carolina with the help of slaves and the pro union bushwhackers bushwhackers, they went up to the union line. this is only about this long and i thought that would make a great movie. unfortunately i don't make movies. but occasionally i do write books and i thought should i write a book about these guys? i suppose as a novelist that synopsis would or could have been even of to make up the rest but i write history so i had to do some research to find out if there are enough facts available to tell the story. i did a little research and learned yes indeed there were such facts facts, memoirs, letters, dia ries in a newspaper stories others that were written as part of a story eyes had to dig them out of the archives including right year the national archives. that was big because that enabled me to have the holy cow experience to take the papers out of boxes. i wrote the book is called "junius and albert's adventures in the confederacy" because it is an adventure story. a straightforward adventure story that keeps you awake late at night wondering what will happen next. will they make it home

. >> translator: spying on institutions within the european union is not in line with the things that guide us as friends. we are not in the cold war anymore. >> reporter: it was a heroes welcome for president after his private jet grounded for 13 hours and searched in austria based on suspicion that the nsa leaker was on board. the boliv yn president accused united states of pressuring to block air space. the u.s. postal service is not commenting on published reports that it runs two programs. one program called mail covers postal workers record what is on the envelope because reading the contents requires a warrant. the program which is more than a century old is considered an effective tool. after the 2001 anthrax attacks, a second more expansive tracking system was reportedly set up to photograph every piece of mail. this system is called the mail isolation control and tracking program that can trace a letter to its approximate origination point. >> now, a follow up to reports we brought you last month about a pair of whistle blowers. the two man dallas law firm was burglarized wi

nick coordinated with the labor unions weighing in on every line item and thank you supervisor avalos putting the priorities at the questioning of all departments and making sure we got thoughtful and meaningful information. i want to say i want it's a strong budget connotations were made and from a city standpoint it is fair and equitable. i'm pleased for a lot of the great budget items for district one but i also wanted to is it's not a perfect budget i wish we could have done a lot more and it increases to the nonprofit workers. there's a significant increase but i wish we could have done better base i want that people in the nonprofit organizations around the city deserve much better. and the most vulnerable in our community whether or not their immigrants or african-american communities i think the budget addresses the job training and workforce program but also the cabinet community and the homeless folks and many others needing for housing were addressed in the budget as well speaker lastly, i wanted to thank my asian pacific islanders on this board for standing strong with the

bart management and the two unions couldn't reach an agreement. along with picket lines i'm told there will be picket lines outside of bart's work yard in cities like daly city and richmond and concord later this morning. we talked with a bart technician. one of the people out here on the picket lines who tells me he feels bad for the riding public being dragged into this labor dispute but they had no other choice. >> this is not a decision i take lightly at all. this is serious business. we're sorry that it has to come to this. but that is the way it is. >> it doesn't do any good when you leave the table early. >> reporter: now for their part bart officials say their latest proposal was for a 2% annual raise and reduced contributions to health care and pensions. i reached out to a bart spokesperson this morning and have not heard back. they are at this point are no new talks scheduled for later on today. meaning if you have to get to work today you want to find an alternative other than bart. bart will have buses run into the city but they can only accommodate about 2,0

line. twosoviet union launched satellites into orbit. people knew we were far behind in the space race. people were saying there is only one country in the space race. it is the soviet union. it is not even the race at all. the book i wrote is about my mother. ." is entitled "rocket girl monday, we opened our newspaper and found the soviet government had launched sputnik into orbit. we were theed technologically superior country. but it did not shock warner von braun. he had this rocket that had by himself, called the redstone rocket. fellow german scientist, now american naturalized citizen scientist, discovered the rocket was not quite powerful enough to reach orbit. replace the fuel was something more powerful. they gave a contract to north american aviation, which had built the booster. they got this contract and gave it to their best rocket propellant expert, which at the time happened to be my mother, mary sherman morgan. there were 900 employees doing engineering work, and she was the only woman on the engineering floor. she was assigned to designing new and exotic rocket propell

back to you. >>> thousands of bart union workers walked off the job and joined picket lines this morning. we have been seeing increased ferry ridership and more people using casual carpools and heavier than normal traffic on some bay area freeways. we have reporters monitoring the roads, ferries and other ways to get around. we'll continue to do so for you all day long. >>> this evening's commute is expected expected it to look similar to these scenes from 1997. that's when bart workers last went on strike. bar workers walked off the job for six days. back then bart was carrying about 275,000 passengers a day. these days some 400,000 people use bart daily. the only upside is the last bart strike was during the month of september. that's considered one of the busiest months for bart. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we'll update you throughout the day on the bart strike online and here on the air. join us again at 5:00. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. ♪ [ roars ] ♪ ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ al

