{"id":817,"date":"2009-10-28T19:14:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T23:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=817"},"modified":"2012-06-20T07:25:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T11:25:04","slug":"the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>The Bay Bridge in the San Francisco-Oakland area was closed last night after a crossbar and two steel tie rods fell from a section repaired last month, damaging three vehicles and causing minor injuries to one driver. Structural engineers and inspectors are working to determine how long repairs will take.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOW on PBS<\/em> host &#8212; and <em>Blueprint America<\/em> collaborator &#8212; David Brancaccio will be a guest on MSNBC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/26315908\/\"><em>The Rachel Maddow Show<\/em><\/a> to discuss the incident and the overall state of America&#8217;s infrastructure (Live: Wednesday, October 28 at 9:25 pm EST).<\/p>\n<p>* * *<br \/>\nIn a report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/transportation\/july-dec09\/bridge_09-29.html\"><em>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer<\/em><\/a>, political wrangling can often get in the way of critical infrastructure improvements Case in point: The rebuilding of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.<\/p>\n<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/2247675557\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Originally aired: September 29, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE The Bay Bridge in the San Francisco-Oakland area was closed last night after a crossbar and two steel tie rods fell from a section repaired last month, damaging three vehicles and causing minor injuries to one driver. Structural engineers and inspectors are working to determine how long repairs will take. NOW on PBS host [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392,2390,1453,1254,69,1252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bridges-roads","category-commuting-transit","category-southwest","category-the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer","category-video","category-watch-full-reports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ~ Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge | Blueprint America | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ~ Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge | Blueprint America | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPDATE The Bay Bridge in the San Francisco-Oakland area was closed last night after a crossbar and two steel tie rods fell from a section repaired last month, damaging three vehicles and causing minor injuries to one driver. Structural engineers and inspectors are working to determine how long repairs will take. NOW on PBS host [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blueprint America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-28T23:14:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-06-20T11:25:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tom mcnamara\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tom mcnamara\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tom mcnamara\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cb395b99b3e08ceff9a2adde41cfa8f\"},\"headline\":\"Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-28T23:14:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-06-20T11:25:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":1,\"articleSection\":[\"Bridges &amp; Roads\",\"Commuting &amp; Transit\",\"Southwest\",\"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\",\"Video\",\"Watch Full Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/\",\"name\":\"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ~ Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge | Blueprint America | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-28T23:14:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-06-20T11:25:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cb395b99b3e08ceff9a2adde41cfa8f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/video\\\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\\\/817\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blueprint America\",\"description\":\"A spotlight on America\u2019s decaying and neglected infrastructure.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cb395b99b3e08ceff9a2adde41cfa8f\",\"name\":\"tom mcnamara\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/blueprintamerica\\\/author\\\/tom-mcnamara\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ~ Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge | Blueprint America | PBS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ~ Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge | Blueprint America | PBS","og_description":"UPDATE The Bay Bridge in the San Francisco-Oakland area was closed last night after a crossbar and two steel tie rods fell from a section repaired last month, damaging three vehicles and causing minor injuries to one driver. Structural engineers and inspectors are working to determine how long repairs will take. NOW on PBS host [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/","og_site_name":"Blueprint America","article_published_time":"2009-10-28T23:14:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-06-20T11:25:04+00:00","author":"tom mcnamara","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tom mcnamara","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/"},"author":{"name":"tom mcnamara","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/5cb395b99b3e08ceff9a2adde41cfa8f"},"headline":"Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge","datePublished":"2009-10-28T23:14:33+00:00","dateModified":"2012-06-20T11:25:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/"},"wordCount":145,"commentCount":1,"articleSection":["Bridges &amp; Roads","Commuting &amp; Transit","Southwest","The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer","Video","Watch Full Reports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/","name":"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ~ Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge | Blueprint America | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-10-28T23:14:33+00:00","dateModified":"2012-06-20T11:25:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/5cb395b99b3e08ceff9a2adde41cfa8f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-video-politics-engineering-intersect-over-bay-bridge\/817\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Video: Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/","name":"Blueprint America","description":"A spotlight on America\u2019s decaying and neglected infrastructure.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/5cb395b99b3e08ceff9a2adde41cfa8f","name":"tom mcnamara","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/author\/tom-mcnamara\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}