in san quentin. and officers gather in the courtyard for a briefing regarding recent assaults they feel may be related. so they've organized an extensive cell search for hidden, makeshift weapons. >> this is how we're going to do it. we're going to do a search line right there in the rotunda. >> come on down. >> pat them all down. have them take off their shoes. they might be packing on the way in here. they'll be searched and fed. >> after breakfast, the inmates are moved to the yards where they will stay until officers can complete their search. >> we're looking for makeshift weapons. bed spreads, anything with razors. anything they can slash these guys with or even stab them with. >> the operation is broken up into several two-person teams. >> i guess i'll get the top, huh? >> you get the top. you're the tall guy. >> officers, david hamilton and meagan mcgee each have years of experience at second-guessing where inmates like to hide contraband. >> okay. i found two razors that were removed. the bl

. >> our first ever extended stay series was shot at california's fabled san quentin prison.,000 inmates. it was home to more than 5,000. when we shot there, robert ayers was san quentin's warden. >> we are grossly overcrowded, which is just totally unacceptable for the inmates, and the staff. >> been here before? >> no. >> all right, come over here and stand on the fence right there. >> the incoming population at san quentin was relentless, with staff releasing 150 inmates each week, but welcoming in 350 new ones. >> let's go, gentlemen. let's go, let's go, let's go. clear the door. >> many of them wound up in the gym, which had been converted into a huge, overflow housing unit. >> when i first walked in to the dorm at san quentin, i was taken aback by how many people were packed into this small area. it was very loud. ♪ >> james, report to the office upstairs. >> there's always people talking, people yelling. some people in there were trying to read and some people in there were trying to sleep. so you'll have a big group of people having a conversation over here while a gu

i worked at san quentin at a period in my early years, and san quentin was a source of pride.e loved working here. they were proud to work here. but over a period of the last few years, san quentin had developed a very unsavory reputation in the department. we need to focus on behavior. quit wasting your time trying to validate somebody as a this or a that and focus on what they're doing. if there's something that i can do that can help the people regain the sense of self-esteem that i had in my younger days, i would really want to do that. we all know what gang behavior is. they don't have a right to do that. and you have every -- you have a responsibility, not a right, a responsibility to challenge him and say you're not doing that. not here. not on my watch. not in my unit. not on my yard. okay. thank you. we have to keep in mind, this is a small city. the inmates are the population of the small city, and correctional officers are the police force for that small city. >> a specialized group of officers is responsible for monitoring gang activity. this is the investigative s

we were shooting san quentin, alpine section, and we were down on the ground floor.enly i felt something hit me on the top of my head. and i had the worst thought, oh, my god i had just been gassed. luckily it turned out to be a banana peel. >> when we visited the stateville correctional center in illinois, we encountered another bizarre practice involving human waste. >> feces, spreads it on everything. clean it off every day. every day he puts it right back on. >> this is unit "i," the segregation unit at stateville correctional center. basically this is where the bad people, being extra bad in the facili facility, come to be locked up. they urinate, bowel movement everywhere, i think they just kind of have gone crazy, prison life is probably getting to them. >> but we've never seen a more bizarre display of the gut churning activity than at california state prison corcoran. it happened during a routine shoot at the prison hospital. >> we were there for like ten minutes. did a couple interviews with a couple of doctors. initially it seemed like it was going to be m

when we go inside the walls of san quentin, it is not just black inmates. it is hispanic, pacific islanders, white, native americans, it is everybody. when they leave that room, they go back to their communities that are segregated. they, too, do not like it. it is a barrier that has to be torn down. i know it works. being in there for the last four years, we make it a point that everybody mixes up, even the seating. you do not just sit with a black person or a white person. it is about all of us, or none of us, and that is the bottom line. it has to be that mentality. >> it is a way to control the prisoners. it takes the pressure off the guards and everybody else. they say we want to stop violence, but you promote a violence by segregating. when an individual comes, the first in the asking, where are you from? what is your nationality? that is how to divide and conquer. that is the way the united states is made up. that is how you work. north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the

