potential ferry providers to right-size the ferry service. but our best estimate at this time of what it will take is about a $5 peak period toll and something lower off-peak. some of the toll policies more closely related to meeting that 50% transit mode-share requirement over the long-run. for instance, our recommendation that there be a broad-base period to the toll, but lower toll-level helps achieve that, especially linking the need for the revenue -- the temporal need for the revenue for the period that transit options are available. and also recommending no exemptions, for instance, for cleaner vehicles. other parts of this policy are more closely related to raising enough revenue to pay for the transit services. something i want to point out is recommendation for how the board could adjust the toll-level annually in realtime based on changing needs. we would recommend a toll-level adjustment policy, actually mirrored on mta's policy for adjusting muni's fares so a function of inflation, but also transit costs. let me talk a little bit

potential ferry providers to right-size the ferry service.ut our best estimate at this time of what it will take is about a $5 peak period toll and something lower off-peak. some of the toll policies more closely related to meeting that 50% transit mode-share requirement over the long-run. for instance, our recommendation that there be a broad-base period to the toll, but lower toll-level helps achieve that, especially linking the need for the revenue -- the temporal need for the revenue for the period that transit options are available. and also recommending no exemptions, for instance, for cleaner vehicles. other parts of this policy are more closely related to raising enough revenue to pay for the transit services. something i want to point out is recommendation for how the board could adjust the toll-level annually in realtime based on changing needs. we would recommend a toll-level adjustment policy, actually mirrored on mta's policy for adjusting muni's fares so a function of inflation, but also transit costs. let me talk a little bit m

sheldon: what i recognized was there was not enough ferry service. so i set up a ferry business.hat do i know about the ferry business? what i know about every business when i go into it. zero. but there's not much i cannot learn. i believe this industry in which we operate, the lodging or gaming industry, i believe it is a supply-driven industry. if i put those buildings there, they will come. betty: and they did. sheldon: and they still do. betty: when we come back, the battle for market share pits adelson against the ho family. not just lawrence, but his sister, pansy ho. she tells us how she is trying to keep the gaming industry all in the family. pansy: my father paved the foundation for macau today. we carry that torch. ♪ betty: sheldon adelson may be trying to conquer macau, but patriarch stanley ho's original empire is far from failing. his company, sjm holdings, operates the most casino tables in macau. nearly 2000. and sjm accounts for nearly a quarter of the revenue. we spoke with pansy ho, his daughter. she says gaming in macau is still a family business. you are the

hong kong is a one-hour ferry ride.sy: what has been surprising is the swiftness with which chinese consumers are changing. in many ways, they are not the type of stereotype that we would have thought about the chinese consumer market, their patterns and behavior. this is a very fluid group of people. they are full of curiosity. their requirements continue to change over time. we can already see that happening during the past seven or eight years. betty: pansy ho also runs a company that operates turbo jets, a high-speed ferry service between macau and hong kong, competing directly with adelson. last year, her ferries transported about 28,000 people a day. pansy: we have been running the terminals, the ferry terminals. we have a direct experience. we know how to manage and how to commercialize the real estate so it can be of great service to these people. betty: that is not how adelson sees it. sheldon: she doesn't like that we are a competitor in the ferries. i can't say that i am the ferry expert of the world, but bec

south korea prepares to raise the ferry that sunk in april killing more than 300 people. >>> they left war zone only to be caught up in another. we meet somalis trying to survive in yemen. and the u.s. sends in soldiers to help battle wild fires burning in several western states. ♪ ♪ >>> the there is a shrine in thailand's capital bangkok where 22 people died in a bomb this is week has reopened. people have been visiting the shrine which is on one of bangkok's busiest intersections praying and laying flowers. policing looking for a suspect. links to the attack that also left more than 100 people injured. he's seen in this security footage leaving a backpack just minutes before the blast. wayne joins us live from bangkok at the scene of tha blast. a massive manhunt now under way, wayne, for the suspect in a yellow t-shirt. that's the latest we are -- what's the latest we are hearing on that? >> reporter: well, i have to say there have been very few details released on wednesday, much attention still focused, of course okay that footage is and exactly who that man, is exactly what his mo

