The condition of anonymity denied that the us was behind that reported attack the conflict in the middle east is also shaking up things at home democrats are rallying against the president s decision to kill soleimani. Several president ial hopefuls described the president s action as reckless. What im concerned but there has one thing we have learned. In our modern times about us involvement abroad. Its that when you dont have a plan or know what youre doing when you act. When there could have been another way. Taking out a bad guy is not necessarily a good idea. Senator Elizabeth Warren said the move increase the likelihood of more deaths and new middle east conflict. Senator Bernie Sanders slammed what he called a dangerous escalation that puts United States on the path to another war the us air strike also raising alarms in major cities in the United States crawfords grant lotus here in the studio with us on how local and state and federal Law Enforcement officials. Are on standby for what could happen grant camp and 2 attacks now in todays and this latest attack tonight. Comes after iran vowed harsh revenge already against the u s for the initial drone strike yesterday new york city tonight on high alert, the n y p d is deploying to strategic locations throughout the city even though they say there are no Credible Threats at this time. Same in oregon, a Police Department theyre released this statement that reads officers routinely provide extra patrols with the intent to reassure Community Members during times of unrest around the world. This could be considered one of those times in california the States Office of Emergency Services issued a statement saying quote while there are currently no specific threats against our state as a result of the events in the middle east cal oh yes continues to monitor the situation and work closely with our state local and federal partners to ensure the safety of all californians. Now the trouble with iran is nothing new tensions there had already been steadily escalating since 2018 thats when President Trump pulled the us out of the International Deal to limit Irans Nuclear capabilities. The Iran Nuclear Deal and the president reimposed economic sanctions against the countrys Oil Financial shipping and Shipbuilding Industries but yesterdays killing of soleimani and 5 other military leaders push thing certainly to a new stress level. An escalation, no doubt iranian americans living in california. Are now speaking out. I feel kind of happy. Thanks i did. I mean not a lot of iranians really like that guy can say people iran, they need some changes hitting him they can. Make some changes in iraq to reach said mark that 1000. Young people kid did my country. Now the department of Homeland Security is considering elevating the terrorism threat level in the u s a senior dhs official says Counter Terror experts are already on the lookout for retaliatory attacks and are warning americans of cyber attack risks among other possible threats ken and pam back to yield grant. Thank you iran. Supreme leader ali howman a has appointed a replacement for some money. Major general is smile kani is now in charge of the elite quds force. He served many years with money. The Supreme Leader also says the agenda of the quds force will remain exactly what it was under the leadership of saudi money. The us says the strike on soleimani was aimed at preventing future iranian attack plans were following the ongoing conflict between the United States and iran both online and on the air and you can also check kron on the 24 hour local news streaming app for some exclusive content, including an interview from earlier today, the former chair of the California Republican party. Author of the book the divided era Tom Del Beccaro talked about what led up to the military strike and how iran is trying to become a world power, heres a clip. This was escalating the the on Saudi Oil Fields was an escalation, the missile strike was an escalation the us embassy, the killing of the personnel these are all escalations. And so finally President Trump responded which is in there get and theyre going to say well. He was fined into strongly but you id supported the measured response mentality because that says ok were only going to a little even if you so that it seems proportion. And so do i think iran is going to try and make an effort whether its in yemen with her who teaser the has iraq, a malicious will they strike back. Yes, but at the end of the day. Its not feasible to simply allow iran to continue to be the worlds most dangerous country and it is far more dangerous. The then north korea which is isolated. Irans right in the middle of the middle east something had to be done will iran. Do something more probably and what the Trump Administration should be doing now and i believe secretary pompeo has already indicated this. He needs to be making the case to the rest of the allies exactly what intelligence they have as to why this is going to be ramped up why foreign governments should be unified on this and so the next step for the Trump Administration is too create consensus internationally and within the United States that they couldnt simply allow iran to continue to act and escalate. You can watch that full interview and other