rosen for five minutes and after mr. rosen, opening statement, we're going to go into recess with a gold-medal ceremony and reconvene at 12 noon sharp and mr. rosen coming recognize for five minutes. >> thing very much i really appreciated this opportunity to talk to you today and 45 years ago, i was a staff member for the senate small business committee working on the hill to create the small business employee ownership act which would authorize them to make loans in the d.a. did not really do anything on that much like is not done very much on the mainstream act in 2018, the privilege of working with members of both this committee staff and that committee staff, decided to fix these problems and they thought that the legislation that was passed when in fact do that but again, they for reasons i really don't know has decided that it does not want to pursue any of this. and why should it will they are about 6500 privately held companies in the united states, and those companies have a long track record and first invested

rosen. with that i committee will recess and reconvene at 12 noon sharp, and with that, see you in an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

the rosen tolls live in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. janice takes the children to school each morning and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war has had a disastrous impact on business owners like yon us, m. o 's board. we've always worked closely with business partners in russia and people there always wanted our products back now that's all gone human. got such a sad way. so me. anees about lat fears. big neighbor to the east has risen sharply since the start of the war. latvia declared independence from the soviet union more than 30 years ago. but the invasion of ukraine has brought back traumatic memories . he this the other baker uppercase. it feels like the apocalypse. so you would please him to know you wake up completely confused. oper old things like asking, why are you read the news and wonder what the hell is going on in the world? yoyo t

rosen is now calling on other district attorneys to do the same thing. i think all of us have an obligation as americans to fight back against hatred and bigotry and in ways both large and small. this is one way in which a da's office says can do that. and i'm optimistic that others will do this as well. the unwillingness to be associated with hate speech has some advertisers already distancing themselves from the platform. >> they don't want their brand brand connected. just anything that is, you know, the ferry us or wrong or or keep buyers away from buying their products. so i think you're going to see major advertisers like coke and pepsi and and most of the other majors kind of saying, yeah, no, it's just too much risk for us. and tech analysts say if both advertisers and content providers abandon the platform, it could seal twitter's fate. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay, u.s. marshals say they arrested the man they believe is responsible for punching a 19 year-old fast food worker in antioch last month, causing her to lose her right ey

rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices to do the same thing. i think everyone has an obligation to do what they can do to promote to promote tolerance and to promote respect for one another. this unwillingness to be associated with hate speech is already turning off some of twitter's advertisers. tech analysts say twitter's future if there is to be one will be decided ultimately by those that provide content and those that advertise on the site. >> yes, the in full of tears of the people that really drive the volume on on twitter. that is that they've got a problem and average highs are bennett got a problem, but there's no contact going run the advertisers, not get your money's worth so that can leave. and of course, advertisers leave anyway, then they're gone and that revenue does come. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> all right. let's go to the high country. interstate 80 here at donner summit, expand and you can see just a ton of snow has been following up in the high country. let you i look at that and i just get looks like we're going to get a

we spoke to santa clara county da jeff rosen about his decision. kron four's. dan kerman has that story for us. >> essentially we're quitting twitter, santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen has announced beginning tuesday. his office will no longer have a presence on twitter because of the increase in hatred, bigotry and antisemitism. he says it's inconsistent with the values of the da's office. i don't want to be complacent. >> and the hatred and bigotry and antisemitism that is being trafficked on this site. and there are other ways for me to inform the public about what we're doing on their behalf. rosen says the tipping point was last monday when twitter's new owner elon musk. >> posted a cartoon of pepe. the frog. a symbol of antisemitism and racism for the all right. at that point, i said to myself, why is the da's office which represents this wonderful and diverse community. why are we supporting a platform that does these things. rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices to do the same thing. i think everyone has an obligation to

rosen and mr. donohue told him the fraud claims were simply untrue. mr. rosen and mr.hue continue to resist, president trump then tried to install a loyalist named jeffrey clark to lead the department as acting. on severalccasions, clark met withhe president come apparently come along with representatives scott perry, without authorization, promising to take the actions that barred rosen and donahue had refused to take. in particular, mr. clark intended to send a letter that he had drafted with the help of a political appointee the the white house installed a doj with just weeks left in the administration. mr. clark intended to send the letter to officials in numerous states, informing them falsely of coursthat the department had identified significant concerns about the election results in their state and encouraging their state legislatures to come in the special session to consider appointing trump rather than biden electors. this is donahue describing his reaction to the proposed letter. >> drafting letters without the knowledge of what the department had actually

