the second is the trans-based terminal. -- the trans-bay terminal.the third, the third -- [laughter] [applause] of course it is our essentials subway. [laughter] that is going to be with the help of the department of energy. let me tell you that. [laughter] i wanted to talk about our parkway. we are about to finish next year if the first phase of the project. we will be connecting golden gate bridge with the new safe roadway that connects everybody to many points south. it is wonderful. i have been there at least twice with secretary lahood, jose, and many representatives of our congressional and senatorial bodies. they are seismically retrofitted. it will be even more beautiful. you will see a lot of scenery and around that. we're excited about completing phase one and look forward to starting phase two. for the trans-bay terminal, one of the most important projects we're building downtown, we have had the program since the bay bridge was built. the trans bay terminal houses different transportation modes. we already have under construction the rebu

without any further ado, i'd like to introduce the cal trans director, malcolm dockerty. >> thank you for coming out and helpling us celebrate the momentous occasion. it is my 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 t

everyone recognizes cal tran building the eastern stand. that did not include the on ramp, as well as the testing of free. both of those are on the side of the island, and the purpose of the project is to upgrade those ramps. we have selected a preferred alternative as shown in blue, the westbound on ramp would meet the standard after it is constructed. we would also go ahead and widen the road as the rams tight into the private -- into the new public right away. requires the relocation, which are located right now at the ramp. that is an important part of the project. happy to report that we are completing the environmental documentation process. we have prepared a final eir/eis. it has been posted and the federal register, starting on october 21. we are at the final day review time for the final eir/eis. we expect a decision by the end of november. i will be in front of the program's board next month for the action. that is a major milestone for the project. very quickly, our intent is to complete the final design next year to relocate th

and as you all know, cal trans covers the entire state of california. and in order to better manage that, we have broken down the department into 12 districts just like the city has different districts. that helps us in being closer to the community. helps us in increasing the utilization of the small businesses, disadvantage businesses and disabled enterprise businesses. the department manages 50,000 lane miles of highway, 22,000 employees statewide. my operation here in district 4, it covers the nine bay area counties. as you can see in the map. which is about 7,000 lane miles of highway. we have the toll bridges that we operate. we have just under 4,000 employees. our budgets, our capital program ongoing at the present time with 155 contracts, it's about 4.6 billion. so there's a lot of work that is going on, and a lot of that is due to the toll bridge program. half of that is the repair of the various toll bridges that we have, and of course the biggest project, one of the largest public works projects in the nation is the span of the bay bridge tha

cal-trans will not be moving ahead until everyone is on the same page.m point richmond wayne friedman 7 news. >> another roadway project talked b.west of the caldecott tunnel. this week crew scheduled to break through the rock that separates the 2 side sides. break through will mark the completion of the excavation of the top portion of the fourth bore. 130 ton piece of excavating equipment will do that work. it will add 2 lanes to the opportunity that he will connects oakland to 0rind a.lanes expected to be open by late 2013. xhirts hardly wait for that. big breakthrough happening this week as they break through. >> oh, yes. >> spencer is off. lee is here with the forecast. >> yes. we see a lot of clear sky. exception in the north bay where the fog is sort of creeping back in. ge get to the visibility come down here in just a moment but beautiful shot for you this evening. isn't this nice? from sutro cam all the lights out there. you can see market street in san francisco and it's clear across most of san francisco and oakland writ now. as you head nort

under cover cop leaves while tran talk tooz a uniformed officer.nd he says the officer cuffed him and says the officer used excessive force, kicking tran's legs out, causing him to fall. >> i don't think there is a smoking gun here that he would suggest. >> police chief says he saw tran make a fist while his hand was at his side. >> that speaks to him clenching a fist show that's in the video. he does posture appearing to be offensive, then speaks to a fighting stance. >> he says the officer was just trying to help tran sit when he kicks his legs out. >> maybe would have been better if the officer would have had hands on upper body. i think if you view videos nothing appears over the top. >> he is a candidate for mayor. interim mayor ed lee who is also running questions timing of the video's lee reese -- release. >> i'm hoping he isn't using this time frame to unveil videos he may have had in his hand. that is slope campaigning if you wile he says his investigation ended just this week. and he says he defered to the victim in his family. >> after a

will tran has more. and >>will: the place that they called home for a week is now off-limits with police officers stationed here to make sure that they did not pitch tents again. city workers are busy in the dark cleaning up. the trash has been pretty much big step in and put into garbage bags. during a midnight raid, no one was arrested or injured. although they refused to say what is next, protesters say that their cause is much bigger than any city park. for them, this is far from over. will tran, kron4 news or real >>mark: there is going to be a coordinated shutdown of ports on the entire west coast. it is settled for monday, december 12th. here is video from november 2nd when occupy protesters felicia down the port of oakland. they argued that the 1 percent are disrupting the lives of longshoremen. >>darya: the head of the ec system is promising to launch a probe after this. ha the uc-davis chair for has praised b-2 and vodka and administrative leave. members of that group want the chancellor to ste

