Bridge is nearly ready. Good evening. Im ann notarangelo. The fineishing touches are done on a project more than 20 years in the the finishing touches are done on a project more than 20 years in the making. Good evening. The countdown is on to the new bridge opening. The anticipation is building, don . Reporter that is right, ann, things have gone well today. At this point, no doubt that there bridge will be ready to open 5 00 a. M. On tuesday as promised there is reason to believe it could open sooner. Reporter only small stuff remains to be done. Lane markers, roadway signs, paving, striping, cleanup. But for that it is a clear shot from the toll plaza to San Francisco. Caltrans will not say the bridge will open early. All work is going well. No surprises. And if there is an opportunity to open the bridge earlier we will take advantage of that. But, again we are not ready to make that call yet. Reporter here is a quick look, literally at what drivers will see. The chp reminds us that the speed limit is 50 and will be enforced. Taking an afternoon tour in noterrized cable cars. Over the pier, bolts, rods, await repairs. More events are planned for an official opening before a chain cutting ceremony on monday afternoon. Here on the eastern end of the old incline section, cranes look like wooden foot bridges in place. What you see behind me is the temporary bike path coming from the ground level up to meet the permanent bike path on the side of the bridge. That should be ready on tuesday by noon. At the end of the tour, the chp officer took to the sight of the event that gave birth to the 6 1 2 billion dollar bridge. The section i am standing on. 24 years ago in 1989 a section that collapsed in the earthquake. They moved on and creating a new bridge thatll be sound for the future. There is no doubt that the design consideration for the bridge will be for some time to come. Tonight i can tell you great sense of pride and accomplishment for what they achieved here. Reporting live, back to you. B. A. R. T is working overtime to get people across the bay this weekend. It it recorded more than a quarter million trips yesterday. It makes it b. A. R. Ts second highest ridership on saturday. The record, first broke own october 6th last year when people were heading to fleet week. Americas cup and a cal game and Justin Bieber concert all on the same day. B. A. R. T will be running on a saturday schedule tomorrow for labor day. On sunday schedules, ac transit and the holiday service. We have tools, helping you plan your route around the closure. Go to kpix. Com bridge. A group of hunters took down the suspect person starting a fire. They held the person until the deputies arrived. Expected of starting several other fires yesterday. One burned more than an acre. The fire that started at the house is under investigation. And the rim fire is the 4th largest fire in history and it is still growing. It is burning for two weeks and the firecrews now have a 45 contained. The fire has burned about 350 square miles and that is about the size of dallas. Sanfranciscos water and power sup is ply remains uneffected that the point. Milder conditions are expected to slow the flames down. It burned more than 100 structures. East palo alto home is riddled with bullets after a late night shooting. The shot spotter directed the tphroes this house last night. The officers say the gunman fired as many directed by officers to this house last night. The officers say the gunman fired as many as 20 shots. A Police Officer killed in a shooting rampage, his memorial was unveiled today. The detective was gunned down by a former Police OfficerChristopher Dorner back in february. The detectives family and friends held a memorial in his hometown of Lake Arrowhead today remembering his service. [ applause ] this does not fill any holes in our hearts. But, it does make us understand that there are a lot of people out there that really care about him and his service. Reporter the statue was supposed to be placed in front of the sheriffs office. But, the family request today be maced in Lake Arrowhead village so everyone can see it. That area where the statue is put up will be known as mckays corner. Members of congress cut short their summer break to return to washington today. The president wants them to approve a possible military action. 1members of Congress Took a brace from recess to return to washington to hear what evidence the white house has to warrant a military strike in is syria. The president made a decision, i support it. I think congress is going to do it. President barack obama said that he authorized military action. The biggest single concern among the members may have well have been a brood request for authority. Narrow and intend to do anything. Some members in congress are not ready to say how they will vote. I will not answer that follow we have more questioned answered. In my mind they need to be answered. 1400 people died last month after the government launched an attack. Many lawmakers say they dont question poison gas was used but they want to know why the u. S. Should get involved now. We know that chemical weapons have been used in other cases and we did not take military action. Secretary of state john kerry says evidence collected from the site of the alleged attack proves a nerve agent was used on civilians. Those samples of hair and blood have been tested and they have reported positive for signatures of sarin. Reporter congress is expected to debate what the u. S. Response should be starting the week of september 9th. Back to you. The regime denies it carried out a chemical attack on its own people. The United Nations is investigating what happened and the u. N. Secretary moon weapon inspector to expedite their findings. Parts of tiawan were hit by a massive rainstorm this weekend. Buildings slid downhill sides, several slid away. Take a look as a big boulder and it are rolls on to a roadway. Just missed the driver and the truck. The average rainfall in that area reached almost 4 inches. Sir david frost has died. He suffered a heart attack after giving a speech on board a cruiseship last night. Frosts most famous interview happened 36 years ago. In 1977, the man who landed the biggest tkpweut in television history. There is the president , waving goodbye. Reporter and he paid for it giving nixon 6,000 for nixons first interview. The gamble paid off. 45 million americans watched. The president can decide that it is in the best interest of nation and do something illegal. When the president does it that means it is not illegal. By definition. Exactly. If nixon was expecting a softball session he got a far morer isious conversation, most dramatically about watergate. That is obstruction of justice. Just a moment. That is your conclusion. Reporter the closest thing to what the American Public got to an apology. I let down the country. Reporter 30 years later the historic interviews were dramatized in a hollywood move stphaoe why didnt you burn the tapes . Frost reflected with cbs news movie. Why didnt you burn the tapes . Frost reflected with cbs news. He was interesting. Reporter he was the only broadcast to