strike finds union workers still on the picket line and traffic backed up. but there is progress to report at the bargaining table. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. one union has an agreement but it is the smallest union and the deal will not get the trains rolls. asf, cme says says it has a tentative agreement. the union has 34 in supervisor rolls and is recommending they return to their jobs. the other unions representing station agents are back at the bargaining table but unless we bring you news on this newscast, they will still be on the picket line. we continue with the negotiations right now. ken wayne is live in oakland with the very latest. >> reporter: the microphones are ready we're waiting for word to come out. the negotiators are inside. they try to try to come to some sort of a resolution and end this b.a.r.t. strike. they've been at it for several hours now and the good news is they're still talking. first representatives of iclu and atu made their ways to the doorless. a few moments later the b.a.r.t. management team

strike finds union workers still on the picket line and traffic backed up. but there is progress to report at the bargaining table. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. one union has an agreement but it is the smallest union and the deal will not get the trains rolls. asf, cme says says it has a tentative agreement. the union has 34 in supervisor rolls and is recommending they return to their jobs. the other unions representing station agents are back at the bargaining table but unless we bring you news on this newscast, they will still be on the picket line. we continue with the negotiations right now. ken wayne is live in oakland with the very latest. >> reporter: the microphones are ready we're waiting for word to come out. the negotiators are inside. they try to try to come to some sort of a resolution and end this b.a.r.t. strike. they've been at it for several hours now and the good news is they're still talking. first representatives of iclu and atu made their ways to the doorless. a few moments later the b.a.r.t. management team

. >> trucks lined the roads to the port this morning. >> a show of solidarity, the union was marking the death of the woman who died after a vehicle accident on the job yesterday. >> the truck drivers say nobody told them. >> we have sympathy are in the family, you know, but still, you know, if they want to have a show of solidarity, have a benefit for the person, raise money at their hall, do whatever they want. >> don't kill everybody in the port. >> union officials told the san francisco chronicle that daniels had a seize and you are hit a nonmoving object. >> it does not appear to be an straebl straul -- in dust rial rate. >> from january through june, there were 25 homicides in san jose. >> a 39% increase over the previous year. >> the on report also shows gang related violent crimes are down 16%. >> the decrease is due in part to highly visible foot patrol. >> officers are going out, getting out of their cars, walking the back carports and neighborhoods that have been known to be plagued with high level of gang activity. >> officers also removed 221 guns from the streets of san

>> reporter: that was the union's negotiator updating members on the picket line at the bart station. it came during the lunch break and the tone was cheerly not upbeat. she said the union demands haven't even been discussed and we are four days into the strike. there is no indication of progress and claims made that bart was trying to break the union. >> we are forced to come out on strike because we can't negotiate with these folks. >> we are working to reach a fair contract for our workers. and to come to some agreements that will allow us to do what we need to do for thfuture of bart. >> reporter: thate mediators asked the parties to keep the details in the negotiating room. it is not clear how long they will be here tonight. i believe they went home at 11:00 p.m. last night. not clear if day 5 can be avoided. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the two sides are still at odds but did you see any positive signs today? >> reporter: really nothing positive coming out as people were leaving. the chief negotiator said earlier they felt the addition of the state mediators will help

unions tell us after this time the mediators haven't even touched the major issue, money. july 4th spent on the picket line. >> we have to come out on strike. >> reporter: union leaders had to talk about the slow pace of negotiations. >> we are not close to an agreement. >> they are still talking. >> we will be up there as long as we have to be. >> reporter: mediators have made no headway on the negotiations. they are strong arming workers into a contract. >> they want to keep us on strike. they think the public will turn. that is the card they are playing. they want to break there union. >> reporter: they clammed up about a possible contract. >> i am not ready to talk about that. >> i just want an explanation. >> i am not ready to talk about it. we are not there. >> reporter: they have notices of special meetings for the next 10 days. they fear unlateral implementation. >> the general items that could be discussed. >> reporter: talks going strong here tonight. bart says the strike will continue tomorrow. if you are a commuter, they will have the east bay bart station tomorrow. >> if they haven't talked ab

for the unions they said they will be returning to the table and they have a surprise guest on the picket line. >> joining the mix of union

