and considering the may-december romances, catherine zeta jones and michael douglas are taking a time out, the two have had their struggles, him fighting throat cancer, her, bipolar disorder. she announced earlier she would never get divorced, never. but at least they are attempting to work it out. which cannot be said for north korean dictator kim jong-un who reportedly sent his ex to the firing squad this week. according to the newspaper, the singer of the hit song "excellent horse like lady" was caught making a sex tape with 11 members of their orchestra, and their punishment? death by machine gun. that came from an anonymous

source in china, impossible to confirm. we hope she turns out, but just to be safe we should all avoid making sex tapes in north korea. thank you for joining us, we'll have the latest on syria, we're always on line at abcnews.com, and have a great week.

schedule, the paving, the grinding and the striping is moving as planned. the only thing behind schedule are the drivers who are stuck taking the long way around. good evening. i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm ama dates in for dan ashley. we will have more on the bridge in a moment. first the crisis in syria where it is 9:00 a.m. on saturday. abc news is reporting there could be u.s. military action there as soon as this weekend. the president and his staff is meeting today and deciding how to respond to the masacre that leaves 1400 people with chemical weapons and with four u.s. navy ships off the syrian coast, the white house is leaving little doubt that the united states would respond with force. >> from the white house, president obama is weighing the options in response to a chemical weapons attack he said syria's government carried outlast week. the president is speaking with his national security team

while assuring americans that a strike against al-assad's government would not pull the u.s. into a long-term conflict. >> we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act and we are not considering open-ended commitment and not considering boots on the ground approach. >> reporter: military experts say the u.s. is eyeing a measured response in the form of airstrikes in syria's capital. >> don't go after the unit that conducted these attacks. they know who the unit is. they know where they can be located and they will punish the unit with strikes. they will also do something compelling. ministry of defense building. >> but it may be a tough sell to the u.s. public. 50% of americans oppose taking military action in syria. the u.s. would be acting without the help of one of its strongest allies, britain's parliament has voted against taking action in syria, but the president indicates france is with him.

congressman eric swalwell has been breached by intelligence officials. he says he has seen conclusive evidence of the chemical attack by the syrian government. >> we do not want to rush to judgment. we must make sure that we know that whatever targets are being considered if they were to strike syria that we do not hit civilian or ingnawent is people. -- or innocent people. >> the congressman says aesident obama can limited attack without seeking approval from congress. developing news tonight, a disturbing discovery in emeryville near the policea tip, police found a human body part along the beach portion of east shore state park. sky 7hd was overhead when that discovery was made around a 5:00 this afternoon. authorities will not say what type of body part was found. east bay regional police are now spearheading the investigation. tonight a 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in an

elementary school bathroom. it happened late this afternoon in alameda at ruby bridges elementary. police got a call about the assault. officers arrested the boy near the school. the victim is described as a young girl. she was taken to the hospital and there is no information on how she is doing. a popular restaurant where people wait hours for a table is closing because of an out break of e-coli. they posted a notice on the front door tonight and the city health department is reporting 14 people with cases of e-coli including 9 who ate at berma superstar. there is no on going health risk at the restaurant. it can be prevented by practicing safe food handling including cooking meats thoroughly and washing hands and counters and washing hands before -- after touching raw meat. and now to the new bay bridge and a big milestone

tonight. crews are just about to finish painting the stripes of the lanes of the toll plaza after removing the surface and repaving it. the clough is sure is expected to last a total of five days. the bridge is scheduled to reopen by 5:00 on tuesday morning, but it could open sooner. looking live now at the eastern span from our emeryville camera. it is a beautiful view of the center and the work continues around the clock. here is what the shutdown is doing to traffic. this is a time lapse video of the traffic on the golden gate bridge. most drivers are heading out of town leaving the city less crowded tonight. alan -- alan wang is live with that part of the story. >> carolyn and ama, that bridge is definitely an artery for business into the city, especially for the bars and the restaurants. if you are a business owner it is a painful sight. but if you like eating out in san francisco it could be a great week end to get a table without much of a wait.

