the grand staircase national monument in southern utah. >> does it feel like, we struck gold. >> oh, my, guess. yeah. >> in the two decade since the 1.9 million acre patch of land was designated a national monument. new species of dinosaurs have been discovered. >> when created in 1996, it was envisioned it would be an outdoor laboratory. >> on this remarkable site, god's handy work is everywhere. >> but that designation by president bill clinton also enraged many residents of southern utah, who suddenly were limited in their ability to graze cattle extract minerals or build road. >> grand staircase national monument. one of the most volatile issues ion tau. >> people are angry. >> they're still angry, yeah. >> rancher michael knoll led the it was created. he was thrilled earlier this year when president trump, ordered his interior secretary, ryan zinke to review and shrink the size of the monument, opening the land up to more commercial development. >> more people can utilize the land in the future. does not mean selling them off. doesn't mean destroying them. all the laws, regulati

. >> the grant teton national monument in southern utah, in the two decades since this 1.9 million acre patch of desert was designated a monument, 29 new species of dinosaurs have been created. >> when it was created in 1996, it was originally envisioned that it would be an outdoor laboratory. >> on this remarkable site, god's handiwork is everywhere, on the discovery of dinosaurs and other prehistoric lives. >> suddenly limited in their ability to graze cattle, extract minerals or even build roads. >> the nationality monument was probably the most volatile issues. >> they're still angry? >> yes. >> reporter: he was thrilled earlier this year when president trump ordered his interior secretary rind zinke to review and likely shrink the size of the national monument opening up to commercial development. >> it does not mean selling them off and it doesn't mean destroying them. all the laws, archaeological resources, protection act will all be in place. >> these are all about 75 million years old. >> i'm going to put these back, okay. >> reporter: recovering specimens from the monument for

president trump flew to salt lake city to reduce the size of two national monuments that are in southern utah. it took 2 million acres out of them. it is the biggest reduction of national monument protections in history. it's a big deal. >> what was the justification for doing this? >> he said that previous administrations had overreached, as federal bureaucrats in washington,

president trump flew to salt lake city to reduce the size of two national monuments that are in southern utah. it took 2 million acres out of them. it is the biggest reduction of national monument protections in history. it's a big deal. >> what was the justification for doing this? >> he said that previous administrations had overreached, as federal bureaucrats in washington, d.c. who are taking over the rights of westerners who should have more local input the monuments were too big so they needed to be smaller. >> what was the decision for expanding the money men at the time. >> president clinton expanded one and president obama created the other. both were created under the antiquity sack which is a centuries-old law that allows presidents to unilaterally protect areas of cultural or scientific significance. both president clinton and obama said these are areas that have cultural meaning for native american tribes who lived there. they have special scientific and archaeological qualities. so they created them as national monuments. with the previous presidents applied the antiquity sect,

president trump flew salt lake city yesterday on day trip and reduced size of two both in monuments, southern utah. he took about two million acres them, so the national esceoente national onument, biggest reduction in history. so pretty big deal. was the justification of the trump administration for doing this? guest: president trump said administrations had overreached and federal bureaucrats in washington, d.c. the rights ing over of westerners who should have more local input and it was the monuments were just too big. he said they needed to be protect the der to actual areas that needed protection. host: previous administration, obama administration, what was the decision to expand the time?nts at guest: president clinton expanded one and president obama other one. one was just last year, both antiquities the act of 1906, a law that allows unilaterally protect areas of cultural or scientific significance, so both president these ared obama said areas that have cultural meaning native american tribes, who live there, they have pecial scientific qualities, especially archaeological qualities, t

