with just 56 hours to go until another bart strike both sides are back at the table right now. no deal appears in sight. >> we're waiting right now for an announcement from bart this, is a live shot right now. bart describing this as significant. we'll bring it to you live, the news conference as soon as it happens. good afternoon. >> both sides resumed talks just about a few hours ago with a sunday night deadline approaching some have packed

their bags just in case they decide to negotiate around the clock tonight and into the weekend. >> union officials tell abc 7 news the main sticking points, wages, benefits and health care have not been dealt with. workers saying they will walk off the job monday morning if they do not get what they want. >> there needs to be more talks on that. they need to be longer talks. it's unfortunate they haven't been very fruitful to inch closer to a deal. >> you ask yourself what's you pay towards health insurance. you know? no contribution towards pension. come on. >> now, bart officials are expected to make an announcement at any time during this hour and we'll take you live to the transit agency's news conference when it begins. >> union leaders want bart board members to be more involved in the negotiations.,zw the directors then disappeared behind closed doors.

abc 7 news reporter nick smith joins us live now from the ashby station. nick? >> it's been tough for everyone involved. the thing i kept hearing over again was everyone wants a deal to be made with less than two days to go before strikes it seems everyone wants everyone to get to the table to hammer out a deal. the board got an ear frfl commuters and union representatives pushing for an agreement to avoid phone shall strike. union representing the majority of the workers issued a notice of intent to strike sunday at midnight accusing members of not doing nouf hear them out. they held a closed door session, the first time all met in a group since june, james fang, the board's senior members believes this played into progress on both sides of the table and told me more

participation couldn't hurt. >> i think unnecessarily we've put the bay area into this particular position. i think negotiators could show a lilg bit more respect to getting a deal done. >> our position is that our riders must be safe on the bart system. our workers must be safe on the system. we cannot afford to have workers assaulted. >> now that session gave the full board an opportunity to provide direction to management and negotiators. both sides under pressure month make a deal. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear from commuters caught right in the middle. they have an tunlt to sound off. nick smith abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> san francisco mayor pressuring bart to reachal thisa

strike. they were joined from qlerds from other cities helping broker an agreement that got trains running again. now, he says negotiations have dragged on too long and the governor will consider all of his options if there is no deal reached this weekend. >> it's great exphones getting ready for the potential strikes. >> it's no longer a matter of inconvenience to ridership. it's hardship. >> union leaders told abc 7 news they appreciate intervention. city leaders say mun gee ready to accommodate more people. >> if that occurs bart hoping to have 95 buses available to make limited run frtz walnut creek fremont and west oakland stations. let me interrupt for just a

moment now. >> it's a gusty move to stand up to use this new increase going into in february and january of this coming year and dedicate that to a thousand new trains to hayward center into a new train control system. that is is what this is about. parties couldn't offer any funding and there are many needs the state has the has so it's on us. that is the intention now. >> you guys close to a final offer. >> there is a thing called last step and final offer now we're three days that is a long time and we've had many we call tentative agreements we call supplementals we've made progress there.

union members have taken seriously this effort so. have we. it's true on the big issues like pension medical and wage swrez to discuss it. we're within the 40 hour work week. those are issues for the table. they're doing a fine skbrob have all weekend to do it. they have longer if they want. we're making efforts to work with our unions and workers. they're great people. i love them this, process happens every four years, sorry it's disruptive to the bay area but you know, if it were a party we'd be calling it something else. it's not, it's negotiations, hard work. >> how much time are you spending at the table? i've been working on this every day since the last couple weeks we started on this in january. i'm involved in the issues and everything else.