line. >>> police in union city are looking for more possible victims after they arrested a suspect slasher authorities say 28-year-old zenaido gonzalez exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl outside niles lickers on alvarado niles road near dakota road tuesday afternoon. police arrested gonzalez at his home about a mile away after the he confessed. he also admitted to exposition himself to at least eight other people in this area. gonzalez is out on bail today. now, i did speak to gonzalez on the phone this morning. he denies that he slashed the 14-year-old girl but did he admit he made some inappropriate comments to her. >>> learning new details about a 66-year-old woman who was shot and killed while driving near her home in oakland. judy solomon's neighbor showed us these photos from the facebook page. people in the neighborhood seem to think she was caught right in the crossfire when she was killed on fern street, a few blocks west of mills college, happened yesterday afternoon. her neighbor tells us she was in a car with a friend's dog she was taking care of when she was sadly shot and

line. and on to union square where they continue marching through the downtown area and chased them as far as the plaza where they are right now and continuing their demonstration. so far, it has been peaceful. we'll keep an eye on it and let you know what happens. >> thank you. >>> the protests over zimmerman's acquittal are taking place in different u.s. cities. susan is in sanford florida with reaction where the trial was held. >> reporter: this is ground zero where the verdict was released. 24 hours after in front of the court house, no activity today. sanford is peaceful tonight. a lot different from out there. the protests that were here were peaceful. folks today are telling us they want things to get back to normal. >>> from new york. >> no peace, no justice. >> to chicago. and across the country, thousands are hitting the streets in mostly peaceful protests of george zimmerman's acquittal. >> it's a little surreal for me. >> not guilty. >> a jury of six women found the neighborhood watch man not guilty in the shooting death of trayvon martin. one day after the verdict, sanford is

union local 1021. along with the picket lines, there will also be picket linings outside of many of the work yards, the bart work yards. now one striking bart worker told me a short time ago he feels bad commuters will be impacted by this labor dispute. >> how can you be ready for this? it's hard. it's hard for us. it's hard for everybody. >> reporter: now for their part, bart officials say they offered up what was a fair contract. their latest proposal they say included a 2% annual raise and reductioned contributions between health care and pension. i have reached out this morning to spokes people several spokes people and left messages but at this point i have not yet heard back. but we do understand in speaking with union representatives at this point there are no new negotiations scheduled for later on this day. this bart strike will continue. commuters having to find other options. live in oakland alex savidge. >>> time e time right now 4:30. let's check in with sal. to you see the roads? what do you think later this morning what it would be like? >> i think it will be a gradual build up. let's ta

union members from atu and still on the picket line tonight. but bart says it is negotiating team went home around 7:00 o'clock. they say they are waiting for the union next month. -- move. both union marched in san francisco demanding fair bargaining practice. on saturday bart increased the salary offered by one percent in each of the next 4 years. also lowered employee pension contribution and the health care cost. last night the union looked at it and walked away from the table but unclear if either side knows who is turn it is to make the next move. >> get back to negotiations. we have not heard st from our group or the immediate 88 tor. >> they are saying we are waiting for them to contact us. >> we left proposal with them on saturday evening. made it clear to them that this was our counter to their proposal that we expected a response from them. they acknowledged that then told us we have nothing left to discuss with you tonight. >> this is not the first time we have seen this type of miscommunication. tonight it's just typical example of

a long line of trucks waited to drop off or pick up loads. the longshoremen's uniondown the port for 24 hours after one of their members died on the job. that left truckers lined up this morning all the way to the freeway. >> very slow. the thing to do -- [inaudible] >> union officials joy daniels suffered a seizure or crashed her truck. they say it's standard procedure for the union to stop work for a day any time someone dies on the job at the port. >>> a redwood city couple who escaped a devastating apartment fire is suing the building's owner. the lawsuit claims the owner of the hallmark house of apartments failed to properly inspect and maintain the building. it also claims the building did not have enough smoke detectors and a sprinkler system should have been installed. one person died and 97 people were left without a place to live in last sunday's fire. 20 people including three firefighters were hurt. >>> a santa cruz woman wants the sit to compensate her for repairs she had to make after a police shootout in february. the woman owns a five-unit apartment c

