raney i'm melisa raney reporting. (lawrence bay area weather) (grant) new tonight at ten:...e following the controversy surrounding virginia governor ralph northam who admits he was wearing who admits he was wearing blackface in a 1984 school photo... tonight we virginia tech professor who explains the signifiicance of blackface.. and why no matter what the circumstance... its offensive... that's new coming up on kron4 news at ten... (sports tease) coming up in sports, a look back at the life and legacy of major league hall of famer and bay area icon frank robinson. do you think this is fun for me? you think i'm having fun? [man on other line] it certainly wasn't much fun to..... do you have eyes on the target? is it her? [man on other line] i can't tell from this photos... ...i need better shots. thank you for flying turkish airlines. taxi! you waiting for someone? no. just... looking. we'll start tonight with some heartbreaking news-- major league hall of famer,trailblazer, and bay area icon frank robinson died today at the age of 83. robinson, who lost a long batle with ca

and the west should recognize that fact and made political concessions stop the sanctions recognized raney recognized russian dominance in the ukraine and remove forces from the baltics and from poland and that there's a long list of what russia wants ok defense analysts pavel felgenhauer in moscow thank you for those insights thank you. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world the central african republic has reached a peace deal with fourteen armed groups after several days of talks the first ever direct dialogue between the parties was aimed at ending years of conflict that has killed thousands of people displaced hundreds of thousands more. police in paris have clashed with so-called yellow best protesters this is the twelfth consecutive weekend the protesters have taken to the streets on friday a court ruled the police could eat continue to use rubber bullets gets riders despite the public outcry. and in the united states the democrats in virginia say governor ralph northam will not step down despite party pressure to do so on friday northam apologize for appe

melisa raney has more in today's health minute.nd visual learning in children.the ohio state university wexner medical center conducted a study to see how deaf infants process the visual world around them. claire monroy, phd/ ohio state wexner medical center: "many people assume that deaf infants and children compensate for the lack of hearing by being better at processing visual things or their visual attention is enhanced and, actually, these findings show the opposite." researchers showed 46 infants, half with normal hearing, half who are deaf, images on a screen....to measure how fast the babies looked away.derek houston, phd/ ohio state wexner medical center: "the faster a child can process the visual information, the quicker they'll habituate to it."what they found, was that the deaf infants looked at the image on average, for 30 seconds longer than the infants who could hear. however, this doesn't mean they aren't processing the image as fast.in fact, it could mean they are actually taking more of the image in. this is somet

we're learning more about the victims -- and what motivated the gunman to open fire.melisa raney has the latest. scott hall / ceo, mueller water products: "friday was basically the worst day that our company has ever had."a suburban chicago workplace turned deadly friday afternoon ...authorities say an employee opened fire after being let go from his job at the henry pratt facility in aurora, illinois..scott hall / ceo, mueller water products: "the individual was being terminated on friday for a culmination of various workplace rules violations" five people were killed in the shooting rampage -- all employees of henry pratt.scott hall / ceo, mueller water products: "we are hurting right now. the families of russ, clay, josh, vicente, and trevor are also grieving right now"among the victims -- trevor whener, an intern on his first day at the company, according to a statement from the president of northern illinois university.scott hall / ceo, mueller water products: reporter: "is it standard practice to have interns in the room when an employee is terminated?" /// "that's a really tou

have seen that people from senegal are coming to europe and risking their life all right africa's raneymalaya talking to us about that cynical election result from body thank you thank you. now to the central african republic where a former activists and will get it for me in france has returned to his homeland in that war torn country to train what he calls soldiers off the lead it may not be what you think he has launched an organic farm in the capital bangui and is spreading the gospel of innovation while growing organic fruits and vegetables. she is a soldier of the land so is he two student farmers out of dozens training and working for months at a time on these chemical free fields next to the the river. pascal b. dakota bailey is their teacher and the founder of this farm here is himself a student of the ecological farming movement in france correa believes latest effort takes advantage of plants that offer homeopathic health advantages a natural insecticide and fungus side to raise juicy tomatoes. there's name artemisia there's also a plant that comes from the pygmy country that

melisa raney reports.city in mourning...mayor richar irvin/ aurora today is a sad day in the city of aurora...the chicago suburb... tragically thrust into the spotlightmayor richar irvin/ aurora : for so many years we have seen similar situations throughout our nation and the horrible feeling that we get when we see it on the news. to experience it firsthand is even more painful.shots rang out friday afternoon inside this manufacturing warehouse. kristen ziman/ aurora chief of police: the shooter is identified as gary martin... unsure of the motive.one man who ran from the building describes seeing the gunman voice of john probst/ witness: what i saw was the guy running down the aisle with a pistol with a laser on it.police, firefighters and federal agents all rushing to the scene...the gunman shooting two of the first four officers to respond ...kristen ziman/ aurora chief of police: i want take this opportunity to send positive energy to those officers that are being treated// thank you for running towar