the table is set up so negotiators negotiate. i come in, at the end that. is the way it's been at bart. so to make an issue of my not sitting at the table these negotiators have kept me on their shoulder every step of the way. we're aware of the moves that have been made on both sides of the table. >> you've heard many negotiations behind them over the years and they say this is different in the sense it's just silenced and not a back and forth. a compromise and won't be a give and take. is the tone of this different? >> we won't have dozens of tentative agreements if there wasn't back and forth going on every day. i'm sorry for the way they've characterized things we have a lot of work to do but won't have that agreements if there

hadn't been a lot of back and forth here. >> what about claims the way they directed a union busting. >> we love our workers here at bart we have a fuf negotiation. it's a tough negotiation. the bay area has been in a recession in the past. we're starting to come out of it. i think workers expectations when starting into this negotiations to makeup for past four years on this contract. it's just not done. they did make some sacrifices in the range of $70 million over the last contract. that was partly management and labor. we, they cut money. i wasn't around back then. nobody goes backward in the case of the state if there are furloughs, if there was a pay cut what. they can do is

eliminate the pay or cuts and bring salaries back to where it was in the case of furloughs you can not have the furloughs anymore. but you don't go back and revisit economics. i think workers came expecting to do that. i don't, i understand it. i just can't go backwards. i have to deal with what is in front of us. >> you've been listen together ceo take questions and give answers about the negotiations that are underway. she describes them as moving in the right drichblgts and. >> he they did say i'm not sure this was as significant an announcement as they thought it might oob she did reiterate progress has been made and says that they have been dozens of back and forth agreements and she says they're talking.

so it's different from what we've heard from the union. >> we're getting a sign of hopefulness. not sure this is whether spin we've seen both sides here trying to. >> and we want to remind you if there is a strike they're going to have 95 with us uss -- buses available. service from concord and san leandro could be added as well. >> overflow parking will be available in alameda. golden gate transit swril no additional service but two boats will be use bid bay fery and carpool lane hours will be extended from 5:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. it's going to be trog see if union has a news conference as well. >> i'm sure we'll be hearing from the union later as well. we have a a.sem bled a range of resources for you including a section for latest on the contract negotiations as well as details on casual carpool locations as you prepare for

what to do if there is a and you can follow us on twitter for breaking news updates. >> because of the strike abc 7 morning news will begin a half hour earlier at 4:00 a.m. on monday. showing everybody what's happening with the commute which is going to be very heavy. join us monday morning 4:00 a.m. on abc 7 morning news now we have breaking news out of san jose. sky 7 is over the scene of a grass fire that burned a patch of landç45jz in south san jose. that is seven acres burned but you can see it's no buildings were burned. >> caltrans gave a look at safety test goinging on today. caltrans is testing steel rod

frtz bridge made in 2010. two years after one that's snapped earlier this year. 32 rods broke when tightened in march potentially weakening the earthquake safety features and delaying opening dates. crews now making custom steel saddles to help with that problem this, is the fix they've planned. the newer rods undergoing stress tests over next few months to find out what will happen to them decades from now. >> i want to make sure people understand we take this seriously. we want to make sure the intrij safe years down the road. >> so far, engineers do not expect to it create more delays. caltrans has not set a date for the opening of the eastern span. >> an early start to the weekend. >> he's smart. nice looking weather today.

and we're gg to continue it throughout the weekend. low clouds hanging around from san francisco south along the coastline. started out with low clouds and it hasn't quite cleared from san francisco to the coast this afternoon. you can see the marine layer here. san francisco 60 now. 67 in oakland. very mild, 75 san jose. the view from our golden gate camera showing you low clouds moving back in earlier this, is sunny. still warm around concord and fairfield. upper 80s. from our camera, downtown san francisco, pretty dramatic view of low you clouds pushing back in. this evening, breezy, patchy clouds mid-50s mid-70s.svlñ

if you're heading out, fog, low clouds, temperatures 50s for afternoon, mild to warm. low 60s to upper 80s. carolyn? larry. >> we'll see you then. still ahead face book stock breaks an important barrier what. is causing shares to soar? >> record number of young people living home. the total is amazing. >> michael finney taking questions on twitter and facebook answering them here live just a little bit later. you can contact michael on facebook and on twitter. >> want to take a look at traffic now. here is a live look at the skyway. pretty thick going towards 101.