tran would suggest. >>reporter: police chief says he saw tran make a fist while his hand was at his side. >> that speaks to him clinching a fist. shows it in the video. he does posture which would appear to be offensive. then in the report it speaks to fighting stance. >>reporter: he also says the officer was trying to help tran sit down when he kicked the le legs out. >> maybe it would have been better if the officer actually would have had hands on the upper body but i think if you view the video nothing appears to be over the top. >>reporter: he's a candidate for mayor. interim mayor ed lee also running question the timing of the video release. >> i'm hoping that he isn't using this time frame to unveil video that he may have had in his hand because again that's kind of sfm smoke campaigning if you will. >>reporter: he says his investigation ended just this week. and that he did consider holding the video until after the election. but he says he deferred to the victim and his family. >> after meeting

finally, i express our gratitude for the support from cal trans, the californ

and it sits on the edge of an exciting transformation of the trans bay terminal area. all of a sudden and the back and sides of sfmoma need to be additional fronts. what good fortune it is to have the opportunity to respond to that challenge with an addition that does exactly that, transforms a fortress like trap into a porous, welcoming cultural light beacon. and of course, even in a well-designed building which this one surely will be under the guidance of the talented team of architects needs assets that will attract and enrich the audience. once again we find ourselves in the enviable position of not only gaining a more friendly face for the neighborhood but also an enormous enhancement of program via the fischer collection. for example, all of a sudden zip doed 94103 will have the most el lshgsworth kelly paintings in the world. frank lloyd wright once famously quipped that a doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can onliedy advise the clients plant vines. however, we are in the position to fine tune the original sfmoma building to better change a city so

is expressing the designer and the trans bay terminal is completed, it will thrust visitor through the city and from east to west and will be open from four sides and this is a very exciting factor which will i think really greatly enhance south of market area. and third, we're extremely proud and excited about the innovative agreement with the fire department that will enable the construction of the first new fire house in san francisco in many, many years located in a much better location and better site. and we have worked well with the agencies and community groups and the arts commission has done the same and the board of supervisors has unanimously approved the land swap to enable this work to be done and before the planning commission on two occasions. we have met on a regular basis with spur and the community benefit district and meet regularly and keep apprised our neighbors and the hotels and the myers family and the restaurants and others. and we are fully aware and with the valet parking and we want to collaborate with them and to minimize the disruption in the operation. a

cal-trans says the inspector did not falsify reports but questions arose because of what is being called a culture of secrecy. >> it is a tough culture to crack. i've been in elected office with transportation a long time. it's hard to get to the truth. my argument, better just tell us the truth, it's going to come out sooner or later. >> the incident resulted in the firing of the employee and his supervisor. >>> time is running out for a congressional committee to do its job. the six republicans and six democrats on the super committee have until wednesday to strike a deal. as drew levinson reports, the likelihood they will reach an agreement seems highly you know likely. >> reporter: while the nation's debt ticks up, time is running out for lawmakers to figure out how to cut the deficit. >> nobody wants to give up hope. reality is to some extent starting to overtake hope. >> reporter: the 12-member bipartisan super committee is charged with cutting $1.2 trillion from the deficit over the next decade. >> i think we're deep into the fourth quarter but there's still time on the clock. i d

>>mark: will tran is live in frank ogawa plaza.>will: police officers have brought out barricades. there possibly getting ready to make some kind of mood.-- some kind of move. it is peaceful so far. the police officers seem to be mobilizing. i will let you know when we come back after the break. >>darya: we will continue our coverage in just a moment. we are back with more in a minute. off if i. if an >>darya: police have not actually moved in on protesters but they have it definitely circle them with this parameter. >>mark: jackie sissel is live on the scene. for >>jackie: i am about 25 yds away from the encampment. i'm standing--standing between me and the camping area are several hundred police officers. i cannot see any movement inside the encampment. we are starting to see some movement with the police officers. officers are giving a warning over a loudspeaker, repeating the same warning telling people that they are illegally lodging in there and in order to avoid arrest them must gather their belongings and leave for it will

