Heres what he know at this point. Talk resume this afternoon after marathon session overnight that lasted more than 5 hours past Midnight Strike deadline. Thomas the chief bart negotiator is not at the table tonight. Bart executive director grace is and leading the process is george cohen a federal mediator sent in from washington with a track record for resolving high profile disputes. We are work to go try to bridge the gap. Still a lot of work to be done on the Economic Issues and rules but the good news we are back. Progress last nature and hopefully we can continue to tackle the big remaining issues tonight. We are diligently working to get contract for our members and get the riding public not hostages because they are held by the district notch word on whether bart service in the morning. We have craw standing by at the talk. If they develop during this newscast obviously bring it to you medley and on twitter at this web site. It seems that both sides of the bart stand off began talking again shortly after that federal immediate 80 tori mention george cohen arrived in town 48 hours ago. So who is this guy sf does he actually have what it takes to broker a deal . If we have been looking into that question. Im george cohen. Reporter world of resolving labor dispute its clear federal mediator is a heavy hitter. Thats all i have to say at this moment. Negotiations are continuing. Reporter sfainyearold cohen appointed by president obama arrived in oakland sunday to try and broker a deal. Bitter bart talk. To keep the train rolling. Hes brilliant. Reporter Assembly Woman skinner sat in on talk until 3 00 a. M. Saw firsthand how cohn coax and today joel both sides into talking again. Really kind of calming down prevailing, keeping cool heads and i really think if they follow his the sort of guidance they will be able to get to ye o yes. Hes just very good. Reporter george cohen has been in the middle of number of high profile disputes between the faa and air traffic controllers. Sports world between the nfl and nfl player association. Cohen even helped resolve the nba lock out between players and owners dispute which almost scrapped the 20112012 soychbility its now 5 45 am. Reporter some say he resor resorted to sleep deprivation keeping both sides at the table until dawn. If you have momentum you dont want to lose it. People maybe very tired but he wants to push the momentum so people will get to a point where when they break theres something has been accomplished and the details need to be worked out but the principals are closer to resolution. Reporter but will it be enough momentum to end the grid lock and reach a deal. For now hope this man can do it. Thank you for your time and attention. Reporter this is abc 7 new news. So here we are still. Bart riders facing daytoday uncertainty during the negotiations to prevent a strike. The we asked riders how they feel about the constant doubt over whether trains will be running the very next day. The very stressful. I work in sf and this week i work a lot i have no idea ever day what is going to happen. Prepare the night before or fished be worried about it. I basically have to check every night the around midnight to see if its a strike or not because i have classes in the morning. I can only get over to the east bay by bart because im a bicyclist if i get trapped on the wrong side of the bay then the bart strike then im tl hanging out on couches for couple days. Thanks to those folk for those comments. Tell because how you feel about the bart dispute. Send us a video on twitter at 7 news bay area or on instagram or facebook and use the hash tag if you would dear bart. Mean time chp on standby and ready in a moment notice in the event of bart strike. Chp says it will have all available officers patrolling high traffic areas and you may have already noticed the new enforcement hours for many car pool lanes. 5 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. Until preparation for possible strike and chp tells us that officers are selectively enforcing the extended hours right now already. If you have to drive during a bart strike officers have a bit of advice. We are asking everybody to ensure that the vehicles are prepared. That they are prepared. That they have gotten rest. Not irritable because the commute will be longer. So they need to have a positive attitude. Fichlt extended car pool hours on most interstate running through the bay area as well as state route 84 and 92. We can let you know medley whether a striking or settlement just down load the abc 7 news app and breaking news alert whenever news happens. Tomorrow morning at 4 a. M. Eric thomas and christian traffic reporter leila has latest on negotiations how the bart situation is affecting the morning commute. On top of all of this ac transit wants the governor now to step in and prevent possible strike by its workers as the governor did for bart with 60 day cooling off period. The east bay bus agency is in contract talk with the union that represents drivers and mechanics. The union is threatening to walk off the job tomorrow at midnight affecting in other words, the thursday morning commute and doesnt get better offer. Ac transit manager were surprised by the declaration though they were prepared for it. Board of director set cooling off request to the governor a week ago just in case. Strike would severely impact about life in the bay area as we know it. And im sure hes well aware of that. Certainly hes