redness, but when swallowed in large enough doses it can cause respiratory failure, seizure, even a coma. >> she revealed she used the liquid, which is normally like eye drops. she put it in his food. she did that without his knowledge. >> reporter: according to the national capital poison center about 18% of all poisonings are intentional. in a statement to abc news, steven's family says they are quote, shocked and mortified at the cause of steven's death. all of our friends and family knew how much he loved hi

and he's even offered to send staffers out to california to meet with her. >> all right, lana zak, thank you. >>> abc news just received this news statement from lisa banks, attorney for dr. christine blasey ford. dr. ford was reluctantly thrust into the public spotlight only two days ago. she is currently unable to go home and is receiving ongoing threats to her and her family's safety. fairness and respect for her situation dictate that she should have time to deal with this. she continues to believe that a full nonpartisan investigation of this matter is needed, and she is willing to cooperate with the committee. however, the committee stated plan to move forward with a hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. >> as the statement just mentioned, blasey ford says she's been the target of death threats since going public. gillibrand spoke about that situation. >> and the fact she is receiving death threats today, the fact she had to move her residency, has to protect her children from death threats and this kind of assertions online about her is exa

. >> you disagree, lana?eel he has done nothing but divide our country further apart, and, you know, he -- charlottesville was huge for me. to see the president of the united states get up and say that there's good people on both sides really, really hurt. i don't want my kids looking up to that. i don't want my kids thinking that racism is acceptable. >> my daughter was crying on the couch when she saw my friend from sterling, virginia have to jump out of the way of that car. >> you knew somebody who was there? >> yes. no one in the commonwealth of virginia should ever have to fear for their lives when they are at a rally supporting diversity. >> do you believe that this president has done anything that is considered an impeachable offense? ainge yeah, i know you're an attorney. what do you think? >> i mean, i don't practice that area of law. >> i do believe and support robert mueller's investigation into the russian interference and, of course, if there is anything that is uncovered by robert muler in his i

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lana zak, abc news, washington. >>> president trump's november trip to ireland is up in the air.announced today that the visit has been postponed siting scheduling reasons. but then the white house said details are still being finalized. the president was scheduled to go to ireland beforegoing to paris to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. >>> it's election night again, this time in new hampshire. one race is considered a bellwether to what happens in the midterm elections. that's the open congressional seat in a swing district. 17 candidates are vying for it, including bernie sanders'srepubr house democratic and a democratic opponent for the incumbent governor. the fight takes place eight weeks before the general election. >>> a surprise move today in utah. the woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of elizabeth smart is being freed from prison. authorities announced today that 17-year-old wanda barzee will be allowed to go free because they miscalculated the time previously served. barzee pleaded guilty to kidnapping smart from her salt lake city bedroom and

reporting from the senate, lana zak, abc news. >> the hearing starts at 7:00 a.m. our time. opening remarks from senator grassley, then blasey ford will give her opening remarks and then questions from senators. placy ford will then leave and kavanaugh will enter to give his statement and answer questions. >> abc 7 will carry the hearing live. we will be be streaming at abc news 7.com. >>> dion lim is in washington, d.c. look for her reports all day on abc 7 and online. >>> it's 4:31. a quick update on traffic and weather where you live. drew? >> this is the big story this morning. the fog is thick in spots. a live look from the exploratorium a top pier 15. cloud deck over san francisco this morning. locally dense fog in the north bay as well. hour by hour. plan out your thursday. future weather showing you rather chilly on the coast, in the 50s. warmer inland. it will be a wide range in temperatures. 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. inland in the 80s later today. now a check of the roads with alexis. good morning. >>> good morning, drew. here we go. second morning of t

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lana zack, abc news, washington. >> at least one republican on the committee believes that it is about delaying the vote until after the midterm election. senator graham talked about it on "fox news." >> we will be doing the hearing on monday. she can come if she would like. kavanaugh can come if he would like, i think he will. we are voting on wednesday. >> blasey has received threats and vicious harassment according to her lawyers. she is also receiving a lot of report. >> reporter: the world hasn't heard from dr. christine blasey ford since she was named the accuser against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. according to her lawyers people are sending death threats. >> the trolls of the world have no problems making comments and getting their voices heard so i thought we -- how can we combat that for her? how can we counter the hate mail she is getting? >> reporter: neighbor kristen wants to fill her mailbox with letters of love. she says letters have been pouring in by the dozens within the palo alto community and beyond. people writing from singapore, denmark, even france. pal