it is friday night on the embarcadero and by the looks of these restaurants it is obvious the bay bridge is closed. >> we could have gotten in a lot of places. usually friday night you can't get in anywhere. >> they live at the top of the hill over looking the bridge. for the past two days the droning sound of traffic has been missing. >> you are used to it. weak up this morning and we thought we lived in napa or somewhere. >> it is quiet like the country. >> you can hear the birds singing. >> reporter: but that sound is also the sound of money not making it into the city. >> we stay busy until 9:00. sometimes we have to tell people we are closed because they keep coming in. as you can see tonight by 8:00 it is a crawl. >> reporter: the crawl won't last long. cal trans is expecting the bridge with all of the noise to reopen on time. >> there is a tremendous amount of excitement. everybody is feeling confident and we are on track. >> the new surface is nearly

finished and crews have begun removing a section of the old bridge that is blocking construction of the bike path on the new east span. when it opens there won't be 5* 35 mile per hour s -- s-curve. it will a straight shot in both directions. in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. we hit the road in the north bay all the way down to the san mateo bridge. here is a look at the bay area traffic from south 7 from earlier. we noticed that traffic was more congested. the chp told us that's because in the morning most people are headed to the same area. the commute is concentrated. later in the day people are going in every direction making traffic harder to navigate. abc7 news reporter saying that will be a concern through the weekend. >> we need to also think about all of the events that are going to be taking place off the weekend in the bay area. among those are the a's game taking place and a fireworks

game, berkeley's home game. folks will need to take bart to avoid getting into their cars and heading out on to the road. we have the millbrae art and wine festival and woo we have a -- and we have a festival in sausalito. it is taking place saturday and sunday and into monday. >> the complete traffic reports air every weekday morning on the morning news starting at 4:30 in the morning. and bart was busy again today. tonight though the crowd appears to have thinned compared to this time last night. a bart train going from san francisco to oakland an hour ago was not as packed with riders. that's a big change from yesterday who saw the third busiest day ever. bart will continue to offer limited trains 24 hours a day through labor day. here is a live look now at the nonstop work happening on the new bridge. we are streaming these images courtesey of our yerba buena camera. also on the site, a detailed look at commuter resources on bart, the transit and the bay

ferries. explore the realtime traffic maps to see where the worst gridlock is during this closure. as soon as the bridge opens we will notify our twitter followers. you can follow us at abc7 news bay area. the menlo park police department is asking to join a surveillance camera network. here is how it works. they want residents and businesses to register their camera with the department. if a crime occurs they can check to see who has the surveillance camera in that area. officers say they have helped identify suspects after recent shootings, robberies and burglaries. bay area authorities say burglaries in several areas are being committed by the same woman using the same ploy, looking for snakes. seven cities have been struck in recent weeks. belmont was hit yesterday. the suspect is described as a heavy set woman in her 30s, 5 foot 6 and dyed blonde hair and wears sunglasses.

she poses as an animal control officer claim thrg is an infestation of snake. while she distracts the homeowner the accomplice steals from the house. they say adult film studios has been fined after a woman tested positive for hiv. they are pushing for mandatory condom use in porn. they say cal-osha visited on tuesday. the actress shot a scene on july 31st and it was her last scene before she tested positive for hiv last week. a young cancer survive being denied the swing set his dad built for him. >> i did what was right. >> what a homeless man did to rescue a san francisco police officer. it is a story you will only see on abc7 news. >> and a man who saved the bay bridge troll.

what he thinks should happen to it. >> and i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. good visibility and we will check out your wake up weather and a look at the changes that labor day weekend will bring and whether these changes will affect your weekend

fought cancer is learning hislyo family must now fight to keep his beloved swing set. abc7 news reporter with the story from loss altos.