the ferry's operators say the fire broke out in a truck. they say they're trying to put it out. >> translator: crew members reported they were trying to extinguish the fire with sprinklers. we ordered them to report the fire to the coast guard. as of 6:00 p.m., they had not been able to put out the fire, so we directed the captain to issue an evacuation order to everyone onboard. >> coast guard personnel worked with other ferry crews to get people off. they say no passengers were hurt. some passengers described the fire. >> translator: black smoke started rising behind me while i was eating. i didn't smell burning until i went outside. >> translator: as soon as i got in the rescue boat, i saw the outside wall of the ferry peeling off, and i felt it was really serious. >> the ferry's operators have accounted for all the crew members except one. they say he went missing when he went to fight the fire. coast guard personnel are searching the area. >>> officials at the world health organization are welcoming a potential weapon in the fight agai

now, to a ferris wheel, the tallest ferris wheel. headed to the big apple. manhattan n an area rarely explored by tourists. authorities and city officials are betting big on the new york wheem. the president and c.e.o. explains why in tonight stds first person -- tonight's first person report. >> the new york wheel is a 630 observation wheel that we are placing on new york harbour. >> the northside will feature an attraction unlike any other in new york still, it will be unlike we think, any other on the plan it. it will be a ferris wheel, not just any. the tall is observation wheel in the world. >> one of my partners came up with the idea. a number of people had been looking at putting a wheel on new york harbour based on the success of the london eye. it will be on the north shore of staten island adjacent to the ferry terminal. it will give a view of the harbour from the working harbourside of the harbour, to the statue of liberty, the downtown skyline, we'll be the largest in the world when we are built. it will be a marvellous 360 degree view. we broke

two others are suspect to the investigation. >>> south korea's beginning work to race the sewol ferry that capsized in april last year, killing 300 people, most teenage students. the recovery is expected to cost 70 million >>> i.s.i.l. have killed a renowned archeologist in the ancient syrian city of palmyra. the antiquities chief said the body was found hanging in the main square of the of the historic site on tuesday. the 82-year-old was held after they had captured palm rur in may. i spoke to a former director of the department of the antiquities in syria. >> he was very much asserted with palmyra archeology. he was mr palmyra working there from the early days back in the '50s, until he retired in 2003. and even after he retired he was involved in engaged in everything to do with palmyra, and its archeology and heritage. and, you know, you couldn't do anything in palmyra all these years without actually having him, who is extremely, you know, helpful, and thought of well by anyone that had any contact with him. j why did he decide to stay in syria, even as i.s.i.l. came and tack ov

. >>> for the next two months, expect delays when traveling on bay area ferries.construction projects and bay cleanup efforts could delay ferry service up to 15 minutes. ferry workers say the delays will take place during weekend service so riders should give themselves extra time. and ferry service is expected to be super busy labor day weekend. that's because b.a.r.t. is shutting down the transbay tube again for repairs. when that happened two weeks ago, ferry service jumped 25%. >>> even though tesla's ceo, elong musk, has spoken out about the dangers of robots and artificial intelligence, his company has created a robotic charging station. take a look. it looks like a snake. the charger plugs itself in, if you've got a tesla. musk teased the invention in a tweet, saying tesla snake bot auto charger prototype does seem kinda wrong. smiley face. >>> big surprise for thousands of bay area children. of that's next. >>> tonight at 6:00, when aldon smith was arrested in 2013, he got some preferential treatment while in custody. at 6:00, we investigate what kind of t

