hours, sprinkles through the morning, and a cooler day of the forecast cycle is today. we will be 76 in the north bay and 70 around the bay to 80 in the south bay and along the coast to san francisco lower to middle 60's. leyla gulen? >> speaking of san jose, we will take you to see how the rest of the roads are doing traveling along 101 to 80 or 85 everyone is running at top speed. there is no congestion. we have a tap on the brake southbound nimitz up to 80. other than that, you are in decent shape. from tracy to dublin under 30 minutes. highway 4 is 16 minutes from antioch to san francisco. >> if all goes as scheduled the bay bridge will open in 24

hours. caltran's work to get the new span ready continued over the holiday week. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at the toll plaza with the latest on the progress. amy? >> this is headquarters. we get status updates at this location. the updates have been good. crews have worked around the clock over the weekend and have made good progress. it is looking like they can hit the 5:00 a.m. deadline tomorrow morning. they have taken the opportunity to pressure wash the tunnel, it looks nice and clean and replaced the lights. crews have been working on the bridge and car traffic can get across but working on the bicycle path which is expected to open at noon tomorrow. among all the work, they will pause today for a ceremony to mark the historic occasion. >> this will be a ceremonial chain cutting at the toll plaza followed by a procession of historic cars.

>> people of note and dignitaries are add as we speak. there will be a special guest. >> the special guest is being kept a secret so that will be a surprise. after the ceremony they are expected to announce the opening time. right now it is set for 5:00 tomorrow morning but we will find out today if they will be able to push that up a bit. as of right now the official word is they are sticking to the tuesday morning deadline they have set for themselves. drivers should plan accordingly. stay tuned on this. we will let you know if that changes. >> lot of excitement. four people driving on this holiday, the last day they will endorse heavy traffic without the bay bridge. the closure will be felt on roads and streets leading to the alternate routes and doyle drive was bumper-to-bumper traffic as the approach from marin with traffic backed up to marin city.

changing north south lane configurations did not make a difference with heavy traffic all day. stay with abc7 news for coverage throughout the bridge closure streaming the 8:00 briefing on abc7news.com. the official chain-cutting ceremony is at 3:00 this afternoon with coverage of that event right here on abc7 news and as soon as the bridge opens we will notify our twitter followers. tomorrow morning we will start early for the first morning commute after the bridge opens. you do not have to leave home we will take you on a tour of the new span and have live traffic updates tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. right here on abc7 news. train operators are accusing bart of not taking contract talks seriously and will release more details in a labor day rally. three unions are making the accusations and a strike was narrowly averted when the judge ordered a 60-day cooling-off

period. talks do not resume for another week. bart blames the unions saying they have not responded to the latest contract offer and they say that it is the mediator who sets the schedule. >> president obama is spending part of his holiday in top-level meetings own syria saying a strike is the right place. >> the white house is hard at work iing to convince member of congress to back a military strike in syria. today, president obama tries to insupport from senator john mccain meeting with his old 2008 rival at white house. >> the consequences of the congress of the united states overriding a decision of the president of the united states of this magnitude are very, very serious. >> more than 70 members of congress, some still dressed for summer vacation, attended a private briefing on syria by the president's national security

team. several lawmakers told abc7 news that if the vote was taken today they believe it would fail. >> i would not vote for it today. >> it is far from settleed. it is not something that should be undertaken lightly. >> the national security team is providing new physical evidence against the syrian government. >> from first responders in east damascus we have signatures of sarin gas if their hair and blood samples. >> with all of the evidence that bashar al-assad gassed its own people, congress is war weary. >> people want to know there is not going to be a military engagement like in iraq and afghanistan. we have a very skeptical public. >> congress returns september 9 and the white house will not say what president obama will do if lawmakers vote against military action in syria. >> it is 4:35, a $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the

person who shot and killed an oakland man. it happened on saturday night outside an apartment complex on daisy street. the 48-year-old victim was visiting a friend when according to police he got in a physical altercation with another man who shot him and police say the man went to the apartment complex to visit a friend. >> police are looking for two shooter whose fired more than 30 shots into a house wounding two teens. the "shot spotter" was activated 31 times at the house on saturday night. officers arrived to find an 18-year-old man outside the house and a 19-year-old inside the house. both were shot but are expected to recover. the motive behind the shootings appears to have stemmed from an early road rage ensure depth. >> arson suspect is in custody because of alert deer hunters near pine flat road spotted a plume of smoke coming from the hills yesterday morning, and after, the smoke was rising from another spot and the hunters knew something was wrong.

