The United Nations fears for the safety of up to 150,000 civilians trapped in the last enclave of mosul. Its still held by the so called Islamic State but the iraqi army is closing in. As it does the Un Humanitarian Co ordinator in the country warns civilians are at extreme almost unimaginable risk. More on that in a moment. But first, our correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the front line in mosuls old city. Shes with Cameraman Nicholas Hameon and producer firle davies. A warning her report contains distressing images. A journey to the front line, our windscreen a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort from iraqs elite counterterrorism force. Snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. Like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. And families fleeing, too. 0n foot. Escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. No food, no water. This is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle. And when you look around here y
New details on the ghost ship warehouse fire. Their goal to find new includes to help their lawsuit. Vic lee is live where the tons of debris was taken. Vic. Reporter at the end o the small road, thats where youll find the plaintiffs tone and her crew painstakingly sifting through the rubble. Were here with our experts looking for evidence. Reporter its like trying to find a needle in the haystack. This is evidence from the charred debris. Debris hauled from the goshen fire. At a second location, a hangar at the airport. The judge ordered them to preserve the remnants for possible evidence. This is the first time Mary Alexander and her crew of experts have been authorized to go through the lot and cyst through the debris. What are they looking for . For example, were looking for any electrical wiring. Were looking for cameras. They may have some photos on them. Reporter alexander is the lead attorney representing the families of 31 of the 36 people who died in the fire. Theyre suing th
News from sfo. A teenager is in custody after he opened an exit door and jumped on the runway. The plane he was on was flight 208, copa airlines. As it was still on the runway, the 17yearold popped open an exit door on the boeing 737 and jumped off the jet. A spokesperson says construction workers tackled the teamer and Police Officers arrested him. Passengers say there was a big commotion when they noticed one of the exit doors was wide open. Standard landing and started noticing that i was sitting behind the emergency exit door and everyone noticed the door had come off. Sfo Officials Say the teenager is an american citizen. Its unclear what criminal charges, if any, he might face. Dozens in san jose are being slapped with citations for setting off illegal fire work. But some say theyre innocent and say the city is fining them without proof. Reporter dan, last year the city just issued warnings, but this year was the first time they sent out citations to people, and some say that the
People, and some say that the city is just relying on neighbors reports and theyre not accurate. Illegal fireworks it will up the sky in san jose the night the warriors won the nba finals. Amy heard them and posted on the website. I said, warriors just won the nba championship. Were just going to have to ride this one out. And a month later i get a citation saying i set off fireworks on that night. Its crazy. Reporter she immediately called and spoke to the fire marshal to tell him they had the wrong house. He said if two people report you, they dont need photo or video. Thats enough for us to consider you guilty. I almost couldnt speak. Reporter out of the nearly 1100 complaints made, she was one of 45 people who were issued citations during the enforcement period this summer. We really cant have illegal fireworks in the city because of the safety and fire hazards that they present. Reporter the city says citations were issued based on if neighbors sent in a photo or video or two peop
President announcement. Good morning and happy new year to everybody and id like to thank any fellow commissioner walker for chairing for me last year, i of the out but all good here Going Forward welcome to the wednesday, january 18, 2017, bic so a few announcements so start off the meeting wish everyone to a happy new year and welcome to the department of building inspection my announcements will be belief the commission wanted to acknowledge the staff over the last month, a big thank you to ed screening who helped to get a Construction Permit approved he said he was glad to know that San Francisco as a dedicated public to the citizens so thank you on that and thanks to joe duffy of Inspection Services that got a letter for taking the time with a complaint and that was actually forwarded to dpw regarding a wood playthings becoming dangerous during an upcoming storm the customer said that is an example of a apply employee going above and beyond and madam secretary thats the biggest se