deals still need to be reached with the larger unions that represent the 2300 line level workers.have team coverage for you tonight. monty francis will show us how the strike affected tonight's evening commute. we begin with jean ellie with the negotiations. and a lot of pressure mounting as we get closer to the fourth of july. >> reporter: both sides are here in oakland at the caltrans office. the governor sent in two new mediato mediators. the negotiations are forgetting any agreements, but we are making progress. >> we're hopeful. we hope we go back to work. >> bart negotiators didn't make any comment as they ledded in for new talks. the labor secretary urged all parties to get back to the table with new mediators. two of the state's top mediators, the chair of the public employment relations board, and the chief of the state mediation and conciliation service are at the table tonight. seiu representatives say new faces may help move talks forward. >> the reason we're coming back to the table is because we have what we feel is a better working situation. so we can maybe make so

union members from atu and still on the picket line tonight. but bart says it is negotiating team went home around 70 o'clock. they say they are waiting for the union next month. -- move. both union marched in san francisco demanding fair bargaining practice. on saturday bart increased the salary offered by one percent in each of the next 4 years. also lowered employee pension contribution and the health care cost. last night the union looked at it and walked away from the table but unclear if either side knows who is turn it is to make the next move. >> get back to negotiations. we have not heard st from our group or the immediate 88 tor. >> they are saying we are waiting for them to contact us. >> we left proposal with them on saturday evening. made it clear to them that this was our counter to their proposal that we expected a response from them. they acknowledged that then told us we have nothing left to discuss with you tonight. >> this is not the first time we have seen this type of miscommunication. tonight it's just typical example of wh

union members from atu and still on the picket line tonight. says it is negotiating team went home around 7:00 o'clock. they say they are waiting for the union next month. -- move. both union marched in san francisco demanding fair bargaining practice. on saturday bart they one percent in each of the next 4 years. also lowered employee pension contribution and the health care cost. last night the union looked at it andthe tt unclear if either side knows who is turn it is to make the next move. >> get back to negotiations. we have not heard st from our group or the immediate 88 tor. >> they are saying we are waiting c to contact us. >> we left proposal with them on saturday evening. made it clear to them that this was our counter to their pro that we expected a response from them. they acknowledged that then told us we have nothing left to discuss with you tonight. >> this is not the first time we have seen this type of miscommunication. tonight it's just typical example of what we have been seeing in the negotiations that is have been taking pl

workers are out on the picket lines, the union lawyers and negotiating teams have been heating and workinghe-scenes but they are not working together with the other side sip the strike began yesterday morning. now, everyone is crossing their fingers that today they will be able to get back. bart says that they are waiting for the mediator to draw the two sides together. >> this is like back in high school, the bart management is the cool kids and we are the geeks that make things work but we want something from them but they brush us off. when they want something us from us, they act like they are doing us a favor by allowing them to serve them. >> the unions have been saying all along their top priority is improved safety and security if workers and passengers across the system. at the same time, bart is saying it has major financial challenges in working to upgrade and maintain the aging system. they have new trains. they have a track control system. these are expensive actuals coming up in the future years. since the trains are not running, bart is expanding bus service across the bay a

. >> spying on institutions in the european union is not in line with being friend.ot in the cold war anymore. >> we could see a meeting here in washington between u.s. officials and other northwestern officials about the issue of spying on european citizens through a program that collects internet traffic overseas and also the valid craigs the spying of european union offices in washington. >> joining us now former state department senior advisor, christian whiten. thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. >> what do you make of the latest developments? >> well, it's interesting. with morales it was reasonable to suspect he might have snowden on his plane help is an antiamerican icon in south america. trying to take the mantle of going hoe chavez, -- hugh yugo chavez. and austria took a look at the request of the u.s. and other nato allies cooperating, which is a good sign. ultimately this guy is a fugitive and law-abiding countries should want him to be arrest. >> the fact some of our allies are trying to help out and seem to be on the side of the u.s. government

cases involving election issues and investigated and prosecuted under cases for unions and employers. i brought ticket line injunction actions against unions in court. while i was there i received a certification of congregation from john irving. never for one second during my work at the detroit regional office did i think that one day i would have the honor of considering serving as a member of the board. i love working for the host: nlrb.- working for the i love working for bernie gottfried. he was revert -- revered in the region. he had a deep understanding of the law and was open to and respectful to all viewpoints. he made sure he knew every fact and aspect of a case before he made a decision about whether to issue a complaint. most importantly, he cared deeply about the impact that his decisions would have on the workplace. he knew that real people would be affected by what he did and he worked very hard to make sure his decisions were fair and honest. i will strive to follow his example should i become a member of the board. i worked it out from detroit, becoming a staff lawyer for the internationa