extra ferries will be back one bart reopens next month. cristina rendon.>>> as far as way -- away as finland honored a slain girl. the body of madyson middleton was found last week in a dumpster 26 hours after she disappeared from her home on sunday. a 15-year-old neighbor is being tried as an adult on murder, kidnapping, and rape charges. this sand sculpture was created on the santa cruz boardwalk in her memory. >>> it was a tragedy that shook modesto last month. five people killed inside a home. today, hundreds attended a special service to remember some of those victims. >> reporter: a public goodbye to a young doctor and her children. amanda cruise, six-year-old elizabeth, and six-month-old racial -- rachel. their pictures drew tears. kimberly cruises amanda's twin sister.>> they were all amazing people in their own right. the world is going to be a lot emptier without them. >> reporter: about 400 people attended the service, most of them patients or former patients of amanda cruise. janet ward said she had been in a diabetic coma befo

potential ferry providers to right-size the ferry service. but our best estimate at this time of what it will take is about a $5 peak period toll and something lower off-peak. some of the toll policies more closely related to meeting that 50% transit mode-share requirement over the long-run. for instance, our recommendation that there be a broad-base period to the toll, but lower toll-level helps achieve that, especially linking the need for the revenue -- the temporal need for the revenue for the period that transit options are available. and also recommending no exemptions, for instance, for cleaner vehicles. other parts of this policy are more closely related to raising enough revenue to pay for the transit services. something i want to point out is recommendation for how the board could adjust the toll-level annually in realtime based on changing needs. we would recommend a toll-level adjustment policy, actually mirrored on mta's policy for adjusting muni's fares so a function of inflation, but also transit costs. let me talk a little bit

certainly the ferries present has eased the cries you i crisi. but for many living on the beach in the center of town, very little has changed. a group of africans from cameroon nigeria and congo said they are being discriminated against. >> that is horrible. >> you think that is specifically because you are africans? >> that might say but what i see, they are giving the attention and you yourself should know it is because we are africans. >> on the greek shore, they may be safe but even here floating on a holiday lilo they are far from secure. jonah hull, al jazeera, island of kos. >> focusing on increasing security and humanitarian aid in the french port city of calais. , thousands of migrants have tried to get to england through the channel tunnel. >>> wildlifwildfires in westerns of america have forced thousands to leave. tom ackerman has the story. >> across the west firefighters are reaching the limit of their resources to put out hundreds of fires in eastern oregon. crews numbering 25,000 men and women are adding support from mobilized nat

but the ferry is fun. kind of going with the flow. >> it's been really crowded, crowded with a lot of people. >> reporter: speaking of long lines, you can expect traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza, but surprisingly, chp says they are not seeing major backups, just the typical turnout for a weekend. it seems the warnings have caused many to plan ahead and so far, it's been smooth sailing. >> all together, we have about 14,000 seats available per weekend day on the ferry service with our expanded schedule. so we have plenty of capacity. >> reporter: the expanded service on the ferry will last until tomorrow evening. they tell me they will continue this expanded service when bart closes again next month. heather, ken? >> christina, thank you very much. >>> thousands of people took advantage of the bus bridge bart set up to try to get people back and forth across the bay. allie rasmus shows us how it's working. >> going to san francisco. transbay terminal. >> reporter: san francisco- bound passengers packed

one of the options that people seem to be liking is the ferry to cross the bay. as we've been talking about, b.a.r.t. is just not an option in and out of san francisco. i happened to speak to a spokesperson and he's saying basically travel is up about 24% between oakland, alameda and san francisco. they are offering up and downed service. lines are moving, but they are long. a b.a.r.t. spokesperson says from there the work is going well. busses are set up around 20th and broadway in oakland moving people in and out of the city. the ride is taking about 20 minutes. b.a.r.t. is still running, but, again, just not in the transbay ii. rider shich is about half of what it would be for a normally day. workers are replacing worn out rails. b.a.r.t. put the word out some time ago that this would be happening. but the ferry certainly is popular. >> most definitely. i would take b.a.r.t. any day of the week. but this is faster and i didn't want to sit in traffic for an hour, hour and a half. >> this is a huge project. it's $2 million. it's just about every piece of heavy e

