Negotiating with him. Trying to get him to come down. This is tape here. This is not a live picture. The chp describes the man as distraught. Hes about 25 feet above the roadway. The coast guard, as well as San Francisco police boats have also moved in to the area. This is about halfway between the city and treasure island. Want to give you a live look of the toll plaza i mentioned. You can see the backup getting in to San Francisco right now. And its not just here. This traffic backup goes all the way into the maze. All the way into the lower east shore. Westbound 80 lanes. Past albany. This goes into 580 in richmond. 808 starting to back up a little bit. If you think about detours, you have the san mateo bridge. We have bart. You have the richmond san rafel bridge and across the golden gate bridge. Chp officer of the highway patrol. Well talk about the traffic impact in a minute. First id like to start with the negotiations to get this man to safety. Reporter yes, good afternoon. We are currently speaking with the gentleman. Both our officers as well as hostage negotiators or negotiators from the San FranciscoPolice Department are in communication with the gentleman and trying to determine exactly what is going on with him so we can talk him down safely. It started about 10 30. Here we are about an hour and a half into it. Are officers prepared to let him stay there to go on as long as it takes or is there some perhaps pressure to resolve the situation for everyone who is stuck in traffic . Well, we obviously understand that there is a Significant Impact on traffic currently because we on the bridge going westbound. However, we are also talking to the gentleman and we want to make sure we do everything we can to make sure that were able to talk him down safely. His well being is certainly important and thats what were trying to determine right now is why hes up there and what we can do to get him back down. Officer williams, has any information been relayed to you from officers at the scene in regards to specific conversation that hes having right now . Or what hes actually talking about . You know, thats between him and the negotiators. Sure. Im not sitting in on those conversations. So he essentially drove his own vehicle on to the bridge, parked it and climbed up on his own . Whats been reported and what were hearing is what he was doing is he drove his vehicle on the bridge, it broke down in the number one lane at Center Anchorage, one of our tow Truck Drivers came up behind him to assist him and then noticed that the gentleman climbed out of his vehicle and at that point climed up on to the anchorage itself. Any other individuals with him at the time in that vehicle . Can you hear me . Yeah. Any other individuals with him in the vehicle . No. No, he was by himself. Okay. Does he have a weapon, do you know . Weve not seen any weapons. Hes not brandished any weapons. In fact, theres a camera thats stationed right above where he is and our camera operators are also not seeing any weapons on him. Okay. Officer vu williams, thanks for joining us. Our big story happening at noon right now, there is a major traffic mess happening on the bay bridge. There is a man who is sitting in the very center of it. We just heard that this mans well being is of the utmost importance and there is no rush to clear the traffic backlog. Thats the lower east shore through University Avenue and berkeley. The westbound lanes backed up all the way past albany on to 580 in richmond. The smaller box, the approach toll follow plaza as folks try to inch their way. Not even a lot of inching going on on the way to the bay bridge. A number of lanes closed because of this incident. Theres more traffic breaking news happening in the east bay right near 880 in the Castro Valley area. Sky fox to bring us a picture of this overturned big rig. This has caused a closure of the connector ramp from 880 northbound to 238 southbound. 238, that little stretch of road, thats what you typically take to get from 860 to 560. The reason the road is closed is because the big rig is leaking a material or chemical and thats requiring a hazmat response. The driver does appear to be okay. So far there is no estimate on the time of reopening the lanes. We can tell from this live picture from sky fox, 880 northbound as ewe coming up from hayward toward Castro Valley is very slow at this time. Traffic maps on ktvu. Com show a big backup almost to 92. These live pictures bear that out. Trouble on 880 northbound. Heres that traffic were talking about. You cant get from 880 north to 238 to jump over to 580. Keep that in mind if youre making your way. We move down 880 into the south bay. Right now a jury is deliberating the sentence for Antolin Garcia torres. The man convicted of killing sierra lamar. Alex savidge with more on the difficult decision the jury is facing, alex. Reporter it certainly will be a tough one. Good afternoon to both of you. This jury must decide if if sierra la mars killer deserves the ultimate punishment. One legal analyst i talked to this morning said this process could take quite a bit of time. Earlier this morning jurors began deliberating the fate of Antolin Garciatorres. They are trying to figure out if it he deserves a life sentence without parole or the death penalty. These jurors are going to have to make sure they have no doubts at all before they make this very tough decision. This is not a complicated factual question, but its a very complex moral question that this jury has to decide. Garciatorres was convicted of kidnapping and murder. The 15yearold disappeared five years ago on her way to school. Prosecutors say that her disappear, the fact that her body was never recovered points to the heinous