again. >> reporter: anxiety and low expectations from drivers trying to beat the clock across the old span of bay bridge. >> traffic will be crazy. >> reporter: caltrans warned the bridge will close at 8:00 p.m. >> all vehicles are off the bridge at 8:00 p.m. the california highway patrol will start our closures between 7:15 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. >> reporter: focused on major points that lead to the toll plaza. the goal is to turn cars away from the bridge. >> for example, if you are westbound 80, you will be diverted to eastbound 580 or is -- south bound 880. north bound 101 on to the north

bound or diverted off at 7th street. >> they hope to keep a traffic near other freeways. drivers are not optimistic. >> i think it will be terrible. >> reporter: at 6:00 p.m. we road along with the california highway patrol to learn what they will be doing tonight to get drivers away from the bridge. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> construction vehicles are gathered on both sides of the eastern span of the bay bridge, poised to begin their work as soon as the bridge closes. ktvu's tom vacar joins us live on the oakland side and the race against time that starts in the far east bay. >> reporter: that is true. this is a tiny part of a huge construction strike force that is getting ready to stand by to go to work immediately once the bridge is finally closed. >> reporter: already lined up

dozens of trucks, vans, machines and other equipment. he says all of this was prepositioned days ago waiting for the crews and their 8:00 p.m. start to begin installing the new bridge and demolishing the old. >> we want to get as much done before the closure as we can. if we have as many of the vehicles here then we can start construction earlier. the faster we can get through construction that makes that possibility of an earlier opening more real. >> reporter: all that said, 6,000 truck loads of material will be moving in and out of this site, including hundreds of trucks full of asphalt who can come up with the 580 freeway before it hardens, something they don't want to

have happen. paving machines will immediately lay it down. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and check this out. riding throng bridge. going through the tunnel there heading into san francisco, getting pictures of the final moments of the eastern span of the bay bridge before the bridge closes. ktvu's patti lee is live at the toll plaza. the westbound lanes are practically empty right now. we will check in with her in a couple minutes. >> if you would hike a sneak peek on the eastern span of the bay bridge, caltranss put out this animation. find more by going to www.ktvu.com. >> the original bay bridge was completed in three years and opened in 1936. coming up, tom vacar will look at how we got here after the

1989 earthquake caused part of the bridge to collapse and the progress of road closures as crews prepare to shut down the bridge and details about the alternatives you could use while the bridge is closed. >> a lack at the -- a look at the count down clock. 2 hours, 56 minutes before the bay bridge closes down and the new one reopens. to our other big stories. the words of martin luther king, jr. willed the washington mall today 50 years after he changed the course of the civil rights movement. today america's first black president said the march for justice remain as reality still today. >> no one can match his brilliance but the same flame that lit the heart of all, i know that flame remains. >> thousands participated in

today's celebration. >> reporter: 50 years after the march on washington for jobs and freedom a call for economic and racial equality. on the steps of the lincoln memorial the son of martin luther king, jr. said his father's dream is not yet fulfilled. >> we have come too far from where we started. >> reporter: t-shirts, buttons, hats created a celebratory feeling. people marking their part in history. >> let us ask ourselves how will the dream live on in me, in you, in all of us. >> this is your moment to join those silent heroes of the

past. individuals who stood in the spot where you stand today. [ music ] >> reporter: president obama said after african american president isn't enough and we stand to learn from those who fought for equality. >> taught them that no man can take away the dignity and grace god grants us. >> reporter: 50 years ago martin luther king encouraged people to push for positive change. that message was echoed here today. reporting live in washington, ktvu channel 2 news. >> people came from all over the country for today's anniversary. among them, she had march in 1963. >> we are here to make sure our children and all the children over the united states of america understand they have a responsibility. and that responsibility ubis to help their country become -- is

to help their country become a great country. >> her main concern today is the same as it was 50 years ago, equality among all races and she echoed martin luther king's speech. >> all people being able to be judged by the content of their character. >> in 1963, 253 people strong. observers say the crowd appeared much smaller today. more details about martin luther king and his i have a dream speech. he was 34 years old when he delivered the speech. the original version did not contain the words i have a dream. the speech was 17 minutes long and contained 1400 words. in 1999 137 voted it the top speech of the century.

