debut of the new eastern span. >> bart is running nonstop. we are live in san francisco with how busy the trains are getting. >> drivers scramble for alternate routes. there will be gridlock this morning? we have complete coverage on what to expect if you are headed out the door. >> good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us at 6:00 a.m. on thursday. >> we start with a look at the yerba buena island camera, and you can see no traffic moving on the old span. on the left side the bright shiny side is the new eastern span with no track but hopefully there will be this five days. we have coverage of the closure beginning with leyla gulen in the traffic center. leyla gulen? >>guest: it looks like traffic is building as are the accidents. we will take you over the altamont pass where we have a motorcycle crash that has

blocked one lane and this is at grant line road and we are looking at slow conditions from tracy and toward livermore. it is slow until dublin/pleasanton and opens up and become up at 238 so the traffic toward the san mateo bridge is getting busy and speaking of which we have this brand new accident blocking one lane at the tolls at the spay yes bridge and you have bumper-to-bumper traffic easing up slightly but we have slower commute. outside, i will show you the maze and as you can see the traffic is building as you make it out of berkeley to 580 making a push toward the nimitz. mike? >>guest: good morning, everyone, we will start with live doppler 7 hd tracking the clouds as they lower and spread throughout the bay, four miles visibility and four miles in santa rosa is the lowest with flight arrival delays in sfo at an hour and 20 minutes because of the should cover. the next telephone hours, minor drizzle and 62 through 7:00 and

clouds will linger longer today and mostly sunny at noon and near 70 and mid-70's at 4:00 and upper 70's through the evening hours. next 12 hours inland met of the clouds are in the north bay, 63 degrees and sunny by noon and upper 70's and mid-80's close to average by 4:00 and mid-60's during the evening hours and we will go from drizzle this morning to mostly cloudy to partly sunny low-to-mid 60's through the coast. now the news. christian and eric. >> let's continue our coverage on the bay bridge closure. matt keller are joins us from near the bay bridge toll plaza which is quiet but for work trucks. matt? >> quiet would be the words i would not use, it is very loud. you can see the work being con. crews are tearing up the old approach and grinding away the old pavement to make way for a new path from the tom -- toll

plaza to the yerba buena island. there will be two miles worth of rail to guide you while the old bridge is still standing. >> they will put up 10,000' of rail to help control the blow of traffic on to and off of the bridge by the toll plaza and headed into the tunnel westbound and out of the tunnel eastbound. >> the most challenging project will be demolition of the old westbound upper deck on the oakland side so the bicycle path can be connected between land and bridge and much of the work has to do with grinding and maybing and striping. caltran is expected to update me on their work they are doing this morning whether they are still on schedule or not but we will pass that information to you. >> here is a time-lapse look at the construction work overnight from our camera on yerba buena

island you can see thing for was half earlier around midnight and it lifts a bit and all the buy the construction crews worked around-the-clock to get the eastern span ready for the day -- debut. katie marzullo? is bart a popular opening? >> so far, so good on bart no one has reported overly crowded trains but they are getting that way. i have a new stat: bart saw 20,000 more trips yesterday through 7:00 p.m. so that was just as the bridge was closing but before the bridge was closing so if that gives you any indication of what we looking at the next couple of days but we shot this video and the bart platform at powell street has been quiet but okay so far and the train is not overly crowded but several commuters took the advice going around and they

came to the city early assuming the latter morning trains would be packed. >> not too bad. not this early. going home i am sure it will be fairly crowded. >> i didn't see any more people than normal so...maybe my regular train could be more packed but the train i came on, it seeped all right to me. >> you are looking now at the mcarthur station the hub for the overnight train with bart pitching in and running 24 hours a day from 14 different bart stations. the trains are running once an hour overnight and they are all meeting at the mcarthur station. be patient, of course, and if you can, avoid the peak hours which is 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 so if you are arriving now you are this good shape. >> a.c. transit is running extra

buss for service through four east bay bart stations including north berkeley with additional ferries crossing the bay carrying 15 percent more passengers than usual and on special schedules. we have details on the transit alternatives to get around the bridge closing at abc7news.com and if you need to drive our exclusive waze app helps you see where the worst battle necks are with all bridges busier than normal. >> you can see how the morning commute is going. we are showing you the conditions with our cell technology. dick, how is it looking? >> good morning, i am stopped right now ready to get on the san rafael bridge at 580. you are sighing the cars coming

