Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. The president appears ready tonight to terminate daca, a move that would force 800,000 dreamers to leave in some cases the only homes theyve ever known. Right now its like Somebody Just punched me in the pit of my stomach. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thank you for joining us. Its the decision dreamers have been dreading. Sources tell the Associated Press that President Trump has decided to end the program that protects undocumented immigrants who are brought to the u. S. As children, protect them from deportation. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim has more on this developing story. Eric, the president is known to change his mind, but based on discussions he had this afternoo it appears mr. Trump plans on fulfilling one of his Core Campaign promises. I just feel like my life is crumbling. Reporter san jose resident Cecilia Chavez is one of 800,000 socalled dreamers, young undocumented immigrants who came to the u. S. As children but protec
Ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. Heres governor rick scott. Look at the storm. Its wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. Forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12inches in Hurricane Force winds. The evacuation is on by road and by plane. The cruel reality is, hundreds of flights are being canceled. Gas stations are being shut down. The governor of georgia ordered 540,000 coastal re residents to move inland. Said one local official, if a Freight Train is coming at you, get off the tracks. Until now hurricane andrew was the hardest to hit florida, but irma has staying power. Its still a category five hurricane. Maximum sustained winds, 165 Miles Per Hour and irma, over the past 24 hours, has actually expanded. Its now 650miles across. Put that into perspective, irma is big as the state of texas. Its moving northwest quickly about 16 Miles Per Hour. This is the la
Reason why. This is what Hurricane Irma has already done to the caribbean. There is death, and as you can see, almost total destruction. This is truly a brutal storm, and its headed for the sunshine state. Thursday night, the big story on action news tonight is Hurricane Irma. First the story in the caribbean. Irma is currently pummeling the turks and Caicos Island known to be the most beautiful tourist destinations. The Dominican Republic is savaged by the storm. A minimummion people without power in puerto rico. St. Martin is the place of terrible damage. The death toll stands at 11 00. Ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. Heres governor rick scott. Look at the storm. Its wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. Forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12inches in Hurricane Force winds. The evacuation is on by road and by plane. The cruel reality is, hundreds of fligh
Inland. Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen . I think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. Glor the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. As you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. Farther up the coast where irma could hit early next week, states of emergency have already been declared in georgia and the carolinas. And don dahler tonight is outside savannah. Reporter georgias governor nathan deal is taking no chances, ordering a mandatory evacuation for savannah, as well as other coastal areas. That order takes effect on saturday. Residents began boarding up and sandbagging houses and businesses in anticipation of the storms arrival late monday or tuesday. Even if it makes a glanci
They should look at all sports. Yeah, theres recruiting going on. Reporter bob garcia says he recruited players in the 1980s and says football programs are a magnet to players across the country who hope to transfer to major colleges and the pros. He says the players involved in the gavlian scandal are victims. Its an opportunity for them and were sending them back now. Reporter a College Spokesman says they offered the players each a chance to stay here and continue their education here. They all declined. They apparently wanted to go back home and try to continue to play football this season somewhere else. Reporting live in gilroy, len ramirez, kpix5. The District Attorney is questioning plans to change the way colleges and universities handle Sexual Assault cases. Melissa . Reporter today the San Francisco District Attorney held a training on how to deal with campus Sexual Assault. But we wanted to know, is the Current System working . Is is it making sure that people assaulted get