the way children hospital has been treating her. >> reporter:a spokesperson for children's hosptial says it would have been not have been medically ethical for them to provide the treatment the family was asking for because they consider jahi deceased.they continue to hope that the girl's family find closure and peace. >> reporter:five other facilities had tentatively agreed to take jahi but then backed out at the last minute.they were helped into this final location by a catholic organization that believes in the right to life.while they are still hopeful in the girl's recovery, they have not received any kind of prognosis from the medical staff now caring for herbut her family feels like they have done the rigth thing >> if her heart stops beating them weekend accepted because she has done by teen and is now gone home. >> maureen kelly kron4 news. >> catherine: a 39-year-old man is in federal custody -- after turning himself in for the

arson at the chinese consulate in san francisco. this is surveillance video of the new year's day fire. a chinese national who is a permanent u-s resident surrendered to daly city police friday.although authorities are only now talking about the arrest. his name is yan feng. the fbi held a news conference today.and although they won't comment on motive, court documents say the man has told authorities "i made the fire". also - that he "heard voices in chinese." authorities are again stressing that this is not a terror incident.calling it an "isolated" event. >> as mentioned previously we have investigated this as a criminal matter and there is now incrimination that has been motivated by terrorism or politics or civil rights issues. >> so that anyone could not make it more than what it was. >> reporter:authorities

congratulated the case quickly. >> catherine: but again -- the man turned himself in by calling police on friday and admitting what he'd done. court papers say he set three explosive devices at the consulate.which damaged the property. had had brought three containers full of gasoline. >> catherine: he reportedly said he tried to light a fire with his passport.and when that didn't work -- used a large black lighter. no one was injured.although there were people inside the consulate at the time. >> catherine: pam? >> pam: today, one of the four suspects charged with hate crimes at san jose state university. pleaded not guilty. 18 year old logan beaschler was arraigned today on misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor hate crime. the charges are stemming from an incident last year in a campus dormitory. beaschler and three other students. allegedly harrassed an african american roommate. both physically and emotionally. >> pam: the four defendants are white. all four have been suspended from school. beaschleri's bail was set at $15-thousand dollars.

>> pam: the man accused of robbing a bank in novato. who was shot by a sheriff deputy back in december. is now facing addtional bank robbery charges. christopher jay wootton now faces 16 charges. accused of committing a total of 10- bank robbiers in the north bay. >> pam: the 60-year old is suspected of being the so- called "cotton ball bandit". in previous bank heists the robber wore a knit cap with ear flaps, and a ball on top. wootton was captured on december 11th. after a car chase that ended in a crash and shooting in san rafael. >> pam: grant? >> reporter:a scary new year's day attack near lake merritt - has police offering five thousand dollars for information leading to an arrest. >> reporter:it happened here on 17th street near jackson street. police say the male suspect approached a 19-year old female victim. the suspect appeared from between two parked cars.around 8:30 lanuary 1st. >> reporter:the victim says the the man grabbed her, told her he had a gun and started dragging her down

the sidewalk. the woman and suspect then fell to the ground.the suspect let go of the woman.and she ran away. the suspect in described as a black man in his mid-20s to early 30's. >> reporter:about 5-7, 180 pounds. police said he was wearing dark pants and a gray hooded parka that covered his head. >> reporter: them? pam ? >> reporter: >> pam: san francisco's first murder of the year, is a stabbing. it happened early this morning in a hayes valley apartment building. you are looking at the scene on market street, near haight. >> pam: the victim called 9- 1-1. but was found dead in the lobby when officers arrived. officers put the building on 'lockdown'. and at last check they were questioning three suspects. >> pam: the bay area's two other largest cities have both reported one murder this year. >> pam: in oakland. a 13- year-old boy was shot on new year's eve near 104th avenue and walnut street. he died janary first. no word on any arrests. and in san jose. >> pam: a man was found shot

outside a home near east antonia street and south 33rd street. on january second. no arrests made in that case either. >> pam: a stolen car. a police chase. and close call. for residents of an oakland home. kron's will tran reports from the scene where the incident ended this morning. but only after creating a path of destruction. >> reporter: two-man far behind bars a bright now. but not before taking a lead on a short%. not before taking police on a shor pursuit. >> reporter: of this the very back to from what happened. >> reporter: they did take out a street light. a fire hydrant. they were arrested and no injuries for them as well. will tran kron 4 news.

