Possible terrorist attack will keep 19 at u. S. Embassies closed, this week. More on the threats that prompted the closures. We are keeping an eye on bay area weather and traffic. Here is a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. We are waking up to areas of drizzle right now. It is a foggy start for most of us. You will see nothing but great skies until the sun comes up. The fog will make a comeback later on tonight. It will not be too windy as we approach the evening hours. I do want to talk a bit about satellite and radar because we have an area of low pressure that is 400 mi. Away from San Francisco. This is what is keeping our temperatures and below average. Not only today, but for the next couple of days. With that you can expect deeper and more showers. The warmest spots will probably be in antioch would a high of 84 degrees. 67 degrees for oakland and 684pitch your 7 day around the bay highlights temperatures will be cooler as we pushed into the middle of the ho
Tonight. Charles . Reporter according to the california Highway Patrol, around 5 45 monday morning, a big rig truck coming off the bay bridge in San Francisco got a flat tire near the fremont street exit. The driver pulled over to the right hand side of the road and got out to check the tire. He then noticed smoke coming from the engine and within minutes the truck was engulfed in flames. The Highway Patrol says the driver acted accordingly. He did nothing wrong. He actually did what he was supposed to do and pulled over onto the right shoulder out of the lanes. Reporter the San Francisco Fire Department arrived shortly there after and put out the fire. The Highway Patrol had to shut down 2 to three lanes of west bound 80 during the morning commute. That caused a backup on bridge that extended for miles into the east bay. As a result, some drivers saw their normal commute times triple. Taken me about three hours today and this morning. It has been very backed up. Reporter crews were fi
And lets start things off in the Traffic Center where weve been following this fire and how its affecting the morning commute. Theyll initially estimated that it would be 8 00 a. M. Before they would start to clear the lanes. As we looked at the scene there only have two lanes of traffic is getting by. Thankfully the fire has been extinguished. You can see the cab here and arrest of the rig that is left over. Kron4 jackielate last night, governo sissel has will e scene. They have shut down on the traffic it because they have to bring in more equipment. They continue to put water on this truck. The two right lanes remain shut down. I talked to another driver and he stated that it is completely burned out and there is no way they could get this towed away. They would have to put this on top of Something Else to get it out. It may be a lot longer than 8 00 a. M. Before this cleared. Heres a look at the impact to traffic. It is backed up all the way to the toll plaza. Noticed the 880 appro
The negotiating table. They basically had three points. As you mentioned all bart workers will report for work tomorrow morning. All bart trains will continue running. The governor basically stepped in. He has ordered a sevenday board of inquiry. This is how the Union Members described how this would all happen. I want to announce that the governor has requested a sevenday board of inquiry or board of investigation. We want to say that we have been here for the last 24 hours, and we only got a very regress sigh proposal from bart regress sigh proposal from bart. We wept through this in 2001 we went through this in 2001 where we had the cooling off period and the drum beat strike loom. People dont deserve that. We are happy they wont be disrupted tomorrow. They will determine whether or not there is reason to extend the period to a 60 or a 30 or 60day cooling off period. Thats it, and thats all for them. At some point you have to come back and deal with bart again. You have to deal with
Good wednesday morning. Were getting new details from the commander in chief about the terror threats which led to the closings of u. S. Embassies. President obama says while the threat is real, the americans should not change overseas travel plans. Abcs Tahman Bradley is joining us from washington with more on what the president revealed overnight. Good morning, tahman. Reporter diane and john, good morning. Worries an attack is imminent. The u. S. Military helped evacuate nonessential personnel from the embassy in yemen. And this morning, the military is scouring the streets, searching for al qaeda. The Obama Administration has reportedly ordered a series of drone strikes in yemen in an effort to disrupt a terrorist plot to attack the American Embassy and other western targets. This comes as a u. S. Navy reconnaissance plane, circled in search of terrorists. President obama, appearing last night on nbcs tonight show, did despite the worldwide terror alert, americans should not cancel