thank you for this opportunity to share the national forest foundation's mission and our work. in closing, forest restoration, tree planting and wood products are three great ways to store carbon. >> thank you. next we're going to go to dr. crowther for his opening remarks. >> chairman manchin, ranking member, thank you for the opportunity. i'm living in switzerland where there's an online coffee shop that i use that i like. they get their beans from ethiopia. but the shop is different because they get their beans from trees that are planted in an plantation. these trees are planted in sunny matches within a beautiful tropical forest. if you flew over the area with a plane, you couldn't see a plantation, you would see a flouring forest. because the surrounding ecosystems trap nutrients, the coffee grows well so business is booming and that benefits the local community. even schools in the area are starting to protect patches of nearby forest, setting up their own plantations within. we've obviously all got stories about the value of nature and how integral it is. and there's lit

national forest have over 7 million acres requiring reforestation. time is of the essence for efforts. research is finding that burned forests are regenerating to nonforest eco types. re-establishing forest is becoming more difficult to accomplish. prompt timber salvage can improve success and should be part of a strategy whenever possible. this can also help efforts for reforestation efforts. forests remove carbon quickly and large trees can store considerable amounts of carbon. unfortunately forests do not store carbon indefinitely. wood products also store carbon and can do so for long periods of time. by putting wood products into service, advanced wood products can have a solid return on investment because they can substitute for high carbon emissions. much of the work i'm discussing today isn't possible without forest product companies. longer term contracts and other mechanisms can be used to entice companies. forest products companies depend on them to sell timber. in the black hills the forest industry has been operating saw mills for over a

and i endorse his concerns as to the administration of our national forests and would look forward to working with him and our subcommittees and committee. as we identify -- i hope we can see the value in taking this step in protecting our unique forest resources and native species and providing important opportunities. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. westerman: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. soto: i have no further requests for time and would inquire whether my colleague has any further speakers on his side. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas. mr. westerman: i'm prepared to close. i urge adoption of the bill. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. soto: we thank the ranking member, mr. westerman for his positive comments and bipartisan spirit and thank mr. case. and i urge my colleagues to support the legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the quest

. >>> a hiker missing for five days was found alive in the rugged angeles national forest in southern california. reporter rachel can spoke to his family about how his skills as an eagle scout helped him survive. >> so we start coming down and then we heard the bullhorn thing he's been found. you have no idea. so relieved. >> reporter: rebecca felt relief and gratitude when the l.a. county sheriff's department air rescue five spotted her brother deep down in a canyon after he had been missing for five days. >> we didn't know, for days, not knowing is so hard. >> it began saturday night after 58-year-old george knoll went for a day hike at the buckhorn mount waterman area and never returned. for days, volunteers and authorities scoured the terrain on the ground. today during an aerial search and bear canyon, the airship spotted him waving at them near a creek in a very remote and rugged part of the angeles national forest. he was soon hoisted into the helicopter. >> where he was located was about 2500 feet, welcome to the mountaintop he came off of in order to get there is at approxima

morning, we are learning that a hiker missing for five days was found alive in the rugged angeles national forest. >> in the aftermath of the national wildfire could explain why he got lost. on saturday, the 58-year-old man went for a hike and returned. for days, volunteers and authorities scoured the terrain, but yesterday a helicopter crew spotted him waving at them neary creek and they hoisted him up. >> they claim he got lost in an area where a lot of the trails were burnout from a wildfire last september which scorched over 111,000 acres. just glad he's okay. >> yeah, he was happy to see that helicopter. >> no kidding. >>> time now is 4:56. >>> san francisco loosening up some more restrictions. the updated health guidelines in place this morning. that is coming up after the break. >>> and are you having some friday fun? you better get ready because we are. white america opens up this weekend. we've got all of the changes coming up. >>> and his a live look outside before we head to break from our exclusive camera this morning. it is 4:57 and yes, we are having fun on this friday. we will be r

george knoll was found wednesday by helicopter in a remote part of the angeles national forest, he was waving at them to pick him up. the search started last saturday when he didn't return from a day hike in an area of the san gabriel mountains. he's now recovering at home, most likely very thankful. >> glad he's okay. >>> as cierra has been reporting tonight will be a busy one at chase center because it comes down to this one do or die game for the warriors. the dubs host the memphis grizzlies in the final play-in game fort first round of the playoffs. the warriors lost a hard-fought battle on wednesday against the lakers by three points but one thing is for certain, steph curry has been in this situation before. >> they're going to come in with the same desperation we're going to have and you know, biggest game of the year. >> here's the deal. if the warriors win, they fate top seeded utah as the eighth seed in the west and if they lose, time to start think being the draft picks and next season. attendance will be boosted to 7,500 for tonight's game. >>> the giants open a big seriee