we talked to a number of first-time ferry riders. a lot of folks said look i didn't want to take a chance that i might be stuck in gridlock trying to cross the bay bridge. so it looks like the ferries are actually a pretty popular alternative today to cross the bay. the oak land route to san francisco francisco, up about 6 pnt between valejo and san francisco. it was announced well in advance that b.a.r.t. would be running, just not transbay service. >> i normally would be taking b.a.r.t., but since it's not working, i'm taking the ferry. >> the way we're avoiding traffic, congestion and the way that the bussings are using is cal-transhas worked to ded kate onramps and off ramps for the buss to use. >> now, b.a.r.t. is replacing equipment that allows trains to move from one side of the tracks to the other and replacing ageing ties and rail. that work continues through the weekend. and then again, labor day weekend, official ferry service will be available at that time as well. live in oak land christy smith, nbc bay area news. >> her

they have paid $50 euros each to the ferry operator and a people smuggler, and they arrived safely on dry land. >> we escape from our country. >> reporter: are you happy to be here, do you feel relieved to be here? >> yes, we are so happy here. >> we are 10, 10 in won family. >> turkey, greece, and now macedonia. to serbia. then... >> have you heard about the troubles on the route. >> i have heard so much. >> have you heard about that. >> yes, yes, yes. >> this is the fifth ferry load to arrive since last monday. it's 12.5,000 people. many make pt trip by any means. >> there are well over 10,000 people waiting to get on to ferries, and that is growing by 1,000 new arrivals across the see from turkey. >> authorities are overwhelmed. it allows the refugees to pass through the country and leave. >> this is the paperwork. telling you that you could stay in greece for three months and leave. >> and is that what you lan to do? >> yes. probably. >> reporter: they'll need transport north towards the macedonian border, and the bus companies know an opportunity when they see one. >> reporter: w

the thai authorities deported more than 100 uyghurs back to beijing >>> a ferry docked on cos will be used to carry migrants. it's hoped it will leave in the coming hours. hundreds of migrants will be transported along the way. a record 1,700 crossed european borders last month and the u.n. says all of europe must do its share to shelter them. >> germany takes the most asylum seekers, and there are reports that they will be expected this year. 21,000 have arrived in the past week alone. islands in like cos are struggling to cope. the influx as jonah hull reports. >> if this is a promised land, for many it's proving to be a false one. every day they come, sometimes in their hundreds. refugees, and those seeking work. from the placid waters to turkey, the turkish town in the distance. every day they wait for paperwork that allows them to stay or move on to the parts of europe. >> iraqis is here, iranis is here. but there is a little procedure. this day. >> others have been waiting longer. >> much longer. >> what is in? >> 23 years. >> and nobody has helped you in that time. what do you

the changes take effect on september 26. >>> if you are taking the ferry take more time.iders are being warned about delays of up to 15 minutes on the golden gate ferry today. and throughout the weekend. it's so crews can continue retrofitting the berths at the san francisco ferry terminal. >>> a policy will allow uber and lyft and rideshare companies to pick up and drop off passengers at the airport through february 2016. sfo plans to use the program to examine how rideshare services will impact traffic at the airport. >>> and how sweet it isn't. pastry shop la boulange is closing its doors over the next few weeks. the first two to close are on columbus and and market in san francisco. starbucks bought them and now is shutting down the 23 cafes because it's not sustainable. la boulange was told to starbucks three years ago for $100 million. >>> coming up, torrential downpours, strong winds tear through puerto rico. tropical storm erika picking up strength and setting its sights on the u.s. >> plus, meet lucy. she is so cute it could make your heart skip a beat. in fact,

i'm guessing that's for the 6:35 ferry to oakland.is money almost a million dollars is going to bring boats online through october. then they are going to have to come up with something else. in san francisco, mike sugerman, kpix 5. >>> speaking of on the water another dead whale has been spotted in the bay area but this time in a pretty unusual place. kpix 5's juliette goodrich is in the east bay right now alongside the latest discovery. juliette, seems a week doesn't go by we don't have one of these floaters. >> reporter: yeah. but this is very interesting in an estuary in alameda. it's the first, ken. we are feet away from the dead whale. we got special access to be on the dock. you can see it behind me. you know, the odor is very strong and distinct. at first we had trouble spotting the whale in the maria area but the smell is what helped us find it. >> it's shocking. it really is. it's not anything you want to start your day. >> reporter: christina write works at the mariners square where the dead whale surfaced this morning. >>