www.ktvu.com has special section dedicated to the 50th anniversary of martin luther king speech. a in san francisco began deliberations in the case of a former sheriff's deputy who is accused of carrying out illegal dui spinnings. stephen tanabe is accused of setting the men up. he did it to help a private investigator working for the men's wives in divorce cases. he is charged with conspiracy, fraud and extortion. we know the name of the man who was shot and killed yesterday by police officers. >> you could hear the gun shots sent to us from a viewer. he led them on a chase on hillcrest avenue yesterday afternoon. the chase ended when he lost control of his car and ran. police say he was carrying a

gun. officers opened fire after he pointed the gun at them. no officers were hurt. police arrested a 25-year- old after a shooting near a elementary school this morning. officers responded to calls of gunfire and found the victim in front of a home. the victim was 26 years old. he was shot in the leg and hospitalized. police interviewed two people running into the school and determined they were witnesses. they arrested him a few blocks away. they also found a weapon. democrats rejected a plan by governor jerry brown to deal with over crowding in the prison system. the governor's proposal was dead on arrival. democrats opposed the early release and spending more money to move inmates into private prisons. a court ordered california to

reduce their population by 10,000 inmates by the end of the year. an increase in humidity is giving firefighters an edge as they try to gain control of the rim fire near yosemite national park. containment is now 23%. but the fire is still threatening thousands of homes and buildings. the burn area is estimated at 293 square miles with smoke reaching as far as reno and carson city, nevada. rangers closed a road till after labor day to accommodate fire crews and it now encroached on the hecht hetchy water shed. as a precaution the san francisco water department is increasing the amount of water pumped out of hecht hetchy to other reservoirs. hetch hetchy reservoir delivers water to 2.5 million people in san francisco and the bay area.

construction crews ready and waiting. tracking the road closures about to take place before the bay bridge is shut down for 5 days. plus new at 5:30 p.m. we look at the long road that got us here. >> crisis in syria. 90 minutes ago the president answers the question are we going to war. >> richmond police chief announce as string of arrests in a gang crack down. the major players officers got off the street. >> which temperatures -- cities tomorrow will be the warmest. how warm will it get? back here after the break.

back live now to the bay bridge. down to 2 hours and 46 minutes till the bridge is closed.

this is important, the chp will start reducing traffic flow on the main traffic arteries that feed into the bridge after 7:00 p.m. tonight. >> another live look here at the camera. at the beginning the of newscast we see he is heading eastbound towards oakland. we see patti lee. you are over at the toll plaza on the oakland side. looks quiet where you are. >> reporter: funny, just a completely different story heading into the city on this side of the bridge. as you can see. traffic is non-existent. on this side of the bridge this time of the day it is generally lighter. but this is unusual. especially for what is supposed to be rush hour. but we talked to chp. they said don't get comfortable with this. folks planning to head this

way, around 6:00 p.m. they will start setting up to start slow down this flow of traffic, start cutting off the access points. even though it looks like things are going smoothly. between now and 8:00 p.m. they slow down the traffic and this is not going to be the same situation. if it is bad here wean 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. it will be worse in san francisco. reporting live, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. 19 gang members arrested and off the streets of richmond. ktvu's john sasaki is live with the extra measures police took before moving in. john? >> reporter: mese are celebrating a -- police are celebrating a major victory. taking 19 into custody making the streets safer for everyone. >> reporter: she a police officer -- he is a police officer. >> i heard a lot of positive

feed back about how quiet the streets have been. >> reporter: when he joined the force things were very different. >> a lot of shootings during that time. just lot of chaos. >> the change recently -- >> that was called murder block. >> reporter: is due to the operation in which the police took 19 gang members off the streets. >> last year we were starting to reach the benefits of this relationship. we ended up last year with one of the lowest homicide rates the city had in many years. >> reporter: a turning point came in april when he was shot and killed as he trained with a program. >> the cost of violence is staggering. this is a step in reducing that amount of cost to our society. >> reporter: this effort would not have happened without a

