ktvu attended a showcase revent and explains what it means to safety and the cost of riding the ferry. >> >>reporter: the water emergency transportation authority dedicated to new north bay operations and maintenance facility today r. the is the growing importance for ferry floats for passenger service, first responder transforation and disaster and postdisaster recovery. >> the ferries are really needed, what the possibilities are, and then we have a very definitive plan to build out not only the capacity of the ferries but to make sure that they safety run, that we can maintain them and that we fulfill our responsibilities for emergency response. >> >>reporter: after any emergency from earthquakes to major road or bridge blockages to transit strikes, the bay provides transportation providing theories are in good working order and plentiful. >> we have seven boats in progress or approved for development. >> >>reporter: captain chuck ellis has been in the ferry service for 36 years. >> this vote holds 349 passengers. the newer iflies are going to hold 3450 passengers. so bigger, faste

mary delai was arrested in august but news of that oui came to light revently. delai was criticized for allowing the teacher charged with domestic vioe >>> a landscaper killed in a crash in melrose. police are still investigating. he was standing outside when he was hit by a car and killed. three people inside of the car were taken to the hospital. so far no charges have been filed. >>> 4:34 right now. the latest now on hurricane matthew. it's a category 4 storm with 145 mile per hour winds beginning to bear expected to pass over the south western tip of haiti at dawn. the outer bands flooded streets there. people in high risk areas were evacuated in haiti and the dominican republic. precautions have been taken in jamaica and cuba and as far north as the carolinas. a state of emergency has been declared in florida and parts of north carolina. >>> in colorado 1200 people evacuated and put on standby as wild fires moved through small mountain town of baloa. 4 miles have been destroyed including homes. students had to be evacuated from their school. >>> checking in

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cruz notes the wounds to his eye and brain revent him from working his construction job. the native with a wife and a son who live in central america now wondering how he will man the basic silver spring apartment he shares with a few friends. >> go to jail. >> you want him to go to prison? >> yeah. >> wiggins said, "i didn't mean it for to happen." be that as it may, he now faces more than 40 years in prison. reporting in silver spring, kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. abc7 on traffic watch. the ride home on friday. >> hi. this friday afternoon thankful for sunshine. peeking its way through the clouds on i-95. but some have volume delays thanks to a crash here. there are delays in the northbound direction. it's off to the left shoulder now. this is a weird looking spot but te this is on the ramp to the parkway from 66 eastbound. over to you. jonathan: thank you. coming up at 6:00, a consumer alert. bank card skimmers popping up. the latest target and how to protect yourself. plus, hol cast survivors complete a -- holocaust survivors complete a life mission. the

this revents cot from reopening the casino and restoring 3,000 lost jobs, eye can's helping. team say they will feel it is unfair and unconstitutional. >> that is interesting. >>> vandals attempting to tear down a bucks county man's sign, trump sign, and it is a large one. he thinks it is silencing his political views. he is upset. his name is john pawlowski and he showed this surveillance video to the police department and found out he was not the only victim there was another one. it was courtney as well. her family's trump banner was taken off of her property on tuesday night, so she picked up a more permanent solution. they spray painted the family's lawn with the message. >> i'm trying to raise kids that are not afraid to speak up for what they believe in and that won't be silenced from other people. >> all they did was push boundary and make me want to put my beliefs out there more. >> we reached out to the northampton township police department multiple times to see where this investigation stand, and see if there are any additional claims of vandalism related to any o

charlie: you said it's about revention. mr.arlin: we are on the cusp of a major societal transformation. as big a change as it was when we digitized information, we are moving towards the internet of things. think about cars. this will be a big of transformation as going from a horse and buggy to a car. when you go from a driven cart with driverless car, the estimates are 70% of the cars on the road in 2020 will be computers on wheels. charlie: and if you can hack that computer, you can send that car anywhere you wanted to go. mr. carlin: think about one terrorist in one truck in nice. make the same mistake when we moved our information from analog to digital, where we were playing catch-up. when it comes to cars and trucks and missiles, planes, drones, the internet of things, pacemakers in people's bodies, we have to build security on the front end by design. charlie: if they can attack your pacemaker, they can kill you. mr. carlin: it is good people trying to do the right thing in the beginning. a lot of these companies are f