exclusive content on kron on download it from your app store to start watching now. Other news to talk about tonight in the north bay Health Concerns on a popular bike trail. Sonoma county officials discovered the job or dota trail is infested with rats and they say the problem is connected to a homeless encampment kron fours gayle ong reports on what the county is doing to address this problem. The countys intent is to turn around back into a bike trail and get people housed from the sky captured by Sonoma CountySheriffs Office henry one helicopter rats roaming through job or dota trail 8 and a half mile paid off trail links downtown santa rosa and to pass to pull a popular route for cyclists walkers and runners but the homeless encampment has been attracting rodents this video prompting health and safety issues for people in the area developed a plan it was done you know which is why it you know. Another week to to do this is where can poison. Snap traps and me will be use instead of poison to stop the rat population growth, the safest way for People Living on the trail county has been working on the problem after public outcry put up toilets 2 of them are 88 come by we had regular trash service that they kind of weekly over the last 2 weeks last month the county board of supervisors approved 12 million for solutions to house and shelter those living on the trail. I think we have a homeless problem so. You know i want to see things the equitable i want to be able to bike in that area. But i also want people to have a home. Pest control begins on monday reporting in sebastopol gayle ong kron 4 news. 2 men have been charged in the death of an oakland Research Engineer who died while trying to recover his stolen laptop, sure jang who you see here in this photograph died after chasing the man who stole his computer while he was working at a starbucks in the montclair districts in oakland kron fours Maureen Kelly has new information about the victim and the latest on the allegations. The Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office is filing charges against 2 suspects in the death of shore jang. The 34 yearold ibm engineer was killed as he attempted to recover his stolen laptop which was snatched at the montclair starbucks tuesday Court Documents allege the 22 yearold byron oj read and she van eugene levy stole the laptop and jumped into a nearby car. The victim gave chase and a struggle ensued jang was struck by the getaway vehicle and later died from his injuries. Surveillance video allegedly shows reid to be the driver hes being charged with murder with special circumstances and seconddegree robbery lea is being charged with Involuntary Manslaughter and seconddegree robbery investigators are still trying to determine if there are any additional suspects flowers can be seen on the doorstep of James Oakland apartment. His neighbors say was a nice young man and are shocked by his death one neighbor says james family from his native china are expected to arrive here saturday. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. We now know the name of the woman who was shot and killed in dublin on new years day. She was 28 yearold Adrianna Navarro from the layup we first brought you this story last night today, Dublin Police identified her and the man she was with Officials Say navarro and 28 yearold ricky white junior went to her exboyfriends home on wednesday night in dublin and threatened the homeowner with a gun arguments assault and not shooting then started thats when police say the homeowner fired his own gun as he ran away to call 911 in the exchange of gunfire navarro was shot and killed white was injured the home owner was not injured. In the east bay, a wanted felon has been caught after leading police on a vehicle pursuit to Contra Costa County sheriff spotted the stolen vehicle driving westbound along highway, 24 near the wilder accent on thursday night. An attempt to stop the car failed as the driver sped off. A Police Chopper overheard overhead follow the car to the bay fair bart station in san leandro and thats where officers arrested 20 yearold Joseph Willis after he tried to run away. Well as faces a number of charges including vehicle theft possession of stolen property and a number of weapons violations he also had 3 outstanding out of county arrest warrants and is being held without bail San Franciscos district attorneys elect is calling out the citys Police Department for racial profiling chase a boating tweeted today quote police had the biggest reported racial disparities. They were 5 times more likely to stop black people than their percentage of the population would explain bodene is responding to a state report released yesterday that were reported on. It found African American drivers in california were stopped by police at 2 and a half times the rate per capita of white people and searched 3 times as often of one 0. 