wire tap that allowed investigators to hear more than they expected. >> people were planning to go out and kill people. >> reporter: enabling police to stop the crimes before they happened. >> intercepting people sometimes four deep to a car, all armed, on their way to a location where they wanted to shoot somebody. >> reporter: 12 people are charged with conspiracy to commit murder. police recovered 17 hand guns. live, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. firefighters were chasing after a new fire this morning. a double wide mobile home went up in flames. crews were called at 6:30 a.m. this morning and found had trailer -- the trailer engulfed in flames. no one was hurt but the trailer as you can see was destroyed. the damage estimates from the 7 alarm fire in fairfield

went up today. initially we were told two homes were destroyed. today firefighters said five me they say 10 more were damaged. the fire started along side interstate 80 yesterday and spread into a residential area. 50 people were evacuated from their homes. wind helped spread the fire but a chief told us that wasn't their only problem. >> behind us here we have cypress trees, we have palm trees. all are embers through the air. some land in some homes. >> the fire was under control by 6:00 p.m. last night but three crews spent the night there just in case. they had to respond to one flair up that was quickly controlled. investigators have been looking along the highway for crews but they still don't know what caused the fire. crews are scheduled to fog for mosquitos to stop the

spread of west nile. the area is highlighted here in red for you. mosquitos collected friday tested positive for west nile. our weather now. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here. as far as i am concerned you can't complain. beautiful throughout. >> nice. like yesterday and tomorrow like today. you are right, almost perfect. hot spots upper 80s. not too hot. mild around the bay. look outside. the thing i notice. i have been thinking about this a lot. we got beautiful visibility. mountain diablo. good 20 miles, 30 miles from san francisco. looking at a beautifully clear day. smoke not impacting the bay area as it has been around the yosemite area. you can see all the clouds heading north. we are in this area where the fog is just ringing the coast

line here. you can see fog where you expect it. we have a lot of people that live in the avenues, pacifica, these areas. fogged in, across 19th avenue. you have fog. showing up now, working to the ballpark. fog tonight just as it was today. tomorrow's fog like this morning. marine layer is shallow. we are getting warm temperatures. shallow, down around 1,000 feet. not getting into the inland bay valleys. 18 miles per hour winds right now in fairfield area. 12 miles per hour in the novato area. 22 at san francisco. this is typical stuff. what i expect for this year in the bay area. air is compressing. dense fog along the coast. drizzle as well. temperatures inland tomorrow like today. low 90s in the hot spots. over night lows. 60 redwood city.

62 mountain view. in this area, south of oakland, san jose, livermore, antioch, outside tonight, perfect night. the over night hours in the 60s. coming out of the movies, 60s. tomorrow morning, fog, there it is. lot of it. it burns off. temperatures warm just like today. high pressure works its way in. temperatures warm a little bit in some areas. thursday not bad. friday temperatures start oincrease. friday is the warmest day of the week. numbers back into the mid-90s. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. this day is a high fire danger. hire. temperatures trend down into the bay area weekend. low 80s saturday and sunday. not that warm. feels fall like with that five- day forecast. feels like fall. even though it is not.

feels like it. >> love it. >> perfect. >> thank you. the saying go, man bites dog but this time it really happened to this dog. the face-off between a san jose police dog and a suspect. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> is the dream of martin luther king, jr. still alive here in the bay area? >> i have a dream today that my children -- >> the surprising new finding about local racial profiling. plus he survived this crash. we hear from the victim of the road rage accident. >> today is the first day they got me upright into a chair. >> these storiesies and more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

a military jury sentenced medal of -- sentenced him to death. he will be transferred to kansas while years of appeals begin. president obama said today the united states concluded syria carried out chemical attacks. and he said he is still deciding what to do about that. >> i have not made a decision. i have gotten options from our

military. had extension discussions. >> demands are going for president obama to make his case to congress before he takes any military action in syria. johnspeaker of the house john boehner asked for a clear explanation of the administration's evidence. u.n. inspectors urged where the attack -- returned where the attacks took place. >> allow the mission to continue his important work. >> the government continues to deny using exception and blames rebels. -- chemical weapons and blames rebels. the bay bridge will close in 2-1/2 hours. >> i have been on the story for a quarter century.

in a few minutes we will take a look back. >> the rhyme fire is grow -- the rim fire is growing but firefighters are making progress. the changing conditions that are helping their request. >> the quick action taken today against a ban.

