that's the newsnation's emily flynn breaks it down. >> i've been around a long time and i've seen kinds of pie in the sky. utopian cities come and go. invest this. i'd be very, very concerned for years. government officials in the air force's foreign investment risk review office have been investigating the now largest landowner in california, solano county, 60 miles northeast of san francisco. flannery associates has spent 800 million dollars to buy up 3 sides surrounding the travis air force base. the investors, including linkedin, co-founder reid, hoffman stripe, co-founders and siblings. patrick and john collison and prominent silicon valley investor michael moritz. just to name a few have spent well above the market value for the 55,000 acres of farmland. congressman john garamendimsays they've even pressured farmers with legal action to fork over their land. these folks have you strong arm lobster techniques. >> to try to force landowners, to generational family farms have been sued for the day willingness should because they don't want to show their family for. and i'm going come

. - emily flynn. - i'm clapping too, by the way. looking forward, as well as backward. okay. [soft music] [soft music continues] - [lily] like me, emily was adopted from korea when she was a baby. but unlike me, she's a mom. she's maybe a glimpse of what motherhood might look like. [dog barks] mostly growing up, you know, i really think i just wanted to fit in. and it was also during the '80's and so adoption during that time it was very much, you know, love is enough. it was very much like a colorblind approach. so my parents raised us all the same, which meant white, right? they didn't know any korean. they didn't have any really interest in learning about the culture where i was born, so i grew up very much thinking that even though i looked asian and i looked korean, i felt that my personal being and my face still encompassed whiteness, if that makes any sense. - isn't that weird? - hi. - could you talk about when you had your first child, chloe, and what it felt like to finally kind of see someone that you were biologically rela

emily flynn spoke with congressman john garamendi who says farmers in the area they're now being targeted in a massive lawsuit from that company. >> why would somebody spend 5 to 10 times more than the normal price? >> congressman john garamendi has questions for flannery associates. 800 million dollars in land acquisitions surrounding travis air force base saying these purchases just don't add up. garamendi says he's been in contact with the families of farmers who sold their land to flannery and claim that they didn't want to sell to begin with. but flannery made them an offer. they couldn't refuse. mystery company, flannery associates agreed to pay well above the market value of the land. but now flannery is suing those families for 510 million dollars accusing them of conspiring together to inflate the value of the land saying, quote, this is a simple case about a group of wealthy landowners who saw an opportunity to conspire collude, price fix and illegally overcharged. flannery. >> it is a suit designed to force. farmers. lawyer up spend tens of thousands of dollars on lawyering. >>

news nation's emily flynn has the latest. i work 40 hours. i'm wondering how i'm going pay for everything that i 4th generation. ford employee sarah sham burr's says she can not make ends meet as a single mother with her current income. her story featured in a united auto workers union video monday as nearly 150,000 members across the u.s. continue voting to authorize a strike. the work stoppage could begin in a matter of weeks. if the big 3 detroit automakers, ford, gm and stellantis failed to reach a new four-year labor agreement before the current contract expires. according to the michigan-based anderson economic group attend a u a w strike could have a total economic loss of more than 5 billion dollars yet hundreds of u a w members rallied together at the union solidarity sunday >> analysts say the probability of a walkout is high with the unions. fiery newly elected president shawn fain advocating for a list of demands among them a more than 40% pay raise for workers. reinstating cost of living adjustments, ending tiered wage systems an

news nation's emily flynn has more on what happened. >> of the u.s.ay the seas. >> grant a bulding student. >> australian and u.s. defense authorities are launching a probe to determine what caused the bell. boeing v 22 osprey aircraft to crash during a joint military exercise in north australia, killing 3 americans and critically injuring another 5. the aircraft is participating in a joint training session called exercise predators run, which involved military troops from the u.s. australia, indonesia, the philippines and east timor. the goal of the exercise is to build better communication and coordination between the country's defense programs. officials say the crash happened around 9.30 sunday morning on melville island and only americans were injured during the incident. in total, there were 23 u.s. marines on the aircraft all receiving treatment for their injuries. now, focus. >> as a government and as city pop and defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this time. >> u.s. defen

. >> that was emily flynn reporting. back the strike authorization. and if it does pass, the work stoppage would go into effect when the current contract expires, which is september 14th. we will know the results of the national vote by thursday. we'll pass that along for your money. surging interest rates are making buy a new car, more expensive. there are only 6 vehicles sold in the u.s. with a base msrp under 20 grand. cars these days. the cheap us is the nissan versa. and the mitsubishi mirage. those start under 16 grand. the average new car loan now means you have a monthly payment of more than $750 a month. plus 9 and a half percent interest. wow. automotive and with the higher cost to link one car payments are also becoming more common. >> we're going to take a break here at 6.53. coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news. it may be a good idea to double check if your tech devices are ready for a natural disaster. o babackck i in n ththe e , snsneaeakeker r drdropopst getting online to wait in line. no