the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president and colleagues, i'm going to talk for just a few minutes about vote by mail. i think senator klobuchar will probably be joining me. now, madam president and colleagues, i am the first united states senator to be elected completely by mail. the second united states senator elected completely by mail was my friend, republican gordon smith, a senator well known to many here in this body. so the country looked up, and its first experience, colleagues, with vote by mail was thoroughly bipartisan. one democrat, one republican who, as it happened after running against each other, got along very well and did a lot together. so as the country began to get its arms around vote by mail, it was bipartisan, and the bipartisan efforts to build on it really took off. it took off all across the country until president donald trump got elected and began to spew all these lies about vote by mail. so then something that was completely bipartisan suddenly became very partisan. and

this is a view of oregon state. also in 1909 the olmsted brothers produced a master plan for the ohio you state university. in columbus. building on corresponded between the firm and the university that have begun in 1905 which resulted in helping to define the schools honorific space called the oval, john wrote about his vision for the ohio state university yearbook. he advocated abandoning the informal arrangement for more formal organizations a trend that differentiates his design from his father's. he advocated preserving the central lawn and building a library. john olmsted recommended a more systematic approach to campus planning and specific areas for different studies and services. he suggested whatever the architectural style for buildings that they be harmonious in appearance. john olmsted promoted buildings were dormitories for women, he paid special attention to the central lawn and its relationship, you can see somebody who produced the olmsted plan was clearly not the olmsted because they use the spell

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr.merkley: i think i'll start by returning to the 1800's, and a senator from massachusetts, senator sumner. now, senator sumner later played a key role in civil rights debates which is why i'm returning to that story and it's a story about the senate floor. sumner gave a speech about kansas being admitted into the union and he was a republican senator who called out two democratic senators, insulting one of them, and a representative from the house of representatives, on the other end of this corridor, came over here. his name was preston brooks, and he took considerable offense, and he proceeded to come to the senate floor and cane senator sumner and senator sumner was injured. he did recover. recovered slowly, served for another 18 years, which leads me to the fact that he proceeded to put forward civil rights legislation in 1875. and in 1875, 150 years ago -- almost 150 years ago, 145 years ago. and so he argued, after the civil war, that our black americans were being discriminated a

i am from oregon. my home in central oregon was within a few miles of the biggest fires this year. this for me is very personal. if i can briefly state, i used noaa to make a decision to spend money to do a fuel abatement effort on my property. so this touches people at a very personal level in their pocketbook. i resonate with the tone of your question. at noaa we are responsible from the detection side using satellites and also aircraft capability. one of the dramatic improvements noted by the president a few months ago is our lightning for, a relatively new capability -- a lightning wrapper -- a lightning wrapper, a relatively new capability. -- a lightning mapper, a relatively new capability. we can predict where fires will initiate. then, the human element. we need to continue training incident meteorologists. a lot of people believe it is done by computers or machines. it is actually the people that make the difference. the last part of our responsibility as in, if you will, the effects of the fire. the smoke. we have new products that will allow high resolution where the smo

that includes california, oregon, british columbia and also alaska. that volcano erupted registered as a 7.6 magnitude earthquake strength. think about it. when you think of eruption with a volcano comparing that to an earthquake strength. the way it's going to impact us, national weather service ruled out complete inundation. what they are focused on is stay away from the water of the coastline. don't go on the morning walk on the coast. don't head to the beach. people near the water could see those strong currents and dangerous waves. we could see a rise of about 1 to 3 feet for some of those waves around the coastline. here is a closer look on how to prepare. move higher in land and stay away from the beach. if you are located in the coastal areas, stay out of the harbors of the marinas. think of how cold the water is. if you are walking around the water with a 3 to 1 foot rising wave, that could knock you off your feet and pull you back into the ocean. with how cold the water is, there is also the idea of hypothermia. please be careful because the

