i agrgree with your other guests -- amy: marcy wheeler. >> marcy wheeler. i'm sorry. i agree with you, we're going down a dangerous path of what is sexual assault in the way he answered last night. juan: marcy, in terms of the movement of the senate judiciary committee have this hearing on thursday, what is the rush? given the fact is many people have said, the senate waited a full year and did not even give a hearing to merrick portland when president -- merrick garland when president obama nominated him, what is the rush in getting this vote done, as mitch mcconnell hopes, this week? is, we of the rushes know the republicans are learning of additional allegations as they are rushing things forward. they are trying to get a hearing and a vote done before another allegation and another allegation and another allegation comes forward because we are close to four at this point. if those become solidified, becomes a very different issue, both for whether kavanaugh becomes the supreme court justice, but also what his future is on the d.c. circuit. amy: marcy wheeler, you

live in wilmington, north carolina, marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> all right. thank you, marcy.t's just jaw-dropping every time we look at video like that and realize that the lucky people, is fortunate ones, their lives will be back to normal, if you will in months, while the rest of them may take yearsance, so the american red cross is organizing a relief effort for those people affected by florence. can you make a $10 donation by texting the word florence to 9099. all it takes is $10. thousands of people do that. think of all the money we could raise to help those folks. all right. let's talk about what's going on back here at home. got an issue. a little bit of an offshore breeze. a northerly wind developing overnight, especially over the north bay mountains. that's where starting at 11:00 tonight through 5:00 tomorrow afternoon a higher fire danger thanks to the northerly winds and also the low humidity, and hopefully that will be it for now. you can see we had one in the central valley. not sure what happened to it. it was supposed to start at 7:00 and go through 5:00. i'l

marci, thank you so much. predicted storm surge could easily swallow up cars and knock homes off their foundations. >> abc meteorologist ginger zee tells us what we can expect if florence lives up to expectations and hovers over the carolinas for more than 24 hours. >> reporter: i wanted to bring you straight into the forecast because this is an area that is going to be tortured. more than 300 miles still away to the south and east of the coast, but it is moving to the north and west and this storm will get into the gulf stream. that's where the warm water lies. it has the potential to intensify again before it starts deteriorating as it approaches land. don't pay attention to the category, don't pay attention to when it makes landfall. it will be hanging so close to the coast it will be like one of those relatives that came in fast and doesn't leave for long. even early monday into eastern tennessee. but, again, don't focus so much on that track. focus more on the timing of when you're going to see impacts. t

in wilmington, north carolina, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thank you, marci. this video. the storm surge is flooding a county emergency services building in new bern, north carolina. let's get to sandhya patel. >> florence is hours from landfall. outer bands of raynhamering the north carolina coastline. ten-foot storm surge has been reported in new bern, north carolina. wind gusts between 80 to 100 miles an hour. tornado watch boxes up until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow as the hurricane interacts with land. could see some tornadoes. it is weaker, category 1. packs winds of 90 miles per hour. but it is sprawling west-northwest at 6 miles per hour. landfall tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., and then it weakens to a tropical storm, making that sharp right-hand turn towards the northeast as we head into the weekend. rainfall could be isolated in areas, up to 40 inches through monday. storm surge up to 11 feet. we've already seen that storm surge of ten feet. and look at this. atlantic beach, almost 13 inches of rain and counting. dan? >> okay, sandhya, thanks very much. >>> no

we're live in wilmington, north carolina, marcy gonzalez, "abc 7 news." >> all right, marcy. >> the picturesre are stunning. thanks very much. >>> still having an impact. let's check in with meteorologist drew tuma to see what is left of florence and what is happening now. >> yeah, kristen and dan, as florence moves away from the carolinas, new threats emerge, especially in the mid atlantic and new england as flooding could be the big concern over the next hours. florence showing you the rain has arrived across portions of pennsylvania and new york. it is no longer a wind threat. it is now a rain threat. it is for that fact -- look at this, we have flood watches and warning stretching up and down the east coast. flood warning mean flooding is happening. that is across the carolinas. flash flood watches mean that it could happen, and that's what they have across the mid atlantic and new england for good reason. look at the additional rainfall we could see over the next 48 hours. some spots across pennsylvania, new jersey and new york could see anywhere from two to potentially five inches of r

