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briefly and it took nearly 200 firefighters from cal fire, solano, yolo, contra costa and napa counties to fight these flames. the good news is that no injuries were reported. however, this morning, at least 6 families still will not have a home to return to. reporting live in fairfield, back to you in the studio. cate, do they have any idea how it was all caused? reporter: where a fire starts near the interstate one of the first culprit is cigarette buts but firefighters also say it s possible that a car fire could have started all of this. thank you, cate caugiran live for us in fairfield. and developing as you wake up, the forecast is favorable for firefighters in the sierra nevada. cooler temperatures and higher humidity are expected at the rim fire today. the fire is still only 20% contained this morning. 5500 buildings are threatened and most of them are homes. crews are working to keep the flames from burning into three mountain towns along highway 108. ....
overlooking the old span where drivers are making their final morning commute on the old bay bridge. and i think most of them are saying, that s fine. bring on the new, right, anne? reporter: that s right. it is quite a morning. the final morning commute on the old bay bridge over my shoulder. next week at this time traffic will be on the new bay bridge. it s hard to believe it s already here am but that closure begins tonight at 8 p.m. at that point overnight crews begin to demolish the westbound approach making a temporary connection to the bike and pedestrian path. overnight tomorrow they will be grinding and paving the roadway working on lighting and inspecting this span on friday. crews will apply a polyester overlay on the tunnel. by saturday that demolition work will be wrapped up. saturday they will install the temporary bike path and work on striping into monday when they will install a barrier rail and clean up everything for the grand opening on tuesday. no ....
if the order comes, you re ready to go, like that? we re ready to go like that. washington weighs the consequences for syria. u.s.-led military strike against syria could be launched as early as tomorrow. this is turning into a regional conflict and we need to reverse it. now is an opportunity to do so. the dow had its worst day since june. as possible military strikes hangs over wall street. bragging about taking control over media websites including twitter and the new york times. fire continues to spread near yosemite. now growing 280 square miles, destroying more than 100 buildings. final moments of freedom for the surviving boston marathon bombing suspect. on this day in 1963, martin luther king jr. delivered h famous i have a dream speech. president obama among those who will speak at a ceremony today celebrating that dream. free at leaast, free at last thank god almighty we are free at last. a military jury should begin deciding today ....
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. you just heard the secretary of defense say it, u.s. military forces are ready to go if and when the president gives the green light for a strike against syria. this would be punishment for that chemical weapons attack last week that left more than 300 syrian civilians dead, many of them women and children. vice president biden today became the highest ranking administration official to declare that the assad regime was behind that attack. the syrian government denies it. u.n. inspectors have not finished their investigation. so what evidence does the united states have? david martin has found out at the pentagon. reporter: before the u.s. acts it plans to publicly reveal some of the intelligence which vice president biden said today proves who is to blame for the mass casualties in syria. there is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons ....
are meeting to agree on gas emission. on monday the presidents of the u.s. and russia spoke one on one. vladimir putin called climate change one of the greatest threats humanity is facing. meanwhile, the white house has outlined several new counterterrorism measures including a new senior adviser to president obama. robert mali. other measures include tight tightening security for visa programs. a man who had been in touch with the cousin of the attack s ring leader said more violence was planned for jewish areas, transport networks and schools. the leaders were killed in paris. the hunt is still on for a surviving suspect in the paris attacks. new information is emerging about an dell salah and his where ashts. reporter: the search for him, a global man hunt that s turned up few leads. french intelligence authorities are now working under the assumption he may be in syria, but belgian officials are not convinced. still searching neighborhoods in his hometown of b ....