i didn't hear no dry lightning, and me and my buddy watched and saw the fire flare from the first fire and a couple minutes later we seen a dog and a guy come down the road and he grabbed a pile of brush walked to the side of the road and started another fire. >> the hunters held the man until authorities got there and identified as 28-year-old james nov ak and has been connected to two grass fires in the area ought rim fire is burning in yosemite national park is now the fourth largest fire in california hire. the rim fire has, blackened 351 it should be fully contained next week. the cost fighting the fire has topped $66 million. >> the forecast on this labor day holiday, and mike, what do you have?

>> to the east of the altamont pass you can see 205 and 580 where we see a shower that possibly is making it down to the ground and that be traveling to the north of tracy as this is moving from the southwest to the northeast extending back into the diabolo range and most of us are not feeling the effects. if any was to make it to the case it would be right where 280 and 580 are coming together or 205. it is very mild, 71 in antioch and everyone in the low-to-mid 60's but for livermore is 68 and san jose and mountain view at 67. we have a 59 in santa rosa and san francisco is 61. next 12 hours, a few sprinkles through about noon and they are just sprinkles, nothing to cancel plans over. headed in the afternoon a lot like yesterday and the humidity is going to be a little bit higher. 66 at the coast, and 76 around

the bay and 84 inland. we will look at the next seven days but, first, leyla gulen has an update on the commute. >> good morning, everyone, we are starting on a somber note in san jose. we have a head on fatal traffic collision in san jose at 1st street. c.h.p. will be out in full force today to watch our roads and make sure you do not drink and drive. the commute, if you are driving along 1st you will be diverted at metro and that is shut down if a time. mass transit is the way that folks have been getting around this bay bridge closure and everything is running on time and a.c. transit, and ace train is not running. we have a holiday monday schedule for the ferries so make sure that you check the website and check our website, that is, and make sure you are running on time. the san mateo bridge shows

traffic running westbound terrific and it is still quiet, hopefully it stays that way for the holiday. >> and dramatic video as a car is pushed away by floodwaters in southern californi

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good labor day morning at 4:42. a look at the toll plaza and tomorrow...in 24 40s or so maybe we will see traffic moving through here again when the bridge is scheduled to re-open at 5:00 a.m.

>> the highway patrol is reminding drivers the normal rules of the road apply on the new bridge. this is how driving across the new eastern span will look. if you are tempted to pull over to snap photos, c.h.p. says do not do it! >> it is illegal. it is unsafe for any vehicle to pull over on the shoulder or center median for anything other than an emergency situation. we want to remind people that violation if cited by the highway patrol is a moving violation and a point on your record. >> the c.h.p. points out that drives can be cited for distracting driving to they try to take pictures with their cell phones while driving across the bridge. >> it will cost you more to park at caltrain stations, with fees increased to $5 each day and monthly passes jumped $50. it is needed to increase increased costs of maintenance. >> leaders of high-tech firms in silicon valley are fuming over

the shelving of a planned patent office in san jose which was made in july but the government is new shelving the plans because of budget cuts. the nation has one patent office which has a backlog of more than 500,000 patent applications. the new office was intended to relieve that backlog. silicon valley files mortalitients than any region in the world. >> american endurance swimmer is making the 5th attempt in three years swimming from cuba to florida without a shark cage and it is locking like she will make it. the 64-year-old left cuba yesterday. the previous attempts to swim the 112-mile route have been shut short by jelly fish stings but she tweeted an hour ago that she has fewer than ten miles to go setting out yesterday estimating it would take 80 hours to complete and it is estimated she will finish between 1:00 o'clock and 3:00 this afternoon our time. >> the holiday weekend is washed

