stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. >> what in the world. >> insane. insane.r seat, she got that thing out of the back seat so fast. so fast. >> you don't normally get them out that fast. >> no. no. and she was on the move. thank goodness that baby is okay. >> and far away from her mom. glad they are safe, but that was insane. >> absolutely. >>> when we come back, one of the biggest voices in rock silenced. >> bono has an update on what happened at his show over the weekend. "the skinny" is next. weekend. "the skinny" is next. what's the #1 new skincare product in 2018? olay whips. absorbs faster than the $100, $200, and even $400 cream. feels amazing. i really really love this. i will 100% swap up my moisturizer. can i have it? olay whips. ♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" >>> it is time for "the skinny" on this labor day, and we're going to start with one of the hardest working men in music, bono. he's giving his fans an update on his voice. the u2 front man was on the stage when things went wrong. >> the band was performing for the second straight night.

. >> abc's stephanie ramos has the new details. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, janai and kendis. good morning. here's the big question. ug ekh?eree a votewekas hina well, democrats and even some republicans are calling for a delay after these new allegations of sexual misconduct against him. explosive new developments involving supreme court justice nominee, brett kavanaugh. a woman named christine blasey ford is accusing the judge of high school party in the early '80s. ford says, kavanaugh tried to attack her and remove her clothing. she says she thought kavanaugh might inadvertently kill her. she shared her story confidently with senator dianne feinstein who forwarded it to the fbi last week. it was not a topic addressed during his confirmation hearings, but is now threatening to possibly delay a vote. republican senator susan collins who has been undecided about voting for kavanaugh spoke about the accusations last night on cnn. >> well, i obviously was very issue that i brought up with him last friday, and he denied

abc's stephanie ramos on what happened next. >> reporter: tonight, frightening new video of a woman's high-speed getaway from san antonio police. >> grey mercedes, on u.s. 90, an infant in that vehicle. >> reporter: you heard right, there is a child in that car. police say the woman going at least 100 miles per hour. >> almost struck another vehicle. >> reporter: weaving in and out of traffic in june, after police pulled her over for a traffic violation. watch highway patrol throwing out spike strips, but even that doesn't stop her. >> went offroad, looks like she's about to wreck. no, she's still got it. >> reporter: the mom driving right into oncoming traffic. she blows through a red light. racing down the road. >> still at a high rate of speed. >> reporter: -- until she rams into the back of that truck. but it's not over yet. the woman jumps out of the car. grabs her baby in the carseat. and starts booking it on foot. as she tries to carjack another driver who has her own kid in the car, officers arrive and take her down. >> the baby is safe. the baby is safe. >> reporter: the woma

here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> it's judgment day for the man formerly known as america's dad.l of protesters, a faint smile as bill cosby walked into court monday. a judge will decide if the now 81-year-old comic will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury found him guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand. cosby has insisted any sexual relations were we'll have more on the trial coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look, stephanie ramos, abc7 news. >>> according to c-net, google is adding a news feed called discover to its mobile browser. it will bring up content you might be interested in on the google home page. >>> it's been a busy week for sports in the bay area. some good, some of it bad, very bad. >> here's the good. the oakland a's are going to the playoffs. the team clenched a wild card spot last night. home field advantage is still being determined. 49ers confirmed their worst fear. jimmy garoppolo is out for the season with a torn acl. >> the team also lost its starting running back due to a to

abc news reporter stephanie ramos joins us live from washington, d.c., with a preview. good morning to you. >> reporter: chris, good morning. that memorial service taking place here in the washington cathedral. some people are being led into the cathedral. so many people gathering to remember the man who served this country in uniform and in congress for so many decades. >> senator john mccain spent his last day on capitol hill friday, lying in state under the majestic dome at the u.s. capitol, a rare honor. >> it is only right that today near the end of his long jurney, john lies here. >> reporter: thousands lining the block outside the capitol to say good-bye to the vietnam veteran andix-time u.s. senator from arizona who served country for decades. mccain's casket dropped carefully by service members marching methodically as it suddenly rained. his 106-year-old mother sitting with her granddaughter megan mccain who was visibly emotional. vice president mike pence also there to pay his respects in place of president trump who was not invited to attend any of the event

