mayor kwan, i want to assure you we are going to open this bridge when you are still mayor. as for mayor lee, i guess we'll find out in a few weeks. we are going to open it as quickly as possible. we certainly hope by late 2013, or sooner if possible, and let me conclude, if i could, because we'd be introducing brian peterson next, the project manager, that i sure hope now that we've got all the steel in place, we can really put the pedal to the metal. congratulations to all the workers who have gotten us this far and let's get the last stretch done now. thank you. >> before i introduce our last important speaker, i want to close my comments on a safety note and acknowledge other partners that are here, the california highway patrol. i do know that seward is here for the california highway patrol and i want to extend my appreciation to them. at this time, i would like to introduce our last speaker, the project manager for this great project. brian peterson. >> good morning, everyone. it is a very exciting day. i appreciate the attendance we have here. it's a great day here.

rhymewave what are master mel-kwan's three words?er. >> jimmy: okay. your words are leather jacket, wendy's, and justin bieber. >> let's do this. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: rhymewave, let's get him started here. >> three, two, one -- flow. ♪ i've got my leather jacket ♪ ♪ i bring the racket but i don't play tennis ♪ ♪ might sit back sip guinness you can bear witness to the lyrical fitness ♪ ♪ kinda hungry i like them big burgers that they got at wendy's ♪ ♪ then again don't fit me bust shots until it's empty ♪ ♪ i'm feeling hot i might catch a fever shoutout to my man justin bieber ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: there you go. that's what i'm talking about. thank you, buddy. my man justin bieber. all right. we got one more to go. let's bring up our last mc. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] nice to see you. now, is this your twitter handle there? >> yeah, shameless plug. >> jimmy: that's right. @ezac. >> ezacthemc. >> jimmy: ezacthemc. oh, is that one word? >> yes. all one. >> jimmy: or just at it's ezac? >> @itsezacthemc. >> jimmy: it

tonight oakland mayor kwan is calling for the camp to close medley. pirp is the spokesperson. >> shooting may or may not have had anything to do with encampment but it's time for people to go we are asking them to go voluntarily and we have made arrangements for people who need himless shelters to get those services. >>reporter: plan is for city work investigators walk through the camp and distribute hom homeless vouchers. but the people of occupy oakland say the city shouldn't be using the shooting incident against them. >> this happens all the time in downtown oakland. i have been here listening before the occupation when there were shoot outs in downtown oakland. this is not something that is specific to the camp. >> this is jaws simple every day life that oakland goes through. just happened to happen right by what we are protesting. what we are traeing to prevent from happening. >>reporter: we asked the mayor spokesperson washington is going to happen if people don't leave voluntarily. she did not answer that question. by the way, recent chamber o

tonight oakland mayor kwan is calling for the camp to close medley. pirp is the spokesperson. >> shooting may or may not have had anything to do with encampment but it's time for people to go we are asking them to go voluntarily and we have made arrangements for people who need himless shelters to get those services. >>reporter: plan is for city work investigators walk through the camp and distribute hom homeless vouchers. but the people of occupy oakland say the city shouldn't be using the shooting incident against them. >> this happens all the time in downtown oakland. i have been here listening before the occupation when there were shoot outs in downtown oakland. this is not something that is specific to the camp. >> this is jaws simple every day life that oakland goes through. just happened to happen right by what we are protesting. what we are traeing to prevent from happening. >>reporter: we asked the mayor spokesperson washington is going to happen if people don't leave voluntarily. she did not answer that question. by the way, recent chamber o

extreme pleasure to be able to introduce our first speaker today, and that is the honorable mayor, gene kwan. >> good morning. well, we were expecting my friend ed lee. who knows if we see flashing sirens, that will probably be him. this is an amazing event for the bay area's economy. this bridge and this final lane of the final section represents so many things for us in the bay area. it represents an investment in the future of our area, tying oakland and san francisco. this is the kind of infrastructure work that i know president obama is trying to get in the big that will be coming up this week. about 10 kinds of this type of bridge are being built with federal dallas. the tax payers in the bay area have been willing to finance the retro fit of the bridge. this is a component that came from china. it's a real symbol of the global economy. and it is a complex project. it shows how we're linked together. and thirdly, it's going to be this amazing opportunity for us regular self-defense when the bridge is finished, particularly here on the east side, to ride out here, our bikes, to walk out