jobless rate has fallen but growth is slowing down. labor department says the unemployment rate fol 7.4%, lowest level since december, 2008. but employers added only 16,000 jobs, fewest since march. many jobs are lower paying part time positions in stores and restaurants and bars. experts say businesses may be cautious still because they're unsure about the economy growth. >> the tough economy is

keeping young people from moving out. a study found 36% of young adults between 18-31 are now living home. that equals 21.6 million of them shacking up with mom or dad compared to 18.5 million at 2007. they blame a tough economy and higher education costs. that is a result researchers say they're delaying marriage. >> facebook shares back where they started. the dell buyout drama continues. >> hi, cory. >> yes g afternoon guyszyaa6b michael dell postponed again, having increased their offer by 10 cents a share adding a dividend of 13 cents a share in, exchange michael dell is going get changes he's beening askg for.

apple facing pressure from two government agencies just weeks after winning its e bookcase against the tech giant. justice department taking aim, restricting abilities to negotiate deals on books and like to appoint an outside person to monitor compliance with antitrust laws. the company hoping to get president obama's help. the president has until midnight to decide whether to overturn a ban on selling older versions of the iphone and ipad in the united states. marisa mayer buying another company, rock melt, maker of a browser specializing in deep social media integration. yahoo paid more than $50 million for rock melt part of mayer's efforts to revive the search engine giant. stocks closed higher today. the surge helped push s p p to

another record close. your bloomberg silicon valley index rising today, helping an index close to more than 2% higher today. shares in technology were spotlighted by two big names hitting important records for those shares facebook back to where they started. into the day at 3805. electronic car maker tesla rising to more than 3% -- 300% this year. larry, carolyn? >> cory, thanks. sandhya patel is here with the weekend forecast. >> i know. weekend looking good. so good time to get outside and enjoy the sun. and i know some people near san francisco love the fog. >> there you go. >> something for everyone. looking at live doppler 7 you'll see fog is still sitting along the coastline here. but many of you enjoying sunny

skies and a warmer pattern today. cooling trend begins sunday continuing throughout the middle of the next week. temperatures will be running below average into next week.vmz steady on shore flow we have this nice sea breeze in the afternoon. it's preventing any hot weather from reaching us. so as lng as this is just going to linger here for the week ahead, we'll won't see signs of summer tomorrow morning low clouds, coast side a few patches in near the bay. temperatures in all areas starting out in the 50s. if you have early plans you'll need that player to start off

saturday by afternoon, check out these temperatures. really just comfort yachblt 78 in the south bay.qb9x 81 los gatos. 77 sunnyvale. pin anyone slarks upper 70s redwood city. we'll see some fog into the afternoon. breezy ingu daily city. 59. mid-60s for south city, downtown san francisco. we'll provide a little bit of variety here. low 60s coast side. you have to get outside of the bay area to see 90s on the seven day. 78 in vallejo. towards east bay, 72 oakland. nothing but blue skies and mild to warm weather inland. 85 livermore, 85 in san ram yochblt concord, mid 08s so nice, warm saturday afternoon inland.

mild near the coast. cooler for your sunday. low 60s to mid-80s then numbers drop upperyqaeo 50s to w 80s inland. high clouds temperatures cooler for this time of the year. not expecting much of a recovery there. >> thank you. >> up next the never before seen images of marilyn monroe.

a group of vintage photos of marilyn monroe goes on the auction block. take a look. they were taken at the end of the korean war. she performed 10 shows. the photos show her singing on stage, visiting troops and just posing for photos. they were taken by a military photographer purchased by a collector in the 1990s.u÷]" >> an illinois man ordered to pay when his own son was killed in a car crash is getting the final word of sorts. his son was riding in his dad's jeep with three people in june, twun. herron received $600,000 for the loss but other passengers demanded some of the money and a court agreed with them ordering the father to pay up

michael's mother and i are having to refund the money. they can have all the money in the world and i'll take my son back. >> this is how he paid off the settlement. an armored truck dropped off 150 bags of quarters with $1,000 in each sack. the money weighs four tons. it's a snub, roger says to passengers making a sad situation worse. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00 an update on the bart contract talks and planning for a possible strike what. you can do instead of trying to make your way across the bay. >> also a travel alert issued for americans that may be headed oversee saes.

