Good evening and welcome. With continuing criticism surrounding the new eastern span of the bay bridge, caltrans said that it would address some of the doubts about the bolts and rods raised by critics. At a hearing this week the officials said the allege si is doing further testing and additional questions have been raised about misaligned road december conceptisepgs and poss joining me for a look at safety issues are the Sacramento Bee senior writer. And we have the San Francisco Chronicle Reporter and Brian Maroney, the chief bridge designer from caltrans joining us from sacramento. Let me begin. As you know, there have been a number of questions about the materials and the instructions for the bay bridge. How are you addressing these concerns . What were doing is were trying to go to extraordinary lengths to make sure we reach out to the public to communicate what weve actually done in the original planning stages where we reached out to the public following the n oechlt pa, the Na
With continuing criticism surrounding the new eastern span of the bay bridge, caltrans said that it would address some of the doubts about the bolts and rods raised by critics. At a hearing this week the officials said the allege si is doing further testing and additional questions have been raised about misaligned road december conceptisepgs and poss joining me for a look at safety issues are the Sacramento Bee senior writer. And we have the San Francisco Chronicle Reporter and Brian Maroney, the chief bridge designer from caltrans joining us from sacramento. Let me begin. As you know, there have been a number of questions about the materials and the instructions for the bay bridge. How are you addressing these concerns . What were doing is were trying to go to extraordinary lengths to make sure we reach out to the public to communicate what weve actually done in the original planning stages where we reached out to the public following the n oechlt pa, the National Environmental polic
Everything has been going swimmingly so far. Work during the closure can be divided into three main projects. Demolition, come police of the road and grinding, paving and striping. That is about it work is progressing well. We have not had hick yupz or hitch autos a westbound approach is on the way to being gone. Trues are starting on the bridge and working back towards oakland. This section has to go to make room for connecting the new bike path running along the outer edge scheduled to open tuesday at noon. The new road surface sk prepared and lower deck more than half done. Paving well complete tomorrow followed by wayne stripping. Striping is a big part of whats happening over the closure, 1. 2 million square feet will be ground or torn up, and 14,000 tons asphalt brought in to pave. The trucks have special privilege autos during morning commute hours theyre using 580. No other cuts are allowed on 580. There are 400 workers on the bridge that day. Construction schedule has somethin
Peters from california joining us tomorrow. Well see you then. Announcer this is the bill press show. [ theme music ] stephanie okay. Thats not working. Hello. Welcome current tv land. I cant hear jacki. Okay. Stephanie all right then. Good morning, everybody we have a new pope. Who wants to throw out the first pope joke . Okay. Ummmmm. A priest and rabbi stephanie you are lucky he even popes for you. He is pope francis. And he has one lung. Stephanie dont cry argentina, the truth is he never left you. He is italian decent. As many in italy are. Stephanie in the meantime here is Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, we do have a new pope today a lot sooner than expected. The cardinals picked pope francis after just five rounds of voting. He is 76 years old and the first pope from latin america. He is known to be simple and pastoral, but not expected to modernize any of the issues like aborg, gay marriage or allowing women to become priest. President obama congratula
With andrea and now with you. Tell us your most profound memories of nancy reagan and the legacy she leaves behind. Well, i think theres no more. She made Ronald Reagan possible. She made Ronald Reagan presidency possible. We think of her at tas making p popular. When they met in the 1950s, he was at the ebb of his professional career. He came back from world war ii. His audiences in hollywood were not what they were before and she basically stood at his side and brought him back not only as an actor in a few movies and they were together in a movie called hellcats of the navy, the only time they acted together, but she was an essential collaborate never his career. One thing about nancy, when she was alive, it would always say, ronnie, i had a bit part, i didnt have sr. Much to do with this. I think now that shes no longer with us and we begin to learn more and more about that marriage, i think we will increasingly see how essential it was for Ronald Reagans success as a politician an