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> we are closing in when the bay bridge will be closed and the final community will be held across the eastern span of the bay bridge. the bridge closes in 2-1/2 hours at 8:00 p.m. but there sacatch. the chp -- is a catch. the chp will redirect traffic after 7:00 p.m. tonight. also starting tonight bart is running over night service to help people get across the bridge during the closure. >> down to minutes before the closure but the road to this moment has taken years. at times it has been a bumpy ride. ktvu's tom vacar reported on the collapse 24 years ago. tonight he shows us how far we

have come. tom? >> reporter: when crews finish this span, we will have completed thousands of retrofits that were created by the earthquakes. >> reporter: this was my first view of the damaged bridge 23 years 10 months and 9 days ago. it would take 13 years of fighting, to figure out funding, ovcome endless -- overcome endless obstacles. he made a huge $4 billion under statement. >> this $2.6 billion project will employ 67,000 people. >> reporter: building the

largest suspension bridge, and build dozens of pillars on top, the most important of which was to hold the signature tower. >> major milestone for the bridge. it is the last foundation. >> reporter: four years ago the bridge was closed to install the s curve. the lower section was tilted up three years ago. the tower finished a year after that. then came the support cable from which suspender cables would hold up the roadway. >> let's build this bridge. >> reporter: throughout it all, accusation of defects, unstable concrete, many which proved untrue but the broken bolts truthful. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> a lot of people will depend on bart to get around during the 5 day closure. bart will begin 24 hour service. they will also running longer trains. around the clock service runs till 1:00 a.m. on tuesday morning. bart trains are not scheduled to run between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. on tuesday. and here is a look at the 14 stations that will be open during the over night hours. sfo. daily city, 24 street, powell and embarcadero, 12 street station, mcarthur, colosseum, bay stop, berkeley, wallimate screak, dublin and pleasanton. san francisco bay ferries is expecting a 15% bump during the closure and increasing to 11 boats and increasing the number

of trips. in the east bay a.c. transit will divert buses to bart stations that are providing the extended service. if you drive there are traffic hot spots to watch out for. the bridge, 19th avenue in san francisco, st. francis drake boulevard, and richmond bridge. >> the spans will close at 8:00 p.m. tonight and remain closed through the weekend. it is expected to open tuesday at 5:00 a.m. but if the work is finished before then the bridge could open sooner, as soon as as monday evening but don't count on it. coming up at 6:00 p.m. our coverage continues with the tail of two neighborhoods. why some residents are celebrating and other are dreading the closure. plus a look at the command

center and ride-along with the chp. a plan to ban sodas fizzled quickly in san jose. ktvu's robert handa is live with why the idea is off the table for good. >> reporter: there was a lot of anticipation on whether san jose will join other communities in banning certain drinks, including whole milk by not allowing them to be bought or sold. but the ban will not be voted on because the proposal did not go down well with the city committee. >> the theme park in san jose would have bip one of the places -- been one of the places that could have banned sugary drinks. some people liked it. >> i don't think it is too bad an idea. >> reporter: why is that?

>> kids are jumping around enough. you know? not good for you. >> reporter: others were against it. >> banning it, taking away my personal choice to get a soda, whatever i want when i pay to come into a park is ridiculous. >> whole milk? you look at the 1%, 2% milk, it has sugar on it. >> reporter: the proposal was discussed. the first step to getting it put on the agenda but the reception was mostly negative. >> the nation's nation's laughingstock. >> reporter: the committee let the proposal die saying they had too many priorities. >> we could ban every single one of them if they contributed to poor health. we would be a city where nobody wanted to live. >> it sends a bad message.

