Good afternoon. Director of Human Services agency. Thank you, mayor breed, thank you dr. Colfax, thank you director khan. What i want to do today is update everyone on the status of our hotel, securing hotels and activation and deployment and give you data on the numbers we have both secured, under contract as well as individuals in the rooms. I know im going to repeat myself from the last press conferences, but there might be individuals from the press who are new. I wanted to start with an overview. One important part of the Human Services agency role in citywide disaster planning includes mass care shelter for our most vulnerable residents. We continue to follow the latest guidance from local and National Public Health Experts to minimize exposure to those who dont have adequate housing. And to ensure there are enough hospital beds available in San Francisco to treat patients with covid19. To this end, we started on march 9 when we activated our operation center. We began securing h
Safely. We are learning more tonight about the 11 people who were killed friday night when a skydiving plane crashed and burned in hawaii. It went down shortly after takeoff on the island of oahu. Jonathan vigliotti is there. Reporter those who saw the skydiving plane plummet to the ground looked on in horror. All 11 onboard were killed. I saw it hit. I was right there, man. I was right there. Reporter Carlos Zapato drove denver tourists brian and Ashley Weikel to the doomed flight. They were celebrating their oneyear wedding anniversary. If you knew them for five minutes or five years, they touched your life. You couldnt ask for any two better people in your life. Reporter the ntsb have their work cut out for them. The impact of the crash and the massive fire that happened afterwards reducing this aircraft to just charred and mangled pieces. Witnesses say just after takeoff, the plane reached only about 100 feet, spun twice, and clipped trees before hitting the ground nose first. The
To be drier, 2017 as we start sunday, 53 and we have taken the showers out of the forecast, looks like those will stay well south of dc region and well stay dry all day, great news for the redskins game and for the such a bad way to start 2017 off. 30 overnight here in washington. Again, sarah mentioned the winds blowing, they will continue to be breezy it will feel anywhere from five to ten degrees below low temperatures bundle up. Well let you know what you can expect if we start 2017 coming up later on. Sarah and matt bark to you. Across the crown in the region, Police Departments are beefing up security as millions get set for new years eve one of the biggest will be taking manipulation in alexandria. Thats where we find Lauren Demarco. What steps are Police Taking . Reporter well, they will be out in full force. I want to mention listening to mike that we do have a little bit of flurries here,so people will be bundled up as well here in old town, its first night celebration. Its a
15yearold student, his daughter makes an emotional plea to her father. We just want you to come home. We miss you so much. His wife of 31 years talks about the secret note he left behind. And stuck in the sky. As a roller coaster comes to a screeching halt dozens of riders trapped 80 feet in the air. Stranded for hours on the jokers jinx ride. A dramatic rescue to bring them to safety went late into the night. We do say good morning, america, on this good friday and, whoo, some tense moments for those folks on the roller coaster. Im sure pretty tense. Good thing they werent upside down. Thats true, thats true. A long time up there. We also have a lot of news overnight to share with you. The u. S. Dropping that massive bomb on isis strongholds. 36 terrorists killed in the explosion. One of the questions this morning, what will be the Ripple Effect around the world . Also, a dark warning from north korea as it gears up for that possible nuclear test. President trump saying the country is
Father. We just want you to come home. We miss you so much. His wife of 31 years talks about the secret note he left behind. And stuck in the sky. As a roller coaster comes to a screeching halt dozens of riders trapped 80 feet in the air. Stranded for hours on the jokers jinx ride. A dramatic rescue to bring them to safety went late into the night. We do say good morning, america, on this good friday and, whoo, some tense moments for those folks on the roller coaster. Im sure pretty tense. Good thing they werent upside down. A long time up there. We also have a lot of news overnight to share with you. The u. S. Dropping that massive bomb on isis strongholds. 36 terrorists killed in the explosion. One of the questions this morning, what will be the Ripple Effect around the world . Also, a dark warning from north korea as it gears up for that possible nuclear test. President trump saying the country is a problem that will be taken care of. And the president is now at maralago for the thr