attorney general yost, is that -- i'm going to go to attorney general yost for a moment. >> sure. >>ra: is that correct how they phrased that? >> it's absolutely not correct. if look, the president is not our nanny. he's not our doctor and he's not the congress. laws are written by elected representatives, not by executive fiat. and furthermore, congress did not delegate that much authority in the osha act to reach this far. this is supposed to be about workplace limitations, a railing to keep you from falling off the scaffolding, protections around a chromium pit or an acid vat. if not that's everywhere in the world when you walk out of the workplace, it's still there no matter where you go. the school, the church, the shopping mall. this isn't a workplace issue, it's a public health issue and just like everything else that this administration is doing, he's trying to pound around peg into a square hole. >> laura: attorney general moody, there's another portion of this filing that states in determining the type of health effects that may constitute a grave danger under the osha act,

chip yost has that story. >> when a fire stab wishes self and lowered read we can and we knew we had a problem from his perch on an observation deck above the red wood canyon grow. the largest grove of giant sequoias in the world. sequoia and kings canyon national parks fire management officer john ziegler notes. some of the giant trees below were killed in the camp. he complex fire. but he also knows another truth, although we don't. >> we really don't like destructive you know, sometimes there's a silver lining. the silver lining in this case is that some of this land was in desperate need of a prescribed burn that is a fire intentionally set by firefighters to get rid of smaller trees and brush buildup. >> that when left unchecked can turn a small or moderate fire into one big enough to burn swathes of giant sequoias, something that just 10 years ago was unheard of the good news in the knp complex fire. is that part of it went through just like a smaller prescribed burn would have this part of the fire actually treated about 70%. >> of the unit. we have a plan to burn anyway. all

but as chip yost reports for us, the future of these giants in the forest have been threatened in a way once thought unthinkable. this is just a giant sequoia tree and the black mountain grove. >> this all burned in the pier fire in 2017 in and around sequoia national forest in central california. experts are studying the changing relationship between sequoia trees and wild fires. the only place in the world where sequoias grow naturally is on the western slopes of the sierra nevada mountain range with most of them located and then narrow 60 mile stretch of forest. >> just east of fresno. the sequoia trees, you'll find there. we're considered the largest trees on earth. many are thousands of years oldvand have survived countless fires during their lifetimes. but recently their fire survival rate has taken a hit. >> it is getting scary, especially to see one of the most fired opted organisms on earth being burned up in fire. that's a very scary change. christy brigham is the chief of resources management and science. >> for sequoia and kings canyon national parks. she says the change was

i'm chip yost. parents around houses. >> and now kron 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk.ootball and thanksgiving goes together like peanut butter and jelly. they can to make salt pepper catch-up in fried onions on a cheese steak. all right. up probably lost everyone. they're that the philly think. let's head to jerry's world. the raiders. they were taken on the dallas cowboys. trying to help the raiders snap a four-game losing streak end. this should help 3rd play of the game for the raiders car to dish on jackson's we've seen that before, especially in jerry world, 56 yard, touchdown catch. he's still fast. all righty. then josh jacobs, he gets the touchdown 3rd quarter we go raiders up 17 13. look at marcus mariota get some runs. he scores on the keeper. the raiders looking good. but on the ensuing kickoff. you just can't lit this happened. tony pollard, 100 yard. >> house call. >> 2719 after the missed pa ti. all right. to the 4th quarter. we go, this is when things got good. asked prescott fines don't shots. now. the great looking ball 32 yard touchdown were tied at 3

it sounds like reporter chip yost says the county.y a witness shows the tragic moments before a man fell from a zip line on the la jolla indian reservation in palma valley on saturday. a family member identified the man as 34 year-old joaquin romero and told fox 5 he died from his injuries monday morning sharp memorial. the family member says rivera worked at the la jolla zip line. a popular attraction on the reservation. one of the 3 zip lines is seen in this video from a fox 5 story in 2018, the courses range from 300 to 2700 feet in length at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. according to the witness who shot this cell phone video romero was helping a woman get hooked on the platform when she started sliding out on the line. he couldn't stop or and grabbed onto her harness and they both went out about a 100 feet above the ground. the victim's family says as rim era was hanging on because of the way he feared the woman could fall and then made a heroic decision to let go. we've frozen the video just before he fell fire crews arrived a

i'm chip yost. >> all right. let's bring it back here into the studio and talk about your friday forecast here as we're heading into the weekend. a lot of shoppers probably going to get in their holiday shopping this weekend. john. and for them the weather looks wet. pretty good. >> very good. keeping the good stuff around holding on to sunshine mild afternoon highs chilly mornings, though. so that's been