>> pam: a dog stolen from outside a store at the north gate mall. has been reunited with its owners. the dog was taken yesterday evening. when the owner was getting a manicure with her daughter. their 9-year-old dog. named tenby. was tied up outside. that's when a teenage boy. un-tied the dog's leash. and walked away with him. this morning.the owner's daughter received a tip. which led them to find a teen walking the dog. the girl said, her boyfriend found the dog unattended and was concerned. the owners say, they will not give a reward because they think the teen was the one who took the dog in the first place. >> pam: coming up at 5:15. >> pam: an arctic freeze gripping parts of the country. the impact that freeze is having here in the bay area. >> pam: then at 5:30. the 49ers with a cold hard win in green bay. what's next in the team's chase for the championship. and next. an innocent challenge. or dangerous game. what is leaving kids mutlilated across america.

>> jacqueline: where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

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hold the can for as long as possible - and try and outdo each other to see who can endure it for the longest. >> reporter:and as you can see by these videos posted on youtube - the results are horrible red blisters and scars. dermatologists say the cryogenic burns can lead to permanent damage or even disfigurememnt. this follows warnings from doctors last year over the similar 'salt and ice challenge' - that saw teens compete over skin burns caused by the combo of salt and ice. >> reporter:in extreme cases some are turning up in the er with first degree burns. i'm vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> pam: still ahead. what the pilots on a doomed flight reported. just before a deadly crash. then --the punishment handed out for a man who slapped a crying a baby on a plane.

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>> pam: developing tonight. >> pam: with the holiday season over, jack frost is no longer nipping at noses. but rather taking a montrous bite across the nation. for instance. sections of tennessee are colder than anchorage, alaska. and in parts of the midwest,

the windchill is 50- below zero. stacey cohan reports. >> reporter:you could call it a winter wasteland. this river in minneappolis is frozen solid.streets are nearly deserted and residents have been warned of "historic and life- threatening cold." >> reporter:the polar vortex crushing much of the country is not your average winter storm. >> reporter:atlanta has been colder than moscow.and from kentucky to indiana and beyond.the frigid temperatures are stranding travelers and putting people at risk. >> reporter:tens of thousands of midwesterners have lost power. indianna governor mike pence wants residents to find shelter if they lose power.and to call 9-1-1 if they need help. >>"this is not a storm where people should be content to stay in a home without heat or electricity" >> reporter:but even public safety personnel may have difficulty getting around in this weather. over the past week, at least 13 people have died in weather related accidents. more than 3-thousand flights have

been canceled. and the arctic air is now heading east.new york could see a 60 degree drop in temperature from monday into tuesday. >> reporter:the bitter blast is big business for grocery stores, as people prepare to hunker downindoors. >>"i'm just afraid it's going to get really cold and i'm going to have to be bundled up and i just want some warm food and some wine to keep my body warm." >> reporter:because most of us don't come equiped with a fur coat.which appears to make the weather a bit more bearable. >> reporter:i'm stacey cohan reporting. >> pam: with flight after flight being canceled because of the bad weather in the mid- west and east coast, passengers were forced to figure out other arrangements. >> pam: some had been trying to get out over the weekend, so todays cancelations where just another problem to deal with. others say. they did call in advance. but still got stumped.

>> so, i think we have already suspected that there would be a chance on route to the airport patrick or even before we left the house. we found out that it had been canceled so we are just rolling with the punches >> >> reporter: you traveling abroad for the semester? >> yes it was canceled. now i am going to be two days late. >> we came here and wait in line for an hour and a half. and now i am going home. >> pam: the airlines say, they are doing the best they can given the weather situation.