oregon is the next virginia and somebody's got to step outta and stand in the breach . so my school boardnd said enough's enough. we had one we had a locald hospital announced that paper and cloth masks are no longer allowed in the hospital because of their low efficacy. it's slowing omicron that pretty much did it because we have students in middle school and high school and they all have these things called cell phones and they got a news alerts that said theseth maps don't work. and man, a it was it was rough keeping kids in mass afterer that . and how do we argue with good science if our if our medical people are saying they don't work, why are we wearing well, mark latham allo wear and niney five respirators or ninety four i mean it's notbo about the mask, it's about you're going to listen to them and your town, your district is more conservative obviously than than the coastal parts of the state. but i have to highlight something an interesting point m made in your schoolad districtsn regulation for the massive mandate the lsu school district has successful remain

the washington grounds, the park in your city the barnes foundation in philadelphia in the park in oregon, his awards are near us, recipient of the 2012 medal of arts from president obama the 2011 american society of landscape architect meddle in the douglas metal of america. much like olmstead, lori's experiences before he finally settled a landscape architecture, he was living in new york city as an architect where he would give walking tours of the park. i came to the conclusion that central park was pretty damn good he said. it was an interesting and wonderful place. full of ideas. as luck would have it his architecture firm would to participate in competition in the book as part of the assignment he produced a rendering of every trail and path and tweaking every stone and relay in the park. but after doing so he came to the conclusion that central park by the american artist. from that time lori has headed the olmsted office in landscape education in the olmsted in campus design. we are honored here today to have him kick off then posting them. welcome. [applause] >> good grief thank

what are hospitals facing in oregon right now? authority reports cases as of tuesday were over 700 and that means an increase of about 35. from the prior day, seems to have part of what led governor kate brown to call up the new surge of oregon national guardsmen. hospitals are under tremendous strain and because of that new case count, she's had to pull in this additional 700 people on top of the 500 she brought in before for a total she wrote of more than 1,200 to oregon hospitals. this comes of course as a majority of oregon adults have been vaccinated but only roughly 35% have been boosted, which may be part of the numbers here, and of course, this is one of many states calling in the national guard to help with hospital shortages. we've seen california, new jersey and oregon do this very same thing, chris. >> again, california also facing those staffing shortages so state officials announced a policy change that apparently has the health care industry a little bit up in arms. give us the details on that. >> yes, the idea that

i was really struck when i was first running for the oregon state legislature. 1998. we still voted in the precincts voting polls except for the republican party said we can increase turnout if we get all the republicans to sign up for absentee ballots. they got a high percentage to sign up. and then the democrat said, well, okay, yeah, we can gete democrats to sign up. 50% of the electorate was voting by mail. as i went door to door, my first race for the house and ask people whatan they liked and wht they did not like, they said what i really hate us we have too many potholes. what i really like is my absentee ballot. aiand, i'd say, well, why is th? i don't have to worry about where to park, i don't have the worry about long lines. and you know what else, it is a complicated set of issues under an initiative that we have set in oregon had i can have my children come to the table and see what we are doing. well, these two tools really opened the doors to the election process in the last election. and the response of my republican colleagues was, oh, no. we cannot le

i hail from oregon. my home in central oregon was within just a few miles from some of the biggest fires this year so this for me is a very personal issue and oh, by the way, i use noaa information to make a decision to spend money to do a fuel abatement effort on my property. so this touches people at the very personal level right in their pocketbook so i resonate very much with the tone of your question. at noaa, we are responsible, as you indicated, from the detection side, using our satellites and also aircraft capability and one of the dramatic improvement, noped, in fact, by the president a few months ago is our lightning mapper, a relatively new capability. but now that we have that we can, to a certain extent, predict where the fires are going to initiate. then, of course, comes the human element where europe incident meteorologist are on scene with the firefighters. we need to continue training those incident meteorologists. a lot of people leave -- believe forecasts are mechanical and done by m

president -- >> the senator from oregon. >> i think i will start just by returning to the 1800s. a senator from massachusetts, senator sumner. senator sumner leader played a key role in the civil rights debates, which is why i'm returning to that. it's a story about the senate floor. sumner gave a speech about kansas being admitted into the union and he was a republican senator who called out to democratic senators insulting one of them and a representative on the other end of the corridor came over here. his name was preston brooks and he took considerable offense and proceeded to come to the senate floor and then came senator sumner and he was gravely injured. but he did recover, recovering slowly, served for another 18 years which leads me to the fact that he proceeded to put forward civil rights legislation in 1875. in 1875, 150 years ago, almost 150 years ago. 145 years ago. and so, he argued after the civil war that our black americans were being discriminated against and that anyone should go into any public accommodation and be treated equally year in the united states of