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george knoll was found wednesday by helicopter in a remote part of the angeles national forest, he wask him up. the search started last saturday when he didn't return from a day hike in an area of the san gabriel mountains. he's now recovering at home. >>> president biden well comes the president of south korea to the white house today. >> scott mcgrew, we're expecting the south korean president moon to have a big ask. >> we expect he will. he is going to ask us for vaccines, marcus and laura. we have more vaccines than we have people who want to take them and it's the opposite in their country. the "new york times" reports moon will ask for a swap. we will give him some of our supply now, korea will give us vaccines it ordered but are still waiting for later. korea of course incredibly strategically important to the united states and a major part of the world economy. >>> no doubt the two presidents will have a long talk what to do about north korea. it would appear dictator kim jong-un has no intention of giving up his nuclear weapons. u.s. intelligence says the number of weapons has

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>>> tonight we are learning that a hiker missing for five days was found alive in the rugged national forest. >> in the aftermath of a wildfire could explain why he got lost. on saturday the 58-year-old man went for a hike and never return. for days, volunteers and authorities scoured the terrain. today a helicopter crew spotted him waving at them near a creek and hoisted him up. >>'s sister says he is and eagle scout and experienced hiker but he claims he got lost in an area where a lot of trails were burned out from the wildfires last september that scorched over 111,000 acres. >> he gave me a huge hug. i don't think he really has a lot of words right now, he is exhausted and maybe a >>> the late show with stephen colbert's - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by food for the poor. - [voiceover] it's so difficult to look at my children who are so hungry and i can't give them food. - [child voiceover] i'm scared because the trucks aren't careful. the other day, i saw a little boy get killed. - [voiceover] i have a child who doesn't even have a cup of rice to eat.

. >>> cbs los angeles says a hiker missing for five days was found alive in the angeles national forestl.a. 58-year-old george null was rescued wednesday by a sheriff'h waving nto a cre not return froy ofiking in the san gabriel mountains. he survived on water alone. >> he gave me a huge hug. i think he's so exhausted that he really doesn't have a lot of words right now. and he's maybe a little bit delirious after five days of wandering around in the forest. >> null's sister said he became disoriented during his hike when a lot of the trails in the area were burned out from a wildfire last year. >>> and the "florida times union" says jacksonville jaguars have signed former heisman trophy winning quarterback tim tebow to play tight end. they signed him to a one-year contract reuniting him with head coach urban meyer who coached him in college. tebow helped the florida daters win two national championships. he played in the nfl as a quarterback for three seasons before becoming a minor league baseball player in the new york mets organization for five seasons. >>> still ahead, the right st

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those hot shots travel the nation protecting national forests. the hiring in california is especially challenging because entry level firefighters are offered less than the state's $15 mainly. staffing levels in california are now at a all-time low. >>> new impact this morning from the bay area's extreme drought conditions. more north bay residents are being asked to cop sever that water. last night santa rosa council members adopted a 20% volume think reduction in water use and this move comes after recent drought declarations for mend seepo and home? a counties. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. certainly we're seeing the effects on the hillsides. you can see they are all brown right now but we just need to be careful out there. >> yeah. even just something as pulling off to the side of the road can be dangerous if your car is on fire or something like that or if you have anysparks of any kind because the vegetation is so strong. maybe you're about to head out for crunch and the wind is pretty calm. the wind had get even stronger.

survived five days on only water is recovering after being rescued from deep inside the angeles national forest north of l.a. 58-year-old george null became disoriented during his hike when he hit trails destroyed in a wildfire last year. yesterreuers stted himcaon and they were able to airlift him to safety. all right, next, a second chance at life and a trip back in time. . mood swings can take you to deep, depressive lows. or, give you unusually high energy, even when depressed. overwhelmed by bipolar i? ask about vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixed episodes of bipolar i in adults. full-spectrum relief for all bipolar i symptoms, with just one pill, once a day. elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles, or confusion, which may mean a life-threatening reaction, or uncontrollable muscle movements, which