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the president has some support in southern utah. >> it's about control and overreach of the federal government. we want that access to remain open and be people be able to enjoy the scenery and area like they do now. >> democrats and environmentalists accuse president trump of engaging in a secret process into helping industry groups that have donated to republican campaigns. >>> and the former home of the detroit lions still stands despite an attempt to bring it down. did you see this -- workers yesterday tried to implied the pontiac superdome. it was less than dramatic. the explosion failed. an executive with the demolition company said explosives set in key spots around the stadium's upper levels didn't detonate, clearly, because of a wiring issue. >>> a bad bet. why the eagles' loss is hitting especially hard for two fans. >>> and what the birds are saying they'll do to get back on the winning track. >>> it's a cold start morning. frost on the river rink this morning. a cold start and some fog, too. thick fog is forming right now. going to be around for a while. we've got the first alert f

and the equally stunning grand staircase escalante national monument in southern utah by half. but there are those who prize what lies underneath the land -- oil, gas, uranium, which is why the quiet land is now surrounded by so much noise. who do you think president trump and mr. zinke are? >> two of the best people i've been able to associate myself with. >> reporter: this man says the federal government has overreached and residents should have more control. what about the native americans say this is their land and it's sacred ground? >> i applaud the fact they want that protection. i just simply think that that protection exists. >> reporter: but for navajo elder willie grayeyes, stripping away protection would leave a deep scar. >> not only within myself but my nation and probably all the native americans. >> reporter: this is grand staircase escalante. former president clinton declared this a monument more than two decades ago. just like bears ears, it took years to get that status. now native tribes and environmental groups say it could be years of a legal fight before

. >> reporter: meanwhile, in southern utah, hundreds rallied in support of the reductions. >> it's about control. and overreach of the federal government. we want that access to remain open and people be able to enjoy the scenery and the area like they do right now. >> reporter: with battle lines drawn, the administration is sure to face challenges in court, a fight now brewing for the heart of utah's beauty. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> the president's national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster weighed in this weekend on north korea's nuclear threat, saying there isn't much time left to resolve the problem. >> the greatest immediate threat to the united states and to the world is the threat pose ed by the rogue regime in north korea and his continued efforts to develop a long range nuclear capability. >> mcmaster said there are ways of short of armed conflict, but he said, we're in a race to figure out a solution as north korea continues to develop it's nuclear capability. >>> this week, president trump may announce a new u.s. policy regarding jerusalem and that has many in the middle e

. >> reporter: meanwhile in southern utah, hundreds rallied in support of the reductions. >> it's aboutol. and overreach of the federal government. we want that access to remain open and people be able to enjoy the scenery and the area like they do right now. >> reporter: with battle lines drawn, the administration is short of face challenges in court, a fight now brewing for the heart of utah's beauty. steve patterson, nbc news. >> it is a beautiful sight. especially if you have the blue sky in the backdrop. let's check and see if we're going to get more of those skies today. bill karins is with us. hi, bill. >> active weather pattern. blizzard warnings in affect in areas of dakotas. rain and storms ahead of that cold front. we'll track it to the east. tuesday in the ohio valley, wednesday early in the day. it is going to be on the east coast exiting during the day wednesday, then behind it just a big dry cold air mass. notice there is not a lot of precipitation. we will possibly see a coastal storm in the southeast here. but a lot of that looks to be mostly offshore. so, interesting w

. >> yen request southern utah willeder mannasas l in remarks today he said reductions in size are not controversial but sensible. you disagree with them. is there any reduction in size to the monument that you might support if in a compromise. >> absolutely not the nationality monument was a compromise smaller than what the tribal coalition that asked for it to be created requested from president obama a and these are national treasures and we should be protecting more of them not fewer. >> why does this matter to people in the district. we're talking about two monuments in utah. we sporlier you said the closest to us here is in ma maine. j does it matt to people in the disstrkt. >> there are monuments closer to that. these public lands mrng to all americans. and we have sgrand staircase and grand canyon ando simty and all those belong to all of us no matter what state we president trump surprise trying to take that away. >> i'll find another gentleman here the protest has moved quite a few times through the park. we have movement from the president i think he's getting back from utah

. >> if this were anyplace else other than southern utah, it would have been protected as a national place is still a debate. >> well, i think the only thing this administration understands is lawsuits. >> the head of patagonia says he's ready for a long, legal fight. >> we're losing this planet. and we have an evil government. not just the federal government, but the whacko politicians out of utah and places. it's evil. and i'm not going to stand back and just let evil win. >> what's his net worth? a billion dollars, two billion dollars. you have patagonia waving the flag in environmentalism while he is completely exploiting the outdoors for industrialized tourism. >> if these rocks could talk, they would tell of centuries of bloody contact. this is your land. but bears ears is a reminder that how it is used all comes down to how you vote. bill weir, cnn, near bluff, utah. >>> an interesting look how the people who are there see the change that is being put upon them. our thanks to bill weir for the piece. so president trump is once again launching an extraordinary assault on the fbi