for--that is where we're looking at will tran. i do not want to talk about any kind of big response, but fifth you said people are having to make new friends? flow >> i am not seeing any police officers. this has been going on for basically 45 minutes. there is no one coming down here saying, we are with you, we understand what you're going through, light truck to go through. they are sitting here comfortably, as safe as can be. the cars no longer bother coming down here. they promised that they will begin marching at 9:00 a.m.. right now, speeches are still being made. >>darya: this is something that we spoke about earlier this morning when you see this police officer, and ask them what fill orders are. we were talking earlier, when the police did response from they created clashes, the mayor started backtracking. now, it looks very apparent that in the absence of police, they're staying away from the scene. beckford >>mark: the police are feeling betrayed by mayor quan. they cleared the plaza on the mayor's order but then she le

cal-tran is telling us, none of the false inspections came up on the bay bridge, but we'll find out. >> how would you know? i know there are some dotting i's and t's there. how would we know whether or not he false fye it is? >> there in lies the concerns. there are redunn dancies, these are very, very complicated, but on the other hand, we were told these would be state-of-the- art, seismically safe -- alot of concerns, we have to call the people in public to find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: the question on everybody's mind, what if many what if we find tout theres were some improprity. so much, millions depend on that structure. >> we will find this out. >> so, we have to look at the whole culture. >> he did inspect it? >> he was assigned to the bay bridge, but we are told he didn't actually do any of the inspections. >> reporter: when you talk with cal-tran, it's tough to get through to them. it's not an easy argues and they have been without a director for how long? ever since governor brown has been in there. >> they have been, but they have had an interim person who

we will see a trade war rather than trade deals girls alliance a founder of founder and director of trans research institute and publisher of the trends journal is here to answer that for us because he's been writing about this kind of stuff and he is just the man to ask the question thanks for being on the show doubt it's nice to see you thank you yes so as i was talking about with this push for a trade agreement that obama is out talking about but at the same time you were just writing and your last friends journal about the u.s. senate opening debate on this china currency and tariff bill and we saw the reaction to that so is it more likely that we actually see a trade war as we saw after the great depression rather than more trade deals and trade agreements. the a combination of the two what you're looking at as the u.s. economic policy continues to fail in broad daylight you hear people like president obama treasury secretary geithner. fed chairman bernanke you are all now taking shots at china and you listen to the language it's hysterical if it wasn't so sad right coming from ben b

there are reports tonight that a cal trans engineer may have falsified safety reports on that $6 billion project. >>> plus police in cities across the country mover in on occupiers. we'll have a live report from oakland where protesters are likely to be evicted in the next 24 hours. >>> take a look at this. cockroaches on a commercial flight climbing in and out of air vents. we'll show you what passengers did next. news starts right now. >>> good sunday evening. i'm diane dwyer. there are questions tonight about the safety of the new span of the bay bridge. that's the span that's not even open yet buildieing built becaue current one partially collapsed in the 1989 earthquake. so the questions tonight come from reports that a cal tran employee may have falsified records on several projects. monty is live with details for us. monty? >> reporter: we heard from cal tran tonight, and he's been fired along with his supervisor, and they're trying to reassure the public that the bridge you see behind me is structurally sound. state and federal transportation systems have launched investigations

despite these efforts, china has long been worried about trans-pacific partnership, of which the countrys not a member. at the joint news conference, china warned of the u.s.-led talks designed to set tpp rules for liberalizing trade and investment. >> any original integration like tpp or some other forms, should be inclusive, open and transparent. >> reporter: china also issued a caution to japan, which is poised to launch consultations with tpp member states with the view to fully entering into negotiations on it. china said japan should avoid commit ing itself to it u.s.-led free trade bloc. for the sake of domestic stability, china puts top priority on maintaining economic growth. the country is expected to watch u.s. moves over the tpp. >> atsushi miyuchi, nhk world. >>> in italy, newly-appointed prime minister mario monti began talks with the ruling and opposition parties aiming to form a new cabinet amidst concern about the country's debt crisis. worries about italy's credit standings stem from government debt which reached 120% of the gross domestic product as well as from the co

will tran has the latest. >>will: there is already a heavy police presence as officers get ready for protesters. if this theory is the usual chanting and science could turn violent. it is that fear that forced the regents to cancel a previous meeting. they are choosing to teleconference with one another from around the state, hoping to avoid any possible clashes. for this meeting, they will not tackle tuition. in san francisco, will tran, kron4 news. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look outside on this foggy monday outside of the golden gate. thick >>mark: the dow is 600 points lower than it was three weeks ago. >>darya: police in san francisco are looking for a man who ran over a firefighter with his car. this is surveillance tape from the jack in the box. this is the man they're looking for, in the white t- shirt. it started at the jack in the box on geary street and 11th avenue. and employees saw the man in the white get into a fight. it was an argument that escalat