reporter: so far, elon musk has not issued any response to rosen's move. last week he said hate speech has not risen since he took over twitter. for now, rosen is calling for other da's to also leave twitter. >> have other ways to medicate with the public the radio, television, other social media, and using a twitter platform is not necessary. reporter: jacks went has, abc7news. >> after the break, illness overwhelming our health care system. we will take a look at the impact of rsp, flu, and covid. you will hear from last week i stepped in a bear trap. i should really get rid of it. but... i'll make do. just like i make do without home internet. besides, my phone gets the job done. sometimes. it's not that bad. it is that bad. don't settle. get xfinity home internet for just $24.99 a month for 2 years with no annual contract and a free streaming box. anchor: four weeks we have been reporting about the triple threat of rsv, the flu, and covid. now it is here. new data from the cdc suggests that california is a hot zone for flu cases as covid rates are simu

rosen and mr. donahue told him that the fraud claims were simply untrue. as mr. rosen and mr. donahue continued to resist, president trump then tried to install a loyalist named jeffrey clark to lead the department as acting attorney general. on several occasions clark met with the president, apparently along with representative scott perry, without authorization, promising to take the actions that barr, rosen and donahue refused to take. in particular, mr. clark intended to send a letter that he had drafted with the help of a political appointee that the white house installed at doj with just weeks left in the administration. mr. clark intended to send the letter to officials in numerous states informing them falsely, of course, the department had identified significant concerns about the election results in the state and encouraging the state legislatures to come to special session to consider appointing trump rather than biden electors. and reaction to mr. clark's proposed letter. >> drafting letters without the knowledge of what the department had actually done in terms of

rosen on monday said his office will turn to other avenues such as face book and their official website public office will continue to issue news releases, which will go to tv, radio and newspapers and use other social media platforms other than twitter. i hope that there are others, particularly d a's offices, which will consider quitting twitter for the same reasons that i have says he hopes that other platforms will be developed as alternatives to twitter. the d. a s account will be officially offline, he says, starting tuesday. reporting from the newsroom. jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two, news officials announced today that the former acting police chief at the us capitol will become the chief of the u. c. berkeley police department. you'll get under pittman starts february one should replace chief margo bennett, who announced her retirement in october. pittman says she will continue bennett's work to modernize campus police operations and strengthen relations with the community that have at times been strained. i want students to know. that i have the utmost respect for their passion

every day janice rosen, towns uses around 8 meters of linen to produce 6 scarves, which he sells with his wife laila. janice has been running the business for 20 years, but doesn't know how much longer he can continue. the war in ukraine has changed every day. i'm very worried about everything to do with the war part of a he don't know how much you will is going to cost at the filling station with the bands. i think one think. and even just turning the lights on, it's up money. perfectly as guided alone, uranus has friends who are helping him to build his house. but the price of building materials in latvia has gone up by half. and he doesn't know when it will be finished. the rosenthal's live in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. youngest takes the children to school each morning and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war has had a disastrous impact on business owner

rosen says he hopes that other platforms will be developed as alternatives to twitter.the d a s account will be officially offline, he says, starting tuesday, reporting from the newsroom jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. to attend tonight's 17 striking academic workers were cited today. my police after staging a sit in at the sacramento office of the university of california president, the protest comes as nearly 2000 striking workers rallied outside the building, which is known as you see, center, sacramento 48,000 academic workers are on strike for fourth week now. calling for better pay benefits and job security. one union representing about 12,000 workers, has reached a tentative agreement with the university, but all the workers remain on strike in solidarity. san francisco 49ers now getting ready for a home game against the tampa bay bucks , and still tonight, a lot of chatter out there about rookie quarterback brock purdy now leading the way. purdy was the last person selected in the nfl draft in the spring. and with that, given the honorary title of mr irreleva