lana: you cooked for people haiti after the 2010 earthquake. u have just been in north carolina. is it so important for you to cook for ople after a natural disaster? josÉ: i don't know what is going on with my life, but i always see that somehow, food is an afterthought in an emergency. and chefs, we work very well in chaos. restaurants are chaos.ki ouhens are chaos. ing that expertise into those moments where emergencies require food and nobody has prepared for, that is whwe leave people like me, the chefs t we are part of the kitchen, we can be the food-fisponders that emergencies in america and other parts of the world need to know -- needt o notice. laura: you do say in the book that there should be a new mreel of disasteef based on the way you chefs operate. are you seeing much interest in that idea? nty ofwell, there is p amazing organizations. ma volunteers around the world are doing an amazing job. but for example, in the volcano in guatemala we sent a teavery quickly. we were able to open three kitchens. we were able to partner with local chefs. and before we knew, we w

there right now is actually not the first time that this is happening already in the past years over lana says how they are called were on force reduced working hours that could now also happen from october again even though most of the jobs are secured under twenty twenty three there's a lot of pressure and yes you are right it was quite surprising when we got the report some weeks ago that the car maker was for the first time in little three years in the winning zone we have to remember that opel had certain restrictions under the ownership of g.m. with which countries it could do business with that's with peers a the new owner not anymore the case but still it's not clear what all of this is going to mean and which ruled the big production facilities like the ones you close to frankfurt in research time will play in the future and now they're producing thirty five cars per hours earlier this year fifty five and this is creating not a good spirit here at all among the employees that work a council has already announced that they don't agree and that they want to have talks with the mana

about the culture record executives can't censor like the way they used to try and sense of the data lanas you directed the videos of their lyrics in the us they don't try and censor anything as long as they can turn a buck. i mean they can deal with almost anything these days and i think they've learned that from punk rock how to pack rebellion and kind of castrate it and sell it to the people you know now punks about buying a ramones t. shirt or absurd vicious t. shirt you know that's what punks been reduced to and it was never about any of that stuff it's about attitude and a spirit that can actually and for whatever you do man you know i don't even know if we need any more pop musicians we could do some more punk politicians and punk doctors and punk teachers you know i'm saying i think it's very important people understand punk it's not this dead anomaly that began and ended in the late seventy's it has a lineage and a tradition and if you've got a good idea and the old you can be part of it that's something i recognise as a very young man you know listening to music you know it's abo

officials say lana clayton confessed to putting eye drops in her husband's food and water for several days. the 64-year-old was found dead in their home. his autopsy showed high levels of a chemical commonly found in the over-the-counter eye drops. >> she revealed that she used the liquid which is normally like eye drops, put it in his food and she did it without his knowledge. >> wow. so stephen clayton's funeral was weld in their backyard before his wife's arrest. investigators have not released details on a motive. >>> some bad news for travelers. it now costs more to check your bags on united. the airline has decided to follow jetblue in raising its baggage fees by $5 to 30 bucks for the first bag, $40 for the second. the nation's two biggest airlin are expected to follow suit. united's higher fees apply to all domestic and some international flights. izing fog whoops in boston. these cups bearing philadelphia eagles logos showed up at some area stores. philly, of course, beat new england in the super bowl last february. it was a tight game, but nobody is talking about it. they ne

all of our family and friends knew how much he loved his wife lana and how devoted he was to her. she is being held without bond. erielle reshef. abc news, new york. >>> a texas doctor in the meantime is apologizing for saying that the gender pay gap in medicine is fair because women do not work as hard. >> oh, no, he didn't. >> mm-hm. he said female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients as male physicians. >> so he says most of the time women have other priorities like family. the doctor was widely criticized for those views. he says the comments were taken out of context, and he's sorry for any pain they may have caused. >> he's saying a lot. >> and he's sorry for the backlash, i'm sure, that he's receiving. >>> coming up, celebrating 20 years of google next. >> they've been working hard. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during sleep number's 'biggest sale of the year'. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to

