. >> chp chief don goodbrand talking about today's events and how the chp handled it, including the announcement of the charges that the protesters today who shut down the golden gate bridge and part of 8-80 will be facing, and there are several of them you can continue to watch this news conference on abc seven news.com. world news tonight with david muir is next and >>> tonight, breaking news from here in tel aviv. the war cabinet meeting again in israel tonight, and now israel says it will respond, after iran's first ever direct attack on israel. and in the u.s. tonight, the first ever criminal trial involving a former president begins. and what's happened already in donald trump's trial? trump arriving for his criminal trial in new york, charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged hush money payment to stormy daniels. to hide their alleged affair from voters before the election. tonight, potential jurors in that courtroom, and what they were asked right in front of donald trump. >>> here in israel tonight, that war cabinet meeting, israel now saying th

. >> chp chief don goodbrand talking about today's events and how the chp handled it, including the announcement of the charges that the protesters today who shut down the golden gate bridge and part of 8-80 will be facing, and there are several of them you can continue to watch this news conference on abc seven news.com. world news tonight with david muir is next and >>> tonight, breaking news from here in tel aviv. the war cabinet meeting again in israel tonight, and now israel says it will respond, after iran's first ever direct attack on israel. and in the u.s. tonight, the first ever criminal trial involving a former president begins. and what's happened already in donald trump's trial? trump arriving for his criminal trial in new york, charged with 34 felony counts

and just a short time ago, chief don goodbrand talked about the impact of these protests. >> i implore people, please protest. we're here to protect your rights to protest, but you cannot block roadways. you cannot keep emergency personnel, whether it's ambulance or law enforcement, fire department, from getting out to assist other people. >> and the chief went on to say that because protesters coordinated their efforts to shut down bay area freeways, the chp is seeking conspiracy charges. it will be left up to the district attorneys to determine whether those charges will, in fact, be filed. okay so let's talk a little bit this afternoon about the protests here in oakland that also disrupted traffic and caused some major backups for several hours today, demonstrators taking over the northbound lanes of 880 in fifth and embarcadero. >> they made their way onto the freeway. this was around 630 this morning, just as the commute was beginning. dozens of chp officers in riot gear watching as the protesters waved flags and painted the colors of palestine on the highway center median. office