joe khalil has the latest. >> shot down a u.s.ok to the skies and with a single missile brought down the chinese spy balloon over the coast of south carolina. i was on the blown. >> what are the pentagon to shoot it down? i want to be as soon as possible. >> speaking to reporters shortly afterward, president biden said military officials recommended he wait on that order until the chinese aircraft was over water to ensure no americans would be harmed from falling debris. according to one senior defense official who spoke anonymously to protect their identity, the debris from the blast spanned some 7 miles. they have. the u.s. has been able to recover valuable intelligence from the aircraft and took steps to limit the chinese g%vernment's access to intelligence. the balloon collected while flying over the u.s.. as this episode comes to an end, tension and complication lie ahead in the already rocky relationship between the u.s. and china after learning of the balloon secretary of state antony blinken's planned trip to beijing was c

that was joe khalil reporting for us tonight.teresting stuff. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 10, a warning for drivers hitting the roads this holiday weekend. how much you can expect to pay to fill up. plus, a heads up free spay bart riders. the agency says some trains will not be running this weekend. kron 4 news at 10 returns in just a moment. gas prices are creeping back up again. that is the spring is approaching. prices are now the highest they've been since december of last year. the highest prices in the bay area can be found in napa. that's where a gallon of regular will cost you 4.97. the lowest prices in the bay area are in solano county. that's where the average prices 4.65 a gallon of gas in the city is going for 46 statewide. the average is 4.72. that's up from 4.42. a month ago. the national average is up 3.41. and that's up from 3.28. a month ago. northbound lanes on i-680, between single unpleasant in alameda county are closed and they will remain that way through the end of presidents day weekend, caltrans cre

joe khalil shows us what happened. news nation correspondent evan lambert complying with orders while on air. >> ending his live shot during governor mike dewine's press conference wednesday. but it's the moment that follows when the situation escalates for officers approach multiple cameras road nearby. at an auto plea explains, he was simply doing a live shot in accordance with the rules and the law. you can hear as the situation becomes more tense. evan says don't touch me as he begins to walk back toward the press conference. officers remove that from the gym and forcibly taken to the ground up again. >> a not cool for news nation and all reporter because you can't talk to people doing their believe this. with this is horrible. so i'm sorry. the arresting affidavit claims have been refused to leave when asked and that evan was, quote. >> coming at a national guard general who then pushed evan white, that version of events. however, not what we see on video. evan is walk to a police car. reporters asking questions a

our joe khalil has the latest details. >> news nation correspondent evan lambert complying with orders while on air ending his live shot during governor mike dewine's press conference wednesday. but it's the moment that follows when the situation escalates for officers approach multiple cameras road nearby. at an auto plea explains, he was simply doing a live shot in accordance with the rules and the law. you can hear as the situation becomes more tense. evan says don't touch me as he begins to walk back toward the press conference. officers remove that from the gym and forcibly taken to the ground up again. >> a not cool for news nation and all reporter because you can't talk to people to their with this is horrible. so sorry. and i'm sorry. the arresting affidavit claims have been refused to leave when asked and that evan was, quote. >> coming at a national guard general who then pushed evan white, that version of events. however, not what we see on video. evan is walk to a police car. reporters asking questions about why this is happening. >> got distracting from what governor to wa

. >> that was joe khalil reporting for us tonight. developing news this evening in on musk has announced a new round of layoffs at twitter, at least 50 employees are being fired in an effort to further cut costs at the company. the cuts hit product managers, engineers and data scientists who all help with keeping twitter's various features online. twitter now has a workforce of less than 2000. that's down from the more than 7500 when musk took over the social media company back in october. >> the ntsb says a small plane that crashed near reno, killing all 5 people on board appears to have broken apart in flight. the crash happened just 14 minutes after it took off from the reno airport and was headed to salt lake city and was operating as an air ambulance at the time. ntsb officials held a press conference this afternoon and announced the plane did not have a flight data recorder. a preliminary report is expected in a month. >> coming up on kron, 4 news at 10. the coast guard rescuing a man stranded on the rocks in daly city. >> plus,

joe khalil has the latest on that story. >> the department of energy now believes the most likely explanation for the origins of covid is that it leaked from a chinese lab, not that it occurred naturally that from an exclusive wall street journal report, which has the energy department passed that information in a classified update to the white house and to a select few members of congress. well, i think we need to have public hearings on this and really dig into it. alaska senator dan sullivan says if it's proven that covid spread because of a lab accident in wuhan, china needs to be held accountable. >> a lot of evidence that it's coming from the chinese and one other countries even raise that like australia. the chinese user course of economic activities to shut people up. >> if accurate, the report is a major update up to this point. no government agency with the weight of the department of energy has come to this conclusion. aside from the fbi. but unlike the fbi, the department of energy staffs, whole teams of scientific and medical experts and overseas national labs with skills to make