nature of this crime. Defense attorneys say that Garcia Torres shouldnt be put to death if theres no body. What the defense is trying to suggest and what this jury has to think about is does garciatorres deserve societys ultimate sanction. They put together a lot of evidence about his background, his family life and all of those factors have gone in to what this jury must consider when theyre handing out this verdict. If this jury returns a death verdict for garciatorres, the judge can still decide instead to give hip a life sentence. The judge, she has the ultimate say here. Judges typically give quite a bit of weight to a jurys decision during the penalty phase of a trial. We should also point out if this jury cannot reach a unanimous decision on whether to give him a life sentence or the death penalty, then in that case he would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The first day of deliberations underway in san jose. Happening right now in the east bay, air quality officials are considering new regulations to limit emissions from bay area oil refineries. The bay area air Quality Management districts board of directors is holding a public hearing right now. Theyre listening to testimony and are set to vote on regulations to limit emissions from bay area oil refine rips. This follows the valero refinery flaring incident on may 5th that sent flames and thick plumes of smoke into the air, causing evacuations and shelter in place orders. Your decision today will affect our health for a generation or more. The mortality impact from failure to act would be severe for low income communities of color. Several experts and neighbors are giving testimony about the potential impact of the boards decision on the regulations. Sources close to President Trump report he plans to have the u. S. Exit the Paris Climate Accord. Allie rasmus joining us live to explain the impact much leaving this agreement. Reporter if it the u. S. Pulls out of the Paris Climate Accord, it would make us just one of three un member nations left out of this international agreement. The other two nations that never signed on were syria and nicaragua. They thought the agreement wasnt tough enough when everyone signed it two years ago. The agreement was signed by president obama back in it 2015. It committed the u. S. And 195 other nations to reducing Carbon Emissions by 25 to 28 over the next decade. The goal, to fight Global Warming and Climate Change worldwide. On the campaign trail last year, then candidate trump pledged to exit that agreement citing complaints from people in the coal and fossil fuel industries. Now sources close to the president say he plans to fulfill that promise. So what would it mean for the u. S. . Our environment and our economy. We asked that question. He says the Paris Climate Accord has its flaws. Many environmental groups say it was too weak to begin with because there was no enforcement. But leaving the pact the u. S. Risks losing its leadership and credibility abroad. For the u. S. To back away from even that weak initial step will send a negative signal that the u. S. Does not intend to take seriously the threat of Climate Change which the vast, vast majority of scientists agree is very real. Other economists have warned that leaving the paris accord does not mean jobs in the coal industry will be coming back. That industry has been on the deline can for years. Mostly because of the cheaper cost of producing natural gas and changes in technology. Reportedly the president s own secretary of state Rex Tillerson supports remaining in if the paris accord. He is supposed to meet with tillerson to discuss the issue. The man you see there is mr. Trumps epa administrator. He supports the idea of withdrawing from the paris accord. Even the president s advisors appear to be at odds over whether the u. S. Should stay or leave this Climate Change agreement. Mr. Trump said via a tweet he will announce a final decision later this week. President trump has been giving his cell phone number to World Leaders. The ap reports this is raising some concerns about the security of those phone conversations. Calls between World Leaders are usually highly orchestrated and done on secure lines. The leaders of mexico and canada have President Trumps cell number. He also reportedly gave his in your opinion to frances newly elected president. The white house has not commented. President trump tweet has been trending today after the president posted this tweet at midnight eastern time saying quote, despite the constant negative press, covfefe. Some debate whether it was a typo for the word coverage. Who can figure out the true meaning of the word covfefe. Enjoy. Cnn has cut ties with Kathy Griffin after she posted a photo with a fake severed head that looked like President Trump. The comedian admitted she quote, went too far. I sincerely apologize. Im just now seeing the reaction of these images. I crossed the line. I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people. Griffin says its her latest mistake but likely wont be her last. The u. S. Secret service also responded to this and posted on twitter they have a division to evaluate social immediate yap threats and that threats made against secret Service Protectees receive the highest priority. Still ahead, were monitoring the building bay bridge backup. All the backup at the toll plaza caused by a man sitting on the middle anchorage of the western span of the bay bridge. Traffic is backed up well into the east bay. Another report coming up. Believe it or not, a few little sprinkles early this morning in some pockets of the bay area. We give you a live look at San Francisco bay. A lot of blue sky. Mark tamayo is here with your