sal castaneda is live in yerba buena island with more on this. >> reporter: frank, let me show you where the man stopped his car. right here you can see the bay bridge. he stopped his car about a mile from treasure island where we are in the right lane. minutes later police rushed by stunned commuters with guns drawn in the westbound bridge was closed. thousands were stopped at a huge traffic jam. police first became aware of the problem when the man was still driving and telling police dispatchers he was going to blow himself up and that he had his 16-year-old daughter with him. as the man drove his suv across the bay bridge, he pulled over about a mile past treasure island. police closed the lower level of the bridge almost immediate yachtly after they saw -- immediately after they saw the man holding what appeared to be a weapon. >> he pointed it straight in the air. from the police standpoint, it seemed to be a real weapon. >> reporter: police coaxed the man to letting his teenage daughter then surrendered himself. the guns were later found to be fake. many more had to find a way to

a live look aside aerial pitcher of the bay bridge this is the westbound from yerba buena island.nhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. you know what i often get asked. is there a belinda and say is they're taking a cue. often i get asked and not exaggerating almost every case they say mr. vice president. can you help me get back to my unit. >> those comments from their wreath laying is usually done by the president but he is the south korea as part of this 10 day trip to asia. this is the first day of the she 20 summit. he did meet with troops in south korea. this is what is closed today we have the federal and state banks the dmv schools, city offices closed a day the post office as well. so there is no mail delivery. we will be right back the bay bridge to standoff that lasted almost two hours a suspect is being questioned christine has the update. >> officers are interviewing crank at the headquarters on eighth and bryant they say he has been extremely remo

the driver then exited at yerba buena island and turned around, getting onto the lower deck of the span back toward oakland. the car then continued onto eastbound i- 580 and exited at park boulevard. chp officers used their cruiser to spin the car out of control near east 25th street and highland avenue, near 23rd avenue, at about 2 a.m. two suspects were immediately arrested while the third was taken into custody after a search of homes by chp, oakland police and an emeryville police dog. investigators are trying to determine whether the trio is responsible for a rash of street robberies in the lake merritt area. they got him with the help of a peace talcanine. a 16 year-old girl was attacked by several people on campus last year during the school's homecoming dance there are seven defendants in the case most of them are teenagers so we have black get their photos, they all face charges of gang rape and robbery. all but one faces enhancement that could put them behind bars for life in prison. graphic testimony yesterday by the first police officer on the scene he described the victim's

there is one on yerba buena island -- supervisor campos: if i may, i would ask people to turn off cell phones if the are in the chambers. thank you. supervisor alioto-pier: the other question i had was -- i know there is a board in the yacht harbor, correct? >> not officially. supervisor alioto-pier: do you include people who are boat owners in the yacht harbor? >> we have members who belong to the club who live on the island. the issue has never come up, but our policy is that if you are living on the island, that you have the eligibility to be a member of good neighbors. supervisor alioto-pier: ok, thank you. supervisor campos: next speaker please. >> good morning again, supervisors. this time i am officially representing san francisco green party and our city. the offline over e-mails for the last several months -- i have been communicating with a lot of representatives of neighborhood groups, environmental groups, and environmental justice groups that are all deeply concerned about many different problematic issues with the treasure island development height, density, the fact that

officers gave chase pursuing the suspect over the bay bridge to yerba buena island then back to oakland. officers finally managed to stop the car at about 2:00 this morning and arrested three suspects. >> all three appear to be oakland residents and the female is 20 and males are 21 and 22 years old. >> no names at this point? >> no names at this point. >> reporter: investigators are now looking to see if this morning's suspects are responsible for an overnight crime wave. we had eight street robberies in that particular area. so that's what investigators are look at first and see if there's any connection between those seven other robberies and these particular suspects. >> reporter: neighbors along the mcarthur corridor are watching this case closely. they've been terrorized by a series of armed robberies over the last few weeks. a surveillance camera caught a pair of suspects who later held a family at gunpoint. neighborhood activists are hoping this morning's arrest will end the string of robberies and they're hoping for more information from the police in the future. >> we can star