thais raney's. backs and all the others i came across i feel privileged to have met them thanks asian cup thanks asia i want to see more of you so you do have something special going on . south korea made it legal way to the quarterfinals of fraser cup we chat with david field true about his career in the biggest. shock i i. i looking back it's really been quite a journey. a journey that your child who began in south korea which took him to germany at just twenty one years old he's played football sport minds out of. the attacking midfielder has found the back of the net that's what types of straps i use just one match away from his two hundred members league at periods which could come this weekend against his former side mites but it hasn't been easy for the twenty nine i think. the first few years here were especially difficult. pretty much every day i just wanted to get back on a plane to korea. but he. at eight am there's been plenty to celebrate since those early days chance if. i simply. lack

foreign policy chief said every coming raney's says europe doesn't want to become the battlefield for confrontation between the two powers what can your opinions do to safely and after a day or at least to mitigate the consequences on its collapse. it's difficult for the europeans to react to this because brooke is when you look your rules situation between most call in force and. it's a period will the quote of no contacts. does the only forbidden because of your own going investigation will view f.b.i. because of a russian leanings the so-called russian leans over president trump before the water in the white house. and very for its sort of radio silence primo scroll of voices. at the same time when you look at v.x. true case of problems between washington and moscow of ya if. it's clear about this treaty it's coming to an end. because of a lack of interest over both sides of. washington and of course both sides i don't want to launch responsibility to anyone but do you think. to say they would like to see is something that are called will to bush jr in one movement called reset of

especially if we look at the statements made by stoltenberg the nato secretary general federica marker raney the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs shortly before the mike pompei announcement that the u.s. would be pulling out of the i.m.f. it certainly seems like they felt it would be in coming so we must prepare for a world without the un if. i want to we definitely don't want to see our continent million back to being a battlefield or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves there's violence to the fire away history well straight away after the pompei o announcement stoltenberg tweeted out that russia must use the next six months to get their house in order in order to try and save the treaty the latvian foreign minister in a very similar vein saying russia needs to comply with the deal the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt also incredibly critical of russia in the immediate aftermath sending out tweets the german chancellor angela merkel though said that she hopes that her country can play a role in dialogue with russia to try and solve this issue. it is clear t

of ibs release owes a lot to form a footballer craig foster who led a campaign to pressure the ball raney government. actually we're encouraged that we control the extradition order that was always the. acceptable come and it actually is the best outcome i know ravi fled bahrain on political grounds in two thousand and fourteen and was granted refugee status by australia his family feared extradition would result in his torture and possibly even death at the hands of bahrain's justice system now on the rugby is finally on his way back to australia his ordeal behind bars in bangkok is last what did you know that less than thirty percent of science researchers around the world are women according to unesco their participation in information and communications technology and natural sciences is particularly look the agency believes that girls and women are inhibited from choosing jobs in science because of long standing bias or today is the un's international day of women and girls in science started four years ago to break down stereotypes and to help promote equal access despite these big

nations two years after he was appointed foreign minister in two thousand and fifteen he led the in raney in the goetia eighteen for the landmark nuclear deal and when he spoke to journalists in vienna he was clearly emotional. the. world. is not very large number right now. the fact that the americans later with withdrew from the deal the fact that american president donald trump we impose sanctions the fact that the economy in iran is struggling at a lot of that is being blamed both on him and on the president in recent months he has appeared visibly strained and he's normally collected composure has been noticed by observers to be a little bit visibly flustered and not so smooth a politician as we've come to expect him to be but as i say as of yet no reason given as to his resignation we're waiting to hear. controversial cartoon attorney stars through the whims of a temper tantrum has been branded racist in some quarters but it's been clear the last post really is media watchdog this is what drew people's. oh it looks close to the cartels. because they're going to land on their own der