off of the san rafael richmond bridge bunching up there on the off-ramp the sir francis drake boulevard off-ramp the connection from 580 to southbound 101. these people will be headed over the golden gate bridge headed into san francisco so we have a backup beyond san quentin. eric and kristen? this will be a cop provide of trucks during peak commute hours and a pleasanton company is moving more than 6,000 truckloads of asphalt to pave the new bay bridge and could be congested so caltran will monitor traffic at the command center and can reroute the convoy. the trucks are diverted back to

interstate 880 and highway 38 overnight. we will bring you briefings two times each day, and we will be live on monday with the chain cutting ceremony and you on twitter will know the moment the new bridge opens. >> dick shows up a very important view of what it is like getting off 580 westbound to make the connection to 101 with traffic backing up. >> the richmond san rafael bridge is looking slower at this hour and i will show you a picture of that and i want to show you our app eventually but right now the stretch between richmond and san rafael you can see 55 miles per hour, and a look at maze is a packed house making it on i-80 to the

road. it is not until you make the drive to hair that you are stop-and-go traffic. if you are traveling along 101 you could find a couple of pockets with yellow meaning a buildup of volume and everyone is running at top speed. if we can go do our waze app there is an accident at the toll plaza worker 92 and the waze app is an excellent research so download it for free at the apple app and google play and enjoy our community of commuters to help you. >> good morning, everyone, in the south bay, los gatos is the cool spot at 59, and alum rock is 60 and everyone else is around 63 to 65 degrees. even sunnyvale at 66 for the

warm spot is as we move out, asking stole and bodega bay and half moon bay in the upper 50's and 51 in san francisco and lafayette is 62 and san carlos and alameda is 64 and brentwood is 66. in san francisco, it looks like we will see the cloud cover hang around longer than yesterday but, still, temperatures within one-or-two degrees of normal for this time of the year. as we move failure, it will be warmer tomorrow, and look at the cooling friend, 5- to 10-degrees cooler during the holiday week. >> at 6:10, continuing coverage of the bay bridge closure is next on the abc7 news. >> we will have to go over the golden gate bridge then the san rafael because wily in vallejo so i am not happy. >> driver says the closure caught her off guard. >> the roads using cell 7

technology, this is the richmond-san rafael bridge and dick is driving across, our engineer, and we will check back with dick on that commute.

>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news this is a hook at the oakland maze where you see the flashing light that normally is the approach to the bay bridge that is shut down. that means everyone is being detoured to the right. it will take you to interstate 80. maybe you can make it over to the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> the traffic pattern is different. on the roads we show you the only commute underway with dick using cell 7 to show us the conditions. dick, it looks like you are at the toll plaza, the richmond-san rafael bridge? the folks with best track are going through no problem but if you pay cash at the toll plaza this is a backup but it is not

big. it is probably maybe ten-car backup in all the cash lanes and when you get on the bridge into marin county traffic appears to be heavier than normal but moving at speed limit which is good. i talked to an associate of mine that made it southbound 101 to the golden gate bridge saying traffic is a little heavier than normal but it is moving which is the good news. >> thank you, dick. >> for many it was a race against the clock to get out of san francisco. drivers were turned away at interstate 80 eastbound at 8th before 8:00 p.m. some were frustrated because the shutdown was nasa supposed to start until 8:00 and they thought they made it. >> we have to go over the golden gate bridge then the san rafael bridge because we live in vallejo so i am not very happy. >> this is the first time it is closed because of construction on weekday when thousands are commuting to work or getting

ready to leave the city for the long week. the bridge was closed during the labor day weekend in 2006, 2007, and 2009. >> bride and grandmother -- and groom are moving ahead with plans for a wedding which was plans months ago on treasure island. this is a high demand because of the romantic views and the wedding planners say the couple was shocked when they learned the bridge would be closed but caltrain came to the rescue driving access passes to treasure island from tran just for the wedding party. >> organizers of the 43rd millbrae art and wine festival are making sure it does not affect attendance offering free shuttle service from the millbrae bart station. more than 100,000 people are expected to attend the annual party which runs from tom through sunday.

