melanie: i it's our way of lif. i mean, you know, i know a lot of people, b being in the healh care professioion myself, i knoa lot of peoplple that aren't as fortunate as me, that aren't able to continue to work. but, i mean, it's a way of life for us, this is just part of lifefe, it's not anything thate look as being a burden, or anything. reporter: melanie's treatment is in little rock, arkansas. the medical university here specializes in the type of cancer she suffers from -- multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. the uams is a renowned research center, and treats more myeloma patients than anywhere else in the world. and if the treatment is not covered by health insurers, the hospital offers help from charitable organizations. dr. van rhee: it's in general terms a much more complicated system. one additional burden to the patient is that the patients have to navigate this complex financncial world, both in ters ofof the benefit that they are able to receive, and alslso dealing g with insurance aspec, wh

let's go down to melanie who is with jason pierre-paul. >> melanie: thank you, greg.is it to be back in your home state of florida where you played collegiately at u.s.f. in tampa? >> good to be back in florida, back in my old college stadium, tampa bay stadium, feels good. >> melanie: your coaches and teammates have raved about the leadership you have shown and your work ethic. what was your mindset? >> every year, is stay focused and play hard. i try to play my best game that's possible i can bring which is going 110%. that's what i do. >> melanie: this team made a number of off-season acquisitions on the defensive line. how is the chemistry so far? >> the chemistry is good. we're not quite there but we're getting there, it's going to take time but we played great out there today, couple things we did we're going to clean them up this off week. >> melanie: thanks for the time, jason. back to you. >> greg: melanie, thank you. ryan griffin continues to throw the ball well. first down. he will throw it again. to the outside. right through the hands of his intended rece

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to defuse melanie kuroda bob reporting for us from harare melanie thank you very much. now to a major change in germany's treatment of asylum seekers that the southern state of bavaria has opened controversial rapid processing centers for migrants these so-called anchor centers are part of interior minister of disputed plans to reduce the numbers of migrants arriving in the country the centers are designed to speed up asylum processing the aim is for each case to be decided within eighteen months asylum seekers whose claims are rejected would then be deported from the centers and critics say concentrating so many asylum seekers in one place could hinder integration and lead also to undress. and let's get more on the story with our political correspondent kate brady who joins us in our studio hi kate so how does this actually change germany's migration policy this change in the sense that any migrants coming in to the very end now will be sent straight away to these centers instead of two different local authorities so the main aim of the bavarian or sorties in launching

correspondent melanie core of the ball there in horary. let's check on some other stories making headlines around the world facebook has uncovered what it says is a coordinated campaign to influence u.s. mid-term elections in november the company has removed dozens of pages it says aim to mislead users facebook did not identify who created the pages but said some activity was consistent with that of a russian agency accused of meddling in the twenty sixteen election. a ban on full face bails has come into force in denmark the government says face covering garments like the new company burka prevent women from integrating into danish society several other european countries of instituted similar bans some danes are planning to defy the new law. authorities say all one hundred three passengers aboard a plane that crashed tuesday in northern mexico have sorbonne the plane took off in stormy weather and reportedly went down after being hit by a strong wind gust crash dozens injured but authorities said most people were not seriously hurt. and

from the capital harare melanie observers just gave an assessment of the election what did they say. well they have been more critical of than the observers that i was listening to this morning from different african countries e.u. people actually have quite strong statements and to give you an assessment in person here with me is brock the head of the observing mission to zimbabwe of the you broken you tell me what is your assessment of this election first of all it was . much better than any other elections this country before it was free campaigning freedom of expression but a lot of shortcomings in favor of the ruling party financing state media intimidation and in the proper clothes specially in the countryside and such questions until suddenly of in transparency and printing of the belo cheats the voters rolls and all such precious how great was it what happened is it but if it was not a fair election does the m.d.c. have grounds to challenge the result but if the result for the presidential election might be fifty point five to forty point four to nine point five and then does

our correspondent melanie chord of all on the story for us tonight in the zimbabwean capital melanie thank you very much you know. the european union is marking romo holocaust memorial day in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of cindy and roma who were murdered by the nazis in his speech european commission vice president franz timmermans so that cindy and roma people still face racism and hatred on a daily basis indeed in recent weeks roma people in ukraine have found themselves under attack from right wing groups one man was stabbed to death in front of his wife. connelly traveled to western ukraine to speak to his widow and to other victims of the by its. this is how it all began in april twenty eighth. july auntie's attacked a rome account in the ukrainian capital kiev a copycat attack soon followed across the country in late june twenty three year old david pappas was stabbed more than a dozen times in the western city of leave his death provoked an outcry inside and outside ukraine's borders the teenage suspect a noun custody but how could this have been allowed to happe