on yerba buena island, jade hernandez. >>> a united airlines jet headed was forced to make an unscheduledlanding after a passenger became ill. the boeing landed safely this morning at about 10:00 pacific time. an ambulance took the sick passengers to a near by hospital. there's no word on how the passengers are doing. the plane resumed it's flight about an hour later. >>> the uss professor is challenging claims that body imagine x-rays are safe. it says the x-rays can increase the risk of skin cancers, especially in people who fly frequently. air travelers can ask for a security guard to pat them down instead. but the pat downs require close body contact. >>> a petalum a ship recycling companies have received two grants to help for clean up. $3.1million will be paid to salvage two ships. the plan is to tow the ships to the former mayor island shipyard early next month, that will be a big savings over the method of towing the ship through the panama canal. >>> federal scientists say a coast guard decision to burn oil from the gulf spill did not pose any added cancer risks. the 411 fires th

the chase continued and turned back around at yerba buena island.stopped the car near 23rd and east 25th street. the car turned out not to be stolen, but officers are questioning why the three were so determined to speed away. we will have another local news update in a half hour. the "today" show is back in less than a minute. >>> 7:30 now on this tuesday morning, november 16, 2010. overnight prince william and kate middleton have set the date for their wedding sometime next year. >>> i'm meredith viera alongside ann curry who is in for matt this morning. and coming up, much more on prince william's engage mchbmen what's sure to be the biggest wedding in decades. >>> imagine waking up one morning and not recognizing your own voice. it happened to two women, one mow speaks with a french accent and the other chinese. we're going to be talking about their stunning stories and also hear what their voices used to sound like. >>> and more of our special series "today" goes viral. this morning the guys who perfected the art of auto tuning turned the spotl

with our redevelopment agency, especially in yerba buena, so i'm very experienced in mid development in san francisco, and that is why when treasure island was declared surplus by the navy in the early 1990's, i join with a coalition of other community organizations, and i am one of the founders of the treasure island homeless development initiative. i have been working to try to realize this project was a potential to address homelessness and the issues in a proactive and positive way and -- in the context of a major redevelopment project, really a whole new town in san francisco. it is a unique opportunity, and i have worked really hard on trying to realize possibilities. i focused over the years on the community-building aspects and the community benefit aspect of the project. i would hope to continue to do that. of course, the whole development agreement is coming to you for your detailed consideration next year and approval, but after that, there are many details yet to be worked out, necessarily. the community benefit program now is sketched out, but it is not fully detail. the program for new facilities is sketched out, but again,

island. but a very tense time there in the korean peninsula. >> and down in lake buena vista florida, somethingalled the old spice class i think. cal bears come out smelling fresh and clean as they put a little hurt on the 20th ranked team in that would be temp. cal off to a good starlet, the defending pac ten champs less we forget. harper camp there with some soft work inside. he had 13, late going before a sparse crowd down there. it's jorge gutierrez for three to put him up for good. 57-0. the final noter dame next. >>> it was the 76th classic they were participanting in. dwight powell looking pretty good. murray state outruns the cardinals in the end. and 55-52 the final at stanford's new loss. >>> and morning, noon and night the nfl kind of dominating the air waves earlier this evening, jets coax rex ryan flashing his credit signal, run, run. and that they did. on the special teams like brad smith taking his coaches advice on the kick off. breaking it lose. in fact, no one will catch him. beautiful moves, 89 yards worth 26-10 over the ben gals. bengals. >>> super bowl champs literally taki

island. but a very tense time there in the korean peninsula. >> and down in lake buena vista florida, somethingalled the old spice class i think. cal bears come out smelling fresh and clean as they put a little hurt on the 20th ranked team in the country. that would be temp. cal off to a good starlet, the defending pac ten champs less we forget. harper camp there with some soft work inside. he had 13, late going before a sparse crowd down there. it's jorge gutierrez for three to put him up for good. 57-0. the final noter dame next. >>> it was the 76th classic they were participanting in. dwight powell looking pretty good. murray state outruns the cardinals in the end. and 55-52 the final at stanford's new loss. >>> and morning, noon and night the nfl kind of dominating the air waves earlier this evening, jets coax rex ryan flashing his credit signal, run, run. and that they did. on the special teams like brad smith taking his coaches advice on the kick off. breaking it lose. in fact, no one will catch him. beautiful moves, 89 yards worth 26-10 over the ben gals. bengals. >>> super bowl champs l