>> reporter: investigators are combing through the charred wreckage of a small plane that crashed in aspen, colorado, >> reporter:the co-pilot was killed -- and two others injured. now, investigators are scrambling to find out what went wrong. >> reporter:a horrific scene on the runway in aspen, colorado >> reporter:still photographs show the charred fuselage of a private jet that crashed sunday afternoon, near the aspen ski area. >>"i'm driving down the road and i see that big plume of black smoke and then come around the bend and that plane is flipped over." >> reporter:three people were on board the bombardier challenger 600. all three were pilots, heading to aspen from mexico after making a stop in tucson, arizona. according to the plane- tracking website, flightaware, the plane circled three times before trying to land. >>"these pilots were attempting to land at a high altitude, mountainous

terrain airport with a tail wind, which is very, very challenging." >> reporter:radio communications from air traffic control references difficult conditions the pilot aborts one landing because of the wind. >>"missed approach, n115wf. 33 knots of tail wind." >> reporter:minutes later, the plane crashes. flipping upside-down on impact. country singer leann rimes cibrian witnessed the crash, and tweeted: "so sad! horrible plane crash we just saw happen at the aspen airport." >> reporter:another witness, comedian kevin nealon tweeted: >>"horrible plane crash here at aspen airport. exploded into flames as it was landing. fire truck and ambulances were on the scene within minutes." >> reporter:but it was too late to save everyone. 54-year-old sergio emilio carranza brabata died at the scene from blunt-force trauma. the other pilot and co-pilot were rushed to the hospital, with moderate to severe injuries. >> reporter:those two survivors will likely be key to the investigation, as the n-t-s-b tries to determine what went wrong. >> reporter:those two survivors will likely be key to the investigation, as the n-t-s-b tries to determine what went wrong.

grant and >> catherine: a man who pleaded guilty to slapping a crying toddler on an atlanta-bound flight -- has been sentenced to 8 months in federal prison. this is joe hundley. he was sentenced today. prosecutors say hundley used a racial slur to refer to the 19-month-old boy. then hit him under the eye. >> catherine: prosecutors had recommended 6 months in prison.but the judge tacked on another two months because of an earlier assault. hundley had argued that he was grieving - because he was on his way to atlanta to remove his terminally ill son from life support. >> catherine: dennis rodman and a group of other former nba players have arrived in north korea. >> catherine: in a controversial basketball game on the birthday of kim jong-un. this was a stop-off point in china. the game is set for wednesday - when the country's unpredictable leader turns 31. >> catherine: it's happening just weeks after the world learned that he had executed

his uncle. rodman says it's not his job to address concerns about north korea.saying his visit is simply about sports and friendship -- saying "i like the guy and he's an awesome guy to me." it's rodman's fourth trip to the secretive and repressive state. >> jacqueline: so we hit 66 in napa. with 59 in santa rosa and daly city. 62 for san jose and pleasanton with 59 in concord. >> jacqueline: overnight tonight right now 54 and concord. schilling of the cloud cover to string and notice all the right is the to the north of us. we desperately need the right but it does not look like the system will bring up any rain. we do have this string of cup coverage coming into the bay area but it does not

look like we will see any rate out of this. warmer temperatures for tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds. we do have paid off chance of seeing a few showers in the north day as we move through the week. more on that in a minute. a little bit warmer with addition of a cloud coverage and the up in leadbelly's. inland valleysnext. it turns out the cause 41 and half moon bay to start the day. temperatures like today for the most part 61 and palo alto and 624-held sacred also in the low sixties for inland valleys with 61 in concord, 62 for plaza to it. pleasanton. the decrease their and the the seven at ocean beach and 59% or fell.

san rafael "out of this world" >> jacqueline: by thursday we could see light showers to the north bay. no significant rainfall. then. >> pam:

>> catherine: we now know better the want mysterious crop circle came from. aliens were not involved only marketers. it is the work of a microchip company which wanted to generate publicity. the company hired a marketing team which created the eye at image then placed anonymous calls to the media. the story with

by role by new year's eve. a lot of people came out to look. using real sense using real symbols. the public to the scheme august the board at the crop circle has been mowed down. >> pam: coming up at 5:30. the 49ers now getting ready for the next round of the playoffs. >> pam: how much you'll have to pay. if you want to see them chase the championship in person. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 11. afghanistan, in 20. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 192. [ male announcer ] once its earned, usaa auto insurce is often handed down from generation to generatn. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military membs and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usa. we know what it means to ser. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa

where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now at 5:30. >> pam: the 49ers are 'chasing the championship' and the team is now a step closer. after that cold hard win at green bay. tonight -- we're looking