for more let's bring in do that you correspondent melanie current a ball who is live in harare for us this afternoon and melanie as we just heard there the electoral commission said that the results would be released very soon what are you hearing well sara constitutionally the electoral or commission hands above what has time until such a date to the release the results but because of the mounting pressure especially by the international observers after the violence yesterday we've been hearing that the electoral commission will release all stock releasing the results rather tonight at ten pm my personal emphasis will be on stott that means constituency by constituency so it's not sure we will actually know who the president is tonight it could take until tomorrow still and the tension is high we know that the foreign governments and international organizations they're all calling for calm calling for restraint but meantime security forces within the country they've reportedly sealed off the headquarters of the main opposition party that sounds like an escalation what's the mood on t

melanie corrida ball with the very latest there from harare thank you. to some other news now and varia has become the first german state to open controversial new processing centers for asylum seekers authorities want to hold asylum seekers there while their applications are fast tracked and deport anyone who is rejected critics say that the system will get a wise new arrival. for many refugees arriving in germany in future this is what home will look like this reception facility in a former u.s. army barracks in the bavarian city of bam bag is the model for the new refugee centers to be known as anchor centers the acronym anchor stands for a rival decision and return the key idea various departments which look at asylum applications will be together in one place migration agency labor office welfare or thorough even the courts the claim is that will mean applications are dealt with more quickly. with these centers the migration agency will in most cases be able to issue documents in three or three and a half months when the people are to be granted ref

let's bring in correspondent melanie cora deval who is standing by in zimbabwe covering these elections for us and she joins us now from the capital harare and you know melanie as we've just heard there are reports of police firing not only tear gas but also live ammunition to crowds there in the capital what more can you tell us sara the military is still very very present in the city center the situation has become a little bit calmer but people are still being gribben out of the center chased away by the military and by the police and throughout the day we've seen helicopters we've heard gunshots military tanks well on their way and people in the city center where the protests is where met with the via violence as well as reports of some of my fellow colleagues have been attacked by the military and the police they have had rifles pointed at them that were beaten up so the freedom of press was severely restraint today as well the opposition for their part they say that the reason why they're out on the street is because there is fraud in this election we know that the e.u. that they

melanie credible for us from harare melanie good to talk to you. now syrian president bashar assad says his army is close to victory in the country's civil war his regime now holds around two thirds of syrian territory with kurdish groups controlling much of the rest with the war in syria apparently winding down refugees abroad have faced greater and greater pressure to go home lebanon is currently hosting roughly one point five million syrian refugees the country has the highest proportion of syrian refugees in the world did he travel to the town of ourselves where we need syrian refugee and her children the assad government killed her husband and there's no way back for her and her family but work and she go our correspondent reports. it was not a voyage of the imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee her syrian home. to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border. although it happened five years ago the memories are still fresh this is my son. husband and son killed in the

of ball is covering the latest for us from harare hi melanie the results came in the middle of the night have people there had time to really react to this news. question me many zimbabweans are likely to only be finding out this morning who their president is because as we expected the results only came on touring the night most likely in an attempt to decrease the likelihood of protest here in the country but i still saw military tanks military vehicles heading down town just after the results were announced i could hear helicopters throughout the entire night so it looks like the military is ready to crack down on any demonstrators today we might seize them and can't support the celebrating on the streets but it could be that the supporters of the opposition party the m.d.c. might be too scared to go out and protest against this results and melanie you know the opposition they're not backing down they say they're going to challenge this result what opportunities do they have. thank you. well that's true they have said they will reject the result they will challenge it some party membe

melanie credible source from harare melanie good to talk to you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world authorities in the democratic republic of congo say four more people have tested positive for the bowl of virus in the country's northeast the outbreak in north kivu province close of ugandan border has already claimed twenty lives the cases come just days after another outbreak in the northwest of the d.r. see was declared over. twitter user as uploaded video of the aero mexico plane crash film from inside the aircraft the plane went down shortly after takeoff in northern mexico on tuesday miraculously all one hundred three crew and passengers survived many of them resumed work or their travels just a day after the accident. u.s. president donald trump has called on attorney general just sessions to end the high profile investigation into russian election meddling trump tweeted quote sessions should stop this rig witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further sessions recuse himself from the invest