under the baltic sea and has just begun pumping gas to europe and south stream we trans through the black sea and it's went to be finished by twenty fifteen both the pipelines reach european consumers directly this year has seen new disputes between russia and ukraine over gas prices ukraine's ex prime minister yulia tymoshenko was found guilty of abusing the storage of one son in two thousand and nine gas contracts with russia the ukraine currently enjoys a thirty percent discount to the gas price it's still insists it's paying too much wherever the dispute ends up this year the sperm official say nordstrom being operational means the european consumers have nothing to worry about this time around no russian ukrainian gas conflict can infect the european continent. good solution will be used to go beyond a we've said the lords of the north stream pipeline will help to ensure the security of supply and demand. is a true energy security he's not going to be fooled into south stream is launched because north and south stream so the links of one chain. of course it is true they are the

one cop leans while tran talks to a uniformed officer he says the officer pushed him away and for no reason cuffed him, then pinned he says the officer used excessive force taking trans legs out causing him to fall. >> i don't think there is a smoking gun here. >> the police chief says he saw tran make a fist while his hand was at his side. >> speaks to him clenching a fist. he does posture appearing to be offensive. then, in the report it speaks to a fighting stance. >> he says the officer was trying to help tran sit down when he kicked his legs out. >> maybe would it have been better if the officer would have had hands on the upper body. if you view the video nothing appears to be over the top. >> and he claims there are five cases where officers stole property. he is running for mayor and some questioned the timing of the news conference. >> thank you. we'll see you then. >> a house subcommittee voted to subpoena top white house officials related to the sale of sole lind dra. they voted to authorize spz. g.o.p. lawmakers say this subpoenas are necessary because white house denied

potentially cross other environmentally sensitive areas like streams and other waterways so why is trans canada finally decided to think about the impact the keystone pipeline would cause and why are they suddenly on board with these recruits they were originally too expensive to do well maybe the president of trans canada can clue us in an interview president alex said as i understand the concern of the state department and listening in on their press conference last week they indicated that the reason for the delay was the concern that with was excuse me it would be concern that was raised by the brass kins with respect to the route and particularly the sandhills we have now reached an agreement with the nebraska legislature and i would hope that this would give the state department reason to consider shortening that time frame so the truth comes out prince campbell isn't actually concerned about the well being of those who would live near the pipeline they just want to make sure the project actually happens now the. resident company also noted that across nebraska the department of en

the local diner the local clothing store local bank they just couldn't compete against these giant trans nationals that have come up come in and eaten up pretty much every town in america this is not how a city thrives it's how a city guys when local businesses flourish on main street and the money funnels through the entire city profits the local bookstore clothing store it put into local backs the local bank in lines of the local entrepreneurs who start more local businesses and hire more local workers to go and buy local stuff with their paychecks but when transnational giants take over main street the money is no longer cycled through the city instead like a giant vacuum cleaner all those profits are sucked out of the city every night somebody pushes a button and it all goes off to were ever gets deposited wherever the trans national giants headquarters are and increasingly it's an attack haven like the cayman islands and these trans national mega corporations they don't really give a damn about the city in which they're setting up shop it's merely a place to hire some cheap labor an

. >> reporter: after a three-year investigation, that cal trans worker has been fired. but what he did raises scary questions about just how thorough the safety tests were done on the foundation of the new span. duane wiles was responsible for critical safety tests, including foundation piling for the new bay bridge span. but an anonymous whistle blower said he was falsifying reports, raising questions about the safety tests he did on the bridge. >> we went back and double checked everything he worked on back to 2004, because there was an in send wages there was false fix on the bay bridge. >> reporter: wiles failed to verify that the testing gauge he used was even operating properly before testing the bay bridge tower foundations. >> the daily testing that was supposed to be done was a functionality test and they were not done. if the piece of equipment was not functioning, it would have been evident when the information came back and was turned over to the engineer. >> reporter: after a three-year investigation, cal trans has fired wiles, but engineers are confident t

will tran is live on the scene. we have a number of seats filled strategically placed around the plaza this morning. well, have you seen any protesters handcuffed? >>caller: i have not, but arrests have taken place. some protesters are being kicked out as we speak. the officers are moving through right now. they're telling people who stayed behind, you have to leave. that is the first time in about two hours 15 minutes that i have seen officer's go through the encampment. they moved from the encampment to the middle of the intersection so it seems that protesters have given up the encampment. those who remain are being arrested. the officers at this barricade, it is a basically a staring contest. they have been here for about an hour 15 minutes. i have seen some protesters set and police officers. you're looking down the barricades. i do not see any officer's engaging. as far as this location is concerned, there have been arrests. even some of the people in the crowd started to cheer. >>darya: i think it is happenin