8 Million Police stops in california, blacks accounted for 15 . The report also found a higher percentage of blacks were stopped for reasonable suspicion than any other racial group, blacks are also more likely to be stopped and arrested at night. So far the San FranciscoPolice Department has not commented on the latest report that step outside to give you a live look the bay bridge. Our meteorologist Lawrence Karnow was here he has a look at the friday night weekend forecast zach lowe skies were that to the weekend and you know weve got weve got storm out there right now i know its not a huge deal path you for free that you can we may get a couple rain drops out side tonight, those clouds are kind of thickening up just a bit right now you see hazy out over the bay at this hour, but. Yeah weve got a couple clouds that are coming our way that may produce couple rain drops overnight tonight temperatures today running below the average in the San Francisco 56 degrees yet 61. In oakland check out san jose almost 70 degrees today was just a Beautiful Day in the south bay 60s in livermore concord and also in the santa rosa all those temperatures running above the average for this time of year. Outside right now 46 degrees in redwood city, 45 in livermore 43 in dublin, so certainly get a little chilly in spots inland. The manuscript down the 39 about that in the napa valley 41 in petaluma on 41 degrees insanely not going to drop much more youve got the cloud cover rolling in now thats gonna hold many of these temperatures up just a bit in fact you see that cold front making its Northern California now in fact just beginning to move into the state Crescent City ricky can see its just not far away in fact some pretty impressive bands just off the coastline right here but the system is a drag further and further south is going to lose some of that energy so its going to come on shore but just not going have a whole lot of rain with it tonight increasing clouds throughout the night rain developing after midnight tonight. And then Early Morning showers were talking early and probably 6 7 oclock in the morning, maybe 8. Then it kind of moves out of town by sunday should be mostly sunny just a couple clouds in the afternoon in the north bay but this cold discover rolling on in as High Pressure finally moving eastward across nice couple of days and some nice dry weather but the jet stream now going to start to take a dip but because the system is run to right the back side of the ridge, not the best chance to get any significant rainfall but maybe a few hundreds of an inch of rain coming with the system as it moves on by around the state so find some sunshine los angeles and 70 degrees 54 degrees in the monterey bay timing out the storm free overnight tonight, the clouds kind of thing coming up throughout the night and then here comes as we head toward about 4 oclock in the morning, you see some of the rain but the system kind of falls apart back to normal stalls in the south bay as it comes through tomorrow morning. So maybe a lingering shower early on but then we see just passing clouds really this whole storm system gets up a little part before in all not a saturday outside so if youve got plans for the weekend the storm system definitely not going affect those plans unless youre headed out very very early tomorrow morning so that being said how about the rainfall totals yet this my parents were looking for she wanted some significant rain there you go how about 600s in a santa rosa, 100 and that San Francisco him about that even a 100 mentor of rain were talking that much in oakland as well so yet not a huge storm, but theyre more lineup out there well talk about that with their tenant and coming up in a few even a little nothing that is just about something it is something is better than nothing and little bit how that thank you lawrence more from you later. All Contra Costa CountyLibrary Branches and martinez Administrative Offices are currently experiencing a Network Outage and its because of a cyber attack, the library says that there is no evidence that personal patron information has been compromised the effect of servers have been taken offline and some Library Services have already been restored. The library says it may take several days though before all of the Library Services are fully functional 3 men are going to state prison in an Million Investment scheme that targeted california is elderly. Prosecutors in sacramento say james let singer Gregory Chapman was thomas and another man sold unregistered securities over a 9 year period they told their investors they were developing an Internet Banking system. But they spent the money on fine dining multiple cars rant and cigars sentences for 3 men range from 3 to 30 years. The 4th man died while waiting for his sentence the search continues for the driver who hit a bicyclist in petaluma last night and then left the scene this is the aftermath of that crash along road just past corona road. 70 yearold max dorney suffered major but non life threatening injuries. The chp believes a later model grey audi suv ran into journey about 8 30 in the evening last night the chp says the sea the suv involved also likely has front and damage the north bay family is pleading for the return of their dog tonight, they say the puppy was taken from their home by a stranger. And then given up for adoption at the Humane Society is defending its decision to allow the pup to be adopted by somebody else saying that the dog came in as a stray and that the staff follow the law. Well for 10th on is hearing from both sides tonight, hes live in our newsroom with more dan. Pam and ken t