allow us to have the opportunity discuss this matter. >> reporter: he plans to promote public health but any idea of putting forth a similar proposal has been tabled. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. taggers turn violent. >> started swinging. >> only on 2 tonight the beating this man said he suffered because he tried to stop taggers and what san jose is doing to target the problem. >> fast food workers say their dollar deals are costing them. >> and this police dog, the suspect turned on the dog. the unusual arrest that happened when the man bit the dog. úo

you probably heard the saying man bites dog is news because it refers to the unusual. it is what happened when a canine tried to take down a man in san jose. deputies deployed the dog to subdue a man who charged them with a knife. the man bit the dog. deputies were able to apry the

knife away from him and place -- to pry the knife away from him and placed him underarrest. he stabbed himself in the chest before lunging at the deputy. chain restaurants in san jose will have to replace their take out containers by next year. they finalized a deal last night. while chain restaurants have to comply by january 21, 2014 smaller restaurants have till 2015. san jose officials hope that that ban will reduce waste by 40% in the next year. the existence of a new atomic element. it is number 115 with the name of unan pentium. scientists found it back in

2004 but more proof was needed to add it to the table. he saw taggers and took action. >> there were two leaning over throwing paint cans at cars. >> the problem is, the taggers turned on him. the attack that shows how danger graffiti can be and the new tactic to curve the problem. >> back after the break. tracking the fog. i will show you how far it gets inland tonight. where it is right now and where it is tomorrow morning. we will see you back here. [ trina ] i'm a student at devry university. and these are my roommates. this is one of my favorite professors. and so is this. this is my academic advisor. and also my cheerleader. and when i finish my degree in business... a new job, at a great company...

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we are continuing to count thousand final two hours till the existing bay bridge closes for good. ktvu channel 2 news crews are in contact with caltrans and the chp and we will keep you posted about road closures as soon as they begin happening. to a problem we have seen a lot. graffiti in san jose just as soon as the city paints over it. police say this is about more than just blight. tonight we have an example of how taggers can turn violent. only on 2, ktvu's janine de la vega spoke to a man who was beaten and hospitalized after he confronted taggers. >> right here is where i layed. >> reporter: one month ago he was beaten and left on the ground unconscious in his neighborhood.

the veteran lives close to the freeway and heard a sound in the middle of the night. when he walked towards the pedestrian bridge he spotted six men with spray paint cans dropping them on cars. >> i yeld at them to stop. yelled at them to stop. >> reporter: that is when they started beating him. >> broke my nose. dislocated my jaw. >> reporter: he says the case highlights why law enforcement is focusing efforts on catching taggers. >> we need to apprehend these folks. >> reporter: we found spray cans and graffiti near a bridge. the california highway patrol also noticed an increase and they have started a new task force that patrols over night looking for taggers. >> we have arrested 7 of them.

i guarantee you more than 7 know we are out there looking for them. >> reporter: the district attorney expects all will face felony charges. >> we have been able to get some of the suspects to admit to spray painting the walls. >> reporter: a suspect has been arrested in his case and faces assault with a deadly weapon. he is hopeful all will be caught. >> they hurt me. they didn't beat me. they beat me, they didn't win. >> reporter: he isn't afraid to walk the bridge where he was beaten. he wants attackers to know they are watching for them. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. voters approved a tax to fund libraries in santa clara counties for 20 years.

it passed yesterday by 81%. the initiative maintains an annual tax. it accounts for 18% of the budget. a few new words. twerking. a dance involving thrusting hip movements. and selfie, photographing one's self and the only one i used, food baby, the swelling of the gut caused by over eating. when it comes to the weather fantastic. beautiful out there and the views are spectacular. >> they are. that is the first time -- that is the hippest thing -- [ talking at the same time ] >> food baby. [ talking at the same time ] >> here is how it goes. today was like yesterday. tomorrow like today.

really nice. low 90s inland. these are the recorded highs today. 88 antioch. not that hot today. tomorrow it will go up. 91, 92 in antioch. here is how it looks. the weather system in the pacific. this is keeping us from getting hot. the low-pressure system keeps the fog along the coast and the cool sea breezes going. with that said, we check in on the fog. all the way into the city. shooting across 19th easily. right? now down towards hayes valley. fog now working its way in. pushing across the city. further south, daily city, more fog working its way. typical. here is the airport. the winds going through there,