rosen for five minutes and after mr. rosen, opening statement, we're going to go into recess with a gold-medal ceremony and reconvene at 12 noon sharp and mr. rosen coming recognize for five minutes. >> thing very much i really appreciated this opportunity to talk to you today and 45 years ago, i was a staff member for the senate small business committee working on the hill to create the small business employee ownership act which would authorize them to make loans in the d.a. did not really do anything on that much like is not done very much on the mainstream act in 2018, the privilege of working with members of both this committee staff and that committee staff, decided to fix these problems and they thought that the legislation that was passed when in fact do that but again, they for reasons i really don't know has decided that it does not want to pursue any of this. and why should it will they are about 6500 privately held companies in the united states, and those companies have a long track record and first invested

rosen and mr. donahue told him that the fraud claims were simply untrue. as mr. rosen and mr. donahue continued to resist, president trump then tried to install a loyalist named jeffrey clark, to lead the department as acting attorney general. on several occasions clark met with the president apparently along with representative scott perry, without authorization, promising to take the actions that barr, rosen and donahue had refused to take. in particular, mr. clark intended to send a letter that he had drafted with the help of a political appointee that the white house installed at doj with just weeks left in the administration. mr. clark intended to accepted the letter to officials in numerous states, informing them falsely, of course, that the department had identified significant concerns about the election results in their state and encouraging their state legislators to come into special session to consider appointing trump rather than biden electors. here's acting deputy attorney general donahue describing his reaction to mr. clark's proposed letter. >> sending draftin

rosen. with that i committee will recess and reconvene at 12 noon sharp, and with that, see you in an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> welcome back everybody. will call the meetingwe back to order and begin wither mr. butcr who i will recognize for five minutes for your opening statement. mr. butcher. >> thank you good afternoon. my name is keith butcher and i am the founder of, one of the founding partners of mosaic capital partners which is a small business investment company that is licensed by the sba. and also the founder of esop advisor from called butcher joseph and company. i started my career in 1998 as a young lawyer and worked on my first transaction back then and 98, 99. coming from a small town in nebraska, it really was a fortune opportunity for me to see it in action. and watch the company transition from the family business, , sell me on this is to the employees. and, frankly, i did he know struct

rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices to do the same thing. i think everyone has an obligation to do what they can do to promote to promote tolerance and to promote respect for one another. this unwillingness to be associated with hate speech is already turning off some of twitter's advertisers. tech analysts say twitter's future if there is to be one will be decided ultimately by those that provide content and those that advertise on the site. >> yes, the in full of tears of the people that really drive the volume on on twitter. that is that they've got a problem and average highs are got a problem, but there's no contact going run the advertisers, not get your money's worth so that can leave. and of course, advertisers leave anyway, then they're gone and that revenue doesn't come. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> workers laid off by twitter taking legal action against the company. 3 former twitter employees spoke out today about being laid off after elon musk bought the company. their attorney says the employees were given a lower severance and w

tom: you are fortunate at princeton to have a guy named henry rosen -- harvey rosen.aying look at labor supply. what is the distinction of the american labor supply right now? carl: the supply is not there and it is not just a story of early retirements. it is happening across a broad swath of the labor. if we are printing jobs at a pace of 200,000 plus per month, it continues to amp up pressure in the labor market. jonathan: let's not bury the lead. carl: i think it is harvey rosen 102 not 101. jonathan: the bmp -- carl: we will see what happens after the press conference next week but we think there is a tightening in december. we expect another 50 basis points in february. a terminal rate of 5.25 consistent with what we are seeing in terms of the upward -- jonathan: this -- i -- carl: gdp figures, etc., the fed will keep at it until the job is done. they may have to keep at it more than previously expected. i don't think we are seeing a shift because he did not talk about -- there is a big difference between where we are now compared to where we were between the ja

