jeffrey brown reports about the bears ears national monument in southern utah. it's part of his "culture at risk" series. we're in rocks that are almost 300 million years old here. >> brown: in the rugged and remote canyons of southern utah, there are many ways to count tio . >>at have you exposed here? >> brown: paleontologist randall irmis and his team are finding nes from a hundred million years before dinosaurs. >> this site is what we call a bone bed. h we foudreds of bones of many different individuals and different species. a brown: irmis is a professor at utah universitynd curator at its natural history museum. >> we barely scratched the surface, in terms of the paleontology out here. i would say less than 5% has been systematically prospected for sites.>> brown: researchers working near here recently announced a spectacular fiing: triassic- period remains of a crocodile- like animal called phytosaurs. it's painstaking work, in ant area now cau in the shifting politics of our time. in the waning days o presidency, barack obama used ee antiquities act to

utah on friday. >>> president donald trump is inviting lawmakers from southern california to the white house. they represent a federal lawsuit against the state over the sanctuary policies and the president wants to talk about immigration on wednesday. >>> protesting between israeli forces and palestinians are growing on the gaza border with at least 37 people killed. part of the anger stems from the opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. this is a live look at the event under way and it looks like benjamin netanyahu is coming to the stage. the year israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is welcoming ivanka trump and jared kushner, who are attending the event. >>> president donald trump announced the u.s. will move the american embassy from tel aviv in december and this morning they tweeted, big day for israel, congratulations. >>> 34 minutes to go between hellier and san antonio on 101. 16 minutes between 880 and 101 and we are dealing with delays for those getting across the san mateo bridge, in the red and 880 south of 238, showing some improvement. 27 minutes between i 238 and 34

from last year means the risk of fires in southern california will be above normal through the end of august. parts of arizona, el dorado, new mexico, nevada and utah are at greater risk through june. by july the danger will increase for us. >>> firefighters in arizona hope improved weather conditions will help them contain a wildfire south of flagstaff. so far nearly 18 square miles have burned and 30 buildings have been destroyed. investigators believe and abandoned illegal campfire started the fire last friday. more than 1000 homes and structures are still threatened and arizona's governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> teachers in arizona may go back to work tomorrow if state lawmakers pass a new budget today. the walkout began last week when thousands of people hit the streets demanding more spending for education. state lawmakers are working on a budget that would increase paid for educators by 10 percent next year. that's half of what teachers were demanding. lawmakers are expected to restore almost $400 million that was slashed from school budgets over the past 10 years. >>> happening today pacific up police say the sailboat that ra

from last year means the risk for fires in southern california will be above normal through the end of august. parts of arizona, colorado, new mexico, nevada and utahgreater risk through june. by july, the danger will increase for us here in northern california. >>> firefighters in arizona hope improved weather conditions will help them contain a wildfire south of flagstaff. so far nearly 18 square miles have burned and 30 buildings have been destroyed. investigators believe an abandoned illegal campfire started the fire last friday. more than 1,000 homes and buildings are threatened. arizona's governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> teachers in arizona who walked off the job may go back to work tomorrow if state lawmakers pass a new budget today. the walk-out started last week. thousands of people hit the streets demanding more spending for education. state lawmakers are working on a budget that would increase pay for educators by 10% next year. that is half of what the teachers were demanding. lawmakers are also expected to restore almost $400 million that was cut from school budgets over the past ten years. >>> the brother of the suspect

from last year means the risk of fires in southern california will be above normal through the end of august. parts of arizona, colorado, new mexico, nevada and utahre at greater risk through june. by july, the danger will increase for us. >>> firefighters in arizona hope improved weather conditions will help them contain a wildfire south of flagstaff. so far nearly 18 square miles have burned and 30 buildings have been destroyed. investigators believe an abandoned illegal campfire started the fire on friday. more than 1,000 homes and other buildings are still threatened. and arizona's governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> the time is now 6:56. teachers in arizona may go back to work tomorrow if state lawmakers pass a new budget today. the walk-out began last week when tens of thousands of people hit the streets demanding more spending for education. state lawmakers are working on a budget that would increase pay for educators by 10% next year. that is half of what teachers are demanding. lawmakers are also expected to restore almost $400 million that was cut from the school budgets over the past ten years. >>> the brother of the suspect