>> are you ready for another? here we go. >> reporter: for the last few months little weston has been enjoying his backyard swing set. it has been a tough year for this 5-year-old. >> we found out he was ith lymphoma. he was in a terminal condition. >> reporter: marshall is weston's dad and he asked us not to use his name to protect him him -- protect his privacy. he has been in and out of the hospital. he asked something to keep his son's mind off the pain. >> when you get home who knew when that was going to be? his response was a swing. >> his dad built a small trampoline. last week the family got a letter from the homeowner's association. it seems the swing and the trampoline are against the rules. >> they iewn -- they decided

the swing needed to be removed immediately. >> reporter: he is hoping the homeowner's association can revisit this esh you. i tried -- this issue. i tried contacting him and i have not received a response yet. if the board does not allow the play ground to stay, he said he would help build a community park. >> i would donate money that would build something more acceptable to the board. i would like this to stay here until that is completed. >> reporter: as weston continues to recover his family says the swing is a big help. san francisco police say they finally got their man. he is not a suspect though. he is a hero. it is a story you will see only on abc news. an officer was working alone when she responded to a report of vandalism. the suspect started attacking the officer and beating her

with her own club and trying to take her gun. he was crossing the street when he saw what was happening. he grabbed the suspect and held her down. >> the officer was in a chokehold and was kind of -- had the officer against the call and kind of banging her -- kind of beating her head into the wall a little bit. >> it took police a few days to find him and thank him. they are now trying to find him shelter if he still needs it. back to the bay bridge for a moment. look at this spectacular time lapse video. it shows the new span being constructed piece by piece. the company that produced it began documenting the construction of the span in 2008 creating the 50 money-month time lapse movie. cal trans is assuring everyone that the lucky troll on the old bay bridge will have a spot on the new one.

alan wang tweeted this photo. he carefully removed the troll from the eastern span. he wants to make sure it n. an icon.nd. our local installed it 24 years ago. i am part of that local i believe it to go on the new bridge or in a museum in a safe spot. >> 77hd shows the outline of where it used to be. installed after the 1989 earthquake and the iron workers say it is a protection against natural disasters. a fire chief's suspicions about the cause of the fire burning near yosemite have a lot of people talking tonight. th as firefighters -- this as firefighters continue to make small gains. they have it 35% contained and r today. the fire has now burned more than 213,000 acres. the cause is unclear, although

the fire chief in a small town says he has an idea during a community meeting. we know it is human caused and there is no lightning in the area. there may be illegal marijuana growth there. we talked to the u.s. forest service and the agency is still investigating the fire. the forest service is aware of the chief's comments, but they say there is still no official cause.anne anne it i anne anne it is time to check on our holiday weather. -- >> it is time to check on our holiday weather. >> it will be changing. summer made a return and it will be cooling off and there may even be drops. live doppler 7hd is watching a little fog around the san mateo and santa cruz coast, but it is limited. it got hot inland. midto upper 90s around livermore, concord. 84 oakland and 77 san francisco. mid-nineties in santa rosa, clear lake, 90 san rafael and even in santa cruz and redwood city, 88 san jose and those

temperatures will be going down. as you look at the view from our camera, a little breezy over the higher terrain and looking at the bay bridge in san francisco. 61 and 63 in oakland. still in the 60s from redwood city to los gatos. half moon bay, 59 degrees. as we look at this view, pretty good visibility right now. in the 60s around gnaw paw and novato and santa rosa. still hanging on to some of the warmth from earlier in the day. check out these numbers. we are in the low 70s for concord and livermore. the view from our east bay hills camera, the new eastern span of the bay bridge under work. mild to warm and cooler sunday and a chance of some showers, but don't can sell your plans. polk for your -- partly cloudy for your labor day. there is a high pressure over the liz earth -- the desert southwest. and the two will combine and bring us a chance of showers. we saw the subtropical moisture around the deserts and mountains and that's where