at san quentin, we met one young inmate who compared it to a once popular tv show. >> it's just likele show "cheers" where everybody know your name. [ bleep ]. you see all your friends, you know what i mean? you feel like, well, i'm cool here. these are my boys, you know, what i mean? this is my home. >> but most inmates hold a much different opinion. >> prisons are hate factories. they can't produce anything but hate. all you have is hate, loneliness, greed, and just misery. >> when we met gerald mccullough at the river bend national security institution near nashville, tennessee, he was halfway through a 12-year sentence on a sexual offense charge. >> there's no way out. there's just nothing to do. this is just a total waste of someone's life. >> despite his pessimism, mccullough had found a productive outlet to express his pain. ♪ they say it's raining in denver ♪ ♪ that it's really kind of cold but i'm just pulling time in nashville ♪ ♪ how am i supposed to know ♪ >> in a prison in nashville the home of country music, we decided it would be great if we could find a country singer

. >> at california's san quentin state prison, we saw how sophisticated some inmate weaponry can be.s homemade pistol is known as a zip gun. >> this portion is filled with groundup matchups. >> the two holes here, the inmate inserts a wick, inmate takeses a plunger, pokes shrapnel in the open end. pieces of metal, groundup zippers. when the target walks by the cell, may it be an officer, inmate, the inmate lights this. when it goes down, strikes the match heads, basically acts like a firecracker and shoots the shrapnel out. >> the majority of inmate-manufactured weapons or shanks, designed for slashing and stabbing. the ease and with lethal weapons are made is shocking. this san quentin inmate who goes by the name speedy, agreed to show correctional staff and "lockup" cameras just how simple it can be. he starts by using a roll of toilet paper as a crude forge to melt plastic coffee cup lids. >> i'm making a weapon right now. melting this plastic down into a shape. what i'm dying i'm trying to get a little wad of it to where i have something to work with, you know what i mean? right

>> i'd be in san quentin. or dead. >> you seem very sure of that. >> absolutely. i had people that refused to let me fail. who said, you've got to do this, you've got to do this. there are no other options for you. and we've got to have that. we have to have that attitude towards our children today. >> dr. alexander says the situation is more dire than people may think. it's not just an african-american issue or even an oakland issue. it's an economic issue that impacts everyone in california. a state where minorities now make up the majority. >> when we fail black boys, latino boys, whomever it is, there's a cost attached to that. incarceration, social services, added police protection, insurance rates, the litany goes on and on and on. and it's a huge price tag. when you invest up front and you make those boys successful, you turn that, you invert that. >> good to see you, congratulations. >> thank you. >> congratulations, man, excellent. >> for chris chatman, success begins by acknowledging achievements every step of the way. this year, chatman's office co-spon

we met christopher carrillo inside a heavily graded cell at san quentin. >> you give respect, you get. a lot of people say these guys don't treat us right. at times they don't, but it's hard when you've got a lot of people in here. can't be happy too much in prison. it's not disney land. >> but another inmate at another california prison had a harsher view the cos. >> i hate cops. they're diabolical. they're petty. they present to the public that they're law and order, this and that but in here they'll stab you in the back. they write false write-ups. they got a hidden agenda. they want to keep us locked up in here so they make money. you know, this is a prison industrial complex. it's all about money. >> there is one place, however, where trust is put to the ultimate test. it's the prison kitchen. >> everything back here could be made into a potential weapon. those sheet pans are very thin and they're sharp on the edges. it only takes one of these guys to pick one of those up and they could almost cut my head off. >> we met officer epperson at the kern valley state prison in californ

and the staff here call me birdman of san quentin. >> the first day i got here at san quentin.med to have flocked to me for some reason. and i don't know, they probably think i am the bird man of alcatraz. maybe i'm mistaken because he had a shaved head too. >> miller was serving an eight year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i have been here the birds come up to me like they know me. you know i got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. and you know different kinds of birds. not just pigeons. but i got, you know different kind of black birds. finch and the red wing landing on me. i think -- the birds is a good way of -- of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so -- now i'm in here. i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically that's about the only friends that i got. i can't trust anybody else. >>> get on your bunk, now. get on your bunk now. i'm not asking. >> deputies respond to ri

