The thumb on Yerba Buena Island and spent the bulk of the day putting asphalt and lane striping. Tomorrow there will about a ceremony, featuring v. I. P. Es and folks who were around for the original bay bridge dedication, 57 years 75 years ago. Dignitaries and people of note are being added almost as we speak. And there will also be a special guest. That is being kept a secret. The event will not be open to the public. The Lieutenant Governor is set to do the honors because Governor Brown is at a family function in michigan, although transportation Officials Say there is a chance the governor could return. For now, caltrans says the brim will open on schedule, tuesday at 5 00 a. M. , and not the night before. We dont want the public planning for some phantom earlier opening that may never come to pass. They should plan their morning commute, plan their return trips, from their Holiday Weekend vacations based on a 5 00 a. M. Opening. Caltrans will give a warning of several hours to let
We begin with the very latest developments in the crisis in syria. Secretary of state john kerry went on all five sunday network talk shows today to say that preliminary tests prove deadly sarin gas was used to kill more than 1400 people in damascus. The arab league, a group of Foreign Ministers from several gulf countries, ended their meeting in cairo with a call for International Effort to end the violence against the syrian people. Meanwhile in washington, congressional leaders will hold hearings in the days ahead on president obamas request to launch a military attack. No votes are expected before september 9th. Syrias Opposition Coalition says dictatorships like iran and north korea are watching closely to see how the free world responds. Weve got more on all of this from al jazeeras Jeanne Meserve in washington. Reporter syrian president Bashar Al Assad meaning with a prominent member of the Iranian Parliament says his country is cable of confronting external aggression from the
Good to have you with us, secretary of state john kerry, and his russian counterpart sevgey schuster valr lavrov agrg chemical weapons. President obama called secretary of state john kerry to praise him. The president issued a statement welcoming the progress but with these cautionary words. He said this in part those words backed up by the pentagon statement that there have been no change of forces in the region. But there is other reaction from two prominent senators, john mccain and Lindsey Graham. They say that russia and syrias Bashar Alassad was leading the u. S. Down a blind alley, and there is nothing to resolve in the conflict in syria. What does this framework leave . Reporter unlikely partners in diplomacy, russia and the United States agree to put Syrian Chemical Weapons out of use. The world will now expect the assad regime to live up to its public commitments. And as i said at the outset of these negotiations, there can be no games, no room for avoidance, or anything less
Big problems how the gulf coast is dealing with an invasion of crazy ants. We begin in colorado, where it is raining again. President obama signed a federal disaster declaration for Boulder County making Funds Available for those living in the affected areas immediately. 1200 have been rescued by air, boat and land. Hundreds have not been heard from in the flood zone, which has grown to an area the size of conneticet. Many are trapped and stranded. Others refuse to leave. It presents a bigger challenge to those working around the clock, trying to rescue as many people as possible. Record flooding continued to wipe out colorado communities for a fifthstraight day. With the rain came a warning from rescuers, leave now or be prepared to endure weeks out electricity or running water. With no relief rain is expected to pound boulder and jamestown on sunday. This, while rescue workers try to reach the hundreds still unaccounted for. There may be further loss of life or injuries. We have to a
Ba bridge is expected to open for the Tuesday Morning community. Heres the immense project that came together after years of planning and construction. John alston has a closer look at what is being done this weekend and is live from the toll plaza. Right now the todo list is getting shter and shorterment were live near the bay bridge toll plaza and workers are putting finishing touches, screwing the flexible barriers into the pavement. Some of the lastminute work. Right reasonle doubt around the toll plaza workers are putting inane striping and paving. Out with the old. In with t workers finish hacking apart a section of the old fan to install the new bike and pedestrian path. It shod be open to cyclist tuesday at noon and runs to emeryvle. Anne discovered the path by accident and left because she didnt want toet into trouble but shell be back ill be happy to go on e bay bridge, just to see how spectacular the newridge and is to see the view. Its really going to be exciting. I cant wa