back at the niners defeat of the packers. and what's ahead for san francisco. if the team hopes to make it to the super bowl. first. with kron 4's rob fladeboe. with some reaction from fans outside team headquarters in santa clara where the mantra go's something like ' on to carolina.' >> reporter:longtime 49er fan randy ioerger got frank gore's autograph and then thanked the 49ers running back for what he says was a real 'nailbiter' >> reporter:ioerger has a helmet full of niner autographs, but he's not the only one. construction worker javier carillo got jim harbaugh to sign his hardhat last week and now he has frank gore as well. >> reporter: a 49er faithful flag flies outside the players entrance and signs like these are popping up around levi's stadium. many fans are sporting their favorite players number and

once again hoping for a return to the super bowl. >> getting to the super bowl last year we still have that in the back of the door mind. in the back of your minds. >> reporter:so it's on to carolina and if chris culliver is any indication, the teams is revved up about it's chances of getting back on the field. in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: it was a nail biter. as for the game itself. kron four executive sports producer jason appelbaum >> reporter: seattle seahawks 12-5 denver broncos 13-5 san francisco 49ers 11-2

new england patriots 15-2 carolina panthers 11-1 >> reporter: 10 below what went she'll he was brilliant the entire game. kapernick! >> reporter: later on the tried to poke it and scrambled 11 yds on third and ninth. he put together this creek drive to in the game. great drive >> reporter: a 14 plate dried up. >> reporter: the game winner nine niners win they move on to the playoffs have brought is pat pumping up the team and they are still fired up today. >> nothing more to make you

feel more like a man when you beat your opponent and you hear the crowd and the element in a playoff game you beat the opposing team and the opposing crowd it makes you feel like a man not the makeshift the like more like a man like that! >> reporter: niners a one. pagoint favorite. >> reporter: carolina really couldn't either until the second quarter touchdown. niners mustered up three field goals and 10 first downs. kept brooch purchased 91 yds and that interception 11029. 10-9

>> reporter: see apple is the big favorite to win at all. seattle >> reporter: patriots are next. by the way carolina, the want 11 of their last 12 games so they are almost as high as the niners. it should be great game on sunday. >> pam: grant? >> reporter: there is nothing more and that makes me feel like a man other than watching gary radnich. i really feel like a man talking about ticket prices tickets to the niners game in carolina on sunday are available.but they're not cheap. >> reporter: cheapest ticket

in going for 142 dollars. that's a nose bleed upper level seat. lower level endzone seats are going for about 400 bucks a piece. and front row - midfield.arguably best seats in the house.going for roughly 900 dollars a piece. >> reporter:and you still have to get there. tonight on kron-4 news at 8. jr stone is crunching numbers.how much fans can expect to shell out for a playoff trip.tickets, airfare.hotels.the whole bit. that's tonight at 8. >> pam: as as we tick closer to the super bowl. it may be a good time to buy a new. really big t-v. kron 4's alecia reid shows us why. >> reporter:if you don't already own a large size t-v and are planning on having a superbowl party at your house.this is the time to buy one. here at best buy, all tvs are on sale and the ones in opened boxes, are yellow tag.

>> returned are actually being sold for up to 50% off >> reporter:a crowd of people watched the 49ers beat the green bay packers on this screen, which is one of the newest tv's on the market. it's called 4-k --- ultra high def --- energy efficient --- 4 times the resolution. this 65" gem is on sale for 4499. quite a steep price point, but some say it's worth it. >>- especially since superbowl is coming and everyone wants to watch with their family. everyone wants big tvs when watching the game. >> reporter:for those not willing to shell out that kinda cash just yet, chip- emba sal-imu says l-e-d's are the most popular right now. >>- led gives you more efficiency, the build of the tv is actually slimmer so it looks a lot better than bulkier tvs, the lcds that we used to sell. >> reporter:whether led, lcd, or plasma, one thing's for sure - many customers are purchasing larger tv's.

>>- get the best tv for them. go big or go home. >> reporter:reporting in emmeryville alecia reid kron 4 news. >> pam: coming up at 5:45. a child dies after compications from dental work. the mistakes the family is accusing the dentist of making. >> pam: but first -- why the u.s. supreme court has stopped same sex marriages in utah. >> pam: and a quick check on stocks. >> pam: the s-and-p 500 notched its worst start to a year. in almost a decade today. closing lower for the third safeway presents real big deals of the week.

