reporter rebecca lindstrom went to knoxville, tennessee to see a unique classroom teaching police how to begin when all they can find are bones. >> my name is done stedman and i am the director of the forensic anthropology center. >>reporter: she is also a guy at what's commonly referred to as the body farm. behind a gate with no sign -- >> you haven't noticed the smell? really? >>reporter: you will find an unexpected, often stinky, but always-intriguing research is to study human decomposition. the entire area is a little bit under three acres, but at any one time we have between 150 to 200 donors out here. >>reporter: and by donors, she means decomposing body. >> i think in general death is a cultural tab oo. when somebody dies, they're taken away, right? we don't really see it. and, you know, i think that's why people crowd around the crime scene tape because they want a glimpse on what's on the other side of that tape. and then here we are the other side of that tape. >>reporter: donors are placed to mimic real crimes. some sit on the surface, exposed to the harsh wind, rain, even

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knoxville 47 and checking out raleigh at 58 degrees. the bus stop a range of 36 to 42. it should be fairly bright. and we're brisk after school at 48 to a52 degrees an all things considered not a bad day at all. we will be partly cloudy over night with temperature here in the city at 39 and as you know, we set a record saturday morning with very low temperature here in the district and i believe it was 26 degrees which ended growing season so you won't be hearing any more about freeze warnings even though there will be nights this week in which we're pretty chilly. chilly start again tomorrow high pressure on top of us and east and northeast preezs continue. winds light in that pattern and temperatures definitely running below average for this columbine of precip to deal with tomorrow and 8 a.m. temperature 42. by noon 48 and by 4:00 52. as we look at temperatures arounlt the region tomorrow afternoon. cool, somewhat squiet and on our "fox5" accuweather forecast here's the thing. each as we go into wednesday also on quiet side about 54

knoxville and over towards jenner. half a mile, napa, quarter santa rosa. around until 9, 9:30.y sunshine. high clouds this afternoon. quick look at temperatures. 60s right now. 50 in napa the cool spot. most of us in the mid to upper 50s. the look at that, 63. come back in a few minutes. take a look at your 12 hour day planner. >> jumping on what mike just said. heavy fog advisory right now on the golden gate bridge. be careful if you're going to navigate your way across that this morning. otherwise looking pretty clear. live look at the bridge. very lights traffic right now. not causing a major problem. just be aware. >>> happening now. black friday is still a thing. 70% of us expected to hit the stores sometime this weekend. >> vast majority of people stand in line today. let's check in rporter. tive tiffany, is anyone with you or are you standing alone my friend. >> you stole my punch line. is i was going to say i'm sure you've been working on keeping your elbows out. you won't need those skills today. if you take a look behind me. see the barricades. set up and waiting. the

reportedly motivated by hatred for a homosexuals and liberals killed two people and injured eight in knoxville tenn. and forty four year old terry ratzmann was concent killed seven and two thousand and five church shooting and the state to always buy to ninety nine nine in fort worth texas where larry jean ashbrook time to a youth rally those and he was also carrying two hundred rounds of ammunition and a pipe bomb that killed six people tyrone tabitha turned to dean's the need for church security is now the new norm in america a norm that's hitting the bible belt of america a nation that's created on the basis of religious freedom and it's going to be an persecution a nation or maimed under attack. it's a very much david bellos when you start looking not just there was a recent cases even going back you know time i want to ask you you know there's now this debate tragically with every shooting there's always the debates the political debates that come out after a you know do you believe the churches should fall under like homeland security or we're going to have to like overly secure churches

this knoxville father wore a tutu and showed off some fancy footwork at his daughter's ballet class.he studio. the man's wife is 7 months pregnant and couldn't participate. so the daring dad did what he had to do. video of his performance is racking up thousands of views on social media viral star or not, we'd say he's a shoe- in for "father of the year" ( dave ) watching the weather this morning. your forecast is right after the break. (dave)rain chances return to the north bay on thanksgiving, but the rest of the region is expected to remain dry with continued warmer than normal temperatures. dry weather is expected to return to all areas on friday. high pressure will move east during the weekend and rain chances will begin in the north by late saturday and spread across most of the rest of the region by sunday. no major hot spots. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( will ) only on kron4... a desperate search for a missing service dog in san jose. and now the owner is worried about her dog's health problems.

(vicki) this knoxville father wore a tutu and showed off some fancy footwork at his daughter's balletur parents to class" day at the studio. the man's wife is 7 months pregnant and couldn't participate. so the daring dad did what he had to do. video of his performance is racking up thousands of views on social media viral star or not, we'd say he's a shoe- in for "father of the year" (steve) that wraps up kron4 news at nine..(vicki) pam moore is here with what we are working on for kron-4 news at ten...(pam) thanks steve and vicki...coming up on kron-4 news at ten.... the holiday travel rush is on. as drivers cram the roads around the bay area... they're going to want to be on their best behavior.... tonight - we're riding along with the c-h-p... as a major police crackdown gets underway.. then - new at ten... new video showing a dramatic escape out of north korea... a soldier risks his life to make it to freedom..making a desperate dash through a hail of gunfire.. you don't want to miss it.. plus, chief meteorologist brittney shipp has your holiday weekend foreacst. kron4 news at ten