. >> reporter: rob and melanie melillo's 21st wedding anniversary. bit less dramatic than their 20th. >> he got a piece of steak stuck in his throat, and he looked at me with this face and i did the heimlich, and i said to him i just saved your life. twice.or >> repr: once from choking. >> you lucky dog. >> c'mon. >> reporter: the second time,r, howeve is still to come-- to save rob from a hereditary disease that's destroying his kidneys, and forced him, last august, to join 100,000 other americans on a waiting list for a kidney from a deceonor. how long did they say you would probably have to wait? >> when they first listed me i was at three to five years. now i went for my one year checkup d they said it got bumped to four to seven years. hi reporter: evethough, in this last year, health has continued to decline, making it harder and harder for him to keep working as plumber. g. about four hours worth of work and i'm dragg >> reporter: mel gie was ready e one of her kidneys to rob. >> i said i'd give it if i could. the nurse said well you can. >> r

out to melanie phillips and what's the latest is the situation under control. the situation is slowly getting under control that has been some major progress made in containing the fire we have just learned that it's now under control or largely under control but of course the rest till six hundred to six hundred fifty firefighters and army personnel out the king to put out this unprecedented blaze here just fifty kilometers outside of berlin people have been incredibly scared to especially because they have been hearing that the firefight is a war and about the changing winds and there have been some new smaller fires starting but as i said a lot of the it seems that the situation is slowly getting better and under control there have been really good news for some people today three hundred eighty people from one village were told that they can go home the houses are still standing nothing happened so they are incredibly happy about that and then there are also two other villages that have been waiting to hear if they can finally go back but we have just learn

melanie corrida ball joins me now from harare melanie election observers from the commonwealth have been commenting on the election and the violence so what have they been saying. well terry goes to a restaurant yesterday they denounced the excessive use of fine again on civilians here in harare and both parties to exercise restraint it was talking about the election itself though they raised concerns about voter intimidation about the local media being biased in favor of the rulings and m.p.'s and now they are asking the electoral commission to come out with a full report the full results as soon as possible because the delays are of course raising suspicions come to teach me we know that they have to give us the results by saturday but we will get pressure mounting up on them it could be that the child knows who the next president will be today if they do so we are expecting them to do that during the evening or at night even to decrease the likelihood of protests . so yesterday we did see. the government would crack again if there were any further anti-government protests what's it li

more let's cross to our correspondent melanie. and horan melanie let's begin with those incredible scenes of the opposition press conference what does this incident tell us about the ties between the police and the ruling party in zimbabwe. well sara there is no clear cut answer to that it was a bit of a bizarre scene today the fifty police officers arriving in their riot gear hindering journalists from attending the press conference not wanting the press conference to happen and then they just disappeared to again the question that remains is who ordered them to come in the first place or was it the police who came on their own we know the military did intervene last year in november ousting the president so it could be that the police just decided to come on their own or it could have been the center of piaf party ordering them to go and then the question is why would they do so they have the official vote doesn't really make sense. mangala has promised to be the president of all zimbabweans considering what we're seeing in the

melanie? >> reporter: dan, when we reached out to twitter, a spokesperson responded, "we have nothing to share at this stage." even without official confirmation, a security expert tells abc 7 news the more meetings like this one, the better. twitter's headquarters in san francisco reportedly hosting tech giants like facebook, google, microsoft tor according to buzz feed it was to share tactics. >> secret, public, doesn't matter. it matters we're talking, coordinating and that we're all trying to stop this stuff from happening. >> reporter: mike mur re, is a -- >> no one smart person is going to solve this. we need a lot of smart people to get together to solve these problems. >> reporter: buzz feed reports -- outlined a three-part agenda, each company would present the work they've been doing to counter information operations. discuss problems each company is facing. and talk about whether this kind of meeting should become a regular occurrence. marie says sharing is key. >> we want to be sec

and let's bring in detroit news melanie de ball she's covering the election for us from zimbabwe from harare there nonny good to see what zanu p.f. saying about these results. of has not come out yet with an official statement but of course you can imagine that they must be very happy to have the hundred and nine seats effie's as you said in parliament they'll be more results coming out so we can expect them to get even more seats which means for them they'll be the ones doing the policy making and of course this is also an indicator on who is gone away in the presidency right now it looks like emerson monica will continue running the country we don't have the final results of that yet of course we'll have to wait a few more days but that will keep you updated on the square and melanie you know what about the opposition the m.d.c. has accused the zanu p.f. of stealing the selection will they accept these results now that the electoral commission has spoken. it looks really likely they will not accept the results they have actually taken the streets yesterday during the day and in the

ball in the capital harare tonight melanie thank you very much and stay safe. well i'm joined now by eddie cross he is joining us via skype from harare he is a member of zimbabwe's opposition m.d.c. and a former member of parliament mr krause it's good to see you again let me get your take on just what we're seeing right now on television there in zimbabwe the fact that it appears that the electoral commission is going from constituency to constituency and really drawing this out how do you read that well i'm going to encourage by that i was encouraged early it's day when i was told that they had called in the chief election agents for old a presidential candidate or twenty three of them very scientific research. results from every single constituency in the country and i'm glad that they're now doing it this way because really they got to put this skepticism about their results to bid and this is the only way to do it bridget glorious that that it's good mr ross i think a lot of people would agree with you on that but what about the time of day or the time of