marci gonzalez live in wilmington with the latest. marci?ter: larry, people have come by the distribution center all day long loading up on the essentials knowing that in some places this disaster is far from over. >> the devastating flooding covering entire communities. water in some places receding while in others relentlessly rising. that was the cape fear river on sunday. this is it today. >> we're not out of the woods yet. want to impress on who is within a mile radius of the river, the worst is yet to come. >> at least four other rivers at record flooding levels. >> this is a main highway. >> overtaking more than a thousand roadways in north carolina alone. >> roads remain dangerous and new road closings are still happening. >> rescues still happening, too. more than 4,000 people pulled to safety so far. this family, including a pregnant mother and her children, saved from neck-high water. >> come to my voice. >> rescue teams out on boats checking on others who are still stranded. >> this woman's home an island. yet, she refuses to lea

thank you so much, marcy and politico. you know. got my money's worth at lunch.i had originally titled my remarks the golden age of space and i think that play on words works well as the wilson center is celebrating their golden jubilee, as the apollo program is coming up on its -- i guess it is the 50th year of apollo and next year with apollo 11 landing, there's a lot going on. there's so much going on. this really is a transformative time in the industry. i'm going to spare you slides because a lot of what i will be talking about is about policy and that would entail like putting up a sausage factory so no one wants to see what that looks like. but there is a lot of positive going on in the industry and what we're seeing. first off, scott space earlier talked today about the space council. we're coming up on one-year anniversary of the announcement and the standing up of the national space council. they have done a lot. they have done a tremendous amount in just the 11 months they have been up and running with the three space policy directives, three encompass

marcy gonzalez takes a look back at his career. >> did cletus call you a lenl end?>> that charisma, trademark mustache and unforgettable characters. burt reynolds was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s from "deliverance." to his most memorable role in "smokey and the bandit." >> sorry. i don't want to get married. >> terrific. that makes two of us. >> reporter: after his oscar nominated golden globe winning comeback in "boogie nights" reynolds continued his passion for performing. teaching master acting as recently as last week at the school he founded near his south florida home. >> burt reynolds estate. >> the 82-year-old caretaker calling 911 thursday saying the star was having chest pains and trouble breathing. >> is he breathing? >> he's not answering questions. >> fans leaving flowers on his star on the hollywood walk of fae. he was known as a trailblazer arns tweeting burt reynolds was one of my heroes, and sally fields saying he will be in my history and my heart for as long as i live. marcy gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> go fund me promise

let's get right to abc's marci gonzalez in los angeles.good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. a really awful scene there. a witness says one of the boats was speeding on the wrong side of the river and hit that other boat head-on. he describes seeing people thrown into the water as both boats flipped. one boat quickly sank as first responders rushed to the scene. >> two boats hit head-on about 50 miles per hour in the river near the topock restaurant. 12 people in the water. 12 people in the water near pirate cove resort. >> reporter: that search for those 12 injured people was especially challenging because this happened just after sunset, around 8:00 last night. as you said, whit, on the colorado river in the moabi regional park. that's near california's border with arizona. the waterway packed with people celebrating the holiday weekend. and the current so strong rescuers say they found survivors as far as five miles from the crash scene. one person was air-lifted to a hospital with what first responders describe as life-threate

to do the time because they were sixteen year old kids who did months in prison at that time here marci is saying well if you're very wealthy in prominent members of the community that's his quote they were afraid of the reputational damage that a criminal trial for fraud money laundering or tax evasion would break so they decided not to bring those trials because if you're if you're very wealthy and prominent it's reputational damage and we don't want to do that to you but if you're if you're old enough to do that if you're old enough to steal this forty pound pair of trousers right on the sidewalk you're old enough to do the time buddy tell you what's really sad is that a lot of british people would agree with that they want people to get ripped off every day if they're so transfixed by a lot of people are saying a lot of and the monarchy in that they believe that they the queen is actually the voice of god that the at risk to kratz are actually sort of what they believe in white supremacy and they believe that there's no such thing as crime if you're committed if you're an at risk to

