kornell bernard is live at the toll plaza. kornell, you showed us chp drivers who shouldn't have been in the carpool lanes. >> reporter: it was incredible. we'll show you the video. with b.a.r.t. on strike, they had no choice. they jumped in their cars and they found themselves going nowhere fast. traffic as you can see, still very heavy here at the bay bridge toll plaza, especially in the cash lanes. metering lights are still on. it's been this way since 5:00 a.m. when the commute began. now the morning commute quickly is morphing into the afternoon commute. line of cars still converging on the bay bridge. one driver told me it took him 2 hours to get here from walnut creek. roger clark's van overheated sitting in traffic. it took him more than 90 minutes to get here just from east oakland. >> did you know there was a b. amp r.t. strike? >> oh, yeah, i did. i left two hours to get myself two hours to get into the city and i'm not going to make it. >> reporter: we saw the chp very busy today catching carpool violators. in fact

are you from kornell, new york? >> i'm not.cently frf my cardiology practice in 2006. >> what is the benefit you get? i suspect that this brings great satisfaction to you as well. >> well, it does. i'm at the point in my career that i really feel that my skills and what i have to offer as a physician are more needed here than where i had my career. it's a good feeling. >> vanessa, we've been talking about this as you were launching. i'd be remiss if i didn't give you a chance to share with us, vanessa kerry, you were active in the campaign in 2004, but your foreis in jordan today and working for middle east peace. tell us how your stepmother is doing. >> oh, thank you for asking. she's doing much, ch better. it was an extremely scary time, especially in the very beginning. i'm really pleased that she is really i think turned an extraordinary corner. we're incredibly grateful for all of the support, all of the outpouring of messages and for all of the hope. i think that's what's helped her get better. >>> we're grateful as well