The reasons s. W. A. T. Teams have spent the entire night outside of an east bay home. Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. Were in the final hours of the shutdown. By this time tomorrow, commuters will be driving along the new bay bridge. Well continue our team coverage. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im pam cook in for Tori Campbell. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check your labor day forecast. Steves off. But rosemary is here. Today, a lot like yesterday, which means it could feel muggy in your neighborhood. You may look up at the sky and think, it kind of looks like its going to rain. For some some brief showers in the forecast. Were tracking a few this morning. Im tracking a few cells here. You can see just north of the san mateo bridge in the bay here. For the afternoon, this batch of moisture will continue with us. Its going to bring that possibility of a few sprinkles. It really shouldnt ruin your outdoor plans. Were talking hit or miss. 65 in concord. 63 in napa. 62 San Francisco. 64 in areas around novato. 67 in mountain view. Feeling a little muggy already this morning with relatively mild temperatures. As we get into the noontime, temperatures will again warm very similar to what we had yesterday. A few upper 70s to low 80s for other warmest locations. Around the bay, widespread 70s. 60s at the coastline and then for the second half of the day, 60s at the coast, 70s along the peninsula. Upper 70s to low 80s as you get into redwood city into san jose. For the east shore line, upper 60s to lower 70s. Temperatures feeling like sunday. And again, the possibility of maybe a few scattered showers. Ill show you the future cast model along that possibility and have a look at a detailed map with the numbers expected for your neighborhood coming up. All right. Thank you, rosemary. The new eastern span of the bay bridge is due to open in 22 hours. Crews need to install a few more things. They are doing that as we speak. For now, though, the bay bridge is still closed. That will affect labor day traffic. We have Live Team Coverage for you. We have ktvus Tara Moriarty at the construction headquarters right now. The crews are planning for the big Opening Ceremony. But first, as always, we start with sal. Tell us about our commute. Quite a day ahead. It is quite a day. Another day where you will see people using alternate routes. Yesterday was still crowded. Probably the busiest days were thursday and friday. 880 looks good if you want to get out there earlier and drive to the san mateo bridge where traffic is doing well. Traffic looks good on the san mateo bridge. Yesterday, we had quite a day on the san mateo bridge especially on the approaches from hayward and driving to the 92 and 880 interchange. We have a crash, northbound 280 at monterey. One car overturned. The San FranciscoFire Department is on the scene. Now, traffic is pretty light. Theres not a huge traffic jam but theres a momentum slowdown near monterey boulevard. 7 04 back to the desk. Actually, im gonna toss it to tara. Tara, im sorry i forgot about you. Whats it like out there . Reporter well, there was this sense of excitement the first couple of days we were out here. It was very noisy. They were hauling debris. Most of that work has been completed. Crews are kind of tired. Dont forget. Theyve been out here round the clock. Officials have said this bridge should be open by 5 00 in the morning. But theres a chance it could open earlier. Everything is on schedule. The scurve is gone. The approach is smooth and straight and inside the tunnel, new l. E. D. Lights and fresh paint. Demolition is done to make way for the bike path. Crews are wrapping up paving and striping. The chp says it has a plan in place once the bridge opens. Caltrans will tell us the bridge is clear and ready to open and ready for traffic. At that point, well stop traffic on the feeder roads. The caltrans crews will pick up the phones. It wont be one or two cars going as fast as they can. And then well guide the cars across the bridge. Reporter the chp is in maximum enforcement code. They say expect congestion around the bridges later today. Last night traffic on the golden gate was slow. The other bridges were fine. The Holiday Weekend is helping us out trafficwise. In an hour well receive an update on the construction and will bring that live to you. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. 3 00 this afternoon, a chain cutting ceremony will be held celebrating the new eastern span of the bay bridge. It begins with speeches from several people including San Francisco mayor, ed lee and lieutenantgovernor gavin newsom. After the chaincutting there will be a procession over the bridge of antique cars. That should be quite a thing to see. Finally, caltrans will sweep the bridge and determine when it will be whether it will be opening early. To find out all of the latest bay bridge information, go to ktvu. Com. Click on the bay bridge closure tab. Its right there at the top of our home page. A sad start to labor day this morning in the south bay. Two women are dead after being involved in a car crash. Its turned into a criminal investigation. Ktvu channel 2 reporter, janine de la vega joins us from the scene to tell us who police are looking for. Reporter well, pam, the driver who may have caused this accident is on the run. Thats why police have blocked off the road near first and skyport near the airport. Take a look at this accident. Police say the two cars hit headon, one went into the pole. The other car is completely crushed. You can see what looks like a bumper and stuff. The body of the passenger is still inside. Police have blocked off the lanes near north first near skyport, except for one lane to investigate the accident that happened around 3 20 a. M. When emergency crews arrived, they found the silver mercedes crashed in the pole. Nobody was inside. The driver ran away. There were two