marci gonzalez is in our l.a. bureau this morning with more.ning. >> reporter: hi guys. good morning. just an absolutely terrifying situation. witnesses say it was in the first hour of the dive when they heard screaming. with the shark still lingering nearby, they managed to get the boy into a kayak and on to the beach so he could be air-lifted to a hospital. >> we have a shark attack. i'm asking for a helicopter. we need to air lift somebody out for a shark attack. >> reporter: rescuers seen rushing a 13-year-old boy to shore, desperately trying to help after he was bitten by a shark of the coast of encinitas, california. >> i hear screaming. i realize he was yelling, i got bit. help, help. once he three him up on the kayak, i looked back and a shark was behind the kayak. >> reporter: the teen, one of many there in about nine feet of water, diving saturday on opening day of lobster season. the sudden attack leaving the boy with what doctors describe as traumatic injuries to his upper torso. >> this is a rare injury. in the ten years that i hav

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> and this is really interesting.e're learning now just how many famous roles burt reynolds actually turned down. >> he said no to han solo. he also missed the chance to stash next to julia roberts in "pretty woman." but he says one of his biggest regrets was not playing james bond. he thought the public wouldn't accept an american as 007. >> wow. >>> next year's oscars will not feature the so-called popular movie category. the academy is postponing that planayg created challenges for movies already released. it was viewed as a way to boost thesssssss ratings. >>> it came down to the final second but the falcons couldn't make the play in the end zone. the eagles won it 18-12. the weather delayed the start of that game, by the way, but at least the local fans got a win. >> look at this guy. >> how do you like that guy? >> i'm ready for football. >> ready to go. >>> coming up next the inspiration of serena williams, can giving birth make you a better athlete? >> ooh. i'll give that a shot. >>> first the president's jare

>> marci, thank you. >>> much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. fire so hot it melted the guardrails. the deadly freeway collision. the burning big rig falling from an overpass. >>> and the wife arrested, charged with murdering her husband. detectives accusing her of poisoning him. >>> plus, getting out your wallet. we zero in on some of the best labor day deals around right now. we'll be right back. and i'm still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking

businesses and benefits cheats the admission came from richard last the deputy director of each of marcy lesser sixty thousand small to medium sized enterprises in the united kingdom to do business of the royal bank of scotland had their businesses trashed by the royal bank of scotland and pieces were sold off for cash as a corrupt insider scandal with the government's cooperation the b.b.c.'s cooperation to decimate hundreds of thousands of britons and had their assets stolen the royal bank of scotland totally condoned by the government encouraged by the government loved by the government because those insiders that aren't or a bank of scotland then give their money to candidates the same government saying ok our tax authority a royal tax authority a royal whatever the cause is allowing celebrities to get away with crime because they don't want to get embarrassed so that the worst crime that can happen in britain is being a feeling awkward so in other words if i went up to buckingham palace and i committed a crime and it was awkward then i would be allowed to go free because the crime o

here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, the 3d gun maker some call "the most dangerous man on the internet," is back in the u.s. extradited to texas, after being tracked down in taiwan. charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl he first met online. according to allegations in court documents, cody wilson paid the teen $500 for sex in an austin hotel room after connecting on sugardaddymeet.com. >> i don't know if my detectives have ever sat down with a predator who willingly said i knew the victim was under age. >> reporter: wilson sparked controversy starting in 2013, when he uploaded blueprints online for 3d printed guns. critics concerned the unregulated, untraceable weapons that could be made at home, even from plastic, could easily fall into the hands of criminals. >> they're untraceable. we don't have any registry of who bought them. >> reporter: last month, a federal judge temporarily barred him from sharing the blueprints online. he later announced he would sell and mail the plans directly to customers. >> the gun is power. and this is the essence of the