a resident of oakland and he certainly has good idea of what transit strike would mean to the immediate city and the region. Reporter union leader screws told us that the major road block is how much employee will pay for health care coverage. Ac transit wants them to pay 2 83 perfect family per month. Union thinks thats too much. 100,000 people ride ac transit every day. About whether strike or bart strike or bus strike we have a complete list of transportation alternative for you at our web site and down load the exclusive abc ways app to navigate the traffic in the area. Be sure to follow breaking News Development on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. Well keep you up to date on line on air and on all the mobile devices. Well lets move next to the crisis in washington. U. S. Is on the brink of historic default tonight with its Credit Rating on the line. House republicans appear ready to vote on plan today but then postponed. That now the senate is working on a deal. In the mean time global Credit Rating agency fitch warned that the United States was on the verge of a rating downgrade. And the u. S. Treasury says it only has 35 billion dollars in cash on hand. That is expected to the last until at least thursday with more on all of this heres of karen situation. Day of wheel spinning on capitol hi. And after it was all said and done it was back to square one. The earlier today Senate Majority leader reid was optimistic. We have been engaged in productive bipartisan negotiations ins the senate. Best chance for avoid ago default and reopening the government rests in the senate. Minority leader mcconnell continue to work on deal that reopen the government but only until january 15. Avoid default by extending the nation credit limit but only until 15 seventh. Heres the key. No major changes to the health care law. House republicans try to developmental alternative plan that included tweak to obama care but it died this evening before it even came up for a vote. Key Party Republican opposed it because it didnt go far enough n. An interview today with if w abc president obama says there have been times when he and Speaker Boehner have agreed. Then he goes back and turns out that he cant control his caucus. Reporter the president was optimistic that the senate would avert a crisis. What we have seen on this tamong Senate Democrat and republican is a recognition that there are ways for us to do that doesnt damage the economy. Wall street is worried. Market were down at cholesteroling today. And tonight a Credit Rating agency says that the usa triple a Credit Rating now under review for possible downgrade. Karen, abc news washington. Asian market moved into positive territory tonight as hopes grew that the talk in washington would lead to deal that would avoid a default. In the mean time the ripple affect the shut down now forcing Livermore Lab here in the bay area to shut down and send its 6000 workers home without pay. They began shutting down Research Project and furloug furloughing its employees. We are just getting started. Coming up next on 7 news. Bus crash that stalled traffic tonight on the bay area freeway not our neighborhood. One San Jose Community fight to go keep a Charter School out. Spencer has the weather. Accuweather forecast center. Mild afternoon. Followed by chilly overnight. How long will this pattern las last . Answer to my accuweather forecast coming up. Thanks. Quick break and as we go away for a moment, watching for new development in the bart strike. As soon as anything happens we will let you know. Stay with [ male announcer ] the founder of mercedesbenz once wrote something on a sheet of paper the challenge always accepted. And the calling forever answered. Introducing the allnew 2014 sclass. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Ask is with with why. Bus crash slowed traffic for hours tonight. Its blocking 2 south bound nrains milpitas. Officers say the bus and pickup truck collided 4 people on the bus and person in the truck were rushed to the hospital. 12 uninjured Bus Passenger finished the trip on another bus. You can see from the helicopter how bad the traffic was result. We know exactly how an americas cup sailor died during training race earlier this year. Autopsy to reveal this. Andrew simpson was killed when the 72 foot catamaran capsized on the bay may 9. Medical examiner says he died of blunt trauma with drowning. The report didnt say whether simpson was unconscious when he went that the water. He stayed below the surface for 10 minutes as the fellow sailors tried frantically to save him. Toxicology found on caffeine in his bow. Tragic accident. Construction work has resumed at levi stadium in santa clara where worker killed yesterday. Grieve counselors visited the site today and project manager met with the crew to discuss the accident and the Safety Measures on the job site. Victim 60yearold edward lake junior of vacaville died after truck load of rebar fell on to him as he was unloading it. Reporter fbi agents raid add home suspect of being part of a Dangerous Drug Cartel just steps away from a Day Care Center in pittsburgh. Agents say they found cocaine inside the home of vl pine 0avenue 6 30 this morning. Other raids took place in concord antioch and oakley. Owner of nearby Day Care Center tells that you say some parents didnt want to drop off the kids understandably because of all the police around. Junior high school is also located on the same