i hail from oregon. my home in central oregon was within a few miles of the latest fires this year. this is a personal issue. by the way if i can briefly state, i use noaa information to make a decision, and to spend money, and effort on my property so this touches people at the personal level right in their pocket book so i resonate very much with the tone of your question. at noaa we are responsible for the detention side using satellites and that capability and a dramatic improvement, noted impact by the president a few months ago is our lightning mapper, relatively new capability but now that we've got higher and higher resolution for detecting light, we can to a certain extent predict where fires are going to initiate. that of course comes the human element, incident meteorologists are unseen by the firefighters, we need to continue training those incident meteorologists. a lot of people believe forecasts are done by machines or computers. it is actually the people that make the difference. the last part of our responsibly is in if you will the effects of the fire, the smoke, n

proud of oregon state university. since assuming the position as administrator back in june, dr. spin radical has been a force. in july noaa established a climate council which will be comprised of senior leaders across the agency. [indiscernible] and especially those most severely affected by climate change. additionally last week noaa announced$31 million in grants for great lakes observation programs. that's going to help the scientific community and others better understand our invaluable response to climate change. thank you again and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. as our witness should know, you will have 5 minutes for your spoken testimony. your written testimony will be included in the record for the hearing. when you conclude your spoken testimony we will begin questions. with that, i'm pleased to turn it over to administrator spin rat. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding my priorities for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. one week from

the oregon state beavers are in the house. the way from corvallis. [ cheers and applause ] and while "corvallis" may sound like erection medication, it is a city in oregon. [ laughter ] which is probably the only state that sells more marijuana than we do here in california. [ laughter ] the beavers are here in town to take on the aggies of utah state on saturday in the highly anticipated jimmy kimmel l.a. bowl. [ cheers and applause ] this is a bowl game named after me. i couldn't be happier. having a college bowl game named after me was the second to last thing on my bucket list. the only box i have left to check is ruining matt damon's credit score. [ laughter ] your opponents from utah state were here last night. [ booing ] we let some of the players introducing themselves, and of course we have to be fair, we want to extend that same courtesy to you guys. it's time to meet the team. here they are now, your 2021 oregon state beavers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> andrzej hughes murray, linebacker. i can't sleep without a

he joins us via skype from portland. oregon, thanks for being on the program. at china has been taking the 0 tolerance approach to cova, and most recently the only con variant. what impact do you think this one infection will have on how the olympic games are held? well, new data suggest decreased efficacy of china's vaccines against the omicron barion, which shouldn't surprise any one's. since western vaccines have also shown lower protection against omicron. and so they're locked downs should probably help contain it to a certain degree. but we saw similar types of measures put into place around the tokyo olympics, which just happened a few months back. and still, even with those new measures, more than $800.00 cases of corona virus emerged inside the so called olympic bubble . so because of the transmitter ability, we have serious problems on our hands in regards to the beijing olympics. just look at the recent us figure skating trials, where omicron rage and it really disrupted a lot of the qualification events around these very olympics and beijing circles

they are freezing federal funding to these small schools in rural oregon.there is no boundaries for the leaders in oregon. we are on a cultural war front. we are the next virginia. somebody has to step out there and stand in the breeze. my school district said we've had enough. they have a news alert that said the masks don't work and it was difficult keeping the kids in masks after that. and how do you argue with a good science? the medical team is saying they don't work so why are we still wearing them? >> it's not about the masks. it's about making people listen. i need to highlight something and an interesting point made when it comes to school district regulation. the school district has successfully remained open during the 2021 school year without a single case of this being traced the classroom. you have done a fantastic job but the state doesn't like you. they want you to hurt. they care so little about the kids. >> we worked with the state legislatures to get a small rural exception so we could scale to start off the pandemic. we have decided to s