. >> six unions will be represented in today's picket line. police, fire, and emergency workers will not participate. online services also will in the be effected. >>> time now 5:07. sal, come on back. you are watching the commute. what do you see on the east shore? >> i'm look agent the east shore freeway. i see traffic will be a little busier than normal. traffic is still moving but it's more congested. what we are hoping it will stay this way and be even instead of having a huge spike sat 7:00. it will be more like this for four hours instead of two hours of really bad traffic. it's happened before. this is a look at the bay bridge. you notice the cash lanes are the ones that are backed up. my bet a lot of these -- yo can sew -- this morning's commute is nice and receive is. >>> we do have it's going -- there is a 20-degree difference between some of the forecasted highs. anywhere from 110-92. i've never seen that. if you are far enough inland it will be all right. today there is an on shore braze brees. i've seen anywhere from 15-25 mop. t

line people. a last-ditch effort by b.a.r.t. officials and the labor unionso avoid a strike, simply did not work out. with workers' contributions, to benefits, pensions and a wage increase, really some of the big issues that led to this. b.a.r.t. workers also said they have issues with safety concerns. but the real story this morning, 400,000 commuters ride b.a.r.t. each day. the big route, of course, from the east bay into san francisco. the talks actually came to an end around 8:30 last night when union negotiators left the state office building in oakland that had been set up for this. b.a.r.t. p.d., though, they will remain on duty. b.a.r.t. has parking lots at 33 stations, those are open and free for casual carpooling. i did have a chance to speak with one of the workers this morning that said he said felt bad about the inconvenience but it said it had to come to this. a spokesperson, we're hoping to hear from him soon, as well. reporting live in observe land, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. and we're also live in fremont wher

for the unions they said they will be returning to the table and they have a surprise guest on the picket line. >> joining the mix of union workers was bart board director james. >> management has to show respect for the things labor has done and they do need to get a working fair wage. >> he is an elected official who doesn't negotiate for bart but his appearance was a coup for the union -- he came just after the union said they will return to the bargaining table. >> we are relieved that we get to go back and bargaining -- we hope we will see a substantial higher offer than the last offer we seen. >> she says the previous offer didn't satisfy their pay or safety concerns. this may foretell a difficult night at the bargaining table. >> we will discuss the proposals on the table. >> the same proposals on the table sunday. >> they haven't put anything new out. >> there is no indication or talk of a significant break through tonight -- talks should begin again at 6:00. >>> to facilitate discussion between bart and its union, the state is sending in the chair of the public employment relations bo

foreign policy european union follows what america does it really does seem to accept american foreign policy goals rightly or wrongly but that's not an independent voice any lines other countries within the european union under the common foreign and security policy so really it does mean that the cherished principle of a nation state having its own foreign policy is undermined and that then does leave a country to be be a colony of a greater political power which of course want contrary to democratic legitimacy. the french interior minister has said of snowden applied for diplomatic shelter in his country there's almost no chance he would get it this following the whistle blows revelations of the blatant u.s. spying on its european allies which sparked a wave of fury in the block including paris what is more if a notion or has more on this what we see is actually a curious evolution of france's position over america's spying activity from an extreme outrage to an even more extreme tolerance and even support we all remember that france has become furious after it was revealed that america's intelligence services had been more natori in high ranking french and e

line. >>> 4:33. police in union city looking for possible victims after they arrested a suspected flasher. authorities say 27-year-old zenaida gonzalez exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl outside niles liquors tuesday afternoon. police arrested george zimmerman at his ho -- gonzalez. gonzalez is out on bail this morning. >>> today hercules police trying to track down two men in connection with a violent home invasion robbery. this all happened after 10:30 on tuesday night at a home near hannah ranch blmtry school. police say a woman who lives alone was dragged from her bed and beaten by one man who claimed he was, quote, the police. that woman says she heard a second man in the room as well. police say the pair were able to get in through an unlocked window. the victim was treated at the hospital for injuries to her face and ultimately released. >>> hundreds of high school students who had their test scores invalidated have to tonight to decide if they'll retake the test. attorneys hired by the school district wil