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>> pam: a 3-year-old hawaii girl, who had been in a coma for 32 days after visiting a dentist, has now died. she passed away friday -- never regaining consciousness. nana ohkawa reports. >> reporter:one month after finley boyle visited the dentist. she died at hawaii hospice. >>"to see her grow from a happy, healthy three-year- old to going through puberty in a diaper 15 years later is not a choice i was

going to make." >>"she was in a persistent vegetative state. they felt that this is what she would want, as difficult as it was, they felt that was the right choice. >> reporter:the families lawyer, richard fried, said dr. lilly geyer with island dentistry for children made many wrong choices. when finley went in for a dentist appointment. she left.with permanent brain damage. >>"it's very sad. it's their only child. it's totally unnecessary. this was a perfectly normal, healthy, maybe unusually bright,

full-of-life child." >> gary: >> reporter:he says finley was getting 10 different procedures. four which were a type of. and says she was given three sedative drugs in very excessive doses.and adding to the problem.she wasn't monitored through the procedure. >>"clearly, once we got the second mri back, it was devastating -- everything but the brain stem, which the brain stem tells you to breathe and gives you a blood pressure and it tells you to breathe. and that's why she's alive, because that was the only last bit that didn't get a lack of oxygen." >> reporter:lawyers say someone from the office had to run down the hall to get a pediatrician to revive her. by then it was too late. nana ohkawa kitv4 news. >> pam: the family has filed a wrongful death suit against the dentist and her practice. >> jacqueline: right now we are sitting at 57 in napa, typified in pleasanton and antioch is 53 degrees. the clouds have been streaming and throughout the day but a weak system and no rain. not

very heavy rain showers. we will see a steady stream of cloud coverage movie into the bay area as we move into tomorrow. here is a look at futurecast this evening, we will seek a few bricks of clear skies overnight. showers approaching the coast line at 8:00 tuesday. we will see more cup coverage and then bring sting to the north derrick a tad bit more mount with clear skies, especially through inland valleys. vallejo 35, overnight into the afternoon at the upper 50s and lower 60s out the door. did the night in hayward, 62 in san jose and 62 also in livermore.

>> jacqueline: temperatures well below freezing. -teams and some places. and last but called >> jacqueline: here is a look at the extent forecast with more clout coverage by prostate slight chance for showers in the north pay. we will lead do need that print but will not be sick but it rained. 13 year old jahi mcmath is no longer at childrens

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>> reporter: you may be able to fold it up into a small square in place it into your pocket. >> if you can think of the auto mode of industry. it is kind of like that. it could be used on the back of the smart phone for the bomb wanted scratches to keep the phone looking new. other global markets in the future but in south korea right now. when? for the u.s.. gate slate kron 4 news. >> pam: the brutal winter weather across the country out there travel right here in the bay area and teenager jahi mc math lee moved to

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: a tape of what much of the country is entering tonight. a blast polar beer and the temperatures are below zero from montana to massachusetts. most of the south under a heart freeze warning. and travelers stranded as thousands of flights are canceled. >> catherine: a jet stream of super chilled beer or arrived on

sunday sending temperatures as low as 38 below zero and cranes like minnesota. and when children of 60 below zero and northeast montana. >> catherine: brutally cold arctic air is standing over half the country into a dark of the a dangerous the breeze. >> the temperatures that we are talking about are deadly. >> catherine: nearly 140 million people with experience would chill temperatures of 0 degrees or below by wednesday the country has not seen those numbers in decades. >> catherine: in fact, chicago, st. was at that laptop are all colder than a creek and alaska. a british >> the conditions are really

bad the road are really slippery. >> catherine: this is the biggest on driving conditions range from difficult to and passable. and-feel interstate bus riders were canceled or delayed. >> i do not know what i am glad to be able to get home i have nothing here. >> i just want to go >> catherine: blizzard conditions and icy temperatures are keeping our like i'm getting back up to speed. >> now we have this form this is hitting chicago that is called the 50 percent of flights to be catholic or from chicago o'hare so travelers all all across the country are being impacted by disparate >> catherine: jack blum is telling passengers that it will take days, not ours to get them to their destinations. the airline canceled all its flights out