>> we quinn this hour with an agency news conference on bart's general manager said she's staying optimistic they'll find a way to come to a deal before the current contract expires however, the union telling abc 7 news they're still far on the most important issues of wages, benefits and health care. both are advising riders to get plan b lined up just in kaichls they have until sunday night to reach an agreement before walking off the job. >> if there is a strike many

will choose note knot to get entangled in the traffic. a look at how some workers will do their 9:00 to 5:00 closer to home. leanne? >> i think people learned from that last strike today, friday, they're better prepared because of the tools out there. >> this is called a co-working space. drew cannon cups to next space. during the strike cannon worked out of their berkeley space. >> i would stay there, working in the space in berkeley. it worked out well last time. >> monday, next space will wave the drop in fee for a day if there is a strike. the city of san leandro

announced main library opening a huge hall offering work space two days for free. >> free wi-fi access we'll have tables here, chairs for people to sit and work. >> there are other options for those who can't make it into the office and have to stay home. it connects employees. mike says strike or no strike is how work place is evolving. >> our numbers shoi there is going to be 1.3 billion mobile workers by 2015. and 89% telecommute once a week. >> during the last strike 29% of mind jet employees were not able to make it into the office. it's a virtual white board company. they had meetings and stayed connected online using a program called go to meeting. >> you can still get work

done. it's just more fun to do it when you're able to work with people every day. >> let you can mee talk about san leandro. the library opens at 10:00 in the morning on monday, space will be open until 5:00 in the morning. >> we have a travel alert. travelers have to be aware today. mark math use joins us live now outside of the international terminal. mark? >> important to note the state department is saying travelers should be cautious and should not saying travelers should stay home.

the reason? internet chatter about a possible al qaeda attack. the warning notes tourist sites public transportation, airplanes, and boats, and says u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be ware of their surroundings and adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling. alert expirz august 21 but one agent says she's not hearing from any clients. >> some people don't take night account when u.s. does this, they've done soit many times. >> but a former cia case officer who spent most of his career in the middle east says this time it's different. >> boy say if you don't have urgent business in that part of the world you shouldn't go. >> saying it's asign the u.s. picked up what it believes to be a credible threat. >> has to be fairly specific.

sources, phone calls probably pretty well known. my only question is will the attack occur in the middle east. >> he says before september 11th attacks there was chatter about an attack in turkey and that al qaeda is capable of creating a diverse, travelers told me they hadn't heard after the lert. >> i'd just been out for lunch. >> i am not ware of this. >> they haven't actually identified an airport in the us us?. >> it's a world wide travel alert for u.s. citizens. >> okay. well, i'll have to take my chances. >> we have heard u.s. intelligence has been tracking a growing threat. we'll have tips on how to stay safer. >> mark, thank you. the lawyer for edward snowden says his client is living in a

safe place in russia after being granted temporary asylum. we have a photo of snowden taken yesterday. the lawyer won't say where he'll be staying. it's unlikely he'll be making public appearances in russia. the lawyer did say snowden sexhofted and missing his american girlfriend. he was allowed to leave the transit area yesterday following russia's decision to grant him asylum good for a jeer. >> the justice department will be keeping statistics on hate crimes committed against sikhs and other groups coin siding with the one-year anniversary of the killing of six sikh worshippers in wisconsin. members have lobbied feds to keep these statistics. they will begin tracking hate crimes against hindus, buddhists morm yanz as well as orthodox chris chinz just

ahead at 4:00 forget picnic baskets. this bear has eyes on a bigger prize. >> just ahead i'm taking your questions on twitter and face book. you can contact me on face1v and on twitter. >> i'm abc news sandhya patel. you can see mount diablo now. it warmed up today. i'll let you know if sunshine and warmth will stick around for the we

a geyser decided to put on a show. take a look. steam boat geyser erupted for the first time in eight years. it's unpredictable to say the least. it's estimated about 200 to 300 feet high. the show lasted nearly all day but only 30-40 people witnessed it firsthand. yellow stone has 300 geysers. >> how awesome. >> yeah. >> let's take a look at the weekend forecast. spencer is off, sandhya is here. >> yes. looking at live doppler 7 mostly sunny skies across the bay area if you're doing

