Live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. Oh, they are ringing in the new year from new york to europe, asia, africa and everywhere in between. Here in the bay area, we are now less than an hour away from 2018. Good evening. Thanks for joining us, friends, on the last day of 2017. Im dion lim, eric has the night off. People are expected to pack the embarcadero for the Fireworks Show. Lillian kim joins us live. Sounds like quite a crowd behind you. Reporter dion, theres already a sizable crowd here along the embarcadero which will only grow larger as we grow closer to midnight. To go along with the big crowds is a larger than usual police presence. Thousands have come from all over the bay area and beyond to ring in the new year. I have big expectations. I heard about the fireworks, and i think its going to be great. Reporter the fireworks will be launched from a barge at pier 14. Every available officer in uniform and undercover is working, even more so than in years past. With the foi
Essentials. The Truck Drivers that would that rigsly take these food they are not here. Reporter you cannot find them or reach them. We canned find them or reached them. Reporter most road are blocked by debris and fuel is in very short supply. Lines, still stretched for half mile or more, as people wait in the stifling heat for basic necessities. It is our third day, it is just that, with the tanks, they are just so very little. Reporter under pressure from congress the Trump Administration is now temporarily waving restrictions on foreign ships, to allow deliveries from u. S. Ports, into puerto rico. Emotional News Conference lawmakers called for more. My puerto rican brothers and sisters are american citizens, they have for the in every conflict. They have shed blood. They have died, for our freedoms. It is, morally incompetent of us to help them. Were american citizens. Were not better than anyone. Were in the worse than anyone reporter david begnot, san juan, puerto rico. Our alyc
Lets take a look at the projected track of the storm. Category 4 tomorrow morning will weaken and a dangerous and powerful storm as it nears jacksonville. And finally, toward charleston, South Carolina as a category 1, watch it makes a sharp turn to sea, weakens to Tropical Storm strength on sunday, still, it has potential to pick up hefo rain and till, as a Tropical Storm makes a circle as it seems to head back towards miami. Eight inches of rain in that area, and the storm surge could be dangerous and damaging. Isolated tornadoes are possible and there is yet another hurricane building out there. Hurricane nicole. The closure of south florida airports is creating headaches for passengers west to the bay area. San Fan International airport said it had eight cancelled flights today. Abc7 news continues our Team Coverage live at sfo. David . Reporter airlines can experience a nom know affect as airlines cant get their aircraft to various destinations. Some passengers had been able to re
Get oit, now is the word. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im kristin zee. President obama declared a state of emergency in both florida and South Carolina as Hurricane Matthew barrels towards the u. S. It is just hours from making land fall in florida. The storm is benninging high waves, high winds and a high risk of danger. You can see that is the case in this picture in florida. Spencer . It probably comes as no surprise, this is a position of Hurricane Matthew right now. Sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour and its already lashing c make land fall over the next self hours. This is how it looks. You can see bands of heavy rain and thunderstorms and some bands could contain tornadoes. The area in red here from charleston, South Carolina down to south of miami is the area covered by hurricane warning until sunday afternoon and the rest of the area in muted color red is under Tropical Storm warnings until sunday morning. Lets take a look at the projected track of the storm. Category 4 tom
Obviously, basics. Get to work. Keenan allen, thanks for your time. Have fun tonight. Obvious he es have a good time tonight. Theyre playing some music up here. s just football. D out here to have a od time. Keenan allen, wide receiver, number 13. Guys . All right, thanks. No one happier to be back on the field than keenan allen. Maybe Philip Rivers is happy to see him, as well. You bet he is. Allen, the last kidney in eight game in baltimore, is having the game of his life, for the injury that day. And anyone wants to know the impact this kid has on this offense, just needs to look at the numbers. Eight games with him last year. Number one offensive elite. And the eight games without him. 24th in the nfl. They are expecting big, big things after signing keenan allen to the steal for the goto guy for rivers. Great to see him healthy. Could be the final play. Second and half. Clock will continue to run. That will do e preseason opener in the oks. Chargers to Philip Rivers and marcus mar