. >> if this place was anywhere else but southern utah, i don't care if it was mongolia or swim bab bayotected. because of the politics of utah this place is still a debate. >> well, i think the only thing this administration understand is lawsuits. >> and the head of patagonia is ready for a long, legal fight. >> we're losing this planet. and we have an evil government. and, you know, not just the federal government, the wacko politicians out of utah and places, i mean, it's evil. and i'm not going to stand back and just let evil win. >> what's his net worth? billion dollars, $2 billion? so you've got patagonia waving the flag of environmentalism while he is exploiting the outdoors for industrialized tourism. >> reporter: if these rocks could talk they would tell of centuries of bloody human conflict before the united states decided to set aside the special corners for we, the people. this is your land, but bears ears, is a reminder, that how it is used, all comes down to how you vote. >> so many people in this state and around the country keen to see how much will be reduced. they had

boundaries of three new and national monuments recently designated and create a new national park in southern utah. under normal circumstances legislative to establish a new national park would have brought a partisan support but the circumstances surrounding this bill in the proposed national park are by no means normal. in 1986 president clinton designated the grand staircase national monument. for 20 years communities around the monuments had grown diversified and thrived. this is a story we will hire the owner of willow canon outdoor. a small business to replace it with three disjointed small monuments. in the livelihood of many others in their community. president trump bases his actions something many people including myself believe is without legal authority on a review conducted by they have yet to see despite numerous requests. they received $2.8 million in public comments. with all of the national monuments intact. they ultimately advised the president to alter a number of existing national monuments. this recommendation to eight national monuments but as we will hear from our witness to

that executive order reportedly removing 2 million acres created by democratic predecessors in southern utah. orrin hatch with him, ryan zinke and we'll continue to watch this. in the meantime, back in washington, d.c., he has gotten away with what has been a storm of controversy over the last 24 hours or so. president trump's attorney today saying the president did not obstruct justice. but even if he did, the attorney claims, the president is allowed to do that. it's convoluted at the very least and stems from a tweet sent saturday by president trump which gives the appearance that trump knew back in january that mike flynn had lied to the fbi. if true, that would mean president trump knew flynn lied before he spoke to then-fbi director james comey about the flynn investigation. and you'll recall, according to comey, he asked him to, quote, let it go. nbc news tried to get trump to clarify the situation. we had a chance to ask some questions to him as he was getting on marine one, headed to air force one, headed to utah but those questions went largely unanswered. take a listen from earlie

and that stretching roughly from hat point in southern utah up to canada and it will be just as ig asoil that is found in saudi arabia or the area that is what he felt. will see oil wells countryside in that area. i think that is, in my mind, otivation to try to loosen the restrictions. thanks. is : on our open phones, it 202-748-8001. democrats.00 for 202-748-8002 for independents. "wall street journal" takes a look at a story about the trump lity of administration announcing future tatus of jerusalem, where the capital will be located there. this is a conversation with leaders, story saying foreign ministers of jordan and called rex tillerson to warn about danger of such announcement. palestinian leaders warned any declaration on jerusalem that israelis would undermine president trump's ttempt to relaunch peace talks and a phone call monday with the french president who voiced mr. trump's move from tel aviv to jerusalem. jerusalem should a evolved between israelis palestinian office 6789 the two leaders discussed the path of peace and made no mention of his concerns. independent lin