everett: absolutely, senator rosen, i completely agree.we make snap more user-friendly program people use it. we saw that with the pandemic increasing benefits making it more assessable for folks and made the application process a more warranted process for them to go through. but online is inherently more accessible even those who are nervous about going into a grocery store with rising rates of the flu as well as covid. so we know that our older adults certainly prefer this option. now, increasing and simplifying the way in which they engage technology is also critical. since nevada is such a rural state, in many respects making sure everyone has access to broadband so they are all interconnected looking at accessibility for the older don't population. senator rosen: yes, i couldn't agree more. dr. walker. dr. walker: yes i agree with the technology , we had to figure out how to leverage technology during the pandemic so increasing access means they had begun maybe where where they may not had been comfortable to learn how to use the sys

rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices to do the same thing. i think everyone has an obligation to do what they can do to promote to promote tolerance and to promote respect for one another. this unwillingness to be associated with hate speech is already turning off some of twitter's advertisers. tech analysts say twitter's future if there is to be one will be decided ultimately by those that provide content and those that advertise on the site. >> yes, the in full of tears of the people that really drive the volume on on twitter. that is that they've got a problem and advertise or got a problem. but there's no contact. nobody's going run the advertisers. i get your money's worth so that can leave. and of course, advertisers leave anyway. then they're gone. and that revenue does come. and dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> meanwhile, some of the workers laid off by twitter are now suing one attorney representing 3 former twitter employees says that they were given a lower severance and they were promised in writing. they also said that twitter finally

i felt that it was inconsistent with our values. >> rosen also asked d.a.s across the u.s. to disconnect their offices. you can find updates from the d.a. office on the website and facebook page. >>> stocks starting the week off in the red amid fears that the reserve will raise interest rates. the nasdaq lost 221 points and the s&p 500 gained back nearly 73. tonight, the conservative-leaning supreme court will now rule whether freedom of speech and religious protection protects businesses that refuse to serve same-sex couples. nicole dantonio reports the cases around businesses that would be asked to take up free-speech cases around couples. >> reporter: at issue, whether an artist and designer can be forced to say things at odds with their personbeliefs. >> they force the state to create speech, not simply sell it. >> the company just cannot refuse to serve couples, just as a christian store can't announce, no allowed. >> reporter: the case is a strike from lori smith, who hasn't launched a wedding website business. her attorney argued that smith is an artist, and unlike o

rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices to do the same thing. i think everyone has an obligation to do what they can do to promote to promote tolerance and to promote respect for one another. this unwillingness to be associated with hate speech is already turning off some of twitter's advertisers. tech analysts say twitter's future if there is to be one will be decided ultimately by those that provide content and those that advertise on the site. >> yes, the in full of tears of the people that really drive the volume on on twitter. that is that they've got a problem and advertise or got a problem. but there's no contact. nobody's going run the advertisers. i get your money's worth so that can leave. and of course, advertisers leave anyway. then they're gone and that revenue does come. and dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> we will take a break here at 9.11, but still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. the polls are now open in georgia's runoff election for u.s. senate seat. we'll tell you how both candidates, rahm, the last lap before folks headed to th

rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices to do the same thing. i think everyone has an obligation to do what they can do to promote to promote tolerance and to promote respect for one another. this unwillingness to be associated with hate speech is already turning off some of twitter's advertisers. tech analysts say twitter's future if there is to be one will be decided ultimately by those that provide content and those that advertise on the site. >> yes, the in full of tears of the people that really drive the volume on on twitter. that is that they've got a problem and average high-res and then it got a problem. but there's no contact. nobody's going run the advertisers. i get your money's worth so that can leave. and of course, advertisers leave anyway. then they're gone and that revenue does come. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> well, some of the workers laid off by twitter are taking legal action against the company. the attorney for 3 former twitter employee says laid-off workers are given a lower severance than what they were promised in writi

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without authorization, they seemed to take the actions that bar, rosen, and richard donoghue refused to take. and particular, mr. clark intended to send a letter he had drafted with the help of a political appointee at the urging with just weeks left in administration. mr. clark intended to send the letter to officials in numerous states, informing them falsely that the department had identified significant concerns about election results in their states and encouraging state legislatures to come into special session and consider appointing trump rather than biden's electors. here is acting attorney deputy general donahue. >> he was drafting that is without knowledge of what the department had actually done. in terms of investigations. he was being reckless. saying what you are proposing is nothing less than the united states department at length in the outcome of the election. kinzinger: knowing department leadership would not support his false claims, president trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general. in a dramatic january 3 meeting in the office, rosen, donahue,