striking union workers back on the picket lines started at 4:00 this morning. n saying all along commuters' patience wearing out. consider this. if you are home barbecuing enjoying the day off, b.a.r.t. and union negotiators will be back inside the caltrans building at the bargaining table. after ten hours of talk yesterday ended after 11:00 p.m. but still no agreement. this is now the fourth day of the strike. key sticking points all along, salary, pension and benefits contributions. b.a.r.t. wants workers to give more to the pensions and pay, more for health care. unions say that their efforts are actually contributing to record ridership so they deserve a raise. in the middle of all of this, 400,000 daily riders have been stuck in traffic and long lines trying to get around. those say didn't say much but a man that would love a b.a.r.t. job sure did. >> all i can say is we made progress yesterday and hope to con progress today. >> they get paid well and other people out there, like myself, that would be willing to do the same thing and contribute to their pen

union which represents most much the irs workers. that agency, of course is, tasked with enforcing the new law. ed henry with the news from the white house. ed? >> shep, good evening. the bottom lineat union is against a bill sponsored by republican dave camp that ensure that everyone in the federal government from the president on down to those irs workers enforcing the new healthcare law would have to join the new insurance exchanges. that union is opposing it. saying they have already got government healthcare for their employees. they don't want to enter the insurance exchanges. meanwhile, the white house is saying, wait a second. the law is aimed at helping people who don't have insurance at all and republicans on capitol hill are launching a new effort to stop the whole healthcare law itself saying that they want to attach language defunding the president's healthcare law to that continuing resolution that would keep the government open. take a listen. >> millions of americans, they will have access to affordable care that they don't have at their place of work or that they haven't been able to afford in the past. >> if republicans in both houses simply refuse to vote for an

lines. ktvu's deborah villalon has moved from where the negotiations broke off and now she joins us from the b.a.r.t. workers union hall in oakland with the latest, deborah. >> reporter: that's right there was nothing going on at the talks as we've been reporting. they ended about two hours ago so we came to see what the union members are doing now and what their plans are. we're with josie munoz, tell me who you represent. >> we represent technical workers and clerical workers as well as utility workers etc. >> reporter: that's pretty much everybody by the station agents and train operators. your have broken talks as the unions wake out. >> that's completely untrue. we were told by management that they would have no new proposals for us on our new two central issues. one is the safety of the riders and of the workers. also an economic proposal that puts workers no further ahead in four years from now than they are currently today. >> reporter: you took a strike vote a week ago, almost a week ago. and it seems nothing has been accomplished in the negotiations since that time. >> i would not say nothing has been ac

union workers rallying and commuters left scrambling. we're following all angles. today, there were long lines at the ferries, ac transit stops and, of course, the bay bridge toll plas a sal castaneda just talked to both sides. any ideas, sal? >> reporter: there's several different ways, and so far, no new talks have been scheduled. it appears that the public sentiment may be getting back. since talks broke down sunday night, there have been no new bargaining sessions. today, bart told us how much this strike is costing the agency. >> in revenue, we lose about a million dollars a day. even though we're saving on labor costs, because our employees aren't getting paid, we're still losing money because of the formula that we're bringing in and paying out. the busses and loans are costing hundreds of dollars a day. but it's providing some service to get into the city. >> reporter: as you know, this commute has been a mess with some 400,000 bart riders looking for another way to get around. bart management is asking union workers to come back to work while a new contract is negotiated, saying other

on the left side of your screen, union workers taking to the picket lines after their contract talks down last night. on the right side, you have seen that before. chopper 5 over the area of the bay bridge toll plaza. thick with traffic. expected to be a mess with 400,000 people to have to find another way to work today. >> i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm brian hackney. elizabeth wenger has the worst bottlenecks now. >> reporter: it is definitely the bay bridge toll plaza. not shocking. we knew a lot of commuters would head here to get into san francisco this morning? >> it is just the cash lanes that are backed up. if you are a typical commuter and you usually commute the bay bridge at this time of the morning the fastrak lanes are getting by okay. all those delays are likely commuters who aren't used to driving at this time of the morning. they don't have fastrak and that's why we're seeing those big delays already growing to the overcrossing so at 5:30 this morning, it is unusual. they have not turned the metering lights on yet. so once he get past those pay gates, then traffic actual