street. The South San Francisco police are wanting Business Owners to bee aware of a billing scam that took 2 local company for more than 40,000 dollars. Police say the thieves september the company phoney bill after getting information through email account or over sea vendors. Unname company pay the bill through Wire Transfer before they realize they were scammed. The group of parents and some neighbors from one San Jose Community are fight to go keep a Charter School out. They have won the case before. Superior court judge. Now its up to the San Jose City council to decide whether that school should be built. Vl lee ann is in san jose. Reporter open spaces like this one are hard to find in san jose washington community. This is always to be public park land. Reporter that is brent a neighbor and parent who wants to keep it that way. So i imagine his surprise when he heard that a well known Charter Network called rocket ship wanted to build another school here. Rocket ship spokesperson Jessica Garcia colt says parents are begging them to open more schools. We are currently in the top 5 percent of schools serving predominantly low income students in the state of california. Reporter that argument convinced the Santa Clara County office of education to grant rocket ship request. They had hoped to open the school this year. One of the role the county office of education has is try to support and facilitate their ability to open schools in areas where historically there may not have been great academic achievement. Reporter some in the community argue there are already 2 rocket ship school one Traditional Public School in the small neighborhood. Pretty gross im balance in the number of Elementary School seats we have compared with the number of children that live in the immediate why the neighborhood. Reporter neighbors like tony fear a third school will bring in more outsiders. And noise and also the kids coming to the school are not in the school, the kids from this area. Reporter superior court judge heard their argument and stopped rocket ship from moving forward. Parents from the Traditional Public School say the issue has divided them. They bring a lot of competition that is the school are supposed to Work Together for the community because this is as well as their community its our community, too. Reporter now rocket ship hopes to convince the San Jose City council to grant them a zoning exemption. That vote is expected on october 22. In san jose, abc 7 news. Puff heard of the phrase chamber of commerce weather. Look in the dictionary. See spencer picture. Thats what we are enjoying. Thats a wonderful tl story. This is some of the nicest pleasant weather. Is heres live doppler 7hd. Coast to inland and mild throughout the day but cooler during the overnight hours. Lie view from emeryville towards the bay bridge under clear sky and 66 in San Francisco which is higher than many of our difficult time high. 70 in oakland right now. 64 san carlos. San jose 68. Half moon bay 64 agrees. Another live view from our roof top camera at abc 7 along the embarcadero. Under clear sky. More temperature right now 56 degrees santa rosa getting cool up in the north bay. Napa 56. 63 fairfield 63 concord 61 livermore and one more live view from our sutro tower cam are lacking out over San Francisco forecast feature will see clear skies overnight and it will be cold in part of the north bay in the Early Morning hours. A little bit cooler but still pretty mild. See mild warm conditions over the weekend. Now the satellite radar composite image shows High Pressure which has been the dominant feature in our weather last couple day was clockwise circulation brings us offshore flow which warms us u up. The flow is weakening as the high pushes eastward so the mountains a little bit into wednesday thursday see that center of High Pressure moving inland and lose the offshore flow and get on shore flow which give slightly cooler weather tomorrow but not sharply cooler. Overnight tonight temperatures drop into the mid 30s up in santa rosa and napa. Clover dale upper 30s. See mainly mid upper 40s over much of the remain dear of the bay area. Tomorrow nice pleasant Sunny Afternoon south bay high mainly upper 70s, 77 at santa clara, 78 san jose. Upper peninsula 78 palo alto. Low to mid 70s on the coast at pacifica and a half moon bay. In and around San Francisco look for high of 75. Downtown 73 in the sun set district up north bay see high of 80 in santa rose and sonoma east bay high mainly upper 70 70s, 78 at oakland 79 san leandro and fremont and inland east bay high approaching 80 grease mainly upper 70s but probably see 80 at livermore antioch and fairfield. Now heres the accuweather 7 day forecast. Mild certainly through suchbilityd inland high up around 80 degrees. Upper 70s to near 80 around the bay. Upper 60s to near 70 on the coast and cool down monday the tuesday with if you high clouds passing by but still no rain in sight and no sharp cool down at least for the next 7 days. So the weather is looking great and remain that way for at least a week moving into late october. Keep coming. Indeed. 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Well see if theres any interest in wine country here if they start producing that for your cat. We have a lot more ahead tonight. Teams from the union bart management still talking right now. Update on the negotiations. Also from 7 on your side michael Affordable Care act made Health Care Less affor affo