abc's stephanie ramos is in washington with the dramatic takedown of the armed suspect. hanie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. well, authorities were tipped off to shawn richard christy's whereabouts when a car he allegedly stole in pennsylvania showed up on the side of the road in ohio. officers from multiple agencies combed the town of mansfield and even his father made a public plea to his son to turn himself in. but it wasn't until friday afternoon when canine units picked up on christy's scent near a ravine and captured him. the u.s. marshals say christy did have a gun on him when he was captured. >> and, stephanie, christy has been on the run from police for months, right? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. police have actually been searching for christy since june when a federal warrant was issued for his arrest for threatening to kill president trump and a district attorney in pennsylvania. according to court documents, christy in a facebook post wrote a message to the district attorney saying, keep it up, morganelli, i promise i'll put a bullet in

stephanie ramos, thank you. we're watching the video.he fact the bus driver is standing so far back too, incredibly alarming. >> so hands-off. >> absolutely. >>> shifting gears so to speak, tiger woods on the verge of capping his comeback with a victory today in the tour championship at atlanta. he goes into the final round with a three-stroke lead after firing a 5 under 65 on saturday, including six birdies in seven holes. this is the first time he's led going into the final round since his last victory five years ago. rob was glued to the tv. >> i was. i don't think tiger has ever lost a tournament with a three-stroke lead going into the final round. >> you're hopeful he'll win? >> i'm pretty confident. he's a different guy. he's got justin rose and mcilroy on his heels. >> should we listen to rob? he's weather man. >> his predictions are a little iffy. >> dan is a sports guy anyway. >> you don't know how much trouble i'm in with rob. i'm in so much trouble. i'll hear about that through the commercial break and the rest of today. >> yo

stephanie ramos has more on the intense battle president trump's justice nominee brett kavanaugh will likely face a contentious confirmation hearing on capitol hill starting tuesday. >> you are going to see really strong sets of questions from a number of us that are on the judiciary committee. >> kavanaugh is a judge in d.c. if he is confirmed, the supreme court will have a 5-4 conservative majority for likely a decade. >> an extraordinary judge, a long record 12 years on the d.c. circuit court bench, over 300 decisions. >> senate democrats are demanding to see more of his records during his time in the george w. bush white house. hundreds of thousands of pages have been made public, but lawyers for the former president say even though bush signed off, the trump administration is withholding 100,000 pages, claiming executive privilege. >> i think that you could ask some very interesting questions about the documents. >> kavanaugh will likely be asked about abortion, campaign finance reform, reg torrey oversight and execuive power. they are expected to press kavanaugh to recuse himsel

. >> i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. one forecaster is saying it best, hurricane florence could be the storm of a lifetime for the carolina coast. >> and overnight the storm's track shifted putting landfall closer to wilmington, north carolina. nearly 2 million people have been told to get out. >> the big concern is what happens after landfall. the category 4 storm is expected to stall, dumping up to three feet of rain triggering catastrophic floods. abc's emily rau begins our coverage in wrightsville beach, north carolina. emily, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, stephanie and kendis. florence is headed this way and changing in the process but one thing that is still the same, the 140-mile-per-hour winds making her a category 4 hurricane. this morning, millions of people are clearing the path of hurricane florence. >> we have to leave. >> we don't have a choice. >> it gets really scary out here in storms. >> reporter: westbound highway traffic at a crawl as more mandatory evacuations take effect. and overnight, f

here's stephanie ramos. >> it's all good, it's all good. i'm letting her stop at michael's stop. >> reporter: it's the alarming video that cost this bus driver her job. >> don't y'all tell no other adults about this. >> reporter: a child, behind the wheel of a school bus. the other students onboard capturing the wild ride. police say 27-year-old joandrea mcatee allowed three students, ages 11, 13, and 17, to take turns driving her bus for short stretches in rural indiana on the way home from school. >> first, what you got to do, put your foot on the brake. >> reporter: authorities say a parent contacted the school resource officer, triggering an investigation. mcatee was arrested when she showed up to the porter township school bus barn to pick up her check. police charging her with a felony, neglect of a dependent. the school says in a statement, "the porter township school corporation is angered and disappointed in the actions of this driver. the safety of our students is a top priority." the bus company, first student, adding, "behavior