that was joe khalil reporting for us. coming up, travel conditions across the state have been anything but favorable this week. >> up ahead, an update on a crucial road connecting central california to sow cow. >> and we're learning more about the last seconds of life for 5 people killed in a nevada plane crash. >> plus, toxic fears as the hazardous train wreck and east palestine, ohio impacts residents everyday life. we are on the ground there next. >> welcome back. we go to east palestine, ohio, now as residents are not only plagued by worries from there for their homes and their businesses, but they continue to grapple with serious health issues. jorge ventura is on the ground with more. >> many of the east palestine residents that live near the train derailment that happened more than 3 weeks ago have yet to return home after experiencing side effects from the toxic chemicals released by norfolk southern chemical spill in bern. >> headaches, dizziness. i've talked to so my neighbors the same way like i actually grabbe

. >> that was joe khalil reporting for us tonight. coming up here on kron, 4 news at 9 state officials raising concerns about a parasite disease that's killing pensions across california. how you help stop the spread. >> plus, why millions of americans might lose access to medicaid within the next year. >> and crews working to get toxic fallout out of a small town in ohio after a train derailment earlier this month. our residents sae it's not happening fastan early morning rescued by the coast guard in daly city. a 24 year-old man was stranded on the rocks at mussel rock park beach around 4.30 this morning. >> the coast guard said the man called them directly after he was unable to connect with 9-1-1, dispatchers. he'd been stuck for about 45 minutes before the crew arrived. the man was rescued by a hoist operation and taken to the coast guard station to be evaluated. brisbane. police have arrested 2 people after they were found in a car believed to be involved in a shooting in oakland. this happened around 9.30, last night near guada

that was joe khalil reporting for us tonight. us defense officials say the chinese balloon we saw last week was. >> not the first one to fly over the united states. similar balloons had been spotted in flown over the u.s. at least 3 times during the trump administration and an additional one was also spotted at the beginning of the biden presidency. china has stated these balloons are for civilian research, but the u.s. government isn't buying it. there have also been reports of these balloons being seen all over central and south america. the native mexican walking fish. the axolotl is getting its own center at zoo in mexico city. it's happening at the chipolte impact zoo to celebrate their 100 year anniversary. the building is both a museum and research center for other and fabian's. researchers say that their goal is to raise awareness about the conservation and the ecosystem. its habitat has been reduced over the years because of human interactions. mexico is home to nearly 20 different types of native amphibians. >> still ah

so that was joe khalil during and after lambert's release, he had a chance to speak to news nation about the instant about what happened was going through his mind. take a look. >> no journalist expects to be arrested when you're doing your and i think that's really important that that doesn't happen in our country and obviously happens more often more frequently in other that don't have the freedoms that we do and the constitution that protects this job that i'm so lucky to be able to do. and i'm going to continue doing and like like this situation is going to stop. stop me. stop us from reporting on what people need to know. >> here's the thing. so he's out of jail now, but he still may not be at a legal trouble. because we talked about the charges. he was charged with disorderly conduct and cole trespassing. you've got to assume that could all just be exposure. got away with rob. you can. >> using invited member of the media is not trespassing and interesting story that will be some people talk about today for sure. coming up, southwest airlines is have an answer for their holiday tra

joe khalil has the latest from washington. >> now, retired senator jim inhofe sold about $750,000 worthchard burr sold more than 1.6 million worth. and senator dianne feinstein unloaded as much as 6.4 million all within 1, 2, week span. coincidence. you really it came just days before the pandemic would take the economy and crushed the markets. but after all of the senators got classified briefings about what was coming, former senator kelli leffler who not only dumped millions in stock during that same 2 week period. she and her husband then bought nearly $250,000 of stock in citrix, a company that makes remote work from home software. and so one day chip roy and i were talking, we're talking on the house floor. we're both expressing are discussed. and we said, you know, this ought to not be legal. this ought to be illegal. >> congresswoman abigail spanberger of virginia, democrat and chip roy, texas republican want to ban members of congress from buying and selling stock altogether. they say lawmakers consistently get market moving information before everyone else and can cash in like