women trapped in the toyota. Firefighters used the jaws of life to free the driver and took her to the hospital where she later died. The passenger died while still inside the car. Those who heard the crash describe it. You cant even make out the secondary vehicle. I dont even know what that is. Its mangled and twisted. Unfortunately, its one of the tragic things that happen here in san jose. Reporter police say there was at least one witness who may have seen something. Officers have interviewed that person. They want to track down the driver of the mercedes through the registration. They are checking with hospitals to see if anybody walked in with injuries consistent with a car crash. Its unknown if alcohol played a factor in this accident. And back out here live, again, the northbound lanes of first street actually are back open up now. But skyport from skyport near technology, thats closed off because the Accident Investigation Team is still gathering evidence. They are still waiting for the coroner to arrive. It will be at least an hour or two before those cars are towed away. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Many bay area airports and freeways will be busy with people heading home from the weekend. The chp plans to be out on the roads in full force cracking down on speeding drivers, those not wearing seat belts and drunk drivers. The extra enforcement began on friday. It ends before midnight tonight. Last year, 35 people were killed on california roads during the Labor Day Holiday. Half of them were not wearing their seat belts. 7 09. We have new information from Oakland Police who are offering a 10,000 reward for information about a deadly weekend shooting. A 48yearold man was killed saturday night outside an Apartment Building on daisy street just a few blocks from the Mills College campus. Police say he went there to meet a friend when he got into an argument with another man and was shot. He later died at the hospital. So far, police dont have any information about the suspect, the investigation continues. 7 09. We have more coverage of the rim fire still burning in and around Yosemite National park. Its burned 228,000 acres since august 17th. Its now 60 contained. It may keep burning, though, for a few more weeks before they knock it down. 4500 homes are threatened. Its the fourth biggest fire in california history. The smoke from the fire is causing major air quality pr lems in the sierras. The worst smoke is expected in alpine and northern mono counties. If you have breathing problems, reduce your outdoor activity. Officials recommend you shut your windows, turn on the air conditioning and make sure you drink a lot of water. Stay hydrated. Many Tuolumne County about businesses are saying businesses are saying thank you to the firefighters by giving them free meals and donations. Signs have gone up praising the firefighters and Police Officers out there fighting the flames. Several veteran firefighters say theyve never been treated as warmly as they have been in Tuolumne County. Well, san jose has been named the happiest and healthiest city in the country. The magazine praised the farmers markets, community gardens. San francisco came in number 7 for its cultural offering and the fact you can walk around many neighborhoods. The bay area is at the center of a legal battle over food labels. The mercury news reports dozens of classaction lawsuits have been filed in the bay area accusing companies of putting misleading labels on their products. If the lawsuits are successful, they could be forced to change the Health Claims they put on the label. Procter gamble and ben and jerrys and others have banned together to fight the have come together to fight thisle. The area called the jungle. Its the biggest homeless camp in the continental u. S. Some people have been living there for more than a decade. Homeowners in the area are concerned, though, about fires that break out but also the hygiene at that homeless encampment. 7 12. B. A. R. T. Employees speaking out. What they are saying about the impact of the bay bridge closure and the stalled contract talks. The consequences of the congress of the United States overriding a decision of the president of the United States of this magnitude are really very, very serious. More on president obamas gamble as he speaks congressional approval to attack syria. Good morning. Right now, traffic is actually doing pretty well during the closure. But we do have fog. Well tell you how that is affecting traffic. Partly cloudy, muggy, even a sprinkle all are in the forecast for your labor day. I will have a look at what you can expect in your area coming up. Welcome back. The taliban claiming responsibility for an attack on a u. S. Base in afghanistan today. Nato says no troops were killed in this attack. But you are looking at the aftermath of the attack on the base near the bored of pakistan. They exploded bombs, burned trucks. They shut down a key truck used by nato supply trucks. At least three insurgents were reportedly killed in the attack. President obama has sought congressional approval to launch a strike on siriia syria. Our reporter is live with more. Reporter good morning, pam. President obama made a huge gamble this weekend. Hes decided a strike on syria is necessary but he says he wont proceed until he has approval from congress. All eyes here in washington are on capitol hill while both houses are still on summer recess until september 9th. Many of the members have returned to washington already for a series of briefings from the white house. Now, white house aides and the president himself are flooding the zone. They are hur ridley making calls and reaching out to members lobbying for a strike. Graham and mccain, these are two powerful senators on the committee. They will meet with president obama today. On tuesday, the president will meet with chairs and ranking levels from key committees. Lawmakers are divided. Some dont