they're wrong in what they're saying about oregon. he even wrote to donald trump in 2017, and i quote, we're confident that voter fraud in last november's election didn't occur in oregon. every election now, mr. president, young oregonians watch their parents voting around their kitchen table, and it's a real inspiration to the next generation to make sure they're committed voters. voting at home gives you the opportunity to be more informed. if there is a particular measure, initiative, to, a race that you haven't researched, you get time to look into the options. when you're done, your ballot goes into a security envelope. you sign the outside, off it goes. for me, that's when i head from our home in southeast portland, the branch of the multnomah county pub public library, drop my ballot in the collection box, head home. no long lines, no glitchy touch-screen systems. just hassle-free voting. a recent analysis in the "election law journal" said in all 50 states, voting is easiest in oregon. senator klobuchar, i've heard colleagues

he said no to oregon. that's his alma mater. he played for them. so did his hall of fame father. i am staying at berkeley. >> what happened to once a duck always a duck? he's breaking the mold. >> i guess so. >> i was thinking -- >> that's a different green in the oregon green. about covid-19 the more questions and worries we have. calhope can help with free covid-19 emotional support. calhope can help with free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> finally, a frightened puppy spent 2 months dodging rescuers on a snowy hillside in the sierra. all thanks to a group of strangers, he's finally back home. >> this german shepherd mix was spooked away from her owner by a train back in october. she spent weeks in the snow and freezing temperatures. it took a team of volunteers to build a trap and set up cameras so they could track her. day and night the group worked to green their trust. >> good sa

. >>> the oregon mom taking on the titans of tech suing meta and snap inc. alleging social media turned her daughter into a violent cell phone addict. what parents need to know about how to protect your kids online now. >>> also this morning, new year, new kanye, the album announcement when fans can expect new tracks and will ye bring back those epic listening parties. ♪ first love ♪ >>> the countdown to valentine's day is on, and bring your own bouquet. how to put together the best blooms for your valentine. say diy not to fabulous florals you're sure to fall for. >>> and it's a real scream. letting go of pandemic pressures. meet a group of moms leading the ultimate stress relief revolution, and they're saying -- >> all: good morning, america! >> it's saturday morning, this is gma. >> and good morning, america, it's so great to have you with us for our second hour on a saturday morning. a lot to get to, but we're always excited to have food in the studio. chef rocco dispirito is here and he's ready to layer up the lasagna. there he is, hello. and taking din

power zone% are making a splash on the oregon coastline. again, they're often referred to as c pickles. >> these colonies of creatures are composed of several small organisms known as zo is each zo. it is about size of a grain of rice. you can usually find them in tropical waters. but experts say currents are the likely explanation for how these creatures ended up in oregon. >> we've been getting some big storms, especially from the south. so the pirates sums while they are found off the oregon coast in the summer usually in the winter, we will see him unless we get these big, big winter storms. >> it is safe for people to pick them up and hold them in. check them out. they're harmless. but marine experts say don't let your pets eat them since power is oems can make them sick. >> coming up, has your weight loss hit a plateau? a new study shows your own metabolism could be working against you and a health hazard in your kitchen. a new report finds gasto dispose of far greater public health risk than previously what scientists are urging home

the suspect vehicle was found near i-5 near the california and oregon border. it is a white, 2007, chevy silverado. license plate 296-8082. >>> martin luther king jr. date marked with community events in oakland. members of the anti-police terror project held their annual mlk day of action with a car caravan. another caravan and parade was also held in el cerrito. >>> 49er fans celebrating a huge wildcard win against the cardinals. probably have sore throats this morning, to. >> we saw on social media, they were great, i can't talk. despite a scare on the last drive, the crew got it done in dallas, just as time was running out. >>> next week, they will be facing the top-seeded green bay packer, but now, fans are in celebration mode. >> i did not think it was dicey, i think the niners did a good job. they cleaned up early. a lot of for stance. >> some drama toward the end but the niners came out with the win, so that is all i care about. >> niners and packers set to kick off this saturday at 5:15. we will have more on the injury report, unfortunately, coming up

