the final race of the day has just gotten underway, and here to talk about all the excitement is robert lebelthe race organizer and founder of velo promo. robert, thanks for joining us. >> oh, thank you very much for having me. >> hey, so how did it go today and how's it going right now? it's still going on, right? people are just whizzing by those fast cyclists, right? >> right now we're in the 60 minute uh- pro-am race. uh- the final event of the day. it just started about ten minutes ago at the most. >> well, this is, you know, for people who don't know, i think the 49th or 50th year of the running. right >> it's the 48th year. it started 49 years ago, but we had a non-covid race year. >> okay. my math was still okay. but look, you know, it was a different name before, and i think that's why people don't realize what a tradition this is, that it's really been around a long time. i just want to share a picture with you because i know it was called the san francisco grand prix when i took part in this celebrity race. i know you probably can't see the screen, but in 2002, with the late and fa

robert lebel, congratulations on another gerald to san francisco. and congratulations to you. wow >> great. >> thank you very much. and we're having a race in oakland in two weeks. >> all right. folks should go check it out. thank you. and folks, thank you for joining us today. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. i'll see you back here at 4:00. take care >>> tonight, anger and grief boil over in israel, after the deaths of six hostages. as pressure on prime minister netanyahu grows. two american service personnel are attacked by a mob in turkey. the assault caught on camera. >>> and thousands of hotel workers walk out, threatening to disrupt the labor day holiday. >>> the outrage in israel. protests and strikes disrupting the country. hundreds of thousands demanding prime minister netanyahu strike a deal to free the remains hostages. crowds breaking through barriers near his home. president biden turning up the pressure on netanyahu. as he presses for a cease-fire deal. and the emotional farewell for hersh goldberg polin. the 23-year-old american israeli held