had access to power in mexico but of course the left has a clear shot especially in the context of lana marie kelis not forget venezuela and other countries in latin america with left his policies of course the nomination and the eventual. you know the election of under his mom look that's what i look you know scared some people in mexico because they build a narrative that mexico will become another venezuela of course many experts disagree with this point of view but the fact that he had a pretty successful government as a mayor of mexico city was a pretty good you know platform for him to launch his presidential bid last year a couple years ago well he's he's run for president a couple times but this time he had the opportunity to control bulls the executive and the legislative branches so on paper we can see that he has all the power in his hands to advance his economic and social programs and what are we to make of the fact that there are now very nearly as many women in congress as men. absolutely and i think this is very important because mexico has actually a one of the high as

had access to power in mexico but of course the left has a clear shot especially in the context of lana marie kelis not forget venezuela and other countries in latin america with leftist policies of course the nomination and the eventual. you know the election of under his mom look that's what i look you know scared some people in mexico because they think they build a narrative that mexico will become another venezuela of course many experts disagree with this point of view hugh was basically building his platform from a populist point of view he is considered another trump in the sense that he wants to spur production and local competitiveness and that involves the disadvantaged population of mexico and he wants to reduce poverty levels another he has the power basically to make these changes i mean he has a pretty big compromise he has to basically out hold what he promised otherwise mexicans will grow disillusioned and maybe we're going to see another shift in power in the next six years so it seems that he has a clear path but of course let's see if bureaucracy and the power of oth

here is lana zak. >> reporter: in a letter to the democrats on the senate judiciary committee, chairmancess and now the senate is divided, should they hold a vote or press the pause button. at's wstthsuartsnd i think we o meet it. >> this nomination has been pushed and pushed and pushed with artificial deadlines. >> reporter: the attorney of blasey ford says a hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. >> it's as though the republicans have no sense, having never dealt with sexual assault victims. do they not read anything? do they not know how hard it is for someone to come forward? >> reporter: democrats still stung by republicans refusing to even meet with merrick garland, president obama's supreme court nominee in 2016, are upset that republicans are now rushing to get brett kavanaugh's confirmation done before the midterm elections and president trump is urging both patience and speed. >> i want to give it all the time they need. they've already given it time. they've delayed a major hearing. >> chairman grassley is under increased pressure from

here is lana zak. >> reporter: dr.hristine blasey ford's attorney tells cnn her client will cooperate but the call for a hearing on monday is premature. >> there is no reason we should have a public hearing on monday given what has occurred and when it has occurred. this has been rushed through. it's too important to be rushed through. this is not a game, it's a serious allegation. >> reporter: blasey ford's allegation that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when he was drunk at a party in the 1980s has upended 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 re-open its background check investigation into judge kavanaugh, making it much less likely that it will devolve into a he said/she said affair. >> reporter: and even though the fbi is charged with background checks, president trump says he will not be ordering them to follow up. >> i don't think the fbi really should be involved

cohen's attorney says he is provide figure lana davis' words, critical cooperation, but without a cooperationhis all about? why wouldn't there be a cooperation agreement? >> reporter: so that's a great question, kate. what it tells me is that se outset when the attorneys for cohen provided information to mueller and his team, they or and/or the federal prosecutors in new york, the prosecutors decided that cohen's information was not of enough value to them. it may be that cohen had interesting things to say. but they didn't think he had a lot of value as a witness, potentially. or it could be just potentially that he didn't have anything specific enough to offer. >> hmm. we'll see some day, that's for sure. thanks, i really appreciate it. >>> coming up for us, the stthe stepped forward to help immigrants in custody, how hundreds of children are still in government custody. ♪ south l.a. is very medically underserved. when the old hospital closed people in the community lived with untreated health problems for years. so, with the county's help we built a new hospital from the ground up and havi

here's lana stewart in london. the battle is over with comcast emerging victorious., multiple bids, and at the end, a panel in the u.k. and the regulator called an end to the saga by announcing a rare event, an auction. this is like a penalty shoot-out of the u.k. world. this was three rounds of bidding over some 26 hours. comcast emerged as the winner at $22.57. and 21st century fox was at $20.46 a share. this means that comcast is valuing sky at nearly $40 billion, which is actually far more than its current market cap of $35.6 billion. now, the reason for all this, both disney, which is in the process of buying fox and comcast, wanted to buy sky to help diversify a wave in the united states. increasingly, it is hard to grow there against online streaming. that means they have new rivals like amazon, netflix and hulu. and sky would have enabled them to do just that with a huge european network. 23 million customers as well as content, very valuable things like premier league football and its own online streaming service now on tv. now, comcast may have won the bid,

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