rosen cited the increasing hate speech, racism and antisemitism on twitter. but the tipping point he says came last monday when twitter's new owner elon musk posted a cartoon of pepe the frog, a symbol of antisemitism and racism for the all right. >> as prosecutors, we represent all the people in our community. every color, every ethnicity, every orientation, every nationality. and it's inconsistent with those values to use the platform that purposely traffic's and hatred and bigotry in order to sell more advertising and make more money for its owner. >> rosen is now calling on other district attorneys offices around the country to do the same thing and dropped twitter. he did not specify if the santa clara da account will be deleted or just no longer updated moving forward. and this is not just happening in the u.s.. a governor in germany is also quitting. twitter did so today, governor stephan whale of lower saxony state of about a million people in northern germany says the site is increasingly being used to spread hatred, the plans and leaving his account

rosen says, he's calling on other das to also leave twitter i have other ways to communicate with theough radio through television through other social media and using the twitter platform is not necessary zach fuentes abc 7 news. happening now with special city council meeting is underway in san jose to determine how to fill two vacant seats. the two seats are for district 8 and 10, which were vacated by mayor-elect matt mahan and sylvia arenas who was elected to the santa clara board of supervisor knows what their community faces. here's a live look at the meeting according to city rules empty seats can be filled by a vote of current council members by special election or through an appointment until a special election takes place. in the east bay tomorrow the city of richmond will settle a tie in a city council race by drawing a name out of a bag. no kidding. this comes after a hand recount confirmed that the district 2 candidates andrew -- and says there is a peter both received the same number of votes 1921 and now four weeks after election day the winner will be determined tomor

she and senator rosen, a little action going on in the united states senate, trying to prevent the railtrike. representative lee and horsford here? you got the best of the group here today. [laughter] she's an old friend and a strong supporter. and look forward to being able to visit spirit mountain and experience it with you as soon as i can. folks, look. i also want to thank chairman of the house natural resources for his leadership across the board on all the efforts i've talked about here today. i'm also announcing that deb as secretary of interior will continue to work with the secretary of agricultures to co-stewardship the federal lands. because that's what it is. [applause] signed over 20 new agreements with tribes this year, giving them a greater role in the stewardship of federal lands that are important to their cultures. and it's not stopping there. we have 60 additional co-sponsors, co-stewardship agreements currently under review and i'm announcing today the secretary of commercial is going to formally join these efforts as well. so let me close -- [applause] -- with a wor

alice be ascii, a jailed bella rosen activist, who was represented by his wife the russian human rights organization. memorial and the center for civil liberties in ukraine and your devil crashing you? yeah, can you store what you to mill? people in ukraine want peace more than anyone else, but peace doesn't come when the country being attacked lays down its arms. that is not peace, it's occupation the bookstore. the democratic world is used to making concessions to dictators. and that is why the readiness of the ukrainian people to resist russian imperialism is so important as alicia will. your day, we will not leave people in the occupied territories to die and be tortured people's lives. cannot be a political compromise, fully beach them compromise some gold medals for the winners who will then go home to continue their battles. ah, now see the world cup and guitar, where france have competed the semi final line up. they beat england to want to stay on track to become the 1st team to retain the world cup since brazil in 1962. the last remaining spot in the semi finals was up for grab

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rosen received a csb in political science from cornell university and thank you for joining us todaynd third witnesses mr. keith witter and he's a founder of partner at mosaic capitol as a small business investment company that is licensed and regulated by the fda and fun focuses on acquiring companies through an esop buyout he also serves as manager director for just having company and eve focused invest in investment bank sparta valley mosaic mr. bridger served as an executive president of tire and rubber company and is an executive director with morgan stanley and received his pa in international from bradley university is docketed - first university school of law thank you mr. bridger for being here today and i know you'll to the ranking member to introduce our final witness and final witness i would like to be introduced by commerce men flood who is from his home district. >> is recognized. >> think about chairman phillips and thank you also ranking member van dyne and it my pleasure to introduce mr. scott operative in prices to the committee today and he is a lifelong the rescu