Toll from Hurricane Maria has now risen no 36. Meanwhile relief efforts continue on the island and here in our area. Today students indoing their pa out. Randy is live. Tell us whats happening out there today. Reporter good morning, ge to the Charter School is onemany h. Cash donations are preferred since it is hard to get items to the island. In this case they are asking for schoolsupplies. Own a towing co. You can see bottled goods, inse. It has been extremely difficult to get largeik this to the devastated parts of from. There is a shortage of truck drivers. This School Worker tells us she hoping to get items and driven to some of the isolated towns and cities. I have family members and they could go into the port and out of the port. It is really heartbreaking knowing you could do more and we need all of the support we can to support our island. Reporter so this is a rare opportunity to take some of the supplies to come help out here. This donation drive goes until about 3 00 today
Cities regarding the immigration law. In San Francisco 1. 2 of t 1. Citys 9 billion budget was at stake, as the city worked on the budget. The court sided with San Francisco on every issue over President Trumps executive order on sanctuary cities and also that San Francisco wouldnt stand by. This is why we have courts. The attorney general and president either dont understand the constitution or choose to ignore it. This is why we have stand up. This is not just a victory for the cities but also in my opinion it gives a little more calm to the residents of San Francisco particularly immigrant populations, theyre living in shadows, some of them are not going to school or seeing a doctor or reporting to the police because they just dont know whats going to happen to them. The mayor said the city promised residents city officials would fight for their rights and they did. In San Francisco abc 7 news. Abc 7 news was in san jose today where santa clara supervisors celebrated the decision, e
That was our chief Political Correspondent scott thuman, Political Correspondent scott thuman, asking President Trump the question on everyones mind. And as you heard the president flatly denying any wrongdoing, as his campaign is now under investigation for allegeded collusion with russia. An independent prosecutor now handling that probe, and its sending shockwaves across the political world. Abcs janai norman is live , with more on this story. Good morning janai. Breaking overnight. A firefighter loses huge fire inside a a firefighter loses his life battling a huge fire inside a texas shopping center. The flames grew to four alarms as they tore through the building last night. Crews say one airlifted to the hospital, where he later died. Two other firefighters were trapped inside the building, before they were eventually located and rescued. They were rushed to the hospital where one is in Critical Condition and the other is in serious condition this morning. The cause of the fire i
Because in the midst of this a big fire started. They had to put that out. A twoalarm suspect presumably started by the suspect but still under investigation. Reporting live in herndon, fairfax county, im tom roussey. Abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. We are now four days away from the inauguration of president evidence lecht trump. The historic swearing in is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of people to washington. Maureen the crowds will keep d. C. Businesses on their toes. Tonight, they are getting ready for a surge of customers. Abc7 has Team Coverage of the inauguration throughout the week. Jonathan Richard Reeve joins us live with the preparations happening now. There is a lot going on. Richard there is. They are talking about as many as a Million People visiting the area. It will have a huge impact. You can see the signage. There are a lot of things this week. I want to show you something unusual. Look at this. Concrete barriers on a Street Corner outside a insidewise guy pizz
[000 00 59;00] Police Officer shooting at a suspect. Wusa 9s garrett haake, with more on what is happening. Garrett, is it still unfolding . Oh, shoot reporter yeah, adam very much so. Detectives still on the scene. Quite a lot for First Responders here to deal with in this condo community. Heres what we know. Police got to the scene. Came to a call of a double shooting. When they got here, they confronted a man inside one of these townhouses. A witness here told me that at that man at one point came on the back of the home. He went back inside. At some point, fire broke out inside this condo building. Its unclear who started it or why. But eventually, police did go in. And a Police Officer shot that man, inside the home. He has since been taken to a hospital. Along with two other people. If we believe, the people who are initially shot here tonight. I can tell you that the suspect, or the man who was shot by Police Officers, has died at the hospital, as we come back ou the two people