release owes a lot to form a footballer craig foster who led a campaign to pressure the ball raney government. actually wearing carriage to withdraw the extradition order that was always. acceptable. and it actually is the best outcome. of the fed bahrain on political grounds in two thousand and fourteen and was granted refugee status by australia his family feared extradition would result in his torture and possibly even death at the hands of bahrain's justice system now on the right he is finally on his way back to australia his ordeal behind bars in bangkok is last. art we'd like to pull in now and bahraini human rights activists to talk about this case. is based in london with a group called the bahrain institute for rights and democracy and it's good to have you on the program tonight what with what was your first reaction to the news of how these release was little much at the real heat of the new was and then when i was reading it breaking he was on a b i was reading it again just to make sure that i'm reading it that i think it was an excitement moment it's m.-s. victory will be taugh

today a testament to everyone if it gets really won tonight that there are not that not raney's time who remain in detention today in bahrain and we have to maintain the fight and we have to make sure that i'm how came is not the only one that gets to go home to his family for a ride be at least the ordeal is over he's back in his adopted home reunited with his family at last. well the effects of the kings have been global and to talk about that i'm joined by mary harvey she is head of the center for sports and human rights in geneva and that's where she is joining us tonight and harvey it's good to have you on the show i know you are a past member of the u.s. soccer team and also a former fever executive so how did this case which is very much about human rights how did it reach beyond thailand bahrain and australia. well first of all thank you for having me on tonight. you know this case really is is of a player who and an athlete who never should have been detained in the first place and the case of hakim really hit a chord he's not only a refugee he's a human rights defender and

melisa raney reports. here's a backyard in petaluma as the hail came down this afternoon.fact, i shot this video when i heard the noise and came running out with my camera phone. after extreme weather has been hitting the bay area we take a look at the clean up process ahead. the snow just will not stop falling in the sierra. we take a look at the conditions on the roads if you plan on driving up for the three day weekend. ((lawrence tease))i'm kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast. details are right after the break. (ken) you are taking a look at a time lapse video from south lake tahoe from our ridge resort camera. the snow started in the early morning hours and was extremely heavy causing officials to close some of the slopes for the day! (pam) kron-4's (pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now... a lot karnow is here now... a lot of people wanting to get a way for this three day weekend to hit the slopes. it was a day of sunshine showers and hail with a few thunderstorms today. cold air has

pritzker/ (d) illinois: may their memory fuel our work to bring peace this state we call home.i'm melisa raneyting. (ken) still ahead... we continue our coverage of the storm. we'll take a look at the problems in the east bay... with even more rain on the way. (grant) and california is going through a major shift.. traffic, housing and homelessness among the key reasons why... what new studies say about the changes .. and where people are heading as they leave the golden state. kron 4 is making a major change in the way we bring you the news. we have launched the bay area's only commercial- free 24-hour streaming news service. it is called 'kron on'. we are on all day and night - bringing you live breaking news, along with exclusive interviews and stories. if you watch our current newscasts on the new app - you will get extra content during the commercial breaks. 'kron on' is available for i- phones, i-pads, apple tv, android devices, and amazon fire . we are offering a free trial for new subscribers - visit kron-on- dot-tv to sign up. this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep n

minister binyamin netanyahu says it will prevent terrorists from entering israeli territory a sub to raney and wall aimed at stopping hamas from building cross border tunnels is already in place. pope francis has landed in the united arab emirates on the first ever trip to the arabian peninsula by everyone in pontiff he's jew to take part in the christian muslim dialogue in the u.a.e. and celebrate mass with the small catholic community there. hello welcome to eco india a sustainability magazine that brings you ingenious solutions from india and europe for some of the most pressing problems affecting the imbibing to be. coming to you from mumbai in india the real issue let's look at how an organization leave the state of bell in gaza is ensuring the sustainable livelihood for farmers how a mumbai based retired police officer is making sure the city's poor don't go hungry and our family in germany is laying the groundwork for all of us to go carbon you. about forced one of the most urgent problems affecting india a gradient destress is steadily rising in the state of telangana other the jin

minister binyamin netanyahu says it will prevent terrorists from entering israeli territory a sub to raney and wall aimed at stopping hamas from building cross border tunnels is already in place. pope francis has landed in the united arab emirates on the first ever trip to the arabian peninsula by everyone in pontiff. to take part in a christian muslim dialogue in the u.a.e. and celebrate mass with the small catholic community they are. welcome to the fun this new get here on d w four teams were needed from relegation troubles brought match day twenty to a close still shaking in their boots and who could breathe a sigh of relief also on the show the title race has become a three horse race off the top of the bottom both drop points on saturday winning it shall get back into the fray of a serious contender. i will be looking caution in football and there are about goalkeeper christina my trainer was knocked out cold on saturday but in decision was made to keep him on the pitch was being done to protect the players. mechanics line welcome to the show we have plenty to talk about and to help