A michael bay summer block buster but that tower is being pulled apart by the pg e crew. While it is lying on the asphalt, two 120foot poles are going up to do the job temporarily. But the work to cleanup the mess that began friday night will happen on sunday night and mean a repeat of the closure that left highway 101 eeriely empty saturday after hours of gridlock friday as the lines lay in the power four hours before they were deenergized. Pg e defends the time that took. We were working as quickly and safely as possible to address the issue. These are not your average power lines here. These are very high powered and extremely large. So this is not your normal type of outage in your neighborhood. It is a superhighway of electricity. Reporter so buckle up. It is getting shut down again for pg e crews. Shutdown is necessary to physically pull that wire across diagonally across the freeway. Reporter it is not just a little wire. It is 9,000 feet that must be strung across all lanes of
A michael bay summer block buster but that tower is being pulled apart by the pg e crew. While it is lying on the asphalt, two 120foot poles are going up to do the job temporarily. But the work to cleanup the mess that began friday night will happen on sunday night and mean a repeat of the closure that left highway 101 eeriely empty saturday after hours of gridlock friday as the lines lay in the power four hours before they were deenergized. Pg e defends the time that took. We were working as quickly and safely as possible to address the issue. These are not your average power lines here. These are very high powered and extremely large. So this is not your normal type of outage in your neighborhood. It is a superhighway of electricity. Reporter so buckle up. It is getting shut down again for pg e crews. Shutdown is necessary to physically pull that wire across diagonally across the freeway. Reporter it is not just a little wire. It is 9,000 feet that must be strung across all lanes of
Presented kanye west with a prestigious video vanguard award. The pair have a long history at the annual show starting with that infamous onstage encounter six years ago. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 31st. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with that challenge for Hillary Clinton in iowa. Rival Bernie Sanders is gaining support there. And theres surging support for her potential republican challenger, donald trump. Heres abcs devin dwyer. My goodness. Oh, my goodness. Reporter trouble for Hillary Clinton in a state where she knows defeat. Barack obama will win the caucuses here in iowa. Reporter eight years after failing to win iowa, a new poll of democrats shows clinton slipping losing a third of her support since may. Her lead, now its lowest ever just seven points ahead of senator Bernie Sanders. This is not antiHillary Clinton. This is proBernie Sanders and pro a message that says enough is enough. Reporter sanders is leading clinton in new ham
To the public. At their wits end. Going crazy. Reporter this mess. Its an excavator that hit the facility. I dont know which way to go. We have to reroute about five, six times. Reporter people trying to just get by. If you could avoid the area, you can imagine the joy when at 2 30 saturday afternoon, the southbound lanes of 101 were at long last reopened. The northbound side an hour later. Thankfully no one lost power for more than a couple of quick flickers of lights in San Francisco and along the peninsula. Reporter at around 9 30 friday night, caltrans says the contractor working on the 101 Broadway Interchange project bashed a high voltage tower knocking high tension pg e power lines across both sides of the freeway grinding traffic to a halt. Almost like a plane crash or bomb. Reporter this woman works in burlingame near ground zero and said as she sat down for dinner on the patio across the street friday night she heard the crash. Flames, sparks, smoke. Reporter amazingly, no on
Indredbly passionate fan. A Junior Varsity player everywhere california is listed in Critical Condition this morning after undergoing brain surgery. Nick brown was rushed to the hospital after he suffered a blow to the head. He underwent surgery to reduce swelling of the brain. One teammate is hospitalized but little is known about his condition. Tom brady and Roger Goodell will be in court today for another hearing. Session the last chance for lawyers from the nfl and its Players Union to make their points about bradys looming fourgame suspension. The judge had urged both sides to make a deal. If that doesnt happen, he could rule from the bench today. In the past, hes said he would issue a ruling by this coming friday. Less than a week before the patriots first game. Theyre cleaning up from Severe Weather on one coast and battening down the hatchs on the other. At least two people died in the Pacific Northwest during powerful wind storms this weekend and whats left of Tropical Storm e