. >> reporter: if it fails, 6,000 city workers and six unions say they will hit the picket lines. >>> there's also a strike looming at east bay parks during a busy 4th of july holiday. rangers, state park workers and naturalists are threatening to walk off the job thursday morning. it could shut down operations such as swimming pools. >>> in developing news out of arizona, local fire officials confirms that 19 firefighters were killed by a huge wildfire today. the fire is northwest of phoenix outside the small town of yarnel near prescott. the officers that lost their lives were part of an elite group in prescott. they had deployed fire shelters when something drastic happened although it's not clear exactly what happened. the fire has grown to 2,000 acres. >>> two women drowned today off the coast of santa cruz county after they were swept out to see. the coast guard says the women were walking along with two men on bonny doon beach when all four of them were caught by a wave. the men were able to swim to a rock. the women were pulled out the water by the coast guard. they were taken

instead the union workers out here on the picket line.in fact, they walked off at midnight after their contract expired. i just heard from a b.a.r.t. spokesperson this morning and he's telling me they would certainly like a resolution on this soon. but right now they have no idea exactly how long this strike might last. b.a.r.t. could not come to an agreement with its two largest unions, for the first time since 1997, b.a.r.t. workers are out on strike. the issues here, workers' contribution to pension and benefits, wages. the unions say it's also about safety. but with the system out of service, 400,000 riders have to find other ways to get around, get across the bay, after the four-year contract expired. >> well, i think both sides want to come to an agreement. but there are some difficult issues on the table that they're trying to work out. so let's take it day by day and hope we come to a resolution soon. >> reporter: how does it feel? you've been on the job for 11 years. how does it feel to be standing out here? >> unsettling. it's,

union's 30 day contract extension ends august 4th. ktvu's consumer editor john vacar is following this story. me -- negotiations have been taking place. >> reporter: if you believe and read between the lines what b.a.r.t. and its unions are saying then it seems likely that the strike possibility grows all the time. given all the rank and finger pointing, primarily alternatives to b.a.r.t. began today. >> there's calls today for cal caltrans to begin to put into place the negotiations we have. >> it seems early to us. we really believe we can get a deal. we can come to a fair contract to people. >> i don't believe that they would do it this early. they didn't do it this early during the last strike by any means. >> mr. hawk works for the district. if there's a decision that needed to be made while he's away it could be made. the general manager, board of directors all have to ratify the decisions to be made. >> we asked that the general mansioner come herself, send the deputy hire manager, hire a new negotiator. >> reporter: riders i spoke to blame both sides. >> i would be peuszed if they don't come to an agreement. >> they know how important b.a.r.t. is to the bay area. so tons of people

foreign policy goals rightly or wrongly but that's not an independent voice any lines other countries within the european union under the common foreign and security policy so really it does mean that the cherished principle of a nation state having its own foreign policy is undermined and that then course infringes on national sovereignty and does leave a country to be be a colony of a greater political power which of course want contrary to democratic legitimacy. right robert oulds child the british were politically but it's called think tank rabbit hole thank you very much indeed for sharing your views that's thank you you thank. international consultant and author adrian so big she believes the case of snowden will lead to further tensions between the united states and to believe their thing that they have made a serious mistake because this is just one more example of the way things are going to be not only throughout america but throughout the world already where you have powerful haygood. disrespectful towards the national sovereignty of all countries bolivia has already the support of other countries t

union representing 1300 longshoremen didn't show up for work. >> the bad for everybody. >> reporter: they walk off the job last night and the lines of trucks started growing. >> stuck here waiting until it opens tomorrow. >> reporter: the union says they are doing this because a tractor operator, joy daniels, died on the job last night. the coroner's office says her death was due to natural causes. >> it is a very somber mood here at the marine term nas because of this -- terminal because of this death of this young woman. >> reporter: that's the spokesman for the port who says they tried to get the word out to truckers but for many it was too late. >> because i came from reno. and so it would be pointless to leave and come back. >> people aren't going to get paid today. >> reporter: i did talk to the president of the union today. he said a stand-down like this is common whenever there is a death on the job. he said the union is doing its own internal investigation and they want to allow their members time to grieve the loss of a very popular coworker. in the meantime, -- >> what can you do? just sit there and roll the punches. >> reporter: punche