the northern hispanics is our main gang here at san quentin. and it's because they're better organized. the white guys are over here on the parallel bars and on the picnic table. over in the corner you see where the asians are sitting. you can't just walk and sit on a table. i had to explain that. i almost got into a confrontation with that two or three times because, you know, i saw a table and i sat down, you know, it's not like that. you got to ask for permission to sit down there. >> even such a minor misstep can be taken as a sign of disrespect, and that can lead to widespread violence. though correctional staff is constantly on the lookout for weapons, it's well known that many on this yard are armed for battle. and none more so than the northern hispanics. >> they have a minister of defense. and his thing is he's to have ten weapons ready at any time down here on this yard. their weapons are all hid over there. and in the morning we'll come over and we'll search that area and try to find their weapons. but they're getting better and bett

. >>> and at san quentin prison today. protestors rallied to show their support for the prisoners. prisoners there have refused to eat since july 8th and they're protesting policies and punishments within the prison system. one woman whose son is a death row how longer streaker -- hunger striker says the system needs fixing. >> they need to make some programs to help these prisoners adjust to the world. and stop all this solitary confinement because it's nothing but torture chambers that just affects them mentally and physically. >> the prisons chief agreed to meet for the first time with advocates over inmates. statewide more than 331 inmates have refused meals since the strike began three weeks ago. >>> southwest airlines is basing its first lawsuit over a hard landing at new york's laguardia airport last month. a south carolina woman claims that she was among the 16 injured when the boeing 737 made a nose first landing on july 22nd. she says in a lawsuit filed in new york yesterday, she suffered permanent injuries. the spokeswoman for southwest says the airline doesn't comment o

>> i'd be in san quentin, or dead. >> black men are teaching and mentoring black boys in hopes of shifting the odds toward success and survival. >> we're trying to make transformations. if you look at the statistics in oakland, we're the highest in everything we don't need to be in. >> a special report in collaboration with the san francisco criterion telecoming up next.

and then i would put him in the general population at san quentin. this is why i'm not allowed to run prisons. >> that's pretty creative, greg. >> i think about it a lot. plenty more ahead as the factor moves in this evening. then the word police out in force in seattle. if you go there, don't even think of saying the word citizen. no lie. some are saying that it's hurtful. please shoot me. we hope you stay tun >>> and the first factor of flash back segment, the unemployment rate stands at 12.15%. recently the founder of black entertainment television said this. >> this country could never tolerate white unemployment at 14 or 15%. no one would say in office at 14% or 15% unemployment in this nation. we had that double unemployment for over 50 years. >> bill asked him about president obama's popularity, among african-americans. >> so, here's what i don't understand. 93% of african-americans voted for president obama last no. ev even. >> it doesn't turn out that way. >> are you saying that the african-american community en masse is living on hope. >> a

the d.a.tells us he will be soon moved to san quentin prison. >> police released photos in the hopesof catching a suspect in a burglar at tiffany jewelry store showing six suspects meeting in a parking lot that were removing license plates of a white chevy blazer used in the get away. police have identified two other vehicles used by the suspect. investigators say they used the stolen picture -- pick up to smash the doors at the tiffany and company. >> it's been five years since the golden gate bridge district began plans to convert it's old system to digital, costing tens of millions of dollars but project is still not done. it may have had of a set back. >> vick? >> converting old radio systems to digital is the golden gate bridge district radio systems for bridge operations bus and ferry(pxñ services. abc 7 news learned the first test did not go well. drivers on the golden gate bridge experienced something new. human toll collectors were gone. now the strict set to dump this radio for a new state of the art system. to enable golden gate buses and ferries to communicate. he said by