interview the last 8 Prime Minister and the last seven former american president s, for half a century in broadcasting, david frost received an emmy award for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. I remember a quote of ed murrow who said this instrument, the television, it can entertain, it can inform, and it can even inspire. But it all depends on the will of the humans who operate it. That is our challenge, i guess, thank you very much indeed. Thank you. [cheers and applause] david frost was 74 years old. Former South African president Nelson Mendela went home in an ambulance today after three months in the hospital. His health remains critical and at times is unstable. But, he continues to receive the same medical care he received at the hospital at home. The government released few details about his condition but he is believed to be on life support. Today, a bay area city celebrated gay rights, the noticeably different vibe. An arcade, candy shop, even a barbershop, the unusual Employee Perks offered by a bay area company. Just minutes away from your labor day holiday. The big question of the night still remains. Will you need an umbrella . We got your pinpoint forecast. Look at the bridge, look closer, well be right back. ,,,,,,, ready to pay more for parki. Today the daily rate for stn parking jumped from 4dolla, to 5. Caltrain says more riders. For those spot get ready to pay more for parking for station parking. It jumped from 4 to 5. Caltrans says more riders mean more demand for those spots. Monthly parking passes are available for 50. Parking in a cal train parking lot is still a bargain compared to lots that can cost 20 a day. San franciscos pride week can get ruckus, but, oaklands is different. Reporter oakland is often described as a blue collar city. But, today, some folks showed off their true colors at the citys pride festival. Celebrating the diversity that we have in our city. And, as everyone knows we do things differently in oakland. The 4th pride festival does have a different feel from the celebration across the bay. Smaller, four blocks long. And mellower with a popular kids zone where nobody is bothered if your painting has two mommies in it. People in general feel they can be more out in San Francisco and more who they are. But, what i have seen is it opens community, opens diversity, the community embraced us here. But, they have a reputation of being more tense about gay issues. Some here is a the process just takes time. And i think oakland is just new. We are just like we are trying to figure out how to mingle and get to know each other and get together without ugliness. Reporter what was ugly was the commute to get here from San Francisco. But, they were not going to let a bridge closure stop him from getting his groove on. It was, it was, really difficult. Touring, finally. Joe and michael came here from pennsylvania to meet their brandnew granddaughter, sky, since they were here they decided to get married, on wednesday. So, when are you moving out here to california . We are not. Nice place to visit. Yes. [ laughter ] you want the rights just not the taxes. [ laughter ] how about it . Reporter like i said, the process takes time. In oakland, k about pix5. And oaklands pride festival, 38,000 people, organizers were hoping for 50,000 this year. The red bull youth americas cup kicked off today along San Franciscos waterfront and teams from 8 Different Countries are represented in the competition. Sanfranciscos team, the force, are playing. People we talked to were surprised at the turnout. It is really cool to be able to be right up in the action in everything firsthand. The force is sailing team usa boat. The sailers are between 19 and 24 years old. They are paying all race related costs with their own money. How about had this, bay bridge closure did not keep the crowds away from the americas cup pavilion tonight. A gorgeous night. Yes. For the folks watching the concert. What a beautiful night. It has been very mild as far as the temperatures are concerned. That is because of the increasing cloud cover and increasing clouds. So fun when i look on facebook and twitter or opening email. Oh we have dramatic pictures coming into us. This one, max castro with his lens on the lenticular clouds. Now, meanwhile, the sun did set at 7 39, tony lee grabbed his camera. He knew it was going to be a gorgeous sunset. He was spot on. There you have it. Those clouds associated with the moisture moving in the bay area. The doppler is picking up a little bit of light moisture, right there. Some very light rain that is falling around the pass near vas co road and midway road. Other than that we have not detected too much, as far as precipitation is concerned and again, because of the cloud cover, the numbers are riding into the 60s. It is still 68 degrees. Mountain view. The winds are starting to shut off a little bit out of the west. High today, 56 degrees, pacificca. 70s across the bay and oakland and memoryvale and low 80s in san jose. Overcast skies tonight, tomorrow for your labor day, mostly cloudy,a a possibility of a shower. But first, future cast, watch the clock tick on by. There you have a scattered isolated shower, late morning hours, as we progress towards your evening hours we till have mostly cloudy skies, a few sunny breaks, the new bay bridge, the brandnew span, it will be clearing out nicely and dry conditions. Meanwhile, area of low pressure is now pooling out to the north. We have that subtropical moisture lifting from the south to the north taking an inside track to it. High pressure nudging it. Bottom line, going to the babe game. Oakland as playing the rangers, big series coming in. Only a game difference between the two. Few peeks of sunshine. Go as. 60s lining the coast. Mostly cloudy skies, the winds out of north northwest. 70s and 80s around the peninsula. 80 in campbell to about 6 degrees. On the eastern portion of the bay all of the way up to the middle 80s, low 80s and napa sonoma, upper 60s, to 84 degrees in sonoma and meanwhile, upstream, 83. The extended forecast, High Pressure dries out the atmosphere on tuesday. So, not as muggy tomorrow. Then, as it builds in, temperatures soring into the middle 90s in the inland area. The workweek. While the cost will start to flirt 70 degrees. Not bad. Yes. Okay, thank you very much. We have more pictures because we are getting a unique look at new eastern span thanks to a chp officer who say photographer. The Oakland Division today. And the workers on the bay bridge may be the Unsung Heroes of the project. Not the photographer, for the 15 years the bridge has been under construction the 72year old man has been documenting the bridge. Scaffolding, cat walks, cables, hundreds of feet in the area to get the right shot. The initials get credit. Design as an architect. They know how to get in front of the camera and talk about themselves, these guys do not at all. They are the ones who are taking the plans, the design, the prints, turning it into a living structure of steel and concrete. His photographs are on display at city hall through september 27th. 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