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think widely accepted then after 911 when there's been much tougher controls and even with many national forests you can travel to other places and and and it's much more much more restrictive what it has to do it does 2 things 3 things 1st of all it gives you a chance to identify with humanity as a whole and secondly it's and dedication document you know if you don't have an identity as so many places even get medical care your kids can send the school so as soon as they document and now they're working on making a digital identity they have even more power working with people that the ballot that because we've seen so much need for. testing millions saying 'd this people need this need some identity and they can't get it and you see how countries change you know used to be you know member in this union that probably maybe your country now. have a passport or you know i met with lance last spurious who left the scene revolution that he was the 1st 1st we had a. man and he said gary passport 2 weeks after he left and he was so thrilled because. that was not a passport independent that we. were.

boone who have been defaced, there are petitions to take them down, graffiti and the kentucky national foresthe had his faults. like washington in jefferson and john hancock and benjamin franklin. 46 of the 51 signatories to the gulf declaration of independence later in life daniel boone did on slaves. he owned black human beings. he bought seven females in the children to work in his trading post. the man was not a saint by any means. but there was something about the man out of his time that coincided with the zealot gear -- there for the french anymore, faith american revolution, laura dunbar, for the quaker's. he was just everywhere. that made him the perfect guy, just like he was a pathfinder in his own time, he was a pathfinder for us as we tried to write this biography. all that said, i get a sense that sarah is in the back somewhere with one of those folks that she wants to put around my neck to pull me off the stage. let me beat her to the punch by uttering those forwards i told you about, and so in conclusion, we are about to wrap it up. tom and, i would try to do, what we contend i

. >>> southern california man found after spending five days lost in the angeles national forest.picked up 58-year- old georgia note yesterday after rescuers spotted him living in a deep canyon. he had minor scratches, but was otherwise unhurt. officials say he hadn't eaten since going missing five days ago. he did find clean water to drink and used a lighter to keep himself warm at night. think the nests. really resourceful. his sister said her brother is an experienced hiker, but told her he became disoriented in an area burned by a wildfire last year, which the forestry service has recommended hikers avoid. >>> ikea is recalling dishes because they can be the burnt. the recall is for these colorful bowls, plates, and mugs. here is the problem, they can become brittle and break, causing hot food or drinks to leak. there are more than 100 pieces breaking worldwide, including one that led to some here in the u.s. getting hurt. if you have these pieces, you can return them to ikea and get a refund. >>> a lot of businesses are moving online, google is acting on brick and mortar. the

includes the dramatic rescue of 200 people -- 2140 people trapped by wildfires in the sierra national forest by the california national guard 40th combat a aviation brigade. brigade. this during the rescue in heavy smoke was possible because our cruise had modernize helicopters and the latest generation night vision goggles. for their heroism and extraordinary achievement of the aircrews were awarded the distinguished flying cross. this one weekend tells a national guard story. our country and our community as needed as for the men and women of the national guard left their civilian jobs, their families, and proudly serve the soldiers and airmen. their selfless service is both important and inspiring and is reflected in our recruiting and retention. today's national guard is an operational force and we're full partners with the army and air force and our nation's defense. this would not have been possible without your investments over the last 20 years to transfer the national guard from the strategic reserve to today's operational force. i'm grateful for the canadian support in helping us p

protecting national forests and hiring in california is especially challengingat's because entry level federal firefighters are offered less than the state's $15 an hour minimum wage. staffing levels in california are now at an all-time low. >>> a correction to the stocks i said bitcoin hit below $3,500, it's $35,000, a correction for me, i apologize about that, didn't mean to scare anyone. >>> time to look at the forecast for you this morning. kari, you're better with the numbers than i am when it comes to the weather. >> well, it's been nice and cool, so not too much to juggle here and it's been also very comfortable for our afternoons and we're going to see those highs reaching up to 76 degrees today in fairfield, 67 in san jose, and in palo alto, so i think making some plans to get outside today once again. but if you are going to be out there, it's going to be super windy especially this evening. i'm taking the time line through 9:00 tonight, take a look at these wind speeds in miles per hour, we're going to see these winds rushing in, san francisco 50 mooi

shasta trinity national forest reaching 103 on sunday.ll talk about the high heat and fire danger in the bay area coming up in a few minutes, laura and marcus. >> all right, sounds good. we'll check back with you, kari. >>> new stanford research shows just how long some covid patients continue to suffer from ongoing symptoms. sometimes they're referred to as long haulers, meaning people still experiencing covid symptoms months after getting sick. researchers found more than 70% of hospitalized covid patients reported lingering symptoms. they include depression, shortness of breath, fatigue, brain fog, and the continued loss of taste and smell. most of the patients studied initially had moderate to severe covid cases. >> i know i'm not alone in this one. do you finding yourself slipping more often when it comes to following the covid safety measures? maybe forgetting your mask in the car or the house? if so, you're not alone. fewer than half of americans have maintained proper social distancing over the past week. mask wearing outdoors is