they saw the thunderstorms. some of the moisture will work its way up into your sunday. tomorrow, not a lot of change. lingering fog near the coast. warm again inland, but not as warm as it was today. a slight chance of showers appears as the clouds start to appear. it is not looking likely. the computer models are backing off. labor day we are looking at a few clouds. possible sunday.e the temperatures are mid50s to low 60s. fog near the coast and then for the afternoon we are looking at sunshine in the south bay. 85 san jose and 83 in sunnyvale and santa cruz, great day, 82 degrees. on the peninsula, 77 in san mateo. 68 in half moon bay. the temperatures are come down a little bit toward daly city. 72 downtown san francisco. north bay it is the summertime range. 90s around clear lake and bodega bay. 84 santa rosa and napa.

76 oakland and 78 union city. warmth is inland. 91 in san ramon and 90 in fairfield, livermore. a slight chance of a few sprinkles sunday or a light shower. cooler weather for the labor day weekend and then we bump up the temperatures next weekment. >> thanks. time to get a check on sports and how the a's are doing. larry? >> tonight is good. aloha means he is back. kurt suzuki. the maui bo

watch the news. david price didn't know the

bay bridge was closed so he was in for quite the ride when he left the team hotel in san francisco. he was head together oakland coliseum. he had a $202 cab ride that took an eternity before price arrived ready to take on the a's. he was not happy. parker hasn't walked since may 22nd. 16 straight starts and went seven innings. escobar with a single in the second. jennings makes it 1-0 rays. in the fifth and suzuki and welcome back to the maui boy. aloha. his first start at the coliseum and it gave him a 3-1 lead. the ray s who tie it at 3. cocoa crisp scores from second. texas loses to the a's. now two back of texas in the west. half a game up on the rays for the top wild card spot. the giants and d-backs and angel pagan. the giants needed him. scored the only run of the game. a sack fly and pagan deep to

throw and 1-0 giants. tim lincecum on the mound and sandoval and that would have been a sure double. timmy goes six score less for his eighth victory. the giants somehow win the game 1-0. we get our first look at the head coach and the new quarterback. the true freshman will leave the offense against northwestern. >> i am excited. it is a new experience like it is for our young players. when it is something new you are excited about it. i know the game day atmosphere will be great and the student section especially. we are excited to take it all in. most importantly we are excited to play against a good football team. >> serena williams is looking to move on from a round of 16.

the next rally at the net here and serena with the forehand winner. she rolls 6-3, 6-1 and will face sloan stevenson. one of three players who has beaten serena this year. and kobe bryant has to be feeling good about his achilles. this is posted by kobe. this is a high dive. may be as high as 40 feet. i don't know if he is wearing his. nikes. is this normal? achilles tendon rehab? is this what the doctors say? >> no, no. >> kobe says if i can run, i can jump. it is brought to you by riverwalk casino. you can dive or fall. >> up next, kate's first ap

wake up weather. some fog along the coast and then we #r* looking at clear skies. 50s, 60s and lisa will be here at 5:00. today the duchess of cambridge made her first public appearance since her son's birth. >> duchess kate surprised everyone at a marathon in wales. she joined prince william who was the official starter for the race. she left prince george napping at home with granny middleton. >> have a terrific weekend, everyone.

previously on live big with ali vincent. i headed down to phoenix arizona to spend some time with my family. it was great until mom and i had a massive fight. you need to stop.

you need to stop. you're being a snotty little wench. like always, we made up. let's go solve our problems like we always do and eat. i also punked my trainer jillian michaels. you know who i am? i do? i know who you are? she thought she was doing a phone interview with a live big producer for her nationwide speaking tour. but it was really me. it's ali vincent. when i became the first female to win the biggest loser life focused on calorie counting diet and exercise. although all that stuff is very important i'm realizing to truly live big i need to live life to the fullest, doing new things and challenging myself. now on live big what ali vincent everyday will be a new adventure. i want to be surprised. scared. even shocked. you're being a snotty little wench.