leyla gulen is monitoring the track. there is a little more volume. >> exactly, seeing a lot more volume and i will show you what it looks like on our map and our drive time track. we have a report of an accident that cleared the shoulder at the toll plaza so, right now, you are looking at bumper-to-bumper traffic and through hayward, the area is packed because folks are making the transition to the san mateo bridge rather than to the bay bridge. if you are headed along the san mateo it will take you 23 minutes to get you out of hayward into foster city especially hitting 101 where it is bumper to bumper and richmond san rafael is not too bad but there is extra traffic. the dumbarton is locking clear and i will have more in a

littlibility but now, good morning to mike nicco and the trust. cooler coming up, right? >> i think so, especially this weekend. we are watching the cloud cover and flight arrival in oakland and san jose. flight tracker is always available at abc7news.com. we have some drizzle but any measurable wet weather is not falling because you can see how thin the clouds are, more spread out, and because of that, the player has thinned out as we look from sutro tower. clouds linger today in some areas and it will be our warmest day tomorrow and more clouds and cooler weather for the holiday week. after that, warming trend starts and we head back to work. we will have upper 70's to low 80's in the south bay and cupertino and shows at 81 and los gatos mid-to-upper 80's. for the peninsula, millbrae is the exexception at 72 and everyone else is in the mid-70's to 80 in redwood city and mid-to-upper 60's loan the coast and sunset is 66 and downtown is

69 and flirting with 70 in south san francisco and 72 in sausalito and young to 84 in the north bay valley spread and the beaches 63 to 65 and berkeley is 72 and everyone else in the mid-70's and in the east bay hills we will be in the mid-to-upper 80's. tonight, the temperatures are in the mid-50's to low 60's mid-50's up north but most of us are under cloud cover again. the low pressure will sit here and spin and keep the storms to the north but it will keep us in the sea breeze and temperatures today are typical for this time of the career and the sea breeze backs off and the warmest day is tomorrow and the temperature slowly slides at 5- to 10-degrees cooler by sunday and monday. >> the bay bridge closure remains our top story and the other top stories are ahead on the abc7 news only news including the new revelation the abc7 news i teen is making into the case of convicted serial killer joseph naso.

how does the united states respond to the use of chemical weapons by syria against its own people? >>guest: supply and demand and ford is responding to a shortage of the fusion see dan. >> you can see the work continuing on the new eastern span of the bay bridge on the left and the old span is empty and dark.

>> good morning, with the bay bridge closed we look at alternate commutes. this is the golden gate bridge with headlights headed into san francisco, you can see it is heavier traffic and there is fog out there, as well, so it could be tough in the commute. no cash taken for tolls on that bridge. the san mateo bridge is an alternate and that is busy, too. leyla gulen said that because of an early accident at the toll plaza it is slower in the red in the area around the toll plaza. tail lights headed west to foster city, you can see heavier than usual traffic. >> senior white house officials are holding a briefing with congressional leaders on the situation in syria. president obama is evaluating how the united states responds to the chemical attack on

civilians by the syrian government and the obama administration said it would take action against the syrian government even without the backing of allies or the united nations but great britain is now backing off of a rush to strike. >> the prosecution in the case of convicted serial killer joseph naso hopes evidence of a possible other victim leads to a death sentence because they think they can link him to the murder of a woman in 1981 when a body was found on a beach the he was convicted of killing four women. the sentence will be considered next month and hear from the children of three of the victims as well as his ex-wife would accused him of drugging her and letting men sexually assault her. >> for the first time, ford is making the popular fusion sedan in the united states and the michigan plant near detroit will assemble the fusion today including the hybrid version.

