Announcer live where you live, this is ferocious irma packing winds powerful enough to rip the roof off a house in miami, and its far from done with florida. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Live doppler 7 shows where the hurricane is right now, moving north across the state of florida. Meteorologist lisa argen will have details in just a moment but heres the latest on irmas impact. Its now a category 2 storm. Irma made landfall in florida along the southwest coast this afternoon. The tomorrow is blamed for at least four deaths in florida, including a sheriffs deputy, and that is in addition to the 27 deaths reported in the caribbean. Nearly 3. 5 Million People are without power. Thats more than a third of all power customers in florida. More than 175,000 people are spending the night in a shelter. Abc News Reporter Marcy Gonzalez has the latest from tampa. Reporter hi, eric. We are getting pounded by rain. The wind is now so strong that fire rescuers say if theres an emergency, they wont
Russell wilson than it ever did then. Al third and four. Fires. Thats caught up at the 40 yard line. Moving the chains. Taking more thyme oime off the. Richardsons had a good night tonight. Two big long catches earlier. Three on the night now for 65 yards. Cris just going to make the quick move inside vontae davis, whos returning to the lineup. Its interesting to hear this team talk about Russell Wilson now, too. The way he stepped to the front last week with some of those social issues going on in a way he had never really done before and you got the feeling that Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor and some of the guys on the defensive side of the ball really appreciated what happened. Al and michael bennett, as well. Lot of big personalities on this team. Big. Right now chris carson is the guy who needs some attention. For every wouldbe cyber attack theres a team of u. S. Army Cyber Warriors who will not be defeated. Find out more at goarmy. Com team sir jeremdilly, dilly. True friend
Timed to coincide with the annual state of the city address. Im hopeful that oaklanders will still come to the state of the city address tonight. I want them to be aware there will be a picket line there. Reporter Service Employees International Local 121 represents about 2,000 city workers, half on parttime or temporary status. Im going to make mistakes. Thats what is happening. Theyre holding our members accountable for that, but should be hiring more people. Reporter city says oftening 4 lot of of living increase over two years and benefit enhancements. City shares many of the same concerns that workers do. We all want a clean, beautiful, safe city. All believe in the dignity of work. Reporter union claims city Staffing Levels are the same as this the recession of 2008. Want to be seen as equal partner in continuing to provide services the city needs. In order for that to happen, we need the numbers, the people. Reporter and were back live out here. Kind of awkward as guests arrive,
Im kristen sze in for ama daetz. Strike in protest of what workers call unfair labor practices by negotiators for the city. Forced some City Services to close early. All head start and early head start, parks and reck facilities, after School Programs and public libraries. Police and fire not affected. Laura anthony with the story. Laura . Reporter hi, kristen were over where the mayor is going to give her state of the city address. Islamic center of Northern California on madson street. Traditionally a night for the mayor to shine, celebrate the progress the city has made under her leadership but this year the message will compete with this loud demonstration outside. Anyone wanting to attend the mayors speech has to cross this picket line. After nearly six months of negotiations, these oakland city workers say theyve seen enough, enough to prompt them to stage a oneday walkout. We dont get no contracts, they dont get no peace. Reporter a large protest timed to coincide with the annua
This level one system friday through saturday, light to moderate rain, the hills will pick up more. Hour by hour we go. Tomorrow morning at 5 00, slippery roadways, scattered showers at 6 00 a. M. Not everyone is getting wet. Its not widespread until later in the day. Drive carefully tomorrow morning during the commute. Ill be back with the rest of the hour by hour forecast and well talk about another couple of systems coming our way, including your weekend coming up. The rain will hit the north bay in a few hours as sandhya said, and its bound to make things that much harder for fire victims. Lisa . Reporter dan, this is mark west estates, one of the first neighborhoods in santa rosa to burn. There are now a lot of people who are homeless, and the change in weather is bringing back a lot of scary memories. We found in our front yard, it fell out of a stone. Reporter very little is left of their family home. This used to be their house, and this is it now. They and 19 other fire victim