Burning room. You must close the door when you exit because the results if you dont are what happened here last night. Reporter linda lopez, abc news, new york. City leaders in new york insist a Million People will be safe when they ring in 2018 in times square. Party organizers practiced shooting to have beens of confetti into the air today. And new York City Police plan to have heavily armed officers, bomb sniffing k9 teams and securities checkpoints in place on on new years eve. This is less than a block away from a pipe bomb attack earlier this month. And taking a live look over the embarcaderembarcadero, thin pretty calm, but sunday night will be a different story. It will be filled with people who we hope will be safely celebrating new years eve. And Cornell Barnard is live with the story. Reporter imagine wall to wall crowds here at the foot of market street, they will be here come sunday ringing in the new year. And we are told Police Presence will be clearly noticeable after a
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
Make an extra effort to keep people safe this Holiday Weekend and they are not alone. In new york city, counterterrorism officers and canine teams have already stepped up their patrols of times square. Officials expect 1 Million People to squeeze into the crossroads of the world sunday evening. In las vegas, hundreds of National Guardsmen will join 1500 Police Officers to patrol the city. Security will be at an alltime high following this years shooting massacre that left 58 dead. The fbi thwarted a terrorist attack targeting pier 59. Cornell bernard explains how the city is trying to have your back. Reporter new years eve is closing in, and a Police Presence around San Francisco landmarks is ramping up. We Found Department of Homeland Security officers patrolling around the Ferry Building. And canine units along the embarcadero where hundreds of thousands of people will gather to say hello to 2018 and a dazzling fireworks show. People will be everywhere in this city, ringing in the ne
The wind. The brutal cold is keeping the snow and ice around. Hard to imagine that the temperatures are going to plunge further, thats whats going to happen. So get ready. As you head out for new years test activities you better bundle up. Gray hall is off, Alicia Vitarelli joins us. Chris sowers is outside. Cold enough for you chris. Knowledge this is really, really cold. Yesterday was cold, this is ten times worse. We have a windchill advisory for the entire viewing area it will remain in effect until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Windchill values as low as 5 above for the jersey shore. 5 below for the i95 corridor and 20 below for the poconos. If youre going to the eagles cowboys game. Bundle up. You need a base, long johns, its better to have three or four or five thinner layers as opposed to two thicker layers, each layer insulates, i traps the body heat. Cover the extremity, cats, gloves and socks, frost spite can set in in 20 minutes. 17 below in the poconos, 4 below in rrd, and
Minimum wage is set to hit the highest rate in two bay area cities. Sunnyvale and Mountain View. Tonight, abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live forness Mountain View where cornel, many people are hailing this move, but there are also many different opinions. Is that right . Yes indeed, deion. Happy new year for you. It should be a happy week for neighbors in Mountain View and sunnyvale. They are about to make 15 an hour. Thats one of the highest minimum wages in the nation. Business owners already figuring out how they will pay for it. Its music to the ears of many workers in Mountain View. It is so expensive to live here. Brother and sister, jordan and naomi, zimmerman, happy to hear minimum wage is jumping from 13. 50 to 15 on new years day. Im looking for a job second semester. So extra money that will help. Yeah, definitely does. Mountain view and neighboring sunnyvale made it a joint effort by raising minimum wage to 15. Servers and cooks just learned they are getting a rais