1,400 new workers are on the job. the automaker says they are increasing production to keep up with demand. fusion sales are up 13 percent this year. until now the car was made exclusively in mexico but that plant is producing am full capacity. >> the bay bridge is shut down for the next five days. ahead at 6:30, continuing coverage of the closure and the last car to cross the old eastern span for the very last time we found out who was behind the wheel. >> i am leyla gulen in the traffic center, here is a look at that toll plaza and it is empty but for the construction crews that are making their way around the toll plaza to shut things down for good. we are looking at heavy traffic on our alternate briggs including the golden gate bridge and san mateo bridge and the richmond-san rafael bridge and i will tell you where the hotspots are and how to get around it

using our waze app. >> the marine layer clouds are more widespread so watch out for changes in the visibility and i have a cooling trend for the

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> thanks for starting your thursday right here. this is a look from our cell 7 technology of interstate 80 westbound in emeryville which is going to be busy this morning. that is the top story of the morning. thames positive joining us. >> right now we will go to our bay bridge toll camera. this is not what we are used to seeing on a thursday. usually we see a lot of cars streaming by but right now no cars or passengers. caltran closed the bay bridge at 8:00 and all night crews have been working there to prepare for the opening of the new eastern span. >> we have continued coverage of the bay bridge closure. we start with abc7 news traffic reporter leyla gulen with how

the roads are looking now. leyla gulen? >> they are looking a lot on a lot of bart trains and the freeways, however, are looking heavier at the altamont pass and when you get if was tremendous valley and hayward over to the san mateo bridge, that is bumper to bumper and as we look at our drive time traffic traveling along highway four from antioch to hercules to i-80 is 36 minutes and along i-80 westbound to the maze we are looking at early pictures which is under 20 minutes so it is packed to 580 along 87 from 85 that is under ten minutes, a short drive and our waze app you can see it is a helpful tool. the richmond-san rafael bridge

shows a wazer reporting with a vehicle stopped on the shoulder. there are heavy hotspots throughout the area. >> good morning, everyone, at least the weather is not an obstacle other than you are driving areas you are not familiar with so there could be reduction in visibility because of the clouds that are lowering. our thickest fog is only at four, this santa rosa, and were else has in reduction if visibility. 63 around the bay, with clouds and drizzle, and 69 at noon and mid-70's through 4:00, and in the upper 60's with a return of the clouds in the evening. the day planner next 12 hours, more clouds and 63 degrees and sunny elsewhere by noon, and mid-80's, close to average, as we head through the afternoon hours and mid-70's in the evening hours and we will run from 61 and drizzle at 7:00 this morning at the coast to mostly cloudy and mid-60's during the

afternoon hours. >> we will continue our coverage of the bay bridge closure at abc7 news with construction work that started last night and continues. matt? >> the work is continuing. we are 200 yards away from the toll plaza, parallel to it. you can see the work being done this morning on the bay bridge. much of the work during the closure has to do with grinning, paving, and striping and the challenging project is demolition of the upper deck on the oakland side so the bicycle path can be connected. also, the new span needs to be connected to land on the oakland side to the tunnel on the west side and we spoke with the c.h.p. and this is what they had to say the. >> so far, so good. we had in issues or incidents and no one tried to get through and people are respecting the

closures and as far as i know construction is going as plan planned. >> when it is done driving the new bridge will be a much different experience from what you are accustomed to, eastbound and westbound degrees are side-by-side rather than stacked and the driving experience is more open from the can't -- cantilever cage. >> matt, thank you very much. our coverage takes us to san francisco where abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is monitoring what bart is up to. how is it looking, katie? >> eric, we are at powell street and it is quiet. this is a quiet stop normally. i have been talking to those coming and going saying they are giving them sells an extra hour to avoid the crowds and people have been doing oh way but

people are saying their train at other bart stakes was standing room only. we have new video from the last 15 minutes and it was empty on the platform and there is already more and more people coming in. the crowds are the witching hour between 8:00 and 9:00. to compare to the last time the bay bridge closed labor day week of 2009 ride we help was up 30 percent that weekend so we can expect something similar this time around and bart has advice, give yourself extra time. people are doing that. be parent. do not forget to take packing into consideration. athe lots are filling up. the best of north concord, martinez and the coliseum and oakland airport is good. west oakland has a lost packing but the fee is higher and it is

a busy station but that could be one to try. >> this is video of mcarthur station an important hub during the closure. bart is running overnight trains, 24 hour trains once an hour, from 14 stations and all of those overnight trains are meeting at mcarthur station and the over night service runs through sunday night. bart says that the trains, the entire system, will run 50,000 extra miles during this bridge closure. >> we want to take you outside to the roads and show you how the morning commute is going and abc7 news south 7, and dick is showing us the conditions right now and you are on 880 in oakland, right? there are a lot of folks headed to the san mateo bridge. >> i am southbound on highway 80 passing 23rd avenue alameda