likely to be congested include the san mateo bridge, the richmond san rafael bridge and between san quentin and the san francisco drake bridge. >> to keep traffic moving, and prevent back ups on to the surface streets that's where we're going to be focusing. >> reporter: 511 has a map that you can check. caltrans will also be keeping tabs on the traffic from a central command center. >> people in the bay area have traditionally responded well. they've done so by planning ahead. >> reporter: the traffic data company working with 511.org predicts traffic will be the worse on thursdays and friday afternoon starting around 2:30 or 3:00. they expect the roads to be packed starting friday afternoon as the people return from the weekend traffic. cara liu. >>> san francisco bay ferry managers are promising more service during the upcoming bay bridge closure. plans call for extra runs between san francisco and oakland, alameda and vallejo. >>> we got a look today at the finishing touches being done to the new eastern span of the bay bridge. this is the idea of what it will look like driving on to th

. >> the group met outside the walls of san quentin. the protestors they agree. a long solitary confinement is wrong. one is the wife of an inmate currently being held in solitary and taking part in the strike. he said her husband lost 20 pounds. >> his eyes are yellow. his kidneys are failing. he can't hold. they have tried to give him electrolytes. and he can't hold them down. >> he spent eight years in solitary confinement in pelican's bay. they have a hard time transitioning to normal life. after her husband was released. he was convicted of murder. he is now on death row. >>> time now is 7:21. a boy's gift to a police dog could go a long way. the gift he made that is inspiring others. >> already creating a fashion frenzy. this may have crashed a website twice. >>> minor cool down is in store for your sunday afternoon. i will have what you can expect for your area, coming up. ñsxóxgñ . >>> a dog was presented with a bulletproof vest. he was inspired to donate all of his money. one hundred dollars after seeing a story right here on ktvu about the pet food expr

>> i'd be in san quentin, or dead. >> black men are teaching and mentoring black boys in hopes of shifting odds toward success and survival. >> we're trying to make transformations. if you look at the statistics in oakland, we're the highest in everything we don't need to be in. >> a special report in collaboration with the san francisco criterion telecoming up next.

the d.a.tells us he will be so moved to san quentin prison. >> police released photos in the hopes ofcating a suspect in a burglar at tiffany jewelry storehowing six suspects meeting in a parking lot that were removg license plates of a white chevy blazer used in the get away. police have identifie two other vehicles used by the suspect. investigators say they used the stolen picture -- pick up to smash the doors at the tiffany and company. >> is been five years since the golde gate bridge distct began plans to convert it's old system to digil, costing tens of millions of dollars but project is still not do. it may have had of a set back. >> vick? >> converting old rad systems to digital is the golden gate bridge district radio systems for bridge operations bus and ferry(pxñ services. abc 7 news learned the first test did not go well. drivers on the golden gate bridgexperienced something new. hun toll collectors were gone. now e strict set to dump this radio for a new state of the art system. to enableolden gate buses and ferries to comnicate. he said by foin we're in the very, very e

likely to be congested include the san mateo bridge, the richmond san rafael bridge and between san quentin and the san francisco drake bridge. >> to keep traffic moving, and prevent back ups on to the surface streets that's where we're going to be focusing. >> reporter: 511 has a map that you can check. caltrans will also be keeping tabs on the traffic from a central command center. >> people in the y area have traditionally responded well. they've done so by planning ahead. >> reporter: the traffic data company working with 511.org predicts traffic will be the worse on thursdays and friday afternoon starting around 2:30 or 3:00. they expect the roads to be packed starting friday afternoon as the people return from the weekend traffic. cara liu. >>> san francisco bay ferry managers are promising more service during the upcoming bay bridge closure. plans call for extra runs between san francisco and oakland, alameda and vallejo. >>> we got a look today at the finishing touches being done to the new eastern span of the bay bridge. this is the idea of what it will look like driving on to the

and then i would put him in the general population at san quentin.hy i'm not allowed to run prisons. >> that's pretty creative, greg. >> i think about it a lot. plenty more ahead as the factor moves in this evening. then the word police out in force in seattle. if you go there, don't even think of saying the word citizen. no lie. some are saying that it's hurtful. please shoot me. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. i hope you have cameras in all your homes. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewas for his small business take theseags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button?