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> authorities in amsterdam say terrorism was the motive in thebbing of two american tourists in the city's train station. authorities say the suspect, a 19-year-old afghan citizen, targeted the americans. he was shot and wounded by police, and he is due this court today. police say he had a german residency permit. the americans are now recovering from friday's attack. >>> now to a jailhouse interview with the man at the center of a stand your ground case in clearwater, florida. michael drejka is speaking out for the first time since he shot and killed markeis mcglockton outside a convenience store. drejka had confronted mcglockton's girlfriend for parking in a handicapped spot. he opened fire after mcglockton pushed him to the ground. >> it felt like i was tackled or someone hit me from behind. i didn't know what was coming for me. i followed the law the way i thought the law was supposed to be followed. i cleared every hurdle that the law had to put in front of me. >> mcglockton died in front of his young son. the state prosecutor disagrees tha

abc's marci gonzalez has more from los angeles. marci, good morning. >> reporter: hi, guys. say they've now received more than 50 calls about this couple which helped them identify more possible victims. prosecutors just released a time line of their investigation trying to clarify why the couple was just arrested this week more than two years after the first alleged attack. overnight authorities releasing new details on their investigation into this california surgeon once featured on a reality tv show. >> you seem too perfect. what's wrong with you? >> reporter: and his girlfriend. grant robicheaux and cerissa riley charged with sexually assaulting two women but investigators now say they know of more than a dozen potential victims with allegations going back as far as two decades saying the pair preyed on women in bars and possibly on dating apps like bumble and tinder where lauren hayden said she met the 38-year-old doctor last year. >> he started trying to tear my top off. when i was saying no, it was like he wasn't even hearing me. >> reporter: the orange county distri

marcy? >> reporter: yeah. eric, you can see another rainy night here in north carolina. there are curfews in plate, new mandatory evacuations ordered because of the dangers left from hurricane -- what was hurricane florence are only getting worse in some places. the coast guard above still rising floodwaters lifting stranded residents to safety. >> i have never seen flash flooding like this occur in our state. >> reporter: in the hardest hit communities in north carolina the, first responders and volunteers from across the country out on flood-ralph and streets. rescuing residents before rivers swell even more. >> we believe there will be a worst case scenario. we're talking about flooding that has not been seep to this degree potentially since 1945. >> reporter: residents of senior citizens center evacuated. this gasoline station destroyed. as the storm continues its slow disastrous crawl across the carolinas, some residents now returning home. carol rogers finding this, grateful she evacuated. >> that is my room there that i would have been asleep in, so i would have b

abc's marci gonzalez is in los angeles with more on that story. good morning, marci. what happened?orter: yeah, adrienne, whit, good morning. the police chief there calls this a very unique case, one they are still trying to piece together this morning. >> right now there are more questions than we have answers. >> reporter: a dallas police officer expected to face a manslaughter charge after officials say she walked into a neighbor's apartment mistakenly thinking it was hers and killed the man who lived there. >> anything that i give you right now would be me speculating and i won't speculate. >> reporter: the patrol officer whose name still hasn't been released had just finished her shift thursday night still in uniform when officials say she walked into that home just blocks from dallas police headquarters, at some point shot 26-year-old botham jean and called 911. >> standing by at 1210 south lamar. a gunshot wound. >> reporter: jean later died at a hospital. >> this does not make sense because botham was in the safe haven of his apartment. aren't saying whether the door to that

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they say the crime could date back as far as two decades, marci gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: overnight authorities releasing new details on their investigation into california surgeon once featured on a reality tv show. >> you seem too perfect. what's wrong with you? >> reporter: and his girlfriend. grant robicheaux and cerissa riley, they know more than a dozen potential victims with allegations going back as far as two decades, saying the pair preyed on women in bars and possibly on dating apps, like bumble and tinder where lauren hayden said she met the 38-year-old doctor last year. >> he tried to tear my top off. when i was saying no, it was like he wasn't even hearing me. >> reporter: the orange county district attorney's office said in april 2016 robicheaux and riley gave her multiple drugs. six months later investigators say the pair drank alcohol with a woman at a bar until the victim was no longer conscious. she awoke and screamed for help until a neighbor called police. investigators believe there could be many more victims this other parts of california and the cou