ferries. some people said they waited more than an hour yesterday. >>> other two take bart to -- others world health -- who take bart, they are driving instead. right now not a lot of traffic this sunday morning but traffic is expected to pick up later in the day and there will be a wait later in the day going through the tolls. at this time we're actually 11:00 yesterday it was bumper- to-bumper at that toll plaza if you plan to drive into the city maybe the best advice, just head out early. >>> we're following developing news in memphis, tennessee where a manhunt is underway for the gunman who shot and killed a police officer. it happened 9:15 last night police say 33-year-old officer sean fulton was conducting a traffic stop and shot multiple times. he died at the hospital. he's the third memphis officer to be fatally shot since 2011. >>> a sandwich shop in pacifica is cleaning up after it went up in flames overnight. that fire was reported about 1:00 this morning at the prime dip restauran

>> yes, yes. >> this is the fifth ferry to arrive since monday. that's on the front of the lines there are 10,000 people waiting to got on to ferries like this. and that number is growing every night. the authorities in greece are utterly overwhelmed, offering little besides a simple registration document that allows the refugees to pass through the country and go. >> this is a document at th telling you that you can stay in greece for three months, and then you have to leave. >> yes. >> is that what you plan to do? >> yes, probably. >> they need transportation to the border, and bus companies know an opportunity when they see one. >> they need to text to another bus to thessalonica. >> yes. >> some take the metro towards the train station in athens. seven-year-old zanyi is the only speaker of english in the film. >> what did you see in syria, bad things? >> yes. >> do you feel excited about the future? >> yes. yes. >> for the young perhaps there is excitement in this movement between countries. the adults with them will hope that nothing ahead is

to nearly 2500 and the san francisco ferry saw a 6% increase. both have been added this weekend. they are filling up fast. >> the second one we were almost at the shaded area which is almost getting on and then they're like no more people. >> unfortunately were five slots left. >> extended services do continue through tomorrow night. >>> hayward police are investigating tonight after a woman was hit and killed by a train. it happened near the intersection of industrial parkway west and pacific street around 6:00 this evening. investigators are looking into why the woman was on the train track. her friends at the scene told us she had belongings on the track and tried to retrieve them when the train hit her. they also say she was hard of hearing and may not have heard of train coming. >>> there are fears tonight another famed lion in zimbabwe may be dead. cecil was killed last month by a dentist in minnesota. jericho stepped up to protect his young cubs. there are reports that jericho has been killed. >> reporter: tonight conflicting reports from

extended ferry service continues today. the alameda-oakland-san francisco ferry had a 25% jump in ridership yesterday morning because of the transbay toupe closure. i if you ride san francisco's muni metro in the late evening hours, shuttle buses will take you between the embarcadero station and st. francis circle from now until january. the buses will run between 9:30 in the evening and 1:30 in the morning. the buses will connect with lightrail vehicles running on surface streets. muni is upgrading communications equipment in the subway. >>> now to a developing story from memphis tennessee. police have taken a person of interest into custody in connection with the deadly shooting of a police officer. officer sean bolton died after being shot several times during a traffic stop late last night. investigators believe that a passenger from that car opened fire on bolton. police suspect the person was in possession of marijuana. >> looking at coward. he's a coward. you gun down, you murder a police officer. for less than two g

potential ferry providers to right-size the ferry service.te at this time of what it will take is about a $5 peak period toll and something lower off-peak. some of the toll policies more closely related to meeting that 50% transit mode-share requirement over the long-run. for instance, our recommendation that there be a broad-base period to the toll, but lower toll-level helps achieve that, especially linking the need for the revenue -- the temporal need for the revenue for the period that transit options are available. and also recommending no exemptions, for instance, for cleaner vehicles. other parts of this policy are more closely related to raising enough revenue to pay for the transit services. something i want to point out is recommendation for how the board could adjust the toll-level annually in realtime based on changing needs. we would recommend a toll-level adjustment policy, actually mirrored on mta's policy for adjusting muni's fares so a function of inflation, but also transit costs. let me talk a little bit more about our prop

