kron4 is george rask is standing by he is on a treasure island going over exactly what we can expect.they will receive this this landmark piece of construction is actually today is the first morning that this construction will start. with us is bart a forerunner face on kron4 the spokesperson for crop trent to talk about this enterprise bart what is going to be happening out there not only is a momentous because it is the first stage of this iconic towers construction but the actual work itself is going to be pretty interesting. >> george rask is-the head of the cereal that's pretty momentous budget the word that is happening is a tremendous it is a milestone for the project this is a first visa versa the church tower that is being lifted it is a pretty intense engineering event. crowe hundred tons of cereal will be the top of the barge. one of the things that occurs to me as someone is but a little time on the water if you or something that is later fired on a barge in used to live torn in, is an academic the board wanted to go to? >> absolutely, when the mayor jim bridge for enterpr

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and kron4 is traffic reporter george rask is live on for dryland it is like the super bowl for you george >> just as did darya i am right in the action here, any minute now is expected to that they might actually start the lifting operations. though white section of the white led the eupepsia they're lying on inside on the barge is going to give it tilted up the area that thing weighs over 2 million lbs. is a hundred and 65 ft. tall they're going to tilted up on it and then pick it up then set in place on the foundation. this is just one of four laces tower. with us to talk about it and celebrate engineering uniqueness of this project is bart may is a familiar face to all of us are in kron4 he has been the face of this bridge project. mark tells a little bit about not only what is happening but as you and i've talked about some of the special and unique features of this operation torchmark >> while the operation today is to lift that 1,200 t piece of steel into place of its foundation will we're going to be doing is very carefully controlling and lifting it up over 12 hours. to get it in

meeting that first piece the first leg of the lower section into position kron4 said george rask hasnts as they unfold. >> it was about 6:15 a.m. that this tower section first one under load with the crane that is slipping into place the crane is actually not a tall structure the see their but is inside that brown steel superstructure the frame around which or inside of which this tower will be placed you can see the angle that is reason to now is getting higher, higher and more and more of that 1,200 t a load is actually under strain now and on the crane one of the things it's happening is that the left end of that tower section there's a tractor that is pushing along the barge so count as of this puzzle about more. why is necessary and what is involved with it. >> that perjury now has actually got a water builds on the inside of it that we execute the thing going inside by pumping water from one end to the other as a way it moves across we took it up. it is a tractor like a fair that his exit pushing it across sews one land is the other end moves there is concrete runner's seventh

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jackie will be talking with george rask the morning and traffic center so we get updates. take a quick break we will be back with more headlines in just a moment of deep creek up look for walnut creek since its zero north new details we're learning about the deadly crash unrolling a greyhound bus near fresno last week and 18 year-old driver who cars are crushed by the blood or all levels of price legal limit she was driving home from a party in fresno last thursday which allows control over his tv that vehicle flipped and run of the bus and of course the bus slammed into the s c v went down and indignant six people were killed and nearly two dozen passengers injured firefighters are a tacking invitation fire that has burned several structures and for some evacuation's the fire started yesterday afternoon about 2 mi. north of ferndale it had spread to just over three square miles were 2,000 a. bile acid the blaze has threatened homes and burned some structures. no fire danger to speak of what these schools are butchers and live look at the golden gate louisa is taken and i

take a look at this ride as you work your way rask the total. affected coming over from mission boulevard. rep ride slow going. some improvement here for the ride on 580 westbound not as bad to the altman passed the slows traffic is returned livermore but that is breaking up pretty nicely loaded these new sensors for the writer and 84 a pigeon buyers you will see it is heavy trended down to signal ases 680 southbound. . as we update highway for conditions out here are actually getting worse for the westbound ride multicar crash on a daily road westbound so traffic is now backing up on 2160 affecting the rise coming in from the solano county across the antioch bridge it is even backing up package. it is a really rough ride is taking some pressure off of the concord portion of the commute. righted the bay bridge toll plaza westbound the had been some delays we had a slow-moving vehicle on the upper deck that is clear pretty nicely here is the end of the back up which is about to the middle of the east parking lot. started the morning with problems

some rask writers might not be convened in convenience because the drivers on their route might actually far as the rosa could be affected of it is too early to tell at this point because it is an unfolding situation. agency allows its workers to call in sick for three days but on the fourth day they need a doctor's note. now this is the third day. even then he cannot be sure that this the end of it because the workers could be engaged in what is described as a rolling sickout. oakland, will trent, kron4 news. >> we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes a live look from mt. tam kim things are ♪ hey, look, it's grandma! oh, she's early. no...on the counter. [ female announcer ] art projects in the kitchen? bring it. i think you forgot her glasses. [ both giggling ] [ doorbell rings ] [ female announcer ] trust new bounty. the bounty with a little extra softness. in this lab test, new bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. and it's really durable. so all that's left behind are the smiles. new bounty extra soft. and try bounty napkins. they di

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commissioner rask then, in testimony before the congressional oversight panel, you said in the run-up to the financial crisis both wall street in monetary policy were spiking the punch bowl. those were your words. i presume they you believe the monetary policy was to lose for too long prior to this crisis. at what point would you have changed course? what do you base your judgment on? what have you learned? what has the fed learned? >> i think there have been a number of lessons learned. there is clearly a lot of blame to go around for their in terms of the federal reserve, i think the federal reserve has been subject to a substantial and justified criticism regarding the run up. i believe there were failures on the regulatory and monetary policy side. from the regulatory perspective, i think there is not a sufficient focus given to the importance of capital. the importance of building capital during good times. we know how difficult it is to finding times and not so good. i also think there was inappropriate treatment. as we now know, the assets should have been more adequately capit

commissioner rask then, in testimony before the congressional oversight panel, you said in the run-up to the financial crisis both wall street in monetary policy were spiking the punch bowl. those were your words. i presume they you believe the monetary policy was to lose for too long prior to this crisis. at what point would you have changed course? what do you base your judgment on? what have you learned? what has the fed learned? >> i think there have been a number of lessons learned. there is clearly a lot of blame to go around for their in terms of the federal reserve, i think the federal reserve has been subject to a substantial and justified criticism regarding the run up. i believe there were failures on the regulatory and monetary policy side. from the regulatory perspective, i think there is not a sufficient focus given to the importance of capital. the importance of building capital during good times. we know how difficult it is to finding times and not so good. i also think there was inappropriate treatment. as we now know, the assets should have been more adequately capit