London with the top stories from europe including the french president says Member States to seriously consider the future of nato as he hosts a sector general in stoltenberg in paris and the devastating crash which killed 95. 00 football fans 30 years ago the former British Police chief in charge of the match is found not guilty of manslaughter. In sport Brazilian Teams the bank are now targeting success of the Club World Cup in qatar the rio sorry that lifting the League Trophy just days after becoming south american champions. Iraqi Security Forces have opened fire on crowds in a Southern City as antigovernment protests there worse and at least 29. 00 people are reported dead after the protests in nasiriyah and another 3 deaths in the jar for the army earlier dispatched around to see the provinces for the instructions to restore order. Id say the iranian consulate in the shop was set on fire from back to. Reports. In at uk a dramatic escalation hundreds of antigovernment protesters
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Here. I think its going to be okay. Yeah, im not worried at all. Ive been coming here for last three years. We never faced any issue or problem with the crowds, so, yeah. Its pretty much organized, so i think its pretty much managed. Reporter revelers are encouraged to sign up for emergency text alerts. Just type in the phrase 17 to 88877. Live in San Francisco, lilian kim, abc7 news. All right, lilian. Thank you. A big question for many people is will they be able to see the fireworks tonight . Lets take a live look outside from our suit re tro. Looks pretty clear as of right now. Meteorologist Spencer Christian sta standing by. We have clouds around but theyre high and mid level clouds. We expect sky conditions to remain that way through the evening. Were going to have a mixture of stars and clouds. You may see stars or bright sky from time to time. That means the viewing conditions should be at least fair to moderate as we get to the midnight hour, ringing in 2018. It will be cool o
Is along the waterfront in San Francisco where fireworks will cap off the night. Thats where we find abc7 new reporter lilian kim for us live. Lilian, have you noticed any extra security yet . Reporter we certainly have. A big Police Presence to go along with the big crowds that will be gathering here tonight. The fireworks will be launched from pier 14 starting at midnight. The fireworks will last 15 minutes. Fog or low clouds are not expected to be an issue this year. Among the concerns is security, especially in light of the foiled isisinspired Christmas Day terror plot that the fbi says was planned for pier 39. New years eve revelers may find c comfort that every Police Officer is on duty tonight. I heard about the fireworks, and i think its going to be great. Are you worried about security and big crowds . Not at all. Actually, i think its going to be it was a bigger crowd than here. I think its going to be okay. Yeah, im not worried at all. Ive been coming here for last three yea
Hit and run was intentional. The officer was struck afternoon on turk street. Just a few blocks from city hall. The vehicle was located a short time later along the panhandle. The suspect was taken into custody 3 30 pm. Outside a building on ellis street. We get new information from jana. She is at sams the school general hospital. San francisco general hospital. Reporter that officer went through surgery today. He is here at general. We have seen a stream of Police Vehicles coming through. Officers wanting to be here to offer support. We understand that the next 48 hours will be critical. The call of an officer down brought San Francisco police rushing to help. The officer part of the bike patrol had been hit by a suspect driving a lexus suv. On turk street between vanness and franklin. Police say it happened during a firearms violation investigation. They observed the suspect in a vehicle they believed was in possession of a firearm. It appears the suspect became aware of the officer