the vallejo san francisco ferry saw a six percent increase from its normal summer saturday load. boat have beened ad and they're quickly filling up. >> the first one we missed because we were lazy and late. the second one, it was -- we were almost at the shaded area, which is almost getting on, and then they said no more people. >> traveling by myself, so i was able to get on. >> the extended services continue through tomorrow night. >>> an out of control wildfire is threatening thousands of homes in lake county tonight. the 22,000-acre fire is burning near clear lake. today authorities closed highway 20 in both directions near the fire, and issued new evacuation orders as the fire is just five percent contained. cornell bernard is live from lake county. >> reporter: this fire continues to grow tonight with no signs of giving up, and look at this. behind me, smoke plume to the north where new mandatory evacuation orders are underway for the golden eagle houstoning attempt on highway 20. several miles from where we are now where this fire began days ago. tonight firefighters givin

live at gray's ferry, jesse gary. >>> thank you, jesse. talking sports, a new era of phillies fans, live at citizens bank park where the team had the first home game since the cole hamels trade became official. in a single week phillies traded jonathan hasslebaum, revere and hamels. the phillies will be rebuilding for years to come. hamels' name has been circulating in trade rumors. finally became official. i was just 18 years old, practically a baby, when the phillies made him 17th overall pick in 2002 draft. since then bills have risen to the top of the baseball heap and fallen again making hamels expendible. >> i'm glad for him. but you know, you've got to rebuild at some point. his pitching wasn't going to get us anywhere. hopefully these prospects we will. >> he deserves to go somewhere and compete and win. absolutely. he got us to the only championship i was alive for. >> best move logically on the surface unless somebody emerges out of the lot they got. >> we'll hear what hamels has to say about the trade coming up later this mornin

all of them, somehow, all these 500 people made it off the ferry safely. the coast guard looking into what exactly started the fire. >> wow, incredible. >>> first responders can fill a number of roles. sounds like a good idea. there's an argument in alexandria about how to achieve that. they want firefighters to get more training in advanced life support and skills to save people in crisis. the president of a group representing paramics says it will waste money and make the quality of service worse. >> they are sole service medics or medic specialists. that's what they want to do. now we'll have one medic and one firefighter emt. they may or may not want to be on that unit. >> the majority of emergency calls are for medical issues, not fire. this takes highly skilled paramedics out of ambulances. alexandria's fire chief says it's used in arlington and fairfax. >>> we know more about how a 7-year-old boy got his hands on a gun that killed his little sister in d.c. we are learning a teenager may have been involved. >>> take a look outside the window. we have

the vallejo san francisco ferry saw a six percent increase from its normal summer saturday load. boat have beened ad and they're quickly filling up. >> the first one we missed because we were lazy and late. the second one, it was -- we were almost at the shaded area, which is almost getting on, and then they said no more people. >> traveling by myself, so i was able to get on. >> the extended services continue through tomorrow night. >>> an out of control wildfire is threatening thousands of homes in lake county tonight. the 22,000-acre fire is burning near clear lake. today authorities closed highway 20 in both directions near the fire, and issued new evacuation orders as the fire is just five percent contained. cornell bernard is live from lake county. >> reporter: this fire continues to grow tonight with no signs o giving up, and look at this. behind me, smoke plume to the north where new mandatory evacuation orders are underway for the golden eagle houstoning attempt on highway 20. several miles from where we are now where this fire began days ago. tonight firefighters giving