sir francis drake boulevard between san quentin and green bay should be crowded. richmond san mateo bridge. it most likely will be the morning and afternoon commutes. that's the thursday and friday much and then monday afternoon, as people return from their holiday weekend. governor brown will not attend the opening of the bridge. coming in nine minutes, why the former mayor of oakland and california's highest elected politician will not take place. >>> a new report on how far into on-line communication the national agency could reach. the wall street journal is reporting, nst a is developing programs that go a lot further and has been revealed to the public. the scrurnal said, it has a network that could reach 75 percent of you. new detectives by thieves to scam cell phone owners. the recent cam involves at least two people. one of the thieves, they will swipe the phone from the victim and start running. the second person will act as a good samaritan and chase the suspect. police say once the phone is tracked down, suspect will give it back but may ask for a cash

avenue, in san mateo bridge, the richmond-san rafael bridge and sir francis drake boulevard, between san quentin and highway 101. the san francisco ferry is planning to do its part to help alleviate congestion. the agency says it's planning to add more ferries and extra runs between san francisco and oakland as well as alameda and vallejo. according to the agency's website, ferry managers plan to detail the expanded service on friday. bart is also planning overnight service labor day weekend. you'll find a special section dedicated to the bay bridge on our website, ktvu.com. that's where we've posted bart and san francisco bay ferry schedules. just look for the hot topics center. >>> governor jerry brown will not make it to the grand opening of the bridge due to an out-of-town trip over labor day weekend. we're also hearing that san francisco business leaders are calling on the governor to break the logjam in the labor negotiations. brown called for a 60-day cooling off period, but there's been little progress in reaching an agreement. so business leaders are asking him to convene a bargaining s

supporters of nearly 400 california inmates who are on week long hunger strike held a rally outside san quentin. they want them to meet their demands. they claim that conditions amount to torture. corrections department insist the conditions are not inhumane. they say they get cable tv and daily contact with staff. >>> new this morning, president obama is calling on congress to act on his plan which he says a better bargain for the middle-class. in his weekly address the president says the country has fought its way back from the recession and started to lay a foundation for stronger growth. he says more work needs to be done. middle-class families need help getting good jobs and owning homes and securing retirement. >> there are no gimmicks when it comes to creating jobs. there are no tricks to help the economy. reversing the situation won't be easy but if we work together and take a few bold steps and if is washington is willing to focus on what really matters, we can grow our economy and give the middle-class a better bargain. >>> senator susan collins delivered the g.o.p. address. she says

will be headed over the golden gate bridge headed into san francisco so we have a backup beyond san quentin. eric and kristen? this will be a cop provide of trucks during peak commute hours and a pleasanton company is moving more than 6,000 truckloads of asphalt to pave the new bay bridge and could be congested so caltran will monitor traffic at the command center and can reroute the convoy. the trucks are diverted back to interstate 880 and highway 38 overnight. we will bring you briefings two times each day, and we will be live on monday with the chain cutting ceremony and you on twitter will know the moment the new bridge opens. >> dick shows up a very important view of what it is like getting off 580 westbound to make the connection to 101 with traffic backing up. >> the richmond san rafael bridge is looking slower at this hour and i will show you a picture of that and i want to show you our app eventually but right now the stretch between richmond and san rafael you can see 55 miles per hour, and a look at maze is a packed house making it on i-80 to the road. it is not until you make t

sir francis drake boulevard between san quentin and green bay will be crowded. idge. >> being resourceful, resillient and using common sense. i expect that to be the case as well. >> other biggy area, 880, 92 inter change in hayward. the most congested will be probably the morning and afternoon commutes august 29th and 30th, the thursday and friday. the weekend from 11:00 in the morning to 6:00 at night and monday afternoon as people return to their holiday travels. in a news briefing this afternoon, law enforcement and bridge administrators will discuss in depth public safety during the bridge's closure. >>> bart is planning around the clock service for the labor day weekend, the ferry will operate extra boats. there will be extra runs from san francisco to oakland. ferry managers will outline their plans on friday. governor brown will not attend the opening of the new bay bridge. coming in eight minutes, why the former mayor of oakland and california's highest elected politician will not take part in the opening ceremony. >>> new information on a san jose strip

