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muller. gio, we re happy to have you here. and i m diana perez. we re going to begin with a new threat of violence for egypt. the calm streets in cairo right now will likely change as the day goes on. supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi, are calling for a massive protest against military rule. that leader is facing condemnation here in the u.s., as well. tahman bradley is joining us from washington with more. good morning, tahman. reporter: good morning, diana and gio. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a friday of anger today, stoking fears of more bloodshed. the international community is worried that the crisis in egypt is worsening. cairo is poised to erupt again today. the muslim brotherhood, which supports ousted president mohamed morsi, has called for mass protest marches after friday prayers. the ruling military will be waiting. egypt s interior minister authorized the use of deadly force against demonstrators who target police or state build ....
the opening day is september 3rd, less than three weeks from today. the decision hung on three separate and independent reviews of the so-called quick fix which is temporarily stiffening up back up earthquake shock absorbers until a retrofit of the permanent one is done in september. they were all unanimous. we see no delay. with that can it resist the largest earthquake that might hit it in 15 centuries? it provides the required strength of the 1,500-year return period seismic motions plus reserve beyond that. since the rest of the bridge is finished, cal trans can back up those into primary ones before september 3rd? the actually actually installation of the shims, is rerouting and repaving the roads. a job that ll take the entire weekend. all that notwithstanding some commuters are still worried about crossing the new bridge when it opens. the existing bridge is the one folks ought to be worried about and that s the one they shouldn t be trusting. ....
again ask the question, are we alone today, friday, august 16th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie along side natalie morales. al is having fun today. he s at the iowa state fair. we ll check in with him in a few minutes. he s missing a great concert on our plaza. we just asked the question, are we alone today? not on the plaza. a lot of cowboy boots in that crowd. luke bryan is here in our 8:30 half hour. looking forward to that. also ahead, 16-year-old hannah anderson made her first public appearance. she did it last night since the abduction ordeal. more on that return coming up. first, the calls on nationwide marches today. nbc s richard engel is in cairo. once again, richard, good morning. reporter: good morning. i am now under a bridge in cairo with several protesters ....
we ll see you at eight. .small little community. now at 8 a brazen smash and grab at a high end, east bay store. the tiffany s in downtown walnut creek. hit by burglars. tonight. we show you the damage and the getaway car. good evening, thanks for joining us. it happened in the pre-dawn hours. as several witnesses looked on in shock. kron 4 s j.r. stone is following the story. he joins us live from walnut burglars get away with? tonight it is official. we now know for sure when the new span of the bay bridge will open. here s the latest officials will shut down the bridge the night of august 28th. to prepare to divert traffic from the old bridge span. to the new one. the new span is set to open the day after labor day. which is september 3rd. our team coverage tonight. he is live on treasure island with more details on today s big announcement. jeff? the bay bridge were shut down in less than two weeks. officials say they will shut the bridge down on wednesday au ....
this truck is caring about 60,000 piles of mail. that will slide robbers under the truck to push it from underneath. because of the side walls of those trucks are not strong. and the paper is so heavy. darya: so they can t even get this thing off the road that quickly. george: this will at least allow those cars which have been stuck for two hours. these rigs have been sitting in place for two hours while they work to get at least this much of the roadway open. darya: which if you look at the commute direction is sluggish at least they re moving. george: take a look at the maps once again. the back upper reaches almost all the way to the dublin interchange on 680 in the southbound direction its jamming up the ride on highway 84. a big mess as they continue to work to clear the land here. and now that there are getting at least the left hand shoulder and the right hand shoulder and the center divider open to clear out some of this traffic. p erica: good morning geor ....