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union square. zigzagging through streets to avoid police lines and shouting no justice no peace in support of trayvon martin. there are reports that some protesters vented their rage with bottle throwing and that police made several arrests in new york city. >>> we want to show you a live picture from los angeles where there's a demonstration under way and there are also reports of protesters clashing where police. you can see a crowd there gathered on the sidewalk. we understand this is in the crenshaw district of los angeles. there are also some demonstrations in hollywood as well tonight. this group is gathered on a freeway overpass in l. a. police say the protesters have been generally peaceful but that some splinter groups have been aggressive. officers say they've been blocking roads and throwing rocks that's what the protesters have been doing according to police. police said they made at least one arrest. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> for who? >> trayvon. >>> in sacramento, dozens of people who were upset about the zimmerman acquittal gathered in front of t

unions are trying to accomplish a picket line tomorrow. a homeowners association is informing residents at harbor bay island that b.a.r.t. workers plan to picket where grace cunnican has her home. >>> that suspicious device that prompted a total closure of the bay bridge this afternoon was a small gray colored pipe and as it turns out it was harmless. deborah villalon tells us the bridge was only closed for 10 minutes and that was long enough to create a huge traffic mess, deborah. >> reporter: law enforcement doesn't want to tell us about the object. but they tell us possibly someone tried to make it look like an explosive and the response was immediate. from news chopper 2, the treasure island off ramp where a passer by found a suspicious object and called 911 this afternoon. chp couldn't tell what it was. so san francisco police responded with their bomb squad. >> it was something that looked very suspiciously of an explosive dice. - - device. it looked very suspicious. >> reporter: gray and about the size of a nerf football. laying on

unions are trying to accomplish a picket line tomorrow. a homeowners association is informing residents at harbor bay island that b.a.r.t. workers plan to picket where grace cunnican has her home. >>> that suspicious device that prompted a total closure of the bay bridge this afternoon was a small gray colored pipe and as it turns out it was harmless. deborah villalon tells us the bridge was only closed for 10 minutes and that was long enough to create a huge traffic mess, deborah. >> reporter: law enforcement doesn't want to tell us about the object. but they tell us possibly someone tried to make it look like an explosive and the response was immediate. from news chopper 2, the treasure island off ramp where a passer by found a suspicious object and called 911 this afternoon. chp couldn't tell what it was. so san francisco police responded with their bomb squad. >> it was something that looked very suspiciously of an explosive dice. - - device. it looked very suspicious. >> reporter: gray and about the size of a nerf football. laying on

lines. but as you mentioned as well, both sides meeting management and unions have the week to hash it out. and now in terms of the bigger issues, both sides say the paid pension, worker safety. health care are a big issue that remains to be hashed out as we mentioned. they will meet later after meeting on the smaller issues yesterday. they ended up at 5:00. from what we were hearing there is progress made on the smaller issues. but the ones we mentioned earlier they are part apart and outside of the table as the members disrupted the general manager as she was making a speech at the public commission. we spoke with those who were frustrated that it has not been reached yet but some who are sympathetic towards the workers. despite having buses and ferries on the stand buy in case of a strike, some are not looking forward to another one. in the meantime, the sides say there is a lot of work to do. >> i'm confident our team is doing everything they can to get there. >> they have raised some issues in order to not address the issues of the 23% they're asking for of the fact they don't pay anyt

protests, demonstrators marched up powell past astonished tourists waiting in line at the cable car turnaround and onto union square. then through the downtown area and on to justin herman plaza near the ferry building. >> justice for trayvon martin! [ screaming ] >> reporter: though noisy and angry, the protestors remained peaceful eventually dispersing. it was over but one said the protests would not be just a one-day event. in san francisco, don knapp, kpix 5. >>> president obama called trayvon martin's death a tragedy but urged calm reflection in light of the verdict. meanwhile, the justice department says it will resume looking into the possibility of charging zimmerman with a federal hate crime. the department began its investigation last year but suspended it after the state of florida filed criminal charges against zimmerman. >>> 4:35 now. this morning, police and volunteers will continue their search for 21-month-old daphne webb in oakland. the toddler's father reported her missing on wednesday and as kpix 5's linda yee tells us, the focus is now on other places the father and his daughter went toge

unions. so the banks always or are first in line and and he who gets the money when there is ready to spend it. well the banks you know again this is the but the banks pretty much run things in cahoots with the with the federal government. you know we read really america's become a soft fascist society it's a fascist economy mousseline to define fascism is the combination of corporate power and state power and you know that's what we have so there are certain big corporations that in cahoots with the federal government are running running the rest of us. can't last however it is going to come down. again when that happens you know i don't know but we ought to remember who's to blame it's the banks the fractional reserve banks it's the federal reserve it's the congress it's the entire government we certainly see a lot of parasites on the rest of us we certainly see a lot of revolving door especially in the financial sector but even at the e.p.a. apple just hired somebody who used to be the head of the e.p.a. so it looks like everybody has to make their payola in order to protect themselves from