. >> first time oakland mayor kwan responded tonight to the recall effort against her. in a statement she says quote the last thing we need is a did he vase i have and expensive election. she also outlined her achievement saying her administration balance the city budget and hired additional police officers. last monday group of oakland resident began recall effort saying kwan has not done enough to fight crime or create jobs. >>> meantime occupy san jose group walk through the city tonight handing out fliers and encouraging people to join the movement. most recognized occupy member shawn 0kelly of florida says he's no longer part of the group. he says he doesn't want his actions to reflect on the group as whole. he has been on top a wall outside city hall for two week and will remain there for total of 99 days representing the 99 percent of americans who aren't wealthy. >>> convicted sex offender hom homeless are spending the evening in a designated center so they won't be near children this halloween. 12 of these centers across the state including san francisco. they

. >> first time oakland mayor kwan responded tonight to the recall effort against her. in a statement she says quote the last thing we need is a did he vase i have and expensive election. she also outlined her achievement saying her administration balance the city budget and hired additional police officers. last monday group of oakland resident began recall effort saying kwan has not done enough to fight crime or create jobs. >>> meantime occupy san jose group walk through the city tonight handing out fliers and encouraging people to join the movement. most recognized occupy member shawn 0kelly of florida says he's no longer part of the group. he says he doesn't want his actions to reflect on the group as whole. he has been on top a wall outside city hall for two week and will remain there for total of 99 days representing the 99 percent of americans who aren't wealthy. >>> convicted sex offender hom homeless are spending the evening in a designated center so they won't be near children this halloween. 12 of these centers across the state including san francisco. they

>>reporter: specific to the camp or not mayor kwan wants people to leave occupy oakland medley. workers will be out tonight distributing vouchers to homeless shelters. i asked the spokesperson what will happen if people don't leave voluntarily and she didn't answer the question. latest from oakland, abc 7 news. >>> okay. lillian thank you very much. >> pittsburgh police believe a man problems with money and stress after getting laid off drove him to kill 3 members of his family before somewhating and killing himself. neighbors identified the man as 38-year-old jason and we learned that he was distraught afterlessing his job as a sales executive for a home improvement company in hayward about a month ago. the former boss spoke with us but didn't weren't to perfect on camera. >> one thing i surprise is that i remember he mention his wife a couple times and seem they love each other. so even make it more shocking. >>reporter: police first wept to the house after getting a 911 call about 4:00 o'clock this morning. caller threatened to kill himself and mentioned hurting his family. o

praised lucy i think we finally have a back on the phone now lucy i was just saying that mary jane kwan actually praised the protesters last night that had peacefully closed down the port of oakland and then said it was a few bad seeds that really ended up leading to some of the violence and the clashes between the police can you explain it in your eyes what you saw how it all went down sure i mean as you were saying in your intro it did start off and it really did in fact we talked yesterday when people were showing now it's relaxing after their area of the march and we actually did sort of get a little bit of a foreshadowing of what i eventually went down because during the b. two pm march march at two pm. so-called anti-capitalist march that is when we saw some of the property and destruction. take place i'm going to pop someone here so i think you guys might have me on video is that correct or should we keep going no we we just have you on the phone we have video in last night in the background to keep going ok so anyhow i we we ended up going on this march and we saw that the wells