of new york three airports as well as low-key airport in boston. >> reporter: this is a light look we just checked 32 flights were canceled at asked f o at 32 others the late. >> reporter: travelers are doing their best but the arches y trying to go with the flow. >> reporter: listed in. >> we were tried to leave around noontime at jfk unfortunately, we found out that it was canceled. the tape us the option of

taking a flight out of here. but we would have to go to san francisco to a lot beach to see at told them boston. that plant would arrive tonight my son needs to go back to school and i need to return back to work. >> we were supposed to lead saturday. this is the second cancellation that we had packed. have. >> pam: it is unbelievably cold. >> gary: the way it is not making it any better. >> jacqueline: you can see the school of cold air over minneapolis and chicago, st.

louis. thanks to the storm system pushing through bringing a blast of cold air. shipping less take a closer look at the temperature is right now these are the actual temperatures in the- temperatures. >> jacqueline: temperatures below with factory in the way it is even worse. what should reading -38 and 35 and green day absolutely frigid in cleveland. take a look at all of the peak on this green and white. when shall warnings and advisories. went shields wind shield

>> pam: this is video taken by the family upturning showing a private ambulance leave feeling leaving oakland children's hospital. the family would not tell you where she has been moved to safety concerns. the family has been fight tb hospital in court four weeks to keep the girl on a debt collector. she is now keen to help that she needs. ventilator >> she is being given in some nutritional support. essential supplements such as potassium and other minerals and hormones to help balance her blood levels. >> pam: providing the

treatment that the family wanted would have been medically and ethically upright inappropriate. >> pam: taking passengers to silicon valley for work and other commuters are complaining. dan kerman explains the city has a plan to do with the problem. >> reporter: taking more than 35,000 san francisco to silicone valley shuttles are here to stay but they have to be coordinated and that towa a missile apple system. with a missile poll municple system. >> reporter: so now the city

is watching a pilot program requiring three dozen shuttle services and companies to get a permit the bush to use muni bus stops. those taking part will have to follow a set of rules designed to avoid causing delays isolette 200 of the city more than 2500 bus stops. >> this is an important first step. as well as asking companies to pay a a fair share of what it cost the city to maintain its >> reporter: 18 what program is expected to launch this summer cost each company to about $100,000 and generate about a million have which will be used to administer >> reporter: some have

encouraged the city to charge even greater fees to boost the city's general fund improving muni or state law been carmen kron 4 news. dan kerman >> pam: the crash happened early friday morning. ridgeback to the divider police jumped said he jumped over the medium and and all across the other side of the freeware where he was stuck were struck and killed. >> pam: how the fans are also basking in glow of victory. if you still need help care been the bay area you are a lot like covered california extended yet another deadline

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>> reporter:"tiger mom" is rattling cages. again. >> reporter:amy chua gained notoriety in 2011 as the uncompromising tiger mom - boasting that chinese mothers make better parents and ultimately have more successful children. >> reporter:now though, chua is inspiring the fury of the public on twitter with her new controversial theory that some cultures are just superior to everyone else. >> reporter:in her latest book called the triple package she says that some cultural groups are better equipped to make it in america. >> reporter:not surprisingly - she says chinese are top of dogs. followed by jewish, indian, iranian, lebanese- americans, nigerians, cuban exiles and mormons.

>> reporter:she claims they all have three qualities that set them apart superiority, insecurity and impulse control. the yardstick for success she points to is measured by income, occupational status, and test scores. chua says it's a topic that's difficult to discuss. >> reporter: critics say tiger mom is treading territory close to outright racism. i'm vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> pam: the 49ers dispatched the packers this weekend to continue their choice for the championship. how the fans also >> reporter: 1 doubt and to to go for a 49-return to the super bowl everybody is still a bit guilty about sunday no better forty-niner

victory over green bay. kron 4 rob fladeboe begins our coverage tonight with reaction from the faithful. >> reporter:49er fans will no doubt be happy to see that running back frank gore's fingers have thawed out enough for him to sign a few autographs. >> reporter:nothing like lambeau field, of course, but it was a bit chilly outside the 49ers headquarters in santa clara early monday where a handful of diehard fans were still talking about their coldly efficient team and their leader who signed randy ioerger's cap. >> reporter:aside from an autograph from a certain number seven, to round out his collection, ioerger is looking forward to next sunday when it's on to carolina and then a showdown with seattle before a return trip to you know where. >> i think we are all ready to go! >> reporter:in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> pam: our sports director gary radnich will have a recap of the game. and what's up next for the niners. a little bit later in this broadcast.

