A wheelchair bound grandmother falling down an escalator. Why her family says the airline is to blame. Breaking news. Swatting death . Did a prank call lead to a Deadly Police shooting . Good evening. And welcome to world news tonight. Im tom llamas in for david and we begin with the devastating scene of fire and ice in the bronx. At least 12 People Killed including children. In the deadliest fire in new york city in more than a quarter century. More than 160 firefighters on the sce whin minutes. But for some who lived there, it was already too late. Survivors escape the flames into the freezing night huddling in the street without coats, some even without shoes. The fire speeding up the stairway destroying it from the inside. Officials say it was a 3yearold boy playing with burners on a stove who started the blaze. He and his mother and sister survived. But so many others did not. Abcs Erielle Reshef starts us off. Reporter tonight, a first look inside the charred hallway of that new
The city has your back. There are no known Credible Threats to the city, but any time there is large events with a large amount of people, we always have to provide Additional Police support. Reporter every available officer will be on duty, some patrolling around pier 39, the target of a Christmas Day isis plot by a 26yearold former marine of modesto. The chief admits he had little knowledge until jamisons arrest. We didnt have a whole lot of details until almost the media had it. Reporter they will be working with the fbi on new years eve, sharing resources to ensure the last night of 2017 is fun, safe, and festive. We used to live in new york and would go down to times square, so were used to the Police Presence there. I dont know if the extra Police Presence is necessary. Reporter a tradition many say they would never miss. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. Bay area transit agencies will run extra trains until 3 00 in the morning. And some are offering free rides new years eve, starting
Uses as financial engine as part much new pier leasing an development projects. But to balance that with the need and desire to a available these facilities for public oriented uses, port staff was really trying to think about how can we expand public oriented uses but deal with the feasibility realities. Through that process, we came up with idea of going on the basis of the recommendations coming out of working group with a twotrack request for interest to invite ideas for public oriented uses that could fit within our bulkheads and pier facilities. But because we anticipated that the revenue capability of many of those types of businesses would be insufficient to be able to cover the improvement costs of the piers, we also realized there was a need to be some Development Capability also. So we came up with the idea ofc having a second track for requests for qualifications from qualified developers with experience with historic rehabilitation projects like this. And this proposal is
There. Also, philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed today. Suburban delays and closings will be scrolling across the bottom of the screen. You can see it there right now. Good news we have Team Coverage this morning of all the conditions out there weve got john rawlins back there in south jersey, Jeanette Reyes in philadelphia telling you what things are like, good morning. It is 4 30 a. M. , january 5th, im Tamala Edwards along with matt odonnell. Lets head over to david and karen to get the latest in accuweather and traffic. Reporter we both said poor john rawlins. I feel so bad he is in the cold. Reporter there was a point yesterday with jennette you couldnt see her. Reporter the visibility is better than yesterday. Reporter and we have the willful to worry about. Windchill advisory they will be severe below zero. Up in the poconos even worse in case youre going skiing this weekend. You want to bundle up and cover up your skin. Satelle and radar shows you the storm
Will prioritise interactions between family and friends, over media and business content. As the queen marks 65 years since her coronation, her majesty left the lead for the first time on what life is like when you have two win a heavy crown. You youre watching bbc news on friday 12th january, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Donald trump has confirmed he wont be visiting britain next month. It had been thought that the us president would come over to mark the official opening of the new American Embassy in south london. It replaces the existing us embassy in the centre of the city. But in the early hours of this morning President Trump tweeted that he had cancelled his planned visit because he was not a big fan of the new embassy, which he said had been commissioned by his predecessor, barack obama. The move was actually initiated in 2008 under the George W Bush administration. Meanwhile, the president is facing backlash over reported comments he made out during talks