once he gets to that level and kwan, that mayor of oakland, kwan, she has thrown him under the bus, toothink they are through. do you think they are through? >> listen, they had to go from zuccotti park and i hate to rain on these kids' charade but even a suck-up little galom like bloomberg. >> bill: a what? >> is he going to side with the people he has to tax. these people weren't getting taxed. for god's sake even a mid evil doctor at some point when he is bleeding somebody knows he has to burn the leach off. that's all that happened here. it was time to burn the leach off because the taxpayers were sick of the condo line out there. >> bill: what did you call bloomberg a galom. >> a sucky little galom. >> bill: that's not nice. >> come on, billy, bloomberg is getting tired to me. if i'm living in new york and i'm paying that sort of rent and two months in he doesn't want to rock the boat, we get it you are a beautiful guy. all you did was you cluttered the screen and put a stock and you became a billionaire. don't try to teach me you are plenty the elder. if rudy giuliani was still ma

mayor kwan said i'd like to thank the oakland community, the community peace keepers and particularly our police force. jordan and santana for their well organized efforts. >>> in san francisco, there's a new sight that the end might be near for the occupy encampment there at the plaza. planning to meet with members of the city's occupy movement. the mayor's office isn't saying when or if the camp will be shut down, but sense it may happen within the next few days. city officials have been concerned about crime and potential health risks, not only to the campers but the pets at the site. >> most of the animals live outside anyway, but it's unusual in such close quarters. it's a health risk. >> they've got the potentially deadly virus and were vaccinated today. >> the park in new york city, police cleared out this morning and a court ruling this afternoon could dictate its future. live report from new york in just eight minutes. go to ktvu.com for more coverage including slide shows including images of the most recent protests. you'll find it on our home page. >>> tonight's new chairma

>>reporter: mayor kwan did hint to reporters thursday that something needs to be done with the giant encampment in front of her office. >> can't go on what is happening in the plaza. this is my top priority this week. working and trying to get communication with them and see if we can get a peaceful resolution. many. >>reporter: oaklander against parcel tax measure i 80 dollar parcel tax raise 60 million dollars over 5 years for variety of services including police. many she didn't wlibing she saw last week. after police cleaned out the camp. >> the fact of the matter is camp percent were allowed to return medley. so the city estimates that it spent approximately 1 million dollars on that one day effort and that entire effort was for nothing. >> certainly i think money was wasted. last tuesday. when they cleared the park and engaged in unnecessary action but it's hard l objectively to reach the conclusion that the city is wasting its funds. tm. >>reporter: in the mean time the encampment at city hall continues to draw supporters and the curious. about 35 students from lincoln high sc

mayor kwan came to office as a self-described organizer and activist, but she now says all the protesters will be run out of the plaza if occupy oakland cannot or will not contain the violent fringe elements. >> if they can't abide by not camping at night and can't control the violence, they need to work to move the camp to a place that would be less disruptive. >> residents are especially critical of the mayor's changes in policy, which had her supporting the encampment, then green-lighting a raid, then allowing the encampment to regenerate. so far, the city's response to oakland protests has cost more than a million dollars, including more than $700,000 in personnel costs. >>> here in san francisco, tents are still outside, despite falling temperatures overnight. and fed-up consumers are ready for bank transfer day today, urging other people to pull their money out of big banks and switch over to credit unions. >>> now, in washington, dc, three occupy protesters are recovering after a car drove into the crowd. witnesses at the scene are wondering whether the driver was at fault, but off

in fact, when it comes to the occupy movement and mayor kwan's office, the plaza is filled with protesters and with music. they are on scene, keeping the tents out, but they have been repitched just half a mile away. tonight, the mayor is no longer called mayor, she's being called a flipper. >> reporter: from the skies and on the ground, downtown oakland appeared undersieged. especially as an estimated 2,000 protesters rallied outside the public library. >> i was arrested with a small group. >> reporter: in fact, our exclusive cbs5 poll found nearly half of those polled that 45% support the occupy portland protest. but the protest might be losing steam. and at 41% of what you now express are the disapprovals of the protests that snarled the evening commute. marching down 14th street and their battlefield. >> it is something that you support reoccupying the plaza. >> yeah, i definitely support reoccupying the plaza. >> reporter: but the one-month- old scene would be a crime scene where hundreds of officers raided it before dawn. they have now declared camping illegal here. that was the shoc

