Hello to you. Cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic found guilty of sexually abusing children, has failed in his legal attempt to quash his conviction. An appeal Court Hearing in australia has rejected his argument that the verdict was unfair. The former vatican treasurer was jailed in march, for 6 years, for abusing two boys in a melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. Chrissie foster is the mother of two girls who were raped by another catholic priest. She campaigns on behalf of the victims of Sexual Violence and was in court when the appeal was dismissed. It has been upheld, this rape of a child, two children. It. It doesnt happen often. It always gets overturned. All the appeals, half of them usually win. It is a hard climb to get a conviction in the first place. Hardly anyone comes forward and this has been an outstanding example of justice and just and this has been an outstanding example ofjustice and just amazed. Lets head to the bbcs phil mercer who is at the court in melbo
A is in jeopardy as this is paul, right . Coalition government, not the comments. So for mass palestinians or opponents of israel. But instead, the view of the Us Intelligence services, the war, nothing yahoo is on least since the mouse attack on october. The 7th is killed and maimed more than a 100000. 00 palestinians, and destroyed the false ways of casa. Yes, a mass and its allies continue to fight back. So if the Intelligence Community of israel is closest ally doesnt believe in the coal aims of the military offensive, why is the us still providing it with money and weapons . And with its predictions that nothing yahoos, governments could collapse. What does this report indicate about the current state of us is really relations. Well discuss all of this with all panel of gas shortly. But 1st, and we can kinda has more details on whats in the report. Israel will not destroy him us. Thats according to a us intelligent assessment of global threats. It states as route, were probably fa
Weatherwise. Sunny and dry. Yeah, going for. Yeah. Absolutely. Dart with a check of the weather where that came from. John, you have the wind is truly the cats to today. An otherwise gorgeous day, kind of like we saw yesterday were just adding a lot more wind into it. Looking outside the Golden Gate Bridge just really susceptible to some of the stronger gusts right now have gusts up to around 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour. Right now. And your view from mount tam another spot that is going to see some of our stronger gusts today. We have with high Wind Warnings up in the Sierra Nevada where our strongest winds will be up to 90 Miles Per Hour. Peak wind gusts well in the bay area in that light, 10, our own wind advisories in effect through 11 00am tomorrow. Our peak gusts around 45 to 50 Miles Per Hour. And were already seeing those in areas like atlas peak Vacaville Fairfield out towards the coastline in our mountain passes and bridges to so watch your travel this morning. Tie everything down
Toll rising and the flames reaching containment. But first, u. S. Attorney Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden who he is named and why the case is now taken this turn. From the bay station, youre watching kron. And news. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman and we start with some breaking news as u. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. Garland says he is naming david weiss as the special counsel. Why says the u. S. Attorney in delaware who has already been probing the business dealings of the president s son. And this is coming after a plea deal broke down last month and a tax and gun case against hunter biden. So heres what the attorney general said just moments ago. Tuesday of this week, mister weiss advice me that in his judgment, investigation had reached a stage at which he could should continue his work as a special counsel. And he asked
Those stronger gusts that we are going to be seeing today. So just in to sup 8, that as you are making your drive into work and planning out the day in general, our windiest conditions out in the delta mountain tops as well as our bridges viewing from one of those mountain tops at mount tam. Just how beautiful and clear our skies otherwise, we do have high Wind Warnings in the sierra nevada. Winds up there will peak at 90 Miles Per Hour today. Well, those wind advisories for the bay area comparatively calm. 45 to 50 Miles Per Hour. But we are definitely breezy already this morning. Vacaville at 37 Miles Per Hour. Danville, 41 Miles Per Hour, peak gust and Half Moon Bay also at 40 Miles Per Hour remaining windy throughout the day. And finally coming down tomorrow morning advisories expiring tomorrow at 11 00am aside from that is a super pleasant day to look forward to were already in the upper 50s hardly fellow out of the 60s last night for some spots. And later on today, well be back i