it extends from the cost line of alaska and down through oregon. washington, california, and down to the mexico border. the effects from this, though, is expected to cause -- it's not expected to cause widespread inundation but rather costal hazards, look the currents will getsterred up. in santa cruz harbor, the boats there anchored could get shaken up and that asking everyone living near the coast to be aware of this stuff and don't go to the botch to look at this. it's the worse thing to do. and it's not expected to have widespread implications along the west coast. it's something we to be made aware of and you can rips can be dangerous. to sum yet up, a tsunami is confirmed and they observed in haddie i had a 2.7-foot wave affecting the hawaiian islands and impacts are expected and there could be damage to boats and the is, f bay waive arrival time is 8:10 this morning from the undersea volcanic eruption and they're saying stay away from the coast and currents could be hazardous and don't expect widespread inundation from something like this. t

diferencia de ayer no tenemos precipitaciones en nuestra zona y la lluvia se queda hacia el noroeste, oregonos concord. en el pronostico para maÑana. tendremos cielos nublados a travÉs del Área de san josÉ. temperaturas mÁximas cercanas a los 70 grados y este tipo de condiciones se van a reportar alrededor de la bahÍa. como concord. san francisco y napa. tiempo nublado. sin lluvia para maÑana. tenemos pronostico de lluvia para el viernes. >>> esta nubosidad se va a dispar en las prÓxima horas. una noche despejada y tranquila. no te que desde el viernes, comienza a incrementar la humedad y esta precipitaciÓn a travÉs del Área de la bahÍa. anticipo que serÁn lluvias ligeras. tipo llovizna, no esperamos mucha acumulaciones en el pronÓstico de acumulaciÓn. el cielo santa rosa y mil valley apenas con 2 a $0.16 cimas de pulgada y hacia el sur muy poca actividad de lluvia. y hasta el prÓximo viernes las precipitaciones van a estar ausentes en el Área de la bahÍa. tendremos un perÍodo estable y fresco en nuestra zona. >>> aire mÁs frÍo para el fin de semana. sin precipitaciÓn lo que tendremos para e

y un tercer sistema para el día sábado, lamentablemente todo esto precipitación va a quedar hacia oregónormación en pantalla). necesitamos lluvia pero al parecer será para mediados de febrero. >> >> muchas gracias ojalá que tengamos buenas noticias más adelante, las históricas campanas que marcan el camino real de california han estado provocando controversia por su conexión con la esclavitud. se cree que se trata de una ofensa a las comunidades indígenas >> data de 1906, las puede ver a lo largo de la autopista entre san francisco y los angeles, marcando dijo camino real de las misiones. ciertos grupos también dicen que marcan un tiempo oscuro la historia de california >> es el campanas son un símbolo de opresión,, un símbolo de genocidio >> dicen que la campana representa la restricción de los nativos americanos cuando eran esclavizados porque trabajaban. por eso varias campanas ya han sido derribados pero se varios años se aprobó la instalación de otras campanas para celebrar el aniversario 150 de la comunidad. >> la campana representa la muerte de unos 150,000 indígenas, pero hoy se

ayuda al sistema inmune >>> un nuevo estudio realizado por científicos de la universidad estatal de oregónel virus para infectar a las personas y las reacciones ante los resultados preliminares no se hicieron esperar. >>> aunque esté en contra de la aseguran que podríasalir el remedio de la planta del cannabis antes del tratado con medicina farmacéutica >>> para la dea no se puede fumar, la mata normal, no se concibe como una gomita normal. esta viene en forma de pastillas o aceite >>> de acuerdo al estudio publicado el cbda y cba son sustancias psico activas como el thc >>> principal investigador al pulmón que las sustancias químicas funcionan bien contra la variante alfa y beta del coronavirus. espera que se extienda contra otras variantes como el ómicron. >>> hay estudios preliminares que necesitan más investigaciones químicas en humanos para completar la efectividad y la manera en que ía aplicado y bajo qué condiciones >>> administró la dosis de refuerzo contra covid-19 de manera regular parece no ser muy efectiva y así lo indicaron las advertencias, dicen que ponerse de forma continua