think the u. S. Should intervene at all. Others say the plan is way too proud and would like to see it narrowed down significantly before they give authorization. Theres no consensus on capitol hill and eadzed on both sides of the aisle say if a vote were held today, they would not get the votes needed. Back to you. Any talk of congress being called back early to debate on this . Reporter theres talk but no action yet. Members have not been called back formally for a vote. And to note, president obama has not called for this as well. So that really indicates that the white house knows they dont have the votes they could use before they head into a tough vote even after a week of lobbying next week. Pam . All right. Thank you so much for that. Pope francis is asking catholics around the world to join him in a day of fasting and prayer for peace in syria this coming saturday. The pope condemned the use of chemical weapons but said all sides should put down their arms and negotiate a settlement to the conflict. Supporters of the Syrian Government protested outside of the u. S. Embassy in damascus. They waved pictures of president assad and chanted against the strike on syria. He there were also demonstrations across the u. S. And in europe against the military strike on syria. 7 18. More spying claims this morning from documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden. The journalist who first leaked u. S. Government documents from snowden now accuses the National Security agency of reading the emails of some president s. Journalists glen greenwauld says the emails are being read as part of the nsas surveillance program. The New York Times is reporting that Law Enforcement officials working on a Counter Narcotics Program have had access to a huge at t database that contains the records of decades of americans phone calls. Now, the government pays at t to pay employees in drug fighting units all over the country. Those employees reportedly supplied the Drug Enforcement agents with the information. Right now we want to check in with sal. Bay bridge is closed. A lot of people coming home. Well, pam, youve become an expert. Well, sitting in a lot of task and listening traffic and listening to you. We expect it to be busy this afternoon as a lot of people come back. The bridge is still closed. Tara has been telling us theres a possibility it could be open today. But caltrans wont say. Thept dont want to get everyones hopes up. Well hear from tear ma soon. Northbound 280 they are clearing up a crash near monterey. Traffic is light in the area. Vehicles are being towed away. Lets go out to live pictures. Northbound 101 looks good approaching the 80 split and there are no major problems if you are driving on the san mateo bridge which has taken most of the traffic during this closure. Its a cloudy start. Also a look at the oakland estuary where perhaps a few sprinkles here. That according to stormtracker2. I will show you that in a minute. We have the two elements here really contributing to what we are feeling today. You may have felt it yesterday as well. A little muggy. Mostly cloudy. A few light showers reported and today well have a similar setup. So the subtropical moisture continuing to flow in from the south commingling with the system here. As it does, squeezing out the possibility of a few scattered showers for your labor day. Shouldnt really ruin your plans. Ive been saying it all morning long. This is sort of what i expect. Maybe a little drizzle and light sprinkles over the estuary and the port. This will move on. That will be about it. For today, a mix of sun and clouds. System bringing our system down. Today well shave off a few degrees. You may not notice. This continues through fairfield and the onshore breeze will be back in San Francisco for the afternoon. The sea breeze picking up, once again. If you are thinking about heading out to the americas cup, 62 right now in San Francisco. Upper 60s in fairfield. So with the moist air in place, it feels a little humid out there. That will be the place for the entire day. Its a nice day to go see a ballgame. Oakland as play this afternoon. 72 at game time. The westerly breeze, about 12 Miles Per Hour. If you are looking at your neighborhood for the afternoon, here you go. 81 in santa rosa. 80 degrees for san rafael. 70 for berkeley. 73 in oakland. You are looking at temperatures right around 74 for you san mateo. Upper 70s mountain view. 80 in san jose. Le 0 morgan hill 80 morgan hill. A lot of these numbers, i barely budged from yesterday. It will feel a lot like yesterday in many neighborhoods. The extended forecast, drier for tuesday. The temperatures dont move a whole lot. Well remain in the mid80s through midweek wednesday. We do get to warmer weather. It takes to the second half of the business week and low to mid90s for the inland cities. Upper 70s to low 80s around the bay and then upper 60s around the coast. So rosemary, you are gonna get pam barbecue . Absolutely. If im invited. Come on over. There a polio outbreak in a remote area. Where its happening and with Health Officials say they are surprised. One person is in custody after a Police Standoff in richmond. Now backyards are being searched for a second suspect. Welcome back to mornings on 2. U. S. Doctors are urging both parents and their children to get the flu shot as soon as possible. They say you simply cant afford to wait. With the potential dangers tied to the flow, the u. S. Centers for disease control, point out thousands of American Adults die every year from the flu. Last year, 160 children died from the flu here in the United States. An outbreak of valley fever is forcing hundreds of inmates to be moved out of the prison to the Central Valley. As highrisk inmates are transferred out of the prisons, they are being replaced by hundreds of other inmates. Reportedly twothirds of the valley fever cases in prisons occur at the two locations. Many of the new inmate arri