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s a max hoffman in marci for us right now max what do you make of president mccrone and johnson machall statements earlier. so i can tell you this brian the wind here is much stronger than what the two of them said really nothing new i hate to say that in the beginning except that we've seen a ritual that they've really have been practicing for the last months where a minute in my call it's just on the importance of finding solutions for the migration crisis of what used to be the migration crisis and i'm going to back can seize that something needs to be done to reform the eurozone that is of course a topic that is very close to the heart of the matter with my call so there's a give and take but of course and that has not changed the euro zone that it might it might call once is not the euro zone that i'm going to america wants and what i'm going to america wanted at least in the past for migration is not necessarily what a money when my call is practicing at home he's a pretty much a hard liner when it comes to buy gratian at least at home you've seen that this way this week with the

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marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >>> did you feel it? it was moderate, a 3.3 earthquake. it happened in crockett just before 5:30 last night. abc 7 news reporter lilliian ki has the story. >> reporter: in the tiny town of crockett and beyond, just aut everyone tells the same thing. but no one was quite sure what it was. >> i live in a four-plex. i thought maybe somebody did in. >> we were sitting, having a beverage, we thought that a diesel or something had ran into the building. >> reporter: turned out it was an earthquake, magnitude 3.3. residents say what set this tremblor apart was there was no rumbling, just one big jolt. >> it sounded like a big bang. i didn't think it was an earthquake, because it didn't really roll, it banged. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey says this was on the southern end of the napa fault. unlike 2014, this latest event was quite small. >> the motion itself was rather short-lived. so it moved briefly and stopped, so it generated more of a pulse. >> reporter: there were no reports of injuries in a j&l market. only a few items got knocke

marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >>> a vigil is beginning to honor 58 lives lost in the mass shooting nearly year ago. this man has built crosses for every victim that was killed in the shooting. now the crosses are back ahead of the anniversary. he plan s s to hold a vimg jillr one victim per hour. and country music radio stations will go silent for one minute tomorrow to hon8 llnddrs ofthero re ied for 10:05 tomorrow morning. >>> still ahead here on "abc7 mornings," when you can't get w call 7 on your side. see how michael finny helped out one san francisco woman whose kitchen was flooded. >>> here's a live look from the santa cruz cam can ra. a little bit cool if you are head headed to that beach today, but near 70 later on. what about where you live? lisa is along shortly with a >>> welcome back, everyone. 9:36 on this sunday morning. thank you for joining us here on abc 7. this is a live look from the east bay hills camera. muggy today a little bit and cloudy at least overcast, and believe it or not, rain is on the way this week. lisa is along in just a few. >>> if you have ever had a w

marcy gonzalez, abc news, >>> happening today, a final goodbye for senator john mccain. loved ones will gather for a private memorial ceremony at the u.s. naval academy. mccain will be laid to rest on the academy grounds. yesterday mourners packed the national cathedral to celebrate his life. here's abc's elizabeth her. ♪ >> reporter: a final farewell befitting a political giant. >> john has bestowed on us a much-needed moment of unity. >> reporter: political leaders and rivals of the past and present all sitting together, celebrating the life of senator john mccain. >> i know you can see this gathering here in this cathedral. the nation is here to remember you. >> reporter: mccais daughter, meghan, sharing a tearful tribute. her message at times, defiant. >> the america of john mccain has no need to be made great as always great. >> reporter: meghan taking an apparent jab at president trump of, who was reportedly not invited. his name never uttered, but in every speech an underlying reference. >> john detested the abuse of power. could not abide bigots and swaggering de

one of my best friends today is marcy, democrat from ohio. marcy and i have remained very close friends, because she thinks like i do. if we don't have jobs in america, there is going to be an economic push a drop-down. and just today i had a call from a businessman who had read something about the lack of jobs helen,re, and he said, if they had listened to you 20 years ago, we wouldn't be having this problem. i said, i know, but they all thought i was crazy at that time. i wasn't. -- and -- and i wasn't. host: of that small number of women that matt just referenced, there were quite a few from maryland. helen: at that time, there were four of us. host: did a special bond emerge between you? helen: we are close. any of us can call each other up if there is a need or they want something, and we have. we still occasionally have lunch together. i am a republican. barbara mikulski is a democrat. beverly byron is a democrat. marjorie hope is a republican. and connie marilla is a republican. we are still all here. and, i think we are all sad that t