off, the traffic here is relatively light right now and it is move at 60 miles per hour, 65 american in spots and the traffic northbound is heavier but it is also moving at about 50 or 55 miles per hour, at least. i understand in the hayward area there are slow downs approaching highway 92 bridge entrepreneur. that that is where i am headed but it is if news through downtown oakland 880, northbound and southbound. kristen? >>guest: it looks smooth right now, thank you, dick. >> the last car on the original eastern span crossed the bridge after 8:00 last night a vintage 1930 ford model a crossed two minutes after c.h.p. put the closing in effect and the driver was from richmond. there was a passenger in the jump suit and bob called the bay

area tom authority early this week to see if he and his friends would be last ones over but bob is the only one would showed and the car was escorted across by caltran tow trucks and was declared free of people and cars before 8:30. >> the san francisco chamber of commerce hopes not too many small businesses will be hurt by the bridge shut down, and a barber at the hotel in union square says east bay customers have canceled appointments because of the bridge closures and he says he is self employed so when he is not cutting hair he is not making money. chamber of commerce hopes extended bart service will keep people coming into the city. stay with abc7 news for coverage throughout the next 5 1/2 days and we will be streaming live briefings twice a day at 8:00 am and 4:30 in the good morning and we will be live at 3:00 on monday, at 3:00 p.m., for the chain cutting ceremony and twitter followers know the moment the new bridge opens.

>> the abc7 news continues with the other top stories and the rim wildfire continues to burn in yosemite national park and ahead the new strategy crews will use to fight the flames. >> here is a look outside near the toll plaza from the oakland side, a lot of crews are busy working with construction work underway to get the new span open with traffic and weather together as

>> a quick departure from traffic for a moment we have a report of a fire burning in sonoma canyon road. it sounds like it was sparked by a downed pole. our drive time traffic shows along the 101 friend headed across the golden gate bridge 11 minutes gets you there and the bay bridge is out of the commission and 25 minutes to get from hayward to foster city and this is what bart station looked like and this is what it looks like now from west oakland a packed house. >> talking about the changeable conditions on the different commute this morning and the bay bridge: firmly entrenched in fog. if you are headed to the sierra tuolumne county, very dangerous

air. we have air quality issues from mammoth to reno including lake tahoe. the flooding warnings in the high desert, warnings are possible, and the prosecute of us, 79 in tahoe with smoky hazy. >> firefighters will use large-scale backfire operations to balancing the growing sierra fire burning near and into yosemite national park. the fire has blackened more than 192,000 acres for the sixth largest in criminal history. officials say the rate of the fire spread has slowed since last week and crediting cooler temperatures, loiter wins and higher relative humidity the fire is now 30 percent contained with full containment expected september 10. >> trading is underway on wall street and a look at the big board shows us the dow is up almost ten points and we will check in at the new york city with the business.

>> another look outside from our yerba buena island with the if you span on left not ready to open yet.

>> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area at 6:45. the san mateo bridge is handling more traffic with the bay bridge closed with tail lights and headlights. it is a little slow moving into foster city and a check with leyla gulen ahead. >> what is it look getting there? we take you to the roads and show you the only -- the morning commute and we are on southbound 880, and a crawl, now, dick? >> absolutely a crawl. this is by far the worst traffic i have seen so far in morning. i am southbound 880. headed south on 880 when you hit the boulevard the brake lights come on and i am just maybe quarter of a mile south of maria boulevard and the traffic slows to a crawl and maximum burst of speed is maybe 15 or 20 miles per hour and right now i am

doing five miles per hour and i suspect most of the people are probably headed for the 92 entrepreneur and probably even the san mateo bridge so as i said, so far this morning, this is the worst traffic i have seen even worse than the diversion approaching the san francisco bay bridge. i thought that would be a problem spot for people get confuse asked not knowing what to do but it was nowhere near as bad as this area. >> keep us informed. >> the merger to create the biggest airline is having trouble getting off the ground. >> another sign the housing market is improving. we are joined from the new york stock exchange. >> the number of underwater homeowners is declining 12.2