out as tropical weather triggers flash flooding. this morning, power has been restored to were of boston after a tropical weather jumped 3" rain in two hours. power was knocked out to thousands. flash floods in the desert of southern california showed a car washed away. the driver get out unremain whatted just in time. >> dramatic. never underestimate water. >> do not drive into it. mike reminded us whenever that happen. >> turn around, don't drown. >> how are you doing? >> good, good, happy labor. happy to be here. >> i am good, too. >> me -- moving on with what i

seven miles visibility at half moon bay as low as it gets with not much fog out there. see the cold front sweeping down from the north with high pressure off to our east and in between we have a plume of subtropical moisture that is making it feel rather humid this morning. that is why our temperatures are in the 60's to near 70 degrees. the best chance of thunder is to our south. what we are dealing with elevated sprinkles at the most, showers, because they are elevated they are undercut by a very dry or a dryer layer of air so we will not see much. but the possibility is still out this and it is not a game changer for the holiday listen. now, the temperatures, under high clouds and sunshine this afternoon, 75 in milpitas, and 80 at san jose and cupertino and 83 in los gatos and 88 in gilroy in santa cruise, 80 degrees.

we will have temperature in the mid-70's to 80 at the peninsula and millbrae is 72. low-to-mid 60's along the coast where we would see the low clouds and 66 in downtown to 70 in south san francisco and headed through the north bay we see 69 in sausalito and low-to-mid 60's so trailing behind at your beaches and 78 at petaluma and that is the exception and everyone else is 80 to 62 and toward 9 east bay shore, 67 in richmond, a cool spot and 72 at berkeley and everyone else is in the mid-70's and to the east bay valley we will have low-to-mid 80's from 82 at san ramon to 86 in brentwood. today, we are fighting for first place and rangers and a's at the coliseum at 73 degrees at 4:00 with increasing sunshine and burn factor is high today. tonight, the temperatures are as mile as this morning but cooler up north, mid-to-upper 50's and a lost low-to-mid 60's. the seven-day outlook shows after lunch the chance of

sprinkles really diminishes and tomorrow is like today temperature-wise with slow warming trends that peak over the weekend with temperatures above average. >> to those who may have to go to work today or need to get around we are so far looking at quiet conditions. if you are making it across to the peninsula or into san francisco taking san mateo bridge or the dumbarton bridge you are moving at top speed and not a problem. as we head to the altamont pass, it is still quiet and 50 miles per hour is the top speed and when you get out of the pass and closer to live more everything is moving along at 55 miles per hour so decent as we head to highway four through antioch to pittsburg, and 50 miles per hour, and you will see traffic loosening up and it moves from there. 101 southbound from san francisco to sfo is ten minutes, 880 northbound from 238 to the maze is 14 minutes and we have a report of someone changing a tire in a lane so watch out for

1/2 but get to 980 and 101 northbound from 85 to san jose the airport, it is 15 minutes. >> developing news from japan where a disturbing report suggests radiation from the power plant is worth than thought. tens of thousands of highly radioactive water are leaking into the pacific and being carried west by the tide. officials say the radiation level is 18 times higher than originally estimated, enough to kill someone after four hours of exposure. the tsunami crippled the plant in 2011 and there are fears it could reach our shores in a year >> nelson mandela is home but remains in critical condition. he was discharged from the hospital yesterday three months after being admitted for a lung infection. the 95-year-old is in unstable condition and receiving around the clock treatment at a clinic set up in his home.

a newspaper reporting that his family and doctors decided it was time to move the antiapartheid leader home to "see out his final days." >> coming up, how mcdonald's is responsible for driving up the price of the chicken wings you could be barbecuing for labor day picnic. >> san mateo bridge, risk is light and moving right along as you could expect on a holiday monday. blue are working or staying close to home, you want to keep a closer eye on

>> welcome back, everyone, at 4:52 on monday labor day morning and you are locking live at the new structure the high point of the new eastern span of the bay bridge, still closed to traffic and crews are doing that last minute work working around the clock since the closure and still scheduled to open tomorrow morning at 5:00 ap. speculation it could open early but officials say tomorrow morning 5:00 a.m. is what you should plan for.