the entire world is waiting for that confirmation including our correspondent melanie curry the ball she joins me now on the telephone from the capital of zimbabwe harare good evening to you melanie we know that the electoral commission is starting to announce the results at this moment is there any indication when we will have the final results. and it's quite difficult to say that something like on the. presenting the results of the presidential election which usually means they're going to the constituency by constituency if that is the case we could be waking on coke tomorrow noon time to find out who the next president is but of course it could also be a big big surprise i can see the security here around me really having used up so that might be something important happening a month or two coming and any time you thought it might be a surprise i definitely keep you updated that's good and we want to let our viewers know too we're looking at live pictures there of that electoral commission there we were looking at live pictures of that commission and we will come back to you. fo

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live at the palace of fine arts with more. melanie? >> reporter: well, dan, we've seen san francisco police patrolling here all day today. but the captain of northern stations says there was not a unit that was patrolling early sunday morning when this armed robbery happened. an armed robly at this iconic tourist destination. san francisco police say it happened sunday around 7:45 in the morning. someone robbed women and children visiting the palace of fine arts at gunpoint. >> i'm surprised something like that would happen here because it's a pretty upscale, residential area. >> i think it's alarming and i don't think it should happen anywhere. >> stefani has made greater strides. >> we know police presence works. >> reporter: northern station's captain said there wasn't a patrol unit assigned that early sunday morning. the president for the san francisco police officers association says more officers are needed in general. >> i think every district is kind of faced with wanting more foot patrols. >> i'm with the poa on that, of cours

melanie? >> reporter: there was a bart board of directors safety meeting that happened earlier today and a lot of discussion about privacy issues as it relates to policing. ultimately the board did not vote on a safety proposal but they did vote on which issues to table for the moment and which ones to continue researching. people at this bart board urged the board not to use the stabbing death of nia wilson as an excuse to increase surveillance. >> it's bias, inaccurate and dangerous. >> reporter: earlier this week bart board member told abc 7 news he wants to consider facial recognition software but the board's general manager said that is not part of the safety plan introduced. >> even if you do not currently apply facial recognition yourselves to this data, other people will apply it. >> i respect peoples' right to privacy, so we have to define that balance and that's going to be tough because there are directors who feel very strongly one way and there are directors who feel very strongly

or at a correspondent in zimbabwe tonight the mill in the rue de boer when the storm forced melanie thank you. and now to the democratic republic of congo where large crowds turned out to greet the former world war john deere and he's returned home after a decade in jail in a surprise ruling in june the international criminal court quassia his conviction for war crimes because the former vice president and his return shakes up the political landscape in one of africa's most turbulent countries he is expected to stand in the presidential election that's scheduled for december and he'll pose a stiff challenge to president joseph kabila who's been delaying the election for two years. where in the north province of the democratic republic of congo there's been an outbreak of the deadly disease ebola twenty six cases have been reported and of those twenty have died just a week ago an outbreak of ebola in another part of congo what's declared over. a ban on full face veils has come into force denmark the government says that face covering garments like the cob and burka prevent women from integ

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commission taking these results possibly into the night i mean what kind of signal does that send melanie i mean most people are probably going to be asleep aren't they i mean so are they even going to be a part of this history making moment. well that is the thing and this is kind of what people have been hearing all along they. say they'll be doing it during the night to avoid people going out on the streets to not have them demonstrated so we don't see the kind of violence and protests that we saw yesterday so they might not actually be watching they might not be hearing when the president will be announced we could also be waiting until tomorrow and then we'll see if either the people are too scared to go out on the streets because you can really feel how feel close they are or they might they might go out and we'll see some escalation like with it but they were thought out and we also want to point out too that you know you are talking to us tonight from inside you know a safe area and you know that is of course not by chance it can be dangerous tonight with the capital being on lock

let's go right to due to these melanie credible she's following the latest for us from harare hi melanie a commonwealth election observers have just held a press conference what did they say. become and have observers here have are of course denounced the excessive use of violence against civilians yesterday they extended their sympathies to the. the families of the victims and all parties here to act in restraint to restrain violence to make sure that it doesn't happen like it did yesterday and they were also saying that they have really urging the zimbabwean electoral commission to bring out the results as soon as possible because any further delay is of course grounds for speculation and will keep on driving people onto the streets protesting and this could of course lead to further violence especially if we look back at the days and the during the election they have also been saying that what happened was there was a lot of. and on top of that with the with the delay of the results people are just getting more and more skeptical about how fair and transparent these elections really a