. >> mayor kwan orders police to dismantle the occupy oakland camp and pre-dawn and surprisingly peaceful operatio operation. >> we told them there's a time and place for everything and now isn't the time or place. >>reporter: and tonight march to frank ogawa plaza. plaza back open but now under police control. gentleman good evening. tonight more than 1,000 people are in the plaza tonight. reopened more than 12 hours after it was raided. thomas is on the ground for us live there tonight. thomas, any sign of camping equipment returning? >>reporter: not yet. there are no tent up yet but oakland police told us just a little while earlier that if in fact occupy oakland put up any tent tonight they would wait until early morning to take those tent out. that way fewer problems but at least one city official is fawr us that any tent are going to be allowed to go up anywhere in oakland. hundreds of occupy oakland supporters yelling an chants as they fill the plaza occupy oakland back in the business of setting up general assembly and making plans. >> energy is really high and motel viingt the pe

[applause] and mayor gene kwan. thank you for being here. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge a wonderful friend and former chief of protocol, charlotte. thank you, charlotte. [applause] >> now as this summit comes to a close, we will adopt a decoration for the first time in apex history that will affirm this organization and each member economy's commitment to improving women's access to capital and markets, to building women's capacities and skills and supporting the rise of women leaders in both the public and private sectors. it is fitting that this decoration would be adopted here in san francisco because it was just one mile from here in the herbst theater where the united nations charter was signed 66 years ago. in fact, the apex summit which brings you all here is

mayor jean kwan says she hopes it puts tissue front and center. the police officer's association saying the mayor sent conflicting messages about this. want to show you other video. this morning the police internal affairs office and recruiting center located at the edge of the plaza completely boarded up this morning. some protest rs are calling on each other to police themselves, but even demonstrators are saying that there are some elements that will agitate. so that's what we have from here, reporting live from oakland, i'll send it back to you in san jose. >> the story will be progressing throughout the day. christie, we'll check back in with you. >>> as occupy san francisco protesters have the backing of vup voice source. the resolution asks mayor ed lee and the police department to not use force against the protesters. it was approved by a supermajority which means if the mayor chooses to veto it, the board could overturn the veto. >>> police investigating a deadly shooting in the bayview area this morning. police say they were called to fi

i understand they met with mayor kwan today. they starting a jobs not tents niche ti. the message is basically this has got to stop. this camp has got to go. small businesses are suffering. some are trying to break their lease to get out of the city because they are being ruined by these problems. >> belva: does the chamber offer anything? >> they want that camp cleaned out. >> you said jobs, not camps. do they offer some solution to jobs? >> i think they are saying is there are jobs in these mom and pop stores that are going to go away altogether if the businesses close or move away. they're saying the city has to set etc. prioriits priorities. they want the mayor to enforce what she has actually said which is there should not be overnight camping. they want her to enforce it. on the other hand there are members of city council, a lot of people who believe that as long as they are nonviolent the campers should be allowed to continue. there is a lot of decent within the elected officials as well. >> belva: we talked a lot about what happened the other night. but i thin

and just last week as i, along with mayor kwan and mayor chuck reed were being interviewed at the siliconadership c.e.o. forum about technology, and about what our cities are doing in the region, there was david louie covering that information, that news, trying to highlight for the peninsula and the east bay and other communities in the bay area what our three mayors were doing. what we were doing with business, how technology was part of that. he's been the first minority elected chairman of the board of national academy of television arts and sciences in 1984. he's an emmy award winner of course. but more importantly, i think, is that he's used his position all these years and also as a member. asian-american journalists to promote others. that's really to me the key to success. when you get to a position of dignified contribution, you then open the doors for others. that's what i continue to aspire to in this position. so i want to thank the judges for putting forth david louie as a finalist. for janana hero. we've grown up with jan. evening magazine from the mid 1970's to the 1990's,