travelers you're going see heat in dallas. they have high he'd heet and humidity right now. pleasant weather there. 90 in atlanta. 106 in phoenix. 79, seattle. looking at state wide temperatures very pleasant. no extreme heat. you're going to enjoy the sun there. only heat in the desert no. 90s showing up here but around clear lake 92 degrees. 65 san francisco. up to 80 in napa. 78 degrees in san jose. so beautiful pattern, mild to warm. just a little bit cooler on sunday. >> no sign so far about a bear

trying to walk off with an entire dumpster. the bear sniffed out food in the back of a restaurant wednesday night in colorado springs. when you have urge for schi schinitzel have you to take matters into your own hands. the signature dish is a steak stuffed with bacon, mustard, onions and pickles covered in gravy. the bear spotted yesterday morning. the owners plan to chain down the dumpsters in case the big guyn÷mlñ comes back hungry. >> he's agile. >> very good. >> still ahead on abc 7 news health concern drop thing must warning labels on bottles of aseat met fin. >> new rules taking guesswork out of shopping. >> if you live in san francisco, should you rent your apartment out to air b

and b? maybe no not. we'll fwauk that coming up. >> right now, here is a look at what is head on world news at 5:30. >> hello. tonight on world news what we have learned about that new terror alert. the world wide warning for americans traveling overskpaez our martha raddis will be leading our coverage tonight. and also, coming up our persons of the week. it's oprah winfrey herself and forest whitaker and a conversation together a personal one about race, and family, and change in america. and its all after abc 7 news at 5:00.

washington state fish and wildlife department has hired )  officer whose job sit to protect puget sound orca population. the orca officer will patrol and make sure whale watching tours keep a safe distance. the population of 85 orcas have been listed as endangered.

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again and end with the exexplosion fire, listing 14 separate incidents since 1989 describing as a record of safety violation asks a disregard for public welfare. it's a first step towards accountability. the company said in part the city lawsuit is a waste of resources and yet another example of failed leadership. we'll defend action autos it's chevron that failed us. they have failed us by way of doing... the plume traveling across the bay area. the corroded pipes. >> at this time the suit does not ask for a specific amount saying that will come later after an investigation and discovery. in richmond abc 7 news. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you vf -- very much.

will bart workers go on strike again? we'll have live coverage and a proposal that can prevent them. >> and i'm abc 7 sandhya patel. find out if the trend will continue into weekend plans. >> we've got three days in negotiations terms three days is a very long time. >> commitment from both sides in the bart contract negotiations to reach a deal avoid another transit strike that would cause commute chaos. õ.(2qryl jeng autos i'm dan ashley. management says they're optimistic they can reach a zpeel avoid a strike. gm held a news conference to talk about the progress. >> bart and two major unions

still disagre on pay, pension and health care. management insists fit does happen there are no plans to run trains with replacement operator autos if trains stop rolling monday morning commute going to be a mess wex have live team coverage with abc 7 news reporters let's start with you with the progress on the talks. >> we haven't heard much from the unions yet today f past they've complained about bart's $400,000 chief negotiator, today, calling for him to be fired for the first time, hawk fired back rmt heart chief negotiate yoir says fears and accusations he's a union buster are unfounded. >> as far as i know i've never busted a union anywhere. if they've got something that says i have, i'd like to know. >> he snez 400 of the negotiations, all have settled but none before the deadline.

breaking the union is not his intent. >> never the intent. it's always to reach a settlement. i mean, i've never gone into negotiations anywhere in the united states. where the client didn't want a settle. i represent clients. these aren't my ideas. i'm representing what bart is offer. >> unions say from the beginning there has been little progress on the challenging so called general issues of wages, benefits and safety. >> we've had difficulty at the general table. supplemental tables have gone well so we've made a lot prof gres there. >> the general has been going off and on the entire time. it's goes on. >> negotiations could be going on around the clock between now and sunday night. some are prepared to stay overnight necessary. >> i've got bags packed in the car. just being prepared for whatever it takes.