million owe more than their north is, down from last year with san francisco and san jose the highest equity, and worst off is las vegas, atlanta and orlando. las vegas will improve the most by second quarter. american airlines and us airways say if the government takes its time for trial their plan to merge could be grounded. the justice department wants to wait until man of next year to start making the case against the planned airline emergencier and the care areas want the trial to begin in november. as for trading, we are underway on wall street and the dow and nasdaq and s&p are higher. the silicon valley index shows we are performing higher but traders will be focused on any news from the situation in syria. that is the news from the new

york stock exchange and the bloomberg business report. >> we will see the bay bridge is closed and the san mateo bridge is busy this morning. >> now a look at the roads. >> the san mateo bridge is looking busy at 25 minutes to get you from hayward to foster city and tail lights are moving along in the westbound direction on the approach to the san mateo bridge we have a rot of a motorcycle accident at a street southbound along 880 so watch out for that and possibly one lane is blocked. san francisco to sausalito and it will take ten minutes to cross the bridge and headed away from 580 to sausalito it is another 18 minutes. now, to san rafael, we can see how the drive is building from

santa benicia into central san rafael it is much, were heavier. >> good morning, everyone. i found one school district in the north bay, mill valley, that is starting today. it is cloudy and 59 at 7:30 when school is out at 78 under sunny skies. it is quiet. we still have drizzle but not any real rain. we have faster when at forward at 21 so a stronger push and you can see the clouds are hanging around the marin head lands and we look to 9 south across san francisco and the bay and clouds are more widespread and will linger longer than yesterday. warmest days are tomorrow and cooling friend for the weekend. notice law 9:00 all of us are cloudy and by 11:00 our east bay inland valley if the south bay are clearing but the bay is cloudy until noon to 1:00 o'clock when you will see your

sunshine and at the coast, we will have pockets of sunshine in the afternoon. in the south bay upper 70's to neither 80 and mid-80's around los gatos and gilroy. 68 at half moon bay and today at 64 at daly city and colma and accident in downtown and 72 in sauce haiti but 10 or 15 degrees warmer and low-to-mid 80's in the north bay valley and 72 at berkeley the cool spot and around 80 in fremont and mid-to-upper 80's in the east bay valley. it will be cloudy tonight with patchy drizzle near the coast and the peninsula and most of us are dry with mid-50's up north and upper to 60's for the rest of us. five degrees warmer tomorrow but 5- to 10-degrees cooler through the holiday week. >> seven things to know before you go. the morning news returns

>> good morning at 6:54. you can see traffic on 880, southbound, around the 23 junction areaship drove area it is pretty slow, stop-and-go, the busiest alternate commutes this morning for the bay bridge closure. >> herer seven things to know before you go: the bay bridge is closed and the best alternate is the san mateo bridge and we will look how sluggish it is with the tail lights to foster city taking you between 25 and 30 minutes and become to our map i will show you the drive along southbound 880 where we have a motorcycle crash at ace street and we have a 30-minute commute to get from oakland to the san mateo bridge. >> work on the bay bridge has been nonstop this morning since

it was closed to track around 8:00 last night and crowes are tearing up the old approach and griping away old pavement to make way for a new path from the toll plaza to the new eastern span. >> bart is stepping up a service to help commuters get across the bay and trains are running at 14 bart stations through labor day and bart says commuters should avoid riding dug the busiest hours they can which is between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. >> a.c. transit is running extra buses for service to four east bay bart stakes and west oakland, mcarthur, and north berkeley and coliseum with additional ferries during the closure. >> fire crews will use large scale backfire operations to balancing the sierra fire burning near and into yosemite which scorched 192,000 acres making it the 5th largest in california history. the fire is 30 percent contained with full containment expected september 10. >> the gulf coast is mark the

8th anniversary of hurricane katrina today that made landfall new new orleans in 2005 more than 1,hull people were killed and the city mayor says he will take part in a ceremony at a local cemetery to remember the dead. >> look at one of the few areas that have sunshine and that would be in walnut creek right now and how we have morning drizzle elsewhere so watch out for that especially closest to the coast and along the bay shore. 81 to 89 from the north bay inland east bay valley and 72 to 81 around the bay and 63 to 69 from the coast to san francisco. >> we continue now on-line and on twitter and facebook. see you in 25 minutes.

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