. >> 2 key members of mayor kwan leadership team rae sin today following occupy oakland raid. deputy mayor stepped down. no reason was given for her departure and long time legal advice or to the mayor dan seigle also resigned who tweeted this morning raid was tragically unnecessary. the mayor issued a statement saying she will be restructuring her administration and making additional personnel announcements in the coming days. >> uc system is pwraiing raising for upcoming protest at campus around the bay area. not just hear. walk out scheduled uc berkeley tomorrow to protest last week confrontation with police over occupy cal. faculty member pulled by the hair as police broke up the protest. and board of regent cancelled the meeting at the uc san francisco mission bay campus after learning that an anti-wall street rally planned at the meeting on wednesday could turn violent. >>> well mellow night at the occupy sf encampment at justin herman plaza along the embarcadero some campers were about here about 40 new tent joined them over the wean. occupy sf regular say they have a d

we have this lingering storm system over central med train kwan weakening as we head towards the end of the week. 18 degrees forecast for paris, 15 in london, 11 in stockholm, 10 in warsaw also and looking for 18 in athens and upper teens for madrid and lisbon. here's your extended forecast now. >>> the top story at this hour, the japanese government and central banks are believed to have sold a record amount of yen on monday to try to put a stop to the rise of the country's currency. the intervention by the japanese authority sent the dollar briefly to the highest level. the bank of japan's release on monday show that the government will pay 7.68 trillion yen or about $100 billion to financial institutions on wednesday. most of the money is believed to have been used for intervention. amount far exceeded 5.7 billion the authorities used for their last intervention on august 4th. they have stepped into the market three times so far this year, because of concerns that the yen's excessive strength will hurt the country's economy. >>> and that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline,

. >> reporter: business workers and leaders say mayor jean kwan has turned her back on them as she hasmbraced the cause and turned her back and refused to turn them out. >> part of her role is to enhance economic development. and we had economic development in reverse because of her action. >> reporter: with occupiers now rooted downtown, many worry what else they'll face in the days to come in. oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> we tried to contact mayor kwan for a response to the story, but she did not make herself available. core protesters with occupy oakland say the demonstrators responsible for the violence and vandalism that occurred throughout the city this week do not represent their movement. another rally is planned in oakland this weekend, but not for the occupy movement. tomorrow friends and family of oscar grant are scheduled to rally in downtown oakland to mark the one-year anniversary since the sentencing of johannes messerly. >>> a group of oakland moms marched to a wells fargo and closed their accounts today. the group calls itself colorful mamas of the 99

. >> intent this ominous e-mail from eric kwan to city owners. warning, be sure your business as good quality of oximeter cached or empty. >> we decided to close the doors in times, in terms of business. >> we will see you tomorrow. >> cups if america's company city workers against them. workers construct officers are barred. they blasted the city, spending $1 million and evicting protesters before flip- flopping. they write, as you are police officers we are confused. >> we were told to do something and did not park any people out there right now it looks like we did nothing. >> inside the police letter was read aloud. >> is that the city's intention to have city employees on both sides of the skirmish line? >> there is no admission two any wrongdoing except that they are confused. >> the demonstrators are not confused. the thing to strike entering the cities of saddam and the science in the windows suggest they are waiting. >> the strike will start at mass gatherings rated at 14th and broadway tomorrow. the first is scheduled at 9:00 a.m. follo

for her part mayor kwan is saying she hopes things are peaceful today. at noon demonstrators will march to the port of oakland, their website saying they're going to be in solidarity with long shore man and try to shut down the evening shift there. some demonstrators calling for demonstrators to police each other. of course, we'll have to see what happens. occupy oakland urging people, even if you can't come, to just maybe join them on your lunch hour or after work, but everything getting started very early at 9:00 this morning and should go all the way through the evening. that's what we have from here. reporting live from oakland, i'm christie smith. scott, back to you. >> christie, you say they will be in front of stores that stay open. there's sort a physical intimidation factor to that, is there not? >> reporter: well, what they've been doing -- there are these signs. i want steve to pan over to them f. you go around downtown oakland, you see quite a few businesses that have them up, basically saying they support the strike. we were out here a coupl