here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: president obama back in the spotlight. >> in two months, we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. >> reporter: as the battle for who controls congress heats up ahead of november's midterm elections. >> we have the chance to flip the house of representatives and make sure there are real checks and balances in washington. >> reporter: for the first time since leaving the oval office, obama now pointing to his successor. >> sometimes the backlash comes from people who are genuinely, if wrongly, fearful of change. it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom, not the cause. >> reporter: obama's words putting vice president pence on defense. >> well, it was very disappointing to see president obama break with the tradition of former presidents and become so political. >> reporter: the president had a different take when asked what he thought of obama's speech. >> i'm sorry. i watched it. but i fell asleep. i found he's very good, very good for sleeping. >> reporter: democrats are hoping obama will give them the boost they need to

. >> and i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. we begin with the bitter fight over the supreme court. now more contentious than ever with a make-or-break hearing just one day away. >> president trump is asking for prayers for brett kavanaugh after slamming the sexual misconduct allegations against him as a con game, and overnight we learned who the republicans have now hired to question kavanaugh and his accuser tomorrow. she's a sex crimes prosecutor from arizona. 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

. >> and i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. hurricane florence has weakened overnight. it's now a category 2 storm, but authorities are quick to warn that this enormous hurricane still poses a catastrophic threat. it could dump 40 inches of rain in the coming days. >> the big concern is the storm surge expected to be as high as 13 feet. florence is already generating waves more than 80 feet high. >> overnight many coastal towns began imposing curfews closing bridges and making final preparations as residents flock to shelters. the red cross says 100,000 people may need emergency shelter. >> we've got a lot to get to. we begin our coverage this morning with abc's emily rau in wilmington, north carolina. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and stephanie. today is the day. it's when we'll really begin to see and feel hurricane florence, but right now in downtown wilmington, north carolina, all is calm and quiet. from maryland to virginia, the carolinas and now even farther south to georgia, millions are bracing for florence. >> it's going to be frighteni

i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. this morning senators are expected to move forward on the supreme court nomination for brett kavanaugh. >> in a matter of hours, the lawmakers who witnessed the testimony of dr. christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh will formally tell the american people where they stand. 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

. >> and i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. we begin this morning with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh making his case on national tv just days before he defends his name under oath. >> kavanaugh sat for a rare interview along with his wife and he denied claims of sexual assault making it clear he has no plans to withdraw. >> the nomination battle is sparking heated protests on capitol hill where more than 100 demonstrators were arrested monday as republican leaders dismissed the allegations against kavanaugh as a smear campaign. 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

i'm stephanie ramos. >> and i'm kendis gibson. have a good day and best wishes to our friends in north carolina. >>> good morning, america. hurricane florence slamming the east coast right now east coast right now pounding the coast with life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds. hitting 90 miles an hour. >> the emergency situation right now in new bern, north carolina. hundreds are trapped in homes, on roof n. cars. we're speaking with some of them live as rescue crews and the volunteer cajun navy race to save them. >> now fears growing of catastrophic flooding. up to 40 inches ofrain. a month's worth in just a few days. power already knock the out for hundreds of thousands. we're tracking the monster storm as it barrels ashore on our air. our team right there in the storm zone. a special edition of "good morning america" starts now. >> announcer: live in times square and across the storm zone this is a special of "gma," hurricane florence, state of emergency. >>> good morning, america. let's get right to that breaki