the ferry is a popular alternate. >> i would take b.a.r.t. any day of the week, this is faster, i don't want to sit in traffic for an hour, hour and a half. >> san francisco bay ferry expanded service and carried another 500 riders. ridership was up 25%. another transbay closure is expected. mark the calendars, that's labor day weekend. >>> the new president of the state public utility commission is trying to rebuild the public's trust after leaked e-mails led to state and federal investigations. in the first in depth tv interview, we sat down with chief reporter. >> it was intriguing, telling interview on several fronts. we talked about the criminal investigations, scandals that rocked the puc, what insiders call a cozy relationship with pg&e, and questions about his predecessor's legacy. taking over for michael, big shoes to fill, small shoes to fill? >> different shoes. i'm tennis shoes. >> an interesting contrast offered by michael picker after inheriting the most powerful seat with a powerful agency that determines what california reside

there has been a great deal of debate about whether to raise the ferry at all.s eventually resolved in april this year with a presidential decision that they would raise the seewall, it's going to cost in excess of $17 million u.s. first there will be this survey period, then drivers will go down to put netting across all of the openings of the say wol, to try to prevent any of the missing remains from floating out. they will then take it closer to shore before eventually raising it on to a floating dock and then to the shore. it will be an incredibly difficult as well as costly operation. we spoke to a mother of a 17-year-old boy who tied in the disaster. she said they will maintain this vigil to the very end so as much as can be found out about the circumstances surrounding the disaster. >>> hundreds of u.s. troops are being sent to help control wildfires that have broken out across parts of california. authorities say 18 fires are burning in the state. california has been left vulnerable by years of drought made worse by a heat wave over the summer. the nethe

. >> of the many stages in their long journey before and still to come, this 12 our ferry crossing from the aegean island of lesbos has perhaps been the most comfortable and secure. they paid 50 euros'm to the ferry operator and they've arrived safely on dry land. >> we don't have any right in our country. people kill each other, so we escaped from our country. >> are you happy to be here? do you feel relieved to be here. >> yes, we are so happy here. >> we're 10. >> 10 in one family. >> turkey to greece and now we're going to macedonia, to serbia, then hungary. >> have you heard about the trouble on the route it is. >> i heard so much. >> are you worried about that? >> yes. >> this is 12.5000 people in a single week. back on the ablen islands, the european front line, if you like, are well over 10,000 people waiting to get on ferries and that number is growing by a thousand new arrivals across the sea every night. >> the authorities in greece are utterly overwhelmed, offering little besides a simple registration document that allows the refugees to pass through the country and leave. >

ferries to the san francisco ferry building have been canceled.re 6:30 and 6:40. bart has if delayed reports and a.c. transit has in delayed but they could be re-routed around this streets are closed in oakland and martin luther king between 40th with an officer-involved shooting. >> that is breaking news. a police officer was injured and an armed suspect shot dead after a con problem station overnight. janet o is at the scene. >> kristen, can you see a heavy police presence here. the shooting happened five hours ago. oakland police say this started out as a sexual assault investigation yesterday evening and two officers tried to make contact with the suspect when the suspect shot at them with a rifle. the officers returned fire and one of then was hit in the gun fire exchange and we are told that the officer is out of surgery and is in stable condition. a suspect who was pronounced dead at the hospital after being struck. oakland police are investigation the shooting. they have recovered a rifle and trying to recover the evidence. we will head to

san francisco bay terminal, the ferry building. a look at emeryville camera to the span of the bay bridge which is waving because of winds. heavy traffic southbound 680 out of pleasant hill to walnut creek >> we are continuing to follow breaking news great vallejo where firefighters say hotspots at a metal plan could burn for days. the alco metal company caught fire on mare island. firefighters are using extra caution. our reporter is there to explain. >> the fire is giving them fits, they responded to a spot fire my highway 37 moments ago that started from embers that flew over from here. they got that out. look how smoky it still is here at the warehouse where only the shell of the warehouse is standing. firefighters are wearing masks and we have them, too, all concern about what we are breezing, if the smoke is toxic, that is the hazard they are dealing with. look what they saw when they pulled you, a huge warehouse fire that started after 11 o'clock last night. this is the alco warehouse in vallejo on mare island, it is a metal