marcy gonzalez, wilmington, north carolina. >> the american red cross is organizing a relief effort foraffected by the storm. you can make a $10 donation. just text the word "florence" to 90999. >>> it is not even fall, yet flu season is already underway a little earlier than normal. it doesn't mean it will be a bad year necessarily. look at this map from the cdc. you can see only a handful of states are affected by local and regional outbreaks of the flu. most of the country, including california, just has some sporadic cases. experts say the flu follows winter up and down between the northern and summer hemispheres. because of that, scientists build our flu vaccine each year based on what they see in australia. so far the flu has been mild there. that's a good sign says dr. matt willis at marin county health. >> we are worried about the possibility there will be a novel or new strain we haven't anticipated. that happened, you know, back with swine flu in 2010. >> here is the problem. if we were to see a new strain this year, it would take too long to make a new vaccine, so experts say

marcy gonzalez is live in wilmington with the latest in the ongoing crisis in the carolinas. marcy?he president getting a firsthand look and praising the recovery efforts that are really just getting started after what he says was one of the most powerful destructive storms to ever hit this country. president trump in the carolinas giving out meals and hugs. visiting some of the communities hit hardest by florence and the devastating flooding that's followed. promising quick federal assistance, thanking first responders and volunteer rescuers who pulled more than 4,000 people from vehicles and homes inundated with floodwater. >> the true character of the american people. so true. citizens all across our country rally together to rescue the stranded, to protect the innocent and restore hope to families who have experienced tremendous and unbearable loss. >> reporter: neighborhoods still under water and the death toll still rising. two women in police custody restrained inside a transport van died after the vehicle hit floodwaters trapping them inside. and the dangers for many still l

we're live in los angeles, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> the new u.s.rth korea will travel to asia next week to jump start stalled denuclearization talks. the state department says steven biggen will visit south korea, china and japan, a former executive at ford motor company. the announcement comes after south korean officials met with north korean leader kim jong-un today. >>> top administration officials speaking out declaring they did not write that scathing "new york times" op-ed piece. >> president trump is calling on the paper to turn the author over to the government. here's abc news reporter janai norman. >> reporter: washington and the white house are still reeling from the bombshell "new york times" op-ed written by an anonymous author, identified only as a senior administration official, the times saying revealing the person's identity would cost them their job. the anonymous -- we've we've wee do what we can while thwarting mr. trump's most misguided impulses. >> if you're not interested in helping the president, you shouldn't work for the

ac news reporter marci gonzalez shows us terrifying images and challenges firefighters are facing. >> reporter: flames burning as high as 300 feet into the air as the massive delta fire in northern california keeps spreading. now, more than 24,000 acres charred. >> oh, my god, i want to go. >> reporter: the inferno tearing across part of interstate 5, vehicles left abandoned on the side of the road destroyed. nearly 50 miles of that highway shut down for a third straight day. ngrefighters dousingmes on dry drought-stricken brush and keep it from destroying more homes. >> it's been a fight. officials are saying this is on track to be the worst fire season in california history. and officials say the delta fire burning now was in their words human caused. but they haven't said whether they believe it was started intentionally. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> nearly 50 miles of interstate 5 remain closed, and caltrans is saying the earliest that stretch might open is sunday. there are concerns about not only the flames, but debris that has burned and could fall on the roadway.

appreciate it, marci.>> let's get back to rob. >> i want to crank you off with some great video out of salt lake city. check it out. that is a dust devil. a big one. that is daunting. that looks like an ef-1, ef-2. caused by a little bit of heat, a little bit of spin. there's no cloud connected to it. nobody was hurt by that. the driver pulling over or slowing down to film that. meanwhile, cooler air, first day of fall. frost advisories, freeze warnings for northern new england. temperatures starting to feel like fall across parts of the upper midwest and western great lakes, 50s, 40s, maybe 30s before it's all said and done. the rest of us have to wait. time for a look >>> good sunday morning. waking up to sunshine east of the tunnel. dense fog along the coast. we are looking at temperatures today in the upper 70s by noontime inland and low to mid-80s for the afternoon. >> this weather report is brought to you by amazon. pretty sure you can pick up a brown suit there. >> the more i look at it, the more i