da tells us that air will be sent to san quentin prison. >> 5 years sentences the golden gate bridgetrict began plans to convert the old analog radio system to digital. tens of millions of dollars and project still not done.in fact may have been a set back. if vick lee with more on the story only on abc 7 news. >> drivers on the golden gate bridge experience something enough. human toll collector were gone. bridge became a digital toll system. now the district is set to dump antiquated analog radio for new state of the art digital system. goal was to unable bridge security patrol the bus and ferry to communicate with each other. bridge manager was not available for an interview on camera. he said by phone we are in the very, very early stages. going exceptionally well. i'm pleased. big learning curve. but it was in 2008 5 years ago, when the bridge district awarded the contract to again work on the new system that he says is still in the early stages. then in 2010 the digital site went on the air which meant the bridge radio dispatcher could start using the new system three years ago

plastic surgeons remake aerial castro as a beautiful woman put him into the general population in san quentinnd let him get passed around like a cheese tray in a super bowl party this, is why i'm not allowed to run prison autos that is creative, greg. >> i think bit a lot. thank you, dr. forest. >> bill stirs things up with an interview with the founder of black entertainment television, then, word police out in force in seattle f you go there, don't think of saying the word citizen no, lie. some are saying it's hurtful. please shoot me. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. if you leave very cameras in your homes. we hope you stay tun >>> in the first factor flash back segment tonight unemployment rate for black americans stands over 12.5% almost half that for whites. the founder of black entertainment television said this. >> this country would never tolerate white unemployment at 14% or 15%. no one would ever stay in office in this nation. but we have that double unemployment for over 50 years. >> robert johnson entered the no spin zone. bill asked him about president obama's popularit

." >>> the number of units here at san quentin has grown beyond the capacity of this prison and what for. >> free us. free us. >> i took sociology in college. and you can stack a bunch of rats together. eventually they start eating each other. >> with the age of b

. >> darryl "big d" wright is serving hard time at california's aging san quentin state prison.e. we're pretty steady. you know, they come in. one of us try to be here at all times. so we all have to know how to cut all kind of hair. >> as with any barber, it's important to keep the customers satisfied. that's especially true when your clients are inmates. >> you know, occasionally guys, they drop by and want to give you a little something if you give a good haircut, you know? want to give you a soup or something like that or a canned good or something like that. it's not a mandatory thing but they won't let you refuse them. you know what i'm saying? they won't let you refuse them. >> barber shops have been a favorite stop for "lockup" crews at prisons nationwide. >> any man that walks through the door can get a haircut and he'll get a good haircut. he might not get a whole lot of layers and feathers and all that, but he'll get a good haircut. >> we met willard lucas at indiana state prison. he had been working the same chair for 26 years. >> my special haircut is a taper haircu

his office is currently representing about 30 individuals all at san quentin. >> we are investigating everything there is to know about her clients and their cases. >> reporter: more than 700 inmates in california are on death row. investigators like coke comb through every shred of evidence, court transcripts and speak with everyone involved to make sure an inmate got a fair trial. >> the world is a much bettors play with her in it. >> reporter: scarlet worked with sandra in the '90s. >> she's dogged, tireless, smart. she is creative. >> reporter: coke is a licensed private investigator. she worked in the field for more than 20 years. in college, coke was her intern, now a pediatrician in oakland. >> she was a role model for me in how to work with clients, how to work with people. >> reporter: as for whether the nature of her work has anything to do with coke's disappearance, those in the field think not. >> in the 20 years i have been in the field i have never heard of anybody being targeted for the nature of the work we do. >> sandra coke was in the office for four years and before