forecast. Vandals apparently targeted Lebron James Los Angeles home with a racial slur. Los Angeles Police say someone spray painted the nword on the front gate early this morning. This is video of lebrons home. James, of course, was not there at the time. Hes in the bay area with the cavs preparing for game one for the nba finals. Someone painted over the word before Police Actually arrived. Police are investigating this as an act of vandalism and a possible hate crime. Game one of the finals tomorrow night in oakland. Cavs player Tristan Thompson posting this picture to twitter yesterday with a caption were back. The defending nba champs are hoping for a repeat against the car yours. A team that has not lost in the playoffs this year. The warriors are a 7point favorite. Lets run over to our meteorologist mark tamayo. Talk to us about when its going to feel like true summer. Its very nice out there. We had a few showers this morning across portions of the bay area. That system nixed out the low clouds and fog. With that we had the fog thats been kind of hanging out near the coast and near the bay for the past few days. We have more sunshine for today. A bit of a warming trend expected over the next few days toward the weekend. Especially inland. The coast will cool off once again once the fog makes a comeback. You probably notice some showers, maybe a few showers, sprinkles last night into early this morning. Theres the green on the radar. Now shifting out to the east of the region. Leaving us with this. Mostly clear skies up and down the bay area shoreline. We have the cloud bank in the pacific. Lots of sunshine for your wednesday. Fog though is forecasted to return coastside and right around the bay first thing tomorrow morning. So its not going to be a clear day near the coast as we set things up. I guess the headline, just enjoy the sunshine while we have it. Santa rosa, 75. San francisco downtown, 60. San jose, 71. Warming up nicely. Already matching the highs from yesterday. Take a look at the current wind speeds out there. Winds around 5 to 7 to 12 miles an hour. Out toward the oakland airport. Some more reports for you. Sfo will check in, westerly wind here. 18 miles an hour. That will likely strengthen as we head toward the afternoon hours, by mid afternoon and into the evening. It will be nice and sunny for today. Heres our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. There we have some patchy development with low clouds toward the marin headlands. More sunshine over San Francisco bay after stubborn overcast over the past few days. Temperatures today on track to reach the 70s. Mid to upper 70s inland. Beaches, low 60s. Right around the bay closing in on 70 degrees. So here we go today. Lots of sunshine for your wednesday afternoon. 4 00. This forecast model, once you get the stable atmosphere that sets things up its a nice environment for the fog to form. That will be happening late tonight into tomorrow morning. Coastside and around the bay, clearing back to the shoreline for your thursday afternoon. Temperatures away from the coast will be warming up. That trend will continue as we head toward your bay area weekend. Temperatures for today, 60s to the 70s. Warmest locations around 79 out toward antolin jobbing and brentwood. Not talking about any major heat out there. Half moon bay in the 60s. Look ahead, your five day forecast. Temperatures are going up as we head toward friday with some cooling, especially by sunday. Weak system moves in from the north. More fog will be cooler as well. It was nice to actually see a few sprinkles here in the bay area. After weve had that record winter here, we had a bit of a break. Just a few sprinkles out there. Still springtime. Not quite summer officially. Exactly. We are learning more information about the deadly attack in afghanistan overnight. That attack killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds of others, including 11 americans assigned to the u. S. Embassy. More on how the attack came as the president weighs in on sending more american troops to that region. A massive explosion ripping through the capital of afghanistan. The blast killing dozens and injuring as many as 350. Most of the casualties were civilians. Including women and children. Officials say the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. The vehicle had to get through many many layers of security in this Diplomatic Area of kabul. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. Both the taliban and the Islamic State have staged large scale attacks there before. Afghan Security Forces have been struggling to cope with the threats posed by the terror groups. The taliban has taken back considerable amount of territory. They own more territory in afghanistan now than at any time since 2001 when we invaded the country. Reporter the u. S. Has more than 8000 troops in afghanistan. Training local forces and conducting counterterrorism operations. The Trump Administration is weighing weather to send up to 5000 more advisors to afghanistan. Some military analysts believe Afghan Forces cant win this battle on their own. What itll take is more than the advisors being considered. Heres the question. Is that a decisive force . Is that really going to make a difference. If if thats not a decisive force, what is . President trump is calling on nato allies to take a greater role in afghanistan as well. The pentagon says the test conducted yesterday on a Missile Defense system shows the United States could shoot down an incoming warhead from north korea. An interceptor rocket was launched along the Santa Barbara county coast. Military Officials Say the rocket shot a mock Ballistic Missile out of the sky over the pacific ocean. U. S. Offici