>> not everyone is taking the day off this labor day. a new report fines the holiday is a favorite for auto thieves. labor day is among the top five holidays of the year for stolen vehicles. the estimate is that a car will be stolen every 43 seconds. progressive insurance also locked at their records and found the number of stolen car claims climbed the morning after labor day. the chance of getting your car back is 46 percent, less than half. >> after 50 years hitchcock's thrill are "the birds" is still scary and celebrated where it was mostly filmed, bodega bay. the 50th anniversary festival is held today with lots of special events. admission is free, and the lead actress tippi is now 83 and is signing autographs and has

returned once or twice a year for a decade. she is the mother of melanie griffith, i believe. >> thousands return from burning man festival and this was the big event of the week-long festival. this is video from the annual event, with 61,000 attending the not value in the nevada desert and others have had to shut down entry as it near permitted capacity. the festival was allowed to raise the capacity this year after agreeing to new security, safety, and clean up rules. >> do you think that is how it got its name? >> aptly named. >> if you are traveling in the southern sections of the central valley it will not be great air quality until noon so there is an air quality warning. if you are traveling up to the north or the east we have a better chance of seeing the showers making it to the ground and we attracted lightning around mount shasta this morning

with dense fog around san diego trying to get in there by plane this or. sunny and 80 and high clouds and sunshine and los angeles is 85 and flirting with 90 in sacramento and 75 in tahoe with scattered thunderstorms around there and to the north. the warm spot is palm springs. >> unfortunately we are starting off in a bad note in san jose at 1st street we have a head on fatal traffic collision and that intersection is going to be shut down with traffic diverted from 1st street to metro but not a good way to start the holiday. c.h.p. will be out in full force citing drivers who are found to be driving under the influence so make sure you drive safe and buckle up. as we head over to berkeley the drive along i-80 is moving along fine with a slow down eastbound

580 and here is a picture of the golden gate bridge under some pretty thick fog as you make it out of sausalito to san francisco a few cars making it out there and that is the alternate to the bay bridge for one more day. back to you. >> as football season kicks off the price of chicken wings is going higher, mostly because of mcdonald's preparing to serve millions of them. mcdonald's has been buying up chicken wings for the past year and a half according to bloomberg business report to gear up for a week from today when they roll out mighty wings serving a grand total of 250 million chicken wings, with the restaurant's appetite pushing up wholesale prices. >> verizon will announce they are buying back verizon wireless from another company for $130 billion, a british-based company that owned 45 percent. the boards voted on the deal yesterday the third large it

corporate takeover which will not have an impact on verizon customers. >> wal-mart says they are slashing prices of iphone 5 to $98 with a two year service contract. it usually costs double that. other retailers including radio shack and best buy are cutting prices to clear inventory ahead of the expected unveiling of new versions of the iphone. in are reports that it could happen as soon as next week. >> we are 24 hours away from the scheduled opening of the new bay bridge and next at 5:00 a.m. we are live with the last few details caltran crews are, working on now to get the bridge ready for the debut. >> we are following breaking news in the south bay on the scene of a deadly head-on

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> welcome back, everyone, happy labor day, it is 5:00 a.m. on this on and here is the cite you will not see again after this morning: empty toll plaza at the bay bridge. we are 24 hours away from the scheduled opening. traffic should be flowing on the new span. thanks for joining us, i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas with the forecast. >> friday we talked about a chance of showers today. headed across 205 and 580 to the west of tracy, there is mist reaching the ground. it is probably not much. around pittsburgnd