. >> reporter: i recently called in to san quentin to see if he was the oldest person put on death row he would be the second person there was a legal expert inside the courtroom he has some inside information about the jury in this case. of market neighborhood. year-old man as a suspect in >> catherine: a school shooting in georgia. this was the scene as the children ran from an elementary school in the town of decatur - near atlanta. they all got out safely.after someone started firing a gun into the air outside the school. police tried to move the children out as quickly as possible.even cutting a hole in a fence. and moving them ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. right now, get a 2013 chevrolet volt for around $269 per month. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainti

this route comes across san quentin. ects with 101 and that is where you will see a real bottleneck. it cannot handle all of this capacity. of course, our other chokepoint will bay here at the san mateo bridge. we are already seen it from a toll plaza heavier traffic heading westward. this is the shot of the approach and we are about a half a mile from the toll plaza. here is still look and now we are looking westward. it is already starting to be backed up. lookit this deal from our camera at the toll plaza. look that the density of the traffic. this is what you normally expect to see at 8:00 a.m.. here is a another look at highway 880 in the southbound direction. this is leading up to 92. it is already starting to back up. the red is shown on the roadway sensors meaning that congestion is coming from to 38 and san leandro. the san mateo bridges are ready starting to look bad. >> here's a quick check from the golden gate bridge, 1 01 southbound. there are more cars streaming in this direction. remember, if you normally d

the client says i committed murder and i'm looking for a ticket to san quentin and the injection chamber go for it, will not be involved. i feel for the lawyers because the judge ordered them to continue to be involved, and in doing so the judge may subject heck to -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. jeffrey, it my be very clever on hassans part. he can defeat the death penalty by doing a lousy job, make it look like he wants to die, and his lawyers say we have to stop the trial, it's unethical. >> and if you book up, this could have been his plan from the beginning. obviously no one really knows what is going on in his mind, his decision to defend himself. but one thing that can change this whole thing, the judge did say to the lawyers, you bring me something from the texas state bar, whether they're licensed, that says this does present an ethical dilemma, you can't just stand by and watch this guy essentially kill himself in front of the jury. that may change the judge's mind. the judge this entire time is just trying to make sure that this stands up to appellate scrutiny. >> you know

sir francis boulevard between san quentin and the green bray interchange, the richmond-san rafael bridge >> they've done so by planning ahead, being resourceful resilient, using common sense and i expect that to be the case at this time as well. another busy area will be the 880/92 interchange in hayward. the most congested dates and times will be the morning and the afternoon commutes august 29th and the 30th and the weekend from 11:00 in the morning to 6:00 at night and, of course, monday afternoon as people come back from their holiday travels. >>> at a news briefing this afternoon, law enforcement and bridge administrators will be talking a lot more to give us information about public safety during the time that bridge is closed. >>> and while b.a.r.t. is planning around the clock service for labor day weekend, the san francisco bay ferry will also be unking extra boats -- will be running extra boats, between san francisco and oakland, alameda, and vallejo. the ferry managers will outline their plan this afternoon, on friday. >>> there have been several missteps in connection to the

i walked fulsome and san quentin and the worst yards and i have seen what these people are like and how the guards treat everybody in there. there is no type of developmental skills offered in those prisons. once you walk into a prison, you come out a marked man for life. you have no incentive for any of these guys coming out of prison to go straight because they are marked with a felony. host: what about the attorney general's efforts to change the sentencing? what do you think about that? isler: the reason there crowding in prisons because these guys have no hope when they get out. they are stuck with a felony for the rest of their life and they are marked. can pullway everybody up your background, these guys are done. they know it and they go out and bump their heads thousand times to get work and they go right back to crime again. once you give these guys some hope that are in prison, you say you go straight, we will wipe out the felony, after 10 or 15 years, then they have something to work for. now, any man who walks into a prison in the united states cannot get their felonies exp

it would almost be like someone breaking folks out of san quentin or something like that here in there. why would al qaeda make a move now. is this connected to the 9/11 anniversary, the benghazi anniversary? what is it? >> it's the end of ramadan, that's one reason. they like to do this during the holy month. it's not necessary. in islam at a time of war, you can make attacks any time you like. at the end of ramadan, important for them. just in general, they need to put themselves back on the map and make a big splash at this point. >> so much of the focus here is on yemen, even though we're looking at so many countries affected. there is talk that this could be the coming out party for lack of a better term, for a former bin laden protege. what do you know about that? >> well, it's yemen is very much big, large parts of it are in the hands of al qaeda, especially in the high mountains. it's sort of their central base. in that sense. they've got a lot of people there that understand explosives, how to attack aircraft, how to project power across the world. so i wouldn't necessarily