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dion: six people were hospitalized outside of a concert in eugene, oregon. police responded to reports of multiple gunshots outside of a concert hall. it is still unknown whether it was all random or a targeted shooting. one person is in critical condition. no arrests have been made. a big winter storm is sweeping across 33 states, bringing heavy rain, snow, and freezing cold temperatures. so far, over a foot of snow has fallen in north dakota. the storm is heading southeast through sunday. even more snow is anticipated as the storm moves northeast into monday. 75 million americans are on high alert, some getting supplies before the storm. >> some groceries, some supplies before it gets bad and we get snowed in. just trying to get everything ready before it gets swampy and they run out of groceries. dion: probably a good idea. the governor of north carolina deployed 200 national guard soldiers. several states in the southeast have declared a state of emergency. so far, there are 2000 flight cancellations for sunday. as of today, you can get at-home covid tes

in oregon her 14 year-old developed an eating disorder. and ran away from home several times. after being harassed on these sites. >> they see a person is a 14 year-old girl. and they'll direct them to influencers. and who will in turn direct them to sites that cause them to feel bad about the body. and the way they are shaped. and result in serious eating disorders. >> it's serious concern. business tech reporter is with us now. we're both parents. this is obviously something we talk about. is this really can meta and snap chat get penalized for this. >> legal analysts say yes. this maybe part of the backlash we're seeing against giant successful tech companies. for a long time, they were almost too big to touch. they weren't something we could really interact with back and forth. >> what's changed? we have had this conversation. >> i think the legal profession is getting a little more optimistic about the chances at attacking big tech. we saw it with theranos. and social media companies where lawyers are starting to say we are being affected by the companies. in ways that ac

. >> reporter: oregon says cheers by allowing the sale of cocktails to go, even after the pandemic ends >> we do need to improve upon that portion of our business certainly we'll be doing so in the future >> reporter: drinks must be sold in a sealed container to be opened at home, where they can help toast the new year pete williams, nbc news, washington >> cheers, oregon. >>> we are back in a moment with the payday after game day how college players are finally cashing in >>> it's a big weekend in college football with teams squaring off in several bowl games. it's not just a trophy on the line. there are also billions of dollars at stake. and now a big change to the rules means college players can get some of that money for themselves steve patterson now on how it's changing the game >> ladies and gentlemen, i have officially joined the newly announced nil program -- >> reporter: the new era of college athletics has kicked off. joe spivac, defensive lineman, graduating from northwestern university, is in the first class of students who can now start cashing in on the $18 billion colle

wesley, in portland, oregon.he was living with her elderly dad, helping care for her disabled brother and barely getting by on a low-wage job. she found a better opportunity when she was able to join a free apprentice program called organ traitswoman funded by the oregon department of labor. she is now a union plumber making a middle-class wage, good health plan and a future pension. [applause] i met another working mom, chlorate -- chloe morgan, in dayton. she struggled to find quality childcare for her young boys and struggled to pay for it on her wages at a big retail store. everyone agrees our future economy depends on the strength of our labor force. the burden can't fall on workers alone. this is a challenge facing employers in every industry and policymakers at every level of government. it is on all of us and we have to work together to meet this moment. that is our focus at the department of labor. we are leveraging the department's unique role to address the needs of american workers in the economy at t

this past spring in climate, oregon. farmers wells dry the ground water levels and, and job were so low. nasa alert at india about it, and they're not alone. around 4000000000 people experience, severe water scarcity at least one month to here. and when the water runs low, more. so why are we running and who is competing? just one percent of the water on earth sustains all life and it doesn't just disappear. it travels around the planet in what's called the water cycle. let's quickly brush up on that. when the air is hot, it warms the water water then evaporates into the atmosphere. there it cools and condenses, forming claps. they move around the planet horizontally and what are called atmospheric rivers. when there's enough water in the cloud range, and if it's cold enough, it snowed. in the spring snow melts to feed rivers, providing a source of water to land during the coming hot months of the year. but climate change is messing this all up. rising temperatures mean more water falling is rain instead of snow and the little snow there is evaporating. rather than flowing downstream. l