richard nixon the creation of the environmental protection agency the establishment of the redwood national forest the celebration in 1970 of the first earth day by the american public the the the second nature we now with which we now approach to keeping our our natural environments clean and beautiful and preserving it. all of that is something that lady bird johnson. put into the american consciousness with during her time in the white house. after spending this much time with lady bird johnson if you could have her seated right here and ask her a question, what would you want to know from her? i would like to know if she was as aware. i would like her to talk about her awareness of her influence on the lbj presidency in real time. she's such a modest person. she was so habituated to deflecting attention, but sometimes i wonder whether all of that documentation was a direct and conscious manifestation of her awareness of her influence or not. that's it for our time. julia swag. the book is called lady bird johnson hiding in plain sight. it's also available as a series of podcasts. that folks ca

i know there's been graffiti in the daniel boone national forest in kentucky. daniel boone was not one of those men. he had his faults. he was a man of his era like washington and jefferson and john hancock and benjamin franklin. i think 46 like 46 of the 51 signatories to the declaration of independence later in life. daniel boone did own slaves. he owned black human beings. he bought seven females and their children to work in his failed trading posts. so the man was not a he was not a saint by any means but there was something about the man out of his time. that coincided with the zellig or forrest gump. type. he's here isn't there for the french and indian war? he's here for the american revolution. he's here for lord dunmore's worries here for the the quake. i mean, he was just everywhere that that made him the perfect guide. just like he was a pathfinder and his own time. he was a he was a pathfinder for us looking through as we tried to write this biography of an era. so all that said i get a sense that sarah is in the back somewhere with one of those ho

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office, that's when the mixons and the johnsons go up to the redwood forest in northern california together to inaugurate the nationalredwood forest and nixon gives us a speech and credits lady bird and puts her in line with teddy roosevelt as one of the most important conservationists and environmentalists of the country. in 1970, that's when nixon create it is environmental protection agency for the first time and 1970's was first celebrated on earth day. of course, at the local level. you talked, betty, before about local participation and beautification. i took to many people whom lady bird pushed on beautification and keep america beautiful shifted the consciousness. she was pushing for local laws being changed to upgrade environmental protections at the very local level. >> yes. yes. >> she was such a political animal, right. she believed politics starting on a rope line and at the very local level. >> yes, as you point out, she knew the names of all the towns in texas, county political directors, the dogcatchers. i mean, she memorized their name. she reached out to them. >> yeah, she did. >> she knew the value

scouts chosen in pennsylvania to do a three-week by hiking backpacking hike through nantahala national forest. so we had billy no communication with the outside world. we were on our own we had to find our food we did pack some things that were like see rations, but i it rained so much the sea rations were gone. we peanut butter and prunes mostly so but we learned how to survive out there. i also went to church camps where we did outpost camping where we built lean twos and we did hiking also so my background for adventure was already set. i went to school at gettysburg area high school graduated in 1966. a new from a little girl that i wanted to be a nurse. i helped take care of my great-grandmother who lived during the civil war and i remember her at 96 years old and i would help take care of her at my grandmother's house. so the the nursing idea was very strong and i knew exactly what i wanted to do. i entered nursing school in basically. i think it was august of 1966. it was a three year nursing school all year round pretty intense you you did your five days a week at that point in early

he disappeared last saturday in the angeles national forest.cued. he is said to be in good spirits and health, only suffering minor injuries. >> good news. >>> also this morning, fallout is growing over an investigation's findings that deceitful methods were used to secure princess diana's most infamous interview. >> leading that reaction, her sons, princes william and harry, who say the interview left their mother damaged ultimately, they believe it contributed to her death nbc's molly hunter is on the story for us in london molly, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys good morning from a windy, rainy london, morning. overnight, prince harry and prince william fired back at the bbc. we also heard prince harry speak candidly about what it was like living in the royal family, not just about meghan's struggles but also his own >> what words have you heard about mental health? >> crazy. >> lost it. >> can't keep it together. >> reporter: this morning, a candid prince harry like we've never seen him in the first look from his upcoming docu-series wi