. >> and i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. we begin with the breaking news overnight. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is trying to fend off new allegations of sexual misconduct. >> this just days before kavanaugh's first accuser, christine blasey ford is set to speak out describing his alleged behavior at a campus party in graphic detail. 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 awa

i'm stephanie ramos. >> and i'm kendis gibson. have a good day and best wishes to our friends in north carolina. >>> good morning, america. hurricane florence slamming the east coast right now east coast right now pounding the coast with life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds. hitting 90 miles an hour. >> the emergency situation right now in new bern, north carolina. hundreds are trapped in homes, on roof n. cars. we're speaking with some of them live as rescue crews and the volunteer cajun navy race to save them. >> now fears growing of catastrophic flooding. up to 40 inches ofrain. a month's worth in just a few days. power already knock the out for hundreds of thousands. we're tracking the monster storm as it barrels ashore on our air. our team right there in the storm zone. a special edition of "good morning america" startno

i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. we begin with the high-stakes battle for the supreme court just hours away now. the back-to-back testimonies from brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault. >> kavanaugh will use his opening statement to dismiss the allegations as last-minute smears, and christine blasey ford will recount the alleged assault that she says drastically altered her life. >>> and new this morning, a third accuser has now come forward with explosive new claims against kavanaugh. 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 i

good morning from abc news in new york, i'm stephanie ramos with kendis gibson here. our nonstop coverage of hurricane florence continues right now. >> and you're looking at a live picture coming from wilmington, north carolina, which is in the heart of this storm right now. you can see the wind is whipping up some of those trees and the rain is really coming down. wilmington will get a lot of rain by the time this is over. it is also getting a lot of wind, some wind gusts that we've seen within the last hour or so around 71 miles an hour. the latest update from the national hurricane center came in at 5:00 a.m. saying it is still a 90-mile-per-hour storm, category 1 hugging the coast and sam champion reacting saying this is not good when he said it seems as if the storm will go back and forth without making a landfall there. >> florence right now located 25 miles east of wilmington, north carolina moving west-northwest at six miles per hour. very intense, we've seen a lot of that storm surge hit areas especially new bern. we're hearing that a lot of people at least 1

stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >>> tomorrow bill cosby heads back to a pennsylvania courtroom foris first day of sentencing. he was convicted in april on three felony counts of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his home in 2004. he maintains the sexual activity with his accusers was consensual. tomorrow his defense team will fight to keep the 81-year-old fromming have to register as a sexually violent predator. the man once known as america's dad could face-up to 30 years in prison. >>> it's been days now since a massive gas explosion killed one person and left hundreds without gas service. columbia gas is now replacing 48 miles of natural gas pipeline. thia tilt says it will compensate customers for all losses. losses. the national guard has been nala space heaters to columbia gas has set a deadline of november 19th to complete the pipeline replacement. >>> fire crews are holding the line on the charlie fire burning in southern california. it's burned close to 3,400 acres and is 20% contained. it started yesterday exploding more than 1,000 acres in a single afternoon. a

i'm kendis gibson with stephanie ramos and our nonstop coverage of hurricane florence continues right now. >> the very latest. the eyewall of hurricane florence is beginning to reach the north carolina coast. the situation in new bern is being described as dire and destructive. officials there tell us people are trapped in their homes, in their cars, they're on top of rooftops and take a look at this intense video of all of that storm surge. >> this is the town of belle haven in north carolina. this might look like it's coming from the ocean. this is from a river that has just swollen. this is not part of the storm surge but an indication that people all over north carolina are facing right now. at least one home has caught fire in the town of hard hit new bern. new video shows the firefighters tackling the flames in the harsh conditions. at least 190,000 people are without power. that number will grow. >>> also in new bern at the bridge point hotel and marina, cars, we've seen, under water and the buildings there surrounded by water as well. you can see it there in that video. now in

with your gma first look, i'm stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >>> turning to a's have a chance to clinch a playoff berth. >> the townships beat the a's at the coliseum yesterday. a win would have secured a wild card spot. oakland has to win just one of its final six games or needs to just one loss by the tampa bay rays to clinch a playoff spot. the last for the a's was in 2014, a loss in the wild card game. oakland plays in seattle don't. hopefully they can clench it tonight. >>> the first of a special two-night season premiere. 13 celebrities will compete for the coveted mirrorball trophy. alexis smith spoke with two of the stars. >> i was extremely, extremely nervous going into it. i wasn't expected it. chris harrison threw it out there and said, hey, you're going on dancing with the stars. wait? >> i think athletes tend to do pretty well on this dance competition show. however, gymnastics has nothing to do with dance. i can tell you that. >>> the two-hour season premiere begins at 8:00 tonight on abc 7. i know she said there's no advantage with gymnastics but i think the athlet