i walked folsom and san quentin and worst principals and there is no type of developmental skills offeredin those prisons, okay? once you walk in a prison you come out a marked man for life. there is no incentive for any of these guys who are coming out to ever go straight because they're marked with a felony. >> to the attorney general's efforts to change the sentencing of the crowding what do you think about that as far as affecting who gets into prison in the first place? >> the reason there is crowding because these guys have no hope when they get out. they're stuck with a felony for the rest of their life and they're marked. with the way everybody can pull up your background, these guys are done. they know it. they go out there and they bump their heads a thousand times trying to get work and they go right back to crime. once you give these guys some hope that are prison, you say, you go straight and we'll wipe your felony off and we'll clean it off after 10 or 15 years, then they have something to work for. but the way it is right now, every dude that walks into a prison, anyplace i

san francisco se morian por saludarle; pero que manera de saludarle.... smith sin anotar, completo 7 pases... para los chiefs de kansas city == quentin de zona a zona, la regreso por todo el emparrillado para un total de 104 yardas... san francisco con este pase, flotadito de daniels para jacobs en los ultimos 2 minutos; 15 a 13 victoria para los 49ers... wipe vo ===wipe=== --los raiders en casa de los saints; que pasa con la linea ofensiva de oakland?? nueva orleans como pedro por su casa, en 5 ocasiones derrumbaron a matt flynn, se la paso sentado en el cesped, pero logro completar 12 pases para 124 yardas y una anotacion... en lo defensivo... vean el tiempo que le dieron a drew brees en esta jugada... los fanaticos tuvieron tiempo de ir por los refrescos y despues ver el pase de 16 yardas para stills; con todo el tiempo del mundo == brees completo 14 pases para un total de 202 yardas == new orleans gana el partido 28 a 20... wipe vo ===wipe=== ---pasando a las grandes ligas; los gigantes fueron a miami y salieron a pescar a los marlins... esto sucedio en el cuarto episodio; una avalancha ofensiva con los bates de san francisco ==

i wanted to develop the argument about why the san quentin road map is the right thing for the house to support today -- sequential road map is the right thing for the house to support today. if we take action, we will follow the right, legitimate, and legal course, not an artificial or political timetable set elsewhere. that is important for any decision we make. this is fundamental to the principles of britain, a belief in the rule of law, a belief that any military action we take must be justified and we must train every sinew to make international institutions were to deal with the outrages in syria. this is where the prime minister and i now agree. we must let the u.n. weapons inspectors do their work. secretaryn, the u.n. general, said that them do their work. we will have the support to the -- report to the security council. the weapons inspectors are in the midst of their work and will be reporting in the coming days. for this house, it is surely a basic point. evidence should proceed decision, not decision precede evidence. -- evidence should precede decisions, not decisions

but of course he played one series in san diego for the finale but he still gave the faithful something to cheer about. he hooks it up with rookie quentin touchdown of the season. passed 3 of 4 for 64 yards in the touchdown. in the 3rd quarter, chargers punting, johnson, blocks the kick and then recovers the loose ball for a touchdown. johnson who is battling for one of the final roster spots had two sacks, 49ers up, 27-6. tipping it to himself, breaks two tackles, gets lose for a 45 yard touchdown. the 49ers win 41-6 to go 3 and 1 in the preseason. and, now, it is time for the final touch. >> guys that are counting numbers, they are counting opportunities. going out there, playing their hearts out. that is -- that is what the game is all about. that is what opportunities are about. that is what being -- you are an employee, you have one employee, yourself. nobody owes you your career. but, you get a say in that. and, the guys are making a case, you know, making an argument. taking -- stating their position, so, that fires me up. >> pryer getting the raiders final preseason game in seattle. once again, breaking off, the 25 yard run, set