a wave of laughter catchingo thender in chief off guard on the world stage as he lays out his america first vision. to bill cosby s new r hlity ase wakes up behind prison bars for the first time as he faces a minimum of three years incarcerated. a new security system being tested in train stations right now that could be the wave of the future. then to something fantastiho w superstar will smith decided to i ringn his 50th birthday. early today starts right now. good wednesday morning. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena. senate republicans haveal f revealed who will question supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, in tomorrow s hearing. attorney rachel tchell, a prosecutor from arizona with decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes. the judiciary committee also announcing they scheduled a vote on kavanaugh for friday morningd just a after the testimony. ranking democrat dianne feinstein called the vote outrageo
morning. ending up away from the coast right around 70. alexis all right. good morning, mike. overall, it has been a pretty decent morning on the roads. southbound 680, walnut creek. that s looking pretty good. north main street. i m not seeing a ton of brake lights. delay as you approach the 24 split. but that is about it. overall, our drive times are looking good. all in the green here. westbound 80, 22 minutes. that is of course once you make it to the toll plaza. san francisco to sfo, that is still in the green at 9 minutes. next update 6:10. and you are looking live at capitol hill. the senate now has the fbi s background investigation. and they re about to start going through it under restrictions. here s what we know. there is just one copy available for all 100 senators. democrats and republicans will take turns viewing it in one-hour increments. senator bob corker says it s not expected to be a full report. instead, interview summaries. either way the fbi won t h
dying. how she survived that terrifying ordeal. breaking overnight, a former dancing with the stars contestant arrested in california. and later, a girl named florence not happy that she shares her name with a hurricane does something about it. how her efforts have paid off. and we ve made it to wednesday, everyone. good morning. i m kendis gibson. 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
a wave of laughter catching the commander in chief off guard on the world stage as he lays out his america first vision. to bill cosby s new reality as he wakes up behind prison bars for the first time as he faces a minimum of three years incarcerated. a new security system being tested in train stations right now that could be the wave of the future. then to something fantastic. how superstar will smith decided to ring in his 50th birthday. early today starts right now. good wednesday morning. i m marlie hall. and i m phillip mena. senate republicans have finally revealed who will question supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford, in tomorrow s hearing. attorney rachel mitchell, a prosecutor from arizona with decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes. the judiciary committee also announcing they scheduled a vote on kavanaugh for friday morning, just a day after the testimony. ranking democrat dianne ans don t want
entirety. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this morning we continue our hearing are hearing on the nomination of brett kavanaugh to serve as justice on our supreme court appeared we will hear from two witnesses, and dr. christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh. thanks of course to dr. forward and judge kavanaugh for his testifying and thankful for volunteering to testify before we even invited. all dr. ford and judge kavanaugh has been three terrible couple weeks. they and their families have received vital threats. what they have endured out to be considered by all of us as unacceptable in a poor reflection on the state of stability in our democracy. so i want to apologize to you both for the way you ve been treated and i intend hopefully for today s hearing to be saved, comfortable and dignified for both of our witnesses. i hope my colleagues will join me in this effort of a show of stability. with th