>> pam: president obama is challenging lawmakers to act quickly on long-term unemployment benefits. the senate rescheduled a procedural vote until tomorrow morning. in december - the benefits of one-point-three million americans expired. in his weekly radio address, the president called that "just plain cruel." jim acosta reports. back from vacation in paradise, president obama found a chill in the washington air and the president will soon learn if he can thaw his frosty relations with congress, as unemployment benefits. by other cuts. >> jacqueline: 56 and san francisco and san jose. 54 in napa at this hour. a blanket of clouds over the bay area right now with rain at the north of us. the rain pushing through a far more than

pushing more to the bay area but to try to see any waned. a little bit more cloud coverage partly cloudy with temperature still on the cooler side. you do have a better chance of seeing rain at the north bay is we had into thursday. we are going to have some cloud cover to come tonight. still on the chilly cycle in places like plaza tent and livermore. pleasanton. but senate majority leader >> jacqueline: low 60s also through the inland valleys with concord and 62 and livermore. east bay shoreline keeping it in the '50s% francisco also in oakland and alameda. harry

reid was quick to say >> jacqueline: no rain and temperatures think cooler until wednesday in a slight chance of showers. we also have a chance of far showers for the next several days in the 60 degree temps. - no deal. >> pam: an arrest has been made and the attack of the chinese consulate in san francisco. 39 your old "we have never offset of daly city. bexar land it to police friday and was arrested at his home. the f

b i says, emergency spending. that's old agents that he targeted the consulate because he was tearing up with this in chinese. and up the conflict had to be involved. foolishness. we have people who are desperate." the consulate had to be involved.

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support needed. >> reporter: she is now at undisclosed facility receiving vitamins and antibiotics. her family remains hopeful for a recovery. >> reporter: the idea is to make sure that they do not get in the wake of the muni serve this. the program are shuttle services and other private entities will have to get a permit. paint about $100,000 if they want to use a muni bus stop. the program is expected to launch sometime this summer dan kerman kron 4 news

>> reporter: today the f b iyeng is arrested last friday more details about this are rest. yan feng >> reporter: they now take on the carolina panthers. i will tell you how much it will cost you if you plan on going out to charlotte this weekend. j.r. stone kron 4 news spirit >> reporter: echoing the carolina had lines. headlines. stopping to sign and think fans for their support.

>> reporter: here at s f o passengers says it has been extremely frustrated dealing with all of the delays and cancellations due to the winter weather. it is nothing to do the thought that weather. one family has tried to get out since saturday. now they could be spending another night if they cannot get out until perhaps tuesday >> pam: is now.

stanley is here with an update. this particular time we actually met in san francisco at a friend's house and we talked at his house for talking about what it is to be homeless and did he opened up about much information. i have done a lot of stories on people being homeless. but this story does resonates in the deep inner soul of every one. you have to listen to. >> pam: you were able to get to know markets and discovered that he was one of the original members of the santana group. marcus >> reporter: tonight we talk

about him being homeless and what and how he felt about that. >> pam: at the clock cubistic updated on this entire story all you have to do is go to kron4 dot com. at the clock and update with stanley. 8pm! >> jacqueline: the rain in spain to the north. the rain is staying to the north >> jacqueline: tonight we had more clout coverage and tap warmer than last night but still on the chilly side. pleasanton and livermore 38. into the

afternoon very similar to the conditions we have seen today. in the upper 50s and your 60s bay area wide. in oakland 62 and pleasanton and san jose with 50 in napa. >> jacqueline: we do have a slight chance of showers in the north bay. extended forecasts with a little cooler in the next couple of days. overall a change in the forecast the next several days. >> pam: as we have been telling you and other parts of the country with the record lows as checking was some of our colleagues. very cold air this morning with

