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There s the 101 freeway and the 5 freeway, and about ten to 15 miles to the east, both of those converge into downtown los angeles. there s also two to three routes through the canyons of the hollywood hills and malibu but those are only two-lane roads. motorists have been advised to expect long delays throughout the region especially when trying to get to and from lax. officials have been working hard to get the word out for a couple months now and they re hoping people will just stay off the roadways and take in their local fare. everything is supposed to be reopened by 5:00 a.m. monday morning, but if the contractor doesn t make that 5:00 a.m. opening, they re going to be fined $6,000 for every ten minutes of delay. now, this isn t all over, part two comes a year from now when caltrans and drivers have to do it all over again, when the other half of the bridge is taken down. that s the latest over the sepulveda pass, now back to you. reporter: that was our chopper reporting on the ....
Range, and that they may be, you know, seriously armed with weapons, and that they also may have fired, you just heard that chopper reporting, saying they may have fired at deputies when all of this got started. can you give us a better handle, trace, on where this is? reporter: sure. just to give context to our viewers, this is interstate 10 heading east which if you don t know southern california, he s leaving downtown los angeles, making his way out towards riverside county, beyond that, it would go towards palm springs, if it continued going out toward the arizona border. right now, he appears to be between half way half way between downtown los angeles and riverside county, moving at speeds upwards of 90 miles per hour. the reports that we just got is these guys do have apparently some high-powered weapons on board, and remember, if you put yourself in the mindset of the california highway patrol, they deal with all of these car chases in very specific ways, and the first para ....