breathtaking abuse of this law unilaterally declared 1.7 million acres blm management land in southern utah as the grand staircase national monument without any consultation with the utah delegation including democratic representatives in his district of where they were located or the governor who was one of our witnesses today. one week before the announcement the administration assured the year senator they would not do this declaration with no such action contemplated. clinton drafted the order and secret consultation with leftist environmental groups and later learned to take future resource development impossible it devastated the state of utah and the local communities and cost the public school system hundreds of millions of dollars of future revenue deprive local families of high-paying local jobs to raise permits from these lands. to put this into perspective hurricane harvey inflicted $200 billion of damage when it slammed into texas this year. the low end conservative estimate is $223 billion just from economic activity from mineral development alone. the administration only disc

of a book of mormon belt for mormon settlement as well, and it really does stretch from southern idaho through utah, northern arizona and into southern california. so that's part of the story is these little satellite communities eventually spaced strategically so that, in a day, you could reach another mormon settlement. one of brigham young's ideas was this was a way to get european converts eventually to utah safely. they could maybe come by way of san diego. that eventually changed with the transcontinental railroad. they found a cheaper and safer way to get mormon converts from europe. but originally the idea was that there would be a string of settlements that would form a kind of mormon corridor and provo was one of those early satellite communities. some of the architecture that remains from the 19th century has a distinctly mormon feel to it. most prominently now is the provo city center temple, which for years was the provo tabernacle. in 2010 it -- the interior was destroyed by fire, and less than a year later the church of jesus christ of latter day saints announced it would be repurpos

president trump flew salt lake city yesterday on day trip and reduced size of two both in monuments, southern utah. he took about two million acres them, so the national esceoente national onument, biggest reduction in history. so pretty big deal.

of a book of mormon belt for mormon settlement as well, and it really does stretch from southern idaho through utahhern arizona and into southern california. so that's part of the story is these little satellite communities eventually spaced strategically so that, in a day, you could reach another mormon settlement. one of brigham young's ideas was this was a way to get european converts eventually to utah safely. they could maybe come by way of san diego. that eventually changed with the transcontinental railroad. they found a cheaper and safer way to get mormon converts from europe. but originally the idea was that there would be a string of settlements that would form a kind of mormon corridor and provo was one of those early satellite communities. some of the architecture that remains from the 19th century has a distinctly mormon feel to it. most prominently now is the provo city center temple, which for years was the provo tabernacle. in 2010 it -- the interior was destroyed by fire, and less than a year later the church of jesus christ of latter day saints announced it would be repurposed rat

of a book of mormon belt for mormon settlement as well, and it really does stretch from southern idaho through utahhern arizona and into southern california. so that's part of the story is these little satellite communities eventually spaced strategically so that, in a day, you could reach another mormon settlement. one of brigham young's ideas was this was a way to get european converts eventually to utah safely. they could maybe come by way of san diego. that eventually changed with the transcontinental railroad. they found a cheaper and safer way to get mormon converts from europe. but originally the idea was that there would be a string of settlements that would form a kind of mormon corridor and provo was one of those early satellite communities. some of the architecture that remains from the 19th century has a distinctly mormon feel to it. most prominently now is the provo city center temple, which for years was the provo tabernacle. in 2010 it -- the interior was destroyed by fire, and less than a year later the church of jesus christ of latter day saints announced it would be repurposed rat

a week low in southern california and a high in utah keeps the onshore breeze going in southern californiall. 60s to near 70 today. >>> we do have a new issue to talk about. a problem on the richmond bridge passed the toll plaza. let's go to that camera. you can see how the traffic is at a standstill. let's look at this truck. it's barely moving. moving a little bit. this is not typical. traffic is going to be slow if you use the richmond bridge. give yourself plenty of time. beyond the toll plaza there is a crash and trying to get into san rafael will be tough this morning. the richmond bridge. here's a look the bay bridge. traffic is more like a normal which is to say 15-20 minute delay before you make it onto the span. this is a look at interstate 880. traffic is moving along well in both directions. westbound 92, the san mateo bridge, looks okay heading to the high rise. the traffic on the dumbarton bridge is fine so far. >>> we continue with the shocking, breaking news about the death of mayor ed lee hours ago. >> the mayor went grocery shopping last night and collapsed inside the sto