temperatures in to the team spirit 18 below and this house agree people at sioux falls airport. stalled cars spirit in this cold air >> reporter: numerous when chilled advisories and into tonight at even for tomorrow morning. >> reporter: experience and some of the lower temperatures that we have felt in decades from tennessee. killing like it is -15 outsidefeeling like it is -15 >> reporter: right now they are trying to stay warm and

ride it out. in national reportingin nashville >> reporter: -40 degrees it did take just 50 minutes before your scans can possibly get frostbite is really not a good situation to be outside. schoolchildren are being kept at home today. everyone tried to get out of the cold as quickly as they can reporting in green bay action news >> pam: still to come white build a snowman when you can do something more creek a tough? three minnesota brothers got inspiration from under the seat that is next!

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>> pam: 3 minnesota brothers created a snow chartres snow shark! they love this kind of thing. "magnificent" malone. how is his new year going?

three minnesota brothers got inspiration from under the >> pam: take a look at this. why build a snow man when you can build a. snow shark?! three minnesota brothers spent 95 hours building this 10-foot high snow shark in their front yard. and it's not the first time. >> pam: they love this kind of thing -- and began the snow sculpting tradition started three years ago with a puffer fish. >> pam: and.in florida.a labrador who clearly is not intimidated by snow blowers. >> pam: her name is bailey -- and she loves chasing it around when her owner is clearing his sidewalk. she follows him up and down the driveway, frolicking in and out of the snow. and --- take a look at this vine video. nat pop - ice shattering as >> pam: this is what happened with a guy in iowa decided to clean the ice off this trampoline the old fashioned way. he figured it would be a lot more fun than waiting for the ice to melt.

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: good evening everyone green bay packers set up for a man's but it does not matter it was impressive stuff yester day. mainly because of the elements. five degrees and

you have the wind chill but they pulled it off! to run out the clock kapernick said up the winning field goalset up >> gary: the first playoff win of his 15th year career he was a long time cleveland browns. harbaugh fired up and back in town today. >> nothing that makes you feel more like a man... and beach your opponent and the opponents crowd and the elements in the play of the game 2 peak all three... you

peak all three and nothing makes you feel more like a man than that! >> gary: does anyone can go out and play in that weather, right? do not get me wrong. >> gary: like these guys are such a man and the rest of us in the world are like... >> gary: everyone was like he is a real man and the rest of but in the world are you now? >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: jackie good to have you back and kathy nice

killing had fought my spelling i filling in! >> gary: last time of course they played. remember harbaugh did not have crabtree. >> gary: carolina's showed winning10-9 >> gary: see alto which will have their first playoff game against them on saturday at home >> gary: anyone that is

still play football at this point has a chance pyrrhic 40 niner's they gutted it out and ended up in round two. >> gary: i did a segment, pam the other night with the show ended at 10:00 tweeting that's thursday nights at 9:00 >> gary: again, thursday night at 9 >> gary: now just fired his

cal coach a year ago his offensive coordinator. >> reporter: >> gary: smith coached the chicago bears with the three division title. he is a good coach the socially is pretty strong and that is his name charlie strong the new head coach in texas formally of louisville. >> gary: some say more pressure on that job did any other college football. truly strong that the not that warriors in milwaukee tomorrow night -30 in

milwaukee jacking >> jacqueline: >> gary: when demand was here doing the whether he is very attractive kid. when dan was here doing the weather... very attractive kid >> pam: (laughter) >> jacqueline: (laughter) >> gary: david lee has won the honors.

>> gary: kobe is really in love with twitter now, started about an year ago. he says that fans should iote for someone else. >> gary:dennis rodman gathered a bunch of players down on their luck to play

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i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: we made a new year's resolution even if tiger woods is not plain we will show you got highlights. >> gary: who needs tiger when you have sat johnson zac johnson! >> gary: welcome back off first welcome back golfers!

>> pam: that's it for the kron 4 news at 6. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4.com or download one of our mobile apps. our next newscast is tonight at 8 o'clock. see you then. . /ab3 sandra, julia, bradley,t does it really take to win an oscar? >> plus melissa

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