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due to covid- 19 issues with oregon's team. the beavers sunday team has also been postponed. >>> it is not a must win but the 49ers desperately need a victory in l.a. this weekend. >> vern has an update on their quarterback situation. >> who starts sunday's regular- season finale at the rams? that is coach shanahan's decision. asked today, i will give him credit, he gave an honest answer. >> i have him in -- i have not made it now which is the truth. i will tell you guys when i do that. >> reporter: a lot depends on ruffalo's pain threshold squeezing his injured right thumb you see how he had it taped before practice today. it's a ligament tear and a chip dibona suffered on this play in the loss at tennessee. >> what does it feel like? >> it hurts. [ laughter ] i don't know how else to describe it. it feels like the web in your hand is tearing a little bit. that is probably the best way i can describe. >> in the half-hour media access today he did show some zip on his short passes. 5-0 lifetime against the rams because the 49er

. >> well, i know that relatively to oregon and idaho, there's a organization of oregon that says, hey about texas and california. in fact, we'll put up what you wrote on the screen. i'll just cover the highlight that if texas were a country it would have a gdp that is tenth in the world, slightly ahead of canada. california even larger. they recently passed britain to become the fifth largest economy. did ted cruz also say that texas could take nasa, the military and the oil, to which my response is to say, okay, you can have nasa and the oil and so f far, but you need to take the debt, right? how would we whack the debt? >> ted cruz doesn't know what he's talk about, but negotiations around separations are incredibly complex and the constitution of the united states which basically makes any discussion secession moot. there's just no way to do it constitutionally. and it makes it much harder. and of course, all of this has to go through the u.n. there's this whole idea that texas is going to lift their rifles and say don't mess with texas and that's all well and good until no one wil

c, oregon. the centers of america's cove at 19 outbreak, recording the highest number of daily infections to date. got it in time square to welcome. in the new year 2022 began with more than 45000 people testing positive for the virus in new york alone nationally. the number 647500 has more from the american capital. every country had trouble celebrating new years this year, but it was especially muted here in the us. new york was the biggest of all the celebrations usually. but this year, 15000 people came. they all had to be masked and vaccinated, but that's a fraction of the 1000000 who usually attend that celebration in new york city. also, there is a testing problem in the united states. so many people have either contract it omicron or have been concerned that they have that they've been flooding testing centers, president biden, his says vance has said, that's a problem that he will fix. he has made it 500000000 free home tests available. but that still has not quite solved the problem. m

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oregon's department of justice investigating unfair trade practices. are you concerned that this company is running a scam >> i think that's a possibility. we have received a number of complaints that raised some red flags. >> reporter: now the center's ceo is apologizing saying due to our rapid growth and the unprecedented recent demand for testing, we haven't been able to meet all our commitments. the company says it will pause all services for the next week for additional staff training consumer advocates say if you go to a testing site, be wary of requests for out-of-pocket payments and sensitive information beyond your health insurance. and look for an association with a known organization you trust. to make sure the tests you take protects your physical and financial health anne thompson, nbc news. >>> up next for us tonight, the epic battle over the future of one of the world's greatest rivers. >>> with just three weeks until the beijing olympics, all eyes are on china. tonight the country under fire from some critics say it is causing a disaste

see, pickles are making a splash along the >> oregon coastline.of creatures called power zones are composed of several small organisms called zo id's. you can usually find in tropical waters, but experts say the current is likely the explanation for how these little creatures ended up in oregon. it is safe for people to pick them up and to feel them. but marine experts say don't allow your pets to eat them because the pets could become sick. they do look like a clear pickle. >> like you might want to take a bite, but probably not should not. i'm sure see pickles are seeing now are in something new every day. >> that wraps kron. 4 news tonight at 6 coming up tonight at 8 o'clock join grant lotus. typically that kiss for the news at 8, 9, 10 have a good have a good evening, everybody. what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent, i can du more....beginners' yoga. namaste... ...surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks... ...for 3!... ...so i can du more of the things i love. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems

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