the ferry hit the pier near wall street wednesday afternoon.ngers were hurt and treated at the scene. they were able to walk off the ferry after the accident. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," twitter dropped the character limit for direct messages and wheaties brews up something new. jill wagner has that and more. good morning, jill. >> the yuan lost 3% since it was devalued on tuesday. they say there's no basis for further depreciation. despite the uncertainty, asian markets finished higher. the nikkei gained 1%. stocks on wall street recovered from early losses as they kept close tabs on events in china. the dow lost less than a point, the s&p gained two points and the nasdaq finished seven points higher. citizens bank is returning $14 million to customers. the bank failed to credit individuals and business customers with the full amount of their deposits. citizens was fined $20.5 million. regulators said customers were short millions of dollars over a fixed year period starting in 2008. >>> a change for twitter users. you will no longer be confi

mitch is live in grays ferry with more on what's being done. >> reporter: we are on grays ferry avenue at this street. it's pock marked. it's been torn up several times over the past few months. as we have been reporting on what residents have called a gas safety issue. they continually smelled gas in the street over the course of those months. now pgw says there is going to be a fix. they are going to tear up this street, two miles of gas main they are going to replace beneath grays ferry avenue. >> 50 feet. >> reporter: philadelphia gas workers were not eager to show off their work. this was the third time since february we documented them repairing something on grays ferry avenue. this time they pushed us back, they say for safety. we watched as people walked and drove by closer than we were allowed. still not happy we were there workers took an extra step, blocking the work site from our cameras. is that all for safety? >> i would presume so, yeah. i mean, everything we do begins and ends with trying to create a safe environment to maintain a safe environment. >> reporter: pgw's sp

. >> reporter: over in calais the situation is complicated by french ferry workers, on strike protesting over job cuts. they blocked roads into the port. more chaotic scenes as migrants cin calais succeeded in getting around security men, dashing towards the channel tunnel terminal. these kinds of pictures alarmed people in britain, the numbers of migrants in calais tried to get into britain, a few thousands are small, given how many are going elsewhere in europe. >> what we are seeing is that a symptom of the fact that the world is in a grips, the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. the vast majority are hosted by the world's smallest countries. a small proportion are risking their lives in search of safety, in europe and a tiny proportion are trying to reach the u.k. >> europe's politicians are in a quandary, desperate people deserve compassion, but the politicians are not sure of -- ain to their own anxious electorates. they are shaping up to be a long summer. . >> debris that investigators believe could be from missing flight mh370 arrived in france for testing. the debris will

they are diverting traffic off grays ferry.ake 59 to the vine street expressway westbound and scoot on by this scene. the eastbound side is doing okay right now as we take a look at drive times on the schuylkill from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway, still a 13-minute trip, no problems on 95. and the blue route doing just fine headed southbound from the schuylkill to 95, just a 15-minute trip. more updates to come on the schuylkill expressway. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 5:19 and the temperatures have come down into the 70s along with the rain that's still coming down in philadelphia. cloudy view of center city. the rain is lighter now than what we saw just an hour ago, moving through the city. 72 degrees in philadelphia with winds at 15 miles an hour. we're now getting gusts of 22 miles an hour. the wind driven rain this morning at the shore, the showers have been steady and there have been some heavy downpours in cape may. there's cape may, the heavier downpou

ridership on the san francisco bay ferry doubled.turday about 4,000 passengers ride the ferry. but because of the bart closure nearly 9,000 people boarded it. now repair work that was done on the tracks it is not completed. and they knew it wouldn't be completed so they are going to do another closure over the labor day weekend. that three-day holiday weekend. so they want bart riders here to again prepare to find alternative ways to travel for that weekend. dave. >> all right janine, thanks for the update. >>> right now it's 5:57. so far the morning commute has been okay. >> it's been okay. we don't like it too exciting when it comes to the morning commute. let's take a look at the toll plaza. no major delays once you take it on to the bridge. which is doing okay. we are looking at 880 north and southbound and this commute looks good in both directions. also we're looking at the south bay commute. we are seeing slow traffic on northbound 101. the rest of the commute heading south we had an earlier crash. southbound 880 on the way to