in wilmington, north carolina, marcy gonzalez, abc7 news. >> and i want you to take a look at this video. it was shot by u.s. air force hurricane hunters doing reconnaissance inside the eye of hurricane florence. they fly in and out of the eye wall many, many times to study it more precisely. let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel to find out where the storm is now. sandhya, that must be a bumpy ride in that hurricane. >> bumpy ride, dan. let me show you now hurricane florence. it is weaker as we just told you. take a look at the eye of the storm. it's not as defined so it has weakened even more. but i do want to show you the size of this hurricane. it stretches over 400 miles across, so it has picked up tremendous amounts of moisture. category 2, 110 mile an hour winds, 235 miles east, south east of wilmington. 8:00 p.m. it will be a category 2 closing in on the carolinas. it makds landfall some time between tomorrow night and friday morning. it looks like a category 1 and a tropical storm. what's going to happen with the storm is it's going to start to meander in that area. ra

was only one hundred marci time we need to just see what actually can china and sway the labor passage to think again and it's not the full scope that we can supply then it's really a selection no one voted for any sort of bracks it the politicians clearly can't get it sorted out with staring six months down the line hundreds of thousands of people losing their jobs we've got a government. storing food and medicines it is a disaster and we must have a people's vote. protest in liverpool it comes amid growing criticism of teresa mayes handling of the price of negotiations only last week a plan was rejected at an e.u. summit in austria leaving the u.k. facing the prospect of crushing out of a bloc next march with no deal in place and after the summit the prime minister may call for greater respect from her european counterparts this late stage in the negotiations it is not acceptable to simply rejects the other side's proposals without a detail and explanation and counterproposals throughout this process i have treated the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects the same radio ho

happily today here where the marcy friends were attacked two years ago it's. a peaceful festival of football which. as it happens is slightly more of a festival for dortmund back to back it. was horrible thoughts of the season all the way here seven hours six o'clock kick off on a sunday market price for one. i think you could say. and if you feel you have. no history no point seven i will coach journey home on a massive ring on their faces a minute. to transfer periods high stakes poker match is over here's the latest on the league's fresh faces. dortmund's new man up front. has signed on a year's learn from barcelona he's the ideal striker for coach to see how far. your are a very big club. and they're dedicated to trying to play great. order for i'm really impressed by the dortmund project that also made coming here an easy decision for me if i feel the. back in barcelona i was lining up with and. now he'll be suited up in black and yellow. minds also made a shrewd signing jump from fire north for three point five million euros the twenty four year old wing

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warning of something more and so are rival politicians i mean my mom came to sweden fleeing nazi as marcy's last year she passed away so now i'm even grateful she died before she can see all these nazis marching along stockholm streets we must protect freedom and democracy democracy says but it is a racist party will not that's what i've always said he has to hear that we need to fight extremists what they dislike fundamentalists or not since at least we're not doing enough for the sweden democrats deny their racist and sadia focus is on smart immigration policy this is like the old or way of trying to scare people off from voting for us i don't really care about those accusations because there's nothing nothing to be founded on i mean our policies are not. extreme in that sense i mean sweden is an extreme in a european sense our part of our policies are not extreme our politicians are not extreme in general however when and your racism group has been doing some digging and found candidates to the parliament from this weekend democrats had links to the new nutty group the national socialist

marcy kaptur, energy and water, and leg branch tim ryan. they are part of minibus one. you understand it's not omnibus, it's minibus. financial services with congressman quigley and interior with betty mccollum, has the e.p.a. in there. and, hopefully that will be, come to a conclusion soon as well. minibus three is the biggy, the biggest. labor, h.h.s. and defense. labor-hhs, rosa delauro, and the defense subcommittee, peter visclosky as our ranking member. so i thank them for their leadership. the senate has worked in a bipartisan way on the appropriation bills. not as much so in the house, but close. and so we hope that some of the poison bill pils that rein on these bills from on high will stop. i also want to thank ms. roybal-allard, ranking member on subcommittee of appropriations, for the important work she's doing to protect our children and jose serrano on commerce, justice, science, what he's doing to protect our census and of course nita lowey, state, foreign ops, but also ranking member of the whole committee and thank her for her leadership. we haven't seen