and it really does stretch from southern idaho through utah, northern arizona, and into southern californias part of the story is these little satellite communities eventually spaced strategically so that in a day you could reach another mormon settlement. one of brigham young's ideas was this was a way to get european converts eventually to utah safely. they could maybe come by way of maybe san diego. that eventually changed with the transcontinental railroad. they found a cheaper and safer way to get mormon converts from europe. but originally the idea was there would be this string of settlements that would form a kind of mormon corridor, and provo was one of those early satellite communities. some of the architecture that remains from the 19th century has a distinctly mormon feel to it. most prominently now is the provo city center temple, which for years was the provo tabernacle. in 2010, the interior was destroyed by fire. and less than a year later the church of jesus christ latter-day saints announced it would be repurposed rather as a meeting house but as a latter-day saint temple,

southern california. that with the high in utah -- the combination is giving us an easterly component which means warmer temperatures on the coast. we are not getting anything this week. the system will clip us on saturday but it will just pick up the breeze. we stay dry until maybe the 21st. we make it some rain then. >>> for the jewish community, this is a special time of year. >> the bay area events beginning tonight to mark the start of hanukkah. >>> welcome back. very emotional testimony and in oakland courtroom as the preliminary hearing and the ghost ship warehouse fire continued for a third day. carmen brito, a survivor, described how she got out of the building the night of the fire and said she saw defendant, max harris, run towards the fire. he was screaming for people to get out. nicholas bouchard cosigned the original lease in 2013 with derrick almena. he testified that he and his mother try to talk to almena about bringing the building up to code but says almena laughed off their concerns. defense lawyers had a different perspective. >> if they had such a strong concern then, why didn't they express th

utah jazz tomorrow night. >>> well, firefighters continue to battle the thomas fire in southern california. >> oh, boy. >>> comingur, we will tell you how the crews were able to take a brief moment to celebrate christmas despite being hundreds of miles away from home. >>> and christmas is over, but what do you do with that tree in your home? this should be a good idea. what are some of your options to get rid of the tree when we come back. stay with us. >> we have the year in health. >> reporter: the opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in american history. the leading cause of deaths for americans under the age of 50. killing roughly 64,000 people last year. president donald trump declared the nation's opioid crisis a public health emergency. the declaration will help fight abuse of prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. >>> it may be possible to de detective autism in babies before their first birthdays. using brain scans and an algorithm, researchers at the university of north carolina predicted whether high risk infants would develop autism as toddlers. researchers say the formula was about 85

southern california. video from mojave desert land trust. no talk about muir woods but activists say after what happened in salt lake city there is cause for concern. >> attack on one is attack on all. >> reporter: utahsupport it, critics say they'll sue. abc7 news. >> president trump cited 1906 antiquities act in making the decision, it's primarily used to designate monuments, not scale them back. >> thank you all for joining us. dion lim. >> larry beil. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >>> it's official, city workers in oakland will be off the job in a matter of hours. live with what that means. >>> sounding alarm, cell phone alerts that never happened for wildfires. >>> fire in alameda, neighbors say may have been an accident waiting to happen. >>> wind hitting bay area right now, how long it will stick around. >>> oakland city workers go out on strike tomorrow after last minute negotiations fail. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. it's a one-day strike but will cause major disruptions. dispute over wage increases and labor practices. >> lyanne melendez is live with the latest. >> reporter: we're talking about 3,000 employees going on strike tomorrow. at very last minute the union gave the cit

city yesterday on a day trip, and he reduced the size of two national monuments that are both in southern utah. he slunk, he took -- shrunk, he took about two million acres out of them. so it's the biggest reduction of national monument protections in history. so it was a pretty big deal. >> host: what was justification of trump administration for doing this? >> guest: ing he said that, president trump said that previous administrations had overreached, that it was bureaucrats in washington, d.c. who were, you know, taking over the rights of we werers who should have more local input -- westerners and that the monuments were just too big. so he said they needed to be smaller in order to protect the actual areas that needed protection. >> host: and previous administrations meaning the obama administration, what was the decision for expanding the monuments at the time? >> guest: well, so president clinton expanded one of them, and president obama created the other one. so a one was just last year. and both of them were created urn the antiquities act of 1906 which is a century-old law that allow