Successful and safe visit for the pope and for the public. Reporter Security Officials are defending the order toss close down the ben franklin bridge stretches of highway and restrict movement in a three square mile swath of center city. Outdoor event such as we see here to the burlingtonbristol parkway in philadelphia, it creates enormous challenges bust we have to adapt to that and we have. Reporter joe clancy director of u. S. Secret service. He says plans must be in place to evacuate the pope and visitors in case of an emergen emergency. You have to have structure. If you dont have structure, you have mayhem. Reporter meanwhile city officials are still pushing back against claims that philadelphia has overreacted to the popes visit. Adopting security measures that go far beyond what will be experienced by those in new york and washington when the pontiff visits those cities. There are any number of events in both new york and washington, d. C. All ticked much smaller venues and no
Accused, there was allegations he had been involved in workplace theft. The spokesperson for the Cystic Fibrosis foundation said we are cooperating fully with the investigation and we are concerned for the welfare of the mattingly family and share our deepest sympathies with them during this time. While mr. Mattingly worked with andrew racca, there is no indication the victim knew him. There was no association or relationship between andrew racca and carolyn mattingly. Reporter police say this is a fluid investigation and theyre waiting on the autopsy both victims until they can conclusively say what happened, theyre asking the public what they might offer. Coming up at 6 00, what police say happened in an encounter with the victim moments before she died. In involving the secret service, a change at the top. Julia pierson resigned as director of that agency protecting the president and the family. The homeland director accepted her resignation after two recent high profile security br
It quickly went up the side of yes, sir bough buena Yerba Buena Island. There was lots of communication equipment at the top of the hill. Fire commanders dispatched a boat that attacked from the bay level and despite some of the traffic snarl the fire trucks were able to get over the bay bridge from San Francisco to back up some of the crews that were already here. Right now the fire is largely under control. There is no reason for anyone to get concerned about the residential area. We had nibble reports from telephones. There could have been fireworks involved, but we had two spot fires that were going on the side of the island. The chief says the first reports again did come from San Francisco. The good news is that there are nor injuries and there is even more good news even though the flames were traveling toward federal property and they never got quite close enough to threaten any buildings because the fire crews were able to cut them off and then contain them and chase them back
Firebreaks out on yerba buena eye land island giving firefighters a challenge and making a mess for drivers. The fire started before 8 00 tonight near the bay bridge. Sergio is live with the latest. Sergio . Right now the good news is that the fire teams have a pretty good handle on the flames. As you mentioned it did create quite the traffic snarl and it continues to be the biggest problem. You can see the lower level of the bay bridge, traffic is pretty slow moving, but the fire teams got a handle on the flames here in the last hour. Now this was a fire that you first reported at 8 00 this evening. It quickly went up the side of yes, sir bough buena Yerba Buena Island. There was lots of communication equipment at the top of the hill. Fire commanders dispatched a boat that attacked from the bay level and despite some of the traffic snarl the fire trucks were able to get over the bay bridge from San Francisco to back up some of the crews that were already here. Right now the fire is la
Canceled at other National Park sites, china beach and the muir over look. A wedding planned at the Maritime Museum had to be relocated with the help of the caterer. We had to come up with a plan. The founders say the bride was understandably upset. She was crying. She went to church. She went to play. She was trying to really for this not to be happening. They will go to a place for less space for the kitchen among other things. We had to redesign the food to make it work in the closet. Thats the size of our kitchen. The cliff house kitchen will go dark after tonight. The building is a National Park property and the restaurant is a concession aire. Tonight at the restaurant there was no question. This patron was among the last to enjoy the historic venue. I am disappointed with that. This is like a landmark. It is unclear how the cliff house would stay open this long. Heather ishimaru, abc7 news. The Government Shutdown is also affecting the bay areas blood supply. A blood drive was c