now over the top of knoxville. heading to the mid atlantic this afternoon. aren't going to be that high. much of the state of virginia in a quarter inch to half an inch of rain. timing of it for bigger cities suburbs south of d.c. that's going to be late afternoon, early evening. typically when the most people get out there and vote. here's the timing of it. track the rain. yellow and moderate to heavier rain. this is 7:00 a.m. go through the lunch hour today. raining in roanoke. rain begins to arrive in washington, d.c. 5:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., that's the heavier rain in northern virginia. also from the richmond virginia and down towards norfolk. not snow or ice or anything. just rainfall. that can stop people from voting. we'll also see the rain moving into new jersey during the day today for that voting. >> all right. bill karins, thanks for the update. >>> in the wake of the mass shooting in texas, members of congress looking to sake some sort of action on guns. is it going to work? we take a look at the options on the table next. don't let type 2 diabet

i'm the chief of police in knoxville, tennessee, also a member of the executive board of directors for the international association of chiefs of police and currently the general chair for the midsized agencies division, which represents agencies with 50 to 999 sworn officers. the ic spshgs the world's largest association of law enforcement members. i've been fortunate to have been trained by the fbi and domestic and international terrorism as well as participated in training at the u.s. army war college in addition to my over 28 years of experience in law enforcement. today's law enforcement officers face an incredible set of challenges, one of the many myriad of challenges we confront is how to best respond to planned rally, spontaneous crowds and civil disturbances by extremist groups while balancing first amendment rights. all too often what may have been started as peaceful demonstration can spawn protests and counterprotests. groups with varying social and political agendas wish to express their concerns over war, abortion, environmental issues, policy decisions and numerous othe

and in 2008, two people died in knoxville tennessee when a gun man attacked a church service. texas shooting prompting new calls forearmed volunteers in churches. texas passed a law waving state requirements on training licensing and background checks for volunteer security services. let's bring in chuck chadwick president of national organization of church security and safety management. glad that you could be here today, sir. why did you decide to start this organization? >> well, about 15 years ago i was the director of security for a large church in the dallas ft. worth area. lot of churches came to us, or came to me, and said, you've developed a correct model. how can we emulate this? in 2005, i left full-time church ministry and started the gate keepers ministry here in the dallas ft. worth area. and since then, we've grown our gatekeeper program to where we take volunteers from churches. we train them in a state security program, which is what you would have if you wanted to do security at a professional level. then we take those volunteers and we license them under the

much of west virginia, western portions of virginia and the rain, it threw in the knoxville area andreas of eastern tennessee. as far as this afternoon, this is the lunch hour. rain beginning to move into washington, d.c. much of the state of virginia getting encompassed into the light rain you could even see some wet snowflakes today in areas of central pennsylvania by 5:00 p.m., that's when the steadiest rains will be over d.c. or philadelphia we could have late afternoon airport delays in this region and boston will get light rain teon tonight rainfall amounts aren't too bad. much of the country looks fine four your business travel forecast more "worldwide exchange" when we come back i love you, couch. you give us comfort. and we give you bare feet, backsweat, and gordo's... everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink. soft surfaces trap odors. febreze fabric refresher cleans them away for good. because the things you love the most can stink. and plug in febreze to keep your whole room fresh for up to 45 days. breathe happy with febreze. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange

it's being called the -- he's being call the father of the year this body building dad from knoxville he did everything in a black tutu his eight-year-old daughter adrianna kept him in line helping with him with his form. her big smile made it worth it dad says. >> that is so cute. >> that is just the best. >> you know what that reminds me of the commercial, here is my handle, here is my -- forget what it's for the body builder guy playing with his daughter. i think it's a fatherhood commercial. >> i haven't seen it. give me the tissue. >> i know. so cute. >> his form was pretty good. >> tucker. >> maureen will you tell me more about that commercial. >> you know the commercial. [ laughter ] >> here is my handle here is my spout. >> i just know the song. >> i don't remember that. >> you've seen it a million times. >> maybe i have. >> 34 now in washington. we'll be in the mid to upper 40s later today. cool one for us. notice those winds out of north northwest at ten. but should be a sunny and bright day for much of the day. few clouds this afternoon high pressure keeps things nice and d

we get back in knoxville meadows. today opening lower. a jampacked show for you. "varney & company" about to begin. let's turn to the twitter account. president trump treatment about a big announcement when he returns from a show later today. here's the quote. i will be making a major statement upon my return to d.c. time and date to be set. don't know what is going to talk about either. he'll speak to the house republican conference on thursday. the white house confirming that to fox and the president will address the gop ahead of the house tax reform vote which we are told will be this week. the roy moore mass effect allegedly has come forward and not gop senators lining up to tell more step aside in the alabama senate race. all rights, judge napolitano is here. looks right now as if william morris the man who upset the tax cut applecart. >> i know you have that fear, but even if he is elected by a majority of voters who will take 10 days to be certified at minimum. that's very close to christmas eve, write to the weekend before christmas and congress is in brea