we have live team coverage, laura anthony has developments in the contract talks. let's begin with abc 7 news john alston with how this is affecting the holiday. john? >> matt, i'm one of 200,000 people who will be here along the embarcadero. here is a look at the traffic that has been building we're near mission street and ferry building. there is a grap now, kids causing trouble earlier z now they're walking down but yes. three youngstered launched what appears to be an m 80 here, nobody is hurt. everybody just going on. but they have been causing trouble with us before. heckling. traffic thickening up again as it has been building all afternoon. it's slow alk the embarcadero starting in the morning and will only get worse. before noon, they started filling up the parking lots along embarcadero. the $20 sign tucked away, these visitors paying more than twice that. >> much more. >> $45. it was $20 last year with this parking meter situation and fines, it's just awful. >> residents started their holiday knowing they'd have company on the roads. >> oh, just because

laura anthony has a preview. seats made of plywood and lacks finishing touches but this life sized mock up shows what it will look like. there are bike racks on board and high tech monitors and each car will have three sets of doors on each side rather than two. >> going to have like a viny vinyl-type floor and seating we're working on the final product but it will be something we can clean, keeping cars in pristine shape. >> that will be a relief to every day riders like natalie. >> what does it look like now? >> all right. comfortable at times. dirty but now, i can see seats they're new and great. >> first thing eric noticed was smaller number of seats. >> from what i'm being told, i think it's going work out. >> bart says only about 3% fewer, more cars than the current fleet. two thirds will be american made with final assembly in new york state. >> we have a 66% domestic content to parts coming in. the product will be assembled in the u.s.. >> there will be a series of open houses for the pub lichblgt the fir

a third runway has opened but flights are backed up and should get better. >> laura anthony begins our breaking news with the latest on this investigation. >> hi, dan, that investigation coming directly from asiana airlines he had plenty of experience but not in this type of plane. n.t.s.b. released findings that show the flight's final approach to sfo had some serious problems. >> handling appeared routine until the controller noticed that the aircraft hit the seawall. >> too slow and too low, without drawing any conclusions they were flying well below the landing speed when the tail slammed into the wall. >> the speed was significantly below 137 knots. >> n.t.s.b. chief says that is obvious by the flight 214's data recorder and voice recorder where a crew member called for a go around 1.a 5 seconds before impact. >> they don't want to land but fly power and go around and try to land again. >> you don't seeing a expect to see a professional air crew dragging a plane along. >> it shows what it looked like after the crash. with oxygen masks deployed and they released ground shots as the

>> well, laura, you know, i will be the first to say, anthony weiner's actions are disgusting. they indicate he has some childish issues going on and some self-control issues. but, ultimately, do i believe the congresswoman is right in that the decision as to whether or not he is fit for political leadership is ultimately up to new york voters. i mean, i think new york city voters. that's the beauty of democracy. i think she should be able to make those decisions for themselves. i trust them to do that. >> laura: you think as a woman. a liberal radio host and nancy pelosi as a liberal leader, i mean, she is the fiercest liberal voice i think in the u.s. house of representatives as a former speaker. that she should just be hands off and say oh, well whatever happens, happens. and -- i mean, the shining light of america, new york city, gleaming new york city to be led by anthony weiner? this wasn't just childish that he did. he has a real mental problem. he has a mental problem, okay? this is not child i think he should stay in. give the people the ability to make that decision themselves. >> laura:

laura anthony abc 7 news. >> san francisco largest city in the nation without a standard curfew for the park. tonight the effort has begun to change. that city supervisor scott weiner introduced legislation to establish uniform closing hours midnight to 5:00 a.m. to help deal with crime. violent or would be ticketed or face misdemeanor charges but advocate with the homeless coalition says they will force people out of the park on to nearby streets. weiner says the new hours aren't necessary to deal with vandalism and illegal dumping overnight. >> speaking of city park exploratorium get free wi-fi in 31 of the park open spaces. supervisor will announce the plan tomorrow. geeling is picking up the cost at the tune of about 600,000 dollars. >> things about to get busy. very busy. in the napa valley. grape growers are facing one of the earliest harvest ever. wayne has the story from wine country tonight. >> if an expert were to guess the date only by lacking at grapes ripening on vine he or she would most likely say it's august. even based on what we are seeing in july. have you ever heard the french word pl here. >> t

laura anthony. >> today we stand here people of richmond. we call on these banks to really do the right thing. >> richmond mayor has decided to take on some of country biggest mortgage lenders and come what may. >> if we face litigation, private partner will cover the cost. >>reporter: she and other city leaders haveen listed help of group of legal investors and mortgage resolution partner. together they have sent letters to 32 lenders that hold 6 24 mortgages. it contains an offer from the city to buy the mortgages at market rate. the city would then help the homeowner refinance at the lower rate. each home is currently upside down meaning the owner owes much more than it is worth. we bought our home in 2005 for 4 50 thouchltz i just received a notice from the county assessor saying that a house is currently worth 125,000. >>reporter: the lender including chase wells fargo and bank of america have until august 13 to accept the offer. if they don't the city council may try to seize the mortgages under imminent domain. >> there is tremendous legal authority for richmond if necessary and only if necessary to do in the public interest to condit