southern portions of the sierra have a winter weather advisory through 11:00 this morning. then most of this should clear up. that moisture associated with low over out east, impacting places like nevada and utahyes, parts of the sierra, sacramento valley. for us it's bringing a few cloud. we may see a very slight chance for afternoon showers, possibly thunderstorm activity 3:00 or so this afternoon when we get some of the warming of the day. going to create a bit of unstable air. between about 3, 6:00, that's when we can see a very slim chance for afternoon showers. most lik

southern california airport last night. there are no injuries reported. a flight operated under the delta and skywest schedules was coming into burbank from utah shortly beforeast night. as it was heading to the gate, the wing tip made contact with the united airlines jet. there were 42 passengers on board the skywest flight. no one on board the united flight. airport officials are investigating how that minor collision occurred. the airlines are still trying to determine if any damage was done to either plane. >>> the time is 6:57. six americans were on a private plane that crashed in honduras. the plane left the runway while trying to land it veered into a ditch and then broke in half. firefighters from the airport arrived there quickly. they were able to pull everyone out of the wreckage safely. everyone on board was taken to the hospital. the plane was a private jet from austin, texas. we're told that airport is one of the most dangerous in the world because the runway is short and surrounded by mountains. >>> about 200 professors at ucs are demanding that the university president resign because of a sex abuse scandal involving a campus gynecologist. the

that's where southern california, arizona, nevada, they are dealing with some of the moisture from this low. you can see it all kind of wrapping around here and then of course colorado, utahng with plenty of precipitation. but look at most of northern california, staying nice and dry through this afternoon. a ridge of high pressure on friday will bring us warmer weather, sunshine, saturday as well and then look what happens on sunday. we have a little trough that's going to dip in. it will bring our temperatures down just slightly so you can see that in that seven-day forecast. temperatures on the rise through saturday and then dropping off ever so slightly and then warming again on monday. michelle? >>> trending now, kanye west is making headlines again. this time, for comments he made about slavery. >> you hear about slavery for 400 years? for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. >> there's facts and real world, real life consequence behind everything that you just said. the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives! we have to deal with the marginalization that's come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice! >>

southern home in maine. >>> josh holt would be back in utah tomorrow.d held for two years. after painstaking negotiations president trump was able to help secure their release. >>> president trump paying tribute to the heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice. this morning the the commander-in-chief tweeting this heart tell video. >> arlington is a special place. our country is a special place. as americans we come together to remember our great heroes on this memorial day. jillian: just a few hours the president will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery in virginia. he is also expected to make a speech. those are the headlines. abby: such a passion of president trump. something he ran on. he wants to make sure our men and women fighting so hard for this country are not forgotten but getting treatment they deserve. thank you, jillian. todd: two brothers trapped when their car flips into a canal. coming up an intense rescue like you never seen before. >>> a progressive radio host knows what memorial day is about.

southern portions of the sierra have a winter weather advisory through 11:00 this morning. then most of this should clear up. that moisture associated with low over out east, impacting places like nevada and utah, and yes, parts of the sierra, sacramento valley. for us it's bringing a few cloud. we may see a very slight chance for afternoon showers, possibly thunderstorm activity 3:00 or so this afternoon when we get some of the warming of the day. going to create a bit of unstable air. between about 3, 6:00, that's when we can see a very slim chance for afternoon showers. most likely, though, a lot of it will be across the sierra, foothill, and mountains. there then, later only, clear skies, nice sunny conditions. overnight, we do have the marine layer that's working its way through. we've been seeing that the past few mornings and nights. here's a look at san francisco, your headlines, a few clouds to start off your day. a cool start now. 10 degrees warmer this afternoon for inland areas. get ready for a warm up. we are in the middle -- we are starting it now. temperatures are actually going to be warming friday. saturday more. temperatures will be on the rise because of a ridge of high pres