20 miles per hour or so. classing evening in the bay area. fog now getting over the hills. the fog isn't going far. thousand feet, it will get to the east bay hills and get hung up there. fog. filter inland but not much. livermore valley, vacaville, santa clara valley, not going to see much fog. thursday already. 89 degrees in clear lake tomorrow. 90 vacaville. 88 fairfield. hot? no. 87 livermore. 87 pleasanton. we will get a couple low 90s, morgan hill, gilroy. temperature surfaces change,

the temperature, obviously. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view friday is the day that wolf be the warmest. tomorrow warm -- that will be the warmest. tomorrow warms up. mid-90s in the warmest valleys. the heat is good, starts to cool off saturday and sunday and into your holiday weekend. upper temperatures. right? sunday and monday down there in the low 80s. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. like frank said, really -- i hate the word pleasant -- [ talking at the same time ] >> really is. >> thank you. back to school is being delayed for some students trying to get ahead. >> taken away good future for them. >> -- futures for them. >> the help they are losing. >> back now to -- julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> continuing coverage on the downtown dune the bay bridge --

down to the bay bridge closure. >> the victim of a road rage accident speaks out for the first time. the message he shared from his hospital bed. these stories and more coming up in 10 minutes at 6:00 p.m.

the new york times recovering from a cyber attacked that disabled its website. the sea is a group of hackers that support syrian president. they gained access to the site and to twitter through a company that handles website domains. fast food workers are planning to walk off the job tomorrow, a one day strike. across the country fast food are demanding a minimum wage of $15. 3 protests are planned in oakland. restaurants are still expected to be open. barbara lee announced a educational grant for girls

today. the national science foundation is awarding to tech bridge in oakland. they help girls with careers in science, technology, engineering and math. it served 4,000 girls with after school and summer programs. head start is a program for preschoolers but it is a casualty in the budget battle. ktvu's rob roth visited a school today and showed us what the cuts are doing to parent, teachers and students. >> we have to listen to our -- and? >> reporter: for these preschoolers in the head start program it is story time but the story of head start is a sad one. the sequester meant budget cuts across -- budget cuts across the country. this mother's daughter is one

of the casualties. the program that had a teacher come to her home has now been eliminating. >> her learning skills went from low to really high. her first language is spanish and in a matter of weeks she started picking up on english words. >> reporter: head start cut $1.1 million do to the sequester. cuts triggered when they failed to reach a budget agreement. >> devastated. feel devastated. >> the director says it meant layoffs and the program had to shorten the school year by 9 weeks and these are under privileged concern getting ready for -- children getting ready for school. >> many families are homeless. >> reporter: means shorter pay checks for the teachers. >> school is closing earlier.

coming back later. i am missing money. i am a single parent. it is hard. everywhere. >> taking away learning. >> reporter: the cuts are not over unless congress reaches a budget agreement. they may see more programs eliminated come january. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> www.ktvu.com has a sectioning to help your family head back to school, including discounts for your shopping. we have just hit the 2 hour mark as the count dune the bay -- down to the bay bridge closure. the final commute is underway ahead of the 5 day closure that will reveal a project 24 years in the making. >> the motorcyclist who was paralyzed because of a road rage incident is sending out a message. >> i want to say thank you for

your support. >> an update on his recovery and the small achievement he just accomplished. >> as the nation celebrates a anniversary in the civil rights movement, some people in the bay area argue that little progress has been made. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. time is ticking away as we count dune the closures of -- down to the closure of the bay bridge. work crews and equipment are lined up as commuters make their final drives across the eastern span of the bay bridge. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> today is the day. for years it was referred to as the work horse, the ugly side, and in two hours the eastern section will close forever. the five day closure of the bay bridge is scheduled so they

could prepare for the new eastern span. >> we have ktvu team coverage. ktvu's ken pritchett spoke to people today but we begin with ktvu's david stevenson that shows us how officers plan to stop traffic. david? >> reporter: julie, this is a typical rush hour traffic tie up here. but it could be getting worse. we learned that as we road along with the california highway patrol on how they will begin shutting down the bridge in an hour. >> reporter: he has been through three previous closures of the bay bridge but tonight has him excited. he took us on a driving tour of the new eastern span. for now he is getting ready to shut down the old span. working from san francisco to empte