with your gma first look, i'm stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >>> state officials are changing the rules. of starting next year those green and white carpool stickers, they're expiring. so drivers who got a sticker for 20 will no longer be able to use the carpool lane when driving alone.ybridan pl f a new red sticker if the carpool lane. more self-driving cars could be tested on california roads s. apple increased its tphraoeflee% since may. a safety driver is required behind the wheel. gm has the most. waymo can test 48. most of the accidents have been minor low-speed accidents is >> a group of volunteers created a tent village almost overnight to find new solutions to address homelessness. it season called hope village. it was assembled in a matter of days. an unemployment parking lot by a team of volunteers who never got permission. e gove tohehis serink this serv model to put up housing for the homeless economically. the residents could face eviction because they're squatter people have to submit paperwork to the state of california to request permission to use the property. an

. >> and i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo.are some of the top headlines at this hour from "world news now." >>> hard to watch. that's how president trump described the senate hearing where supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh angrily denied that he sexually assaulted christine blasey ford. this half hour, we'll hear from a 76-year-old woman who called into a national news program saying the hearing prompted her to share her own story of assault. >>> overseas, a major terror plot may have been foiled. at least seven suspects are now under arrest. the details just coming in from western europe straight ahead. >>> a miracle landing in the south pacific. a boeing 737 overshot the runway and crashed into this lagoon in micronesia. boats were used to rescue 47 people as the plane was sinking. no serious injuries were reported. >>> in california, police officers swarm the malibu mansion where cher lived. they're apparently looking into the drug-related death connected to the son of her assistant. the singer was not at home at the ti

i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this monday morning on "world news now." >>> new allegation. another woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. this time it's a former yale classmate, describing in graphic detail what kavanaugh allegedly did at an alcohol-fueled campus party. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is hanging on to his job for now after denying a report that he suggested wearing a wire to secretly record president trump. sources say the president's aides convinced him to hold off on firing rosenstein. >>> president trump is here in new york city for the annual united nations general assembly. he's expected to sign a new u.s. trade deal with south korea's president today. trump's main address to the meeting is tomorrow and he will chair the u.n. security council on wednesday for the first time. traffic should be really great in new york this week. >>> and tiger woods has received congratulations from celebrities and

. >> i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo.e top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> supreme court firestorm. president trump blasting brett kavanaugh's second accuser, saying she has nothing. republicans have hired a sex crime prosecutor to question kavanaugh. >>> the president boasted during his united nations speech and world leaders responded by laughing at him. he admitted it wasn't the reaction he expected and then later claimed it was meant to get laughs. >>> the fbi has announced a $10,000 reward in the search for a 6-year-old autistic boy who disappeared inside a park in north carolina. more tha searching for the boy who hasn't been seen since saturday. >>> and the broadcast booth will belong to the ladies on tomorrow night's nfl broadcast. andrea kremer and hannah storm are set to become the first all-female team to call a league game. those are some of the top stories we're following on this wednesday, september 26th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we do say good morning,

i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson.e is a look at our top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." forecasters say hurricane florence is shaping up to be a once in a lifetime storm for the carolinas. washington, d.c. has now joined the carolinas, maryland and virginia in declaring a state of emergency. more than 5 million people under hurricane watches and warnings. >>> sources tell abc news that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is in talks with the special counsel's office about a possible plea deal. manafort is due in court today for a hearing ahead of his second trial, set to begin next week. >>> authorities in oregon believe they've found the body of a missing hiker. they think she's the first recorded victim of a deadly cougar attack in the wild in the state's history. >>> and the boston red sox are the first major league team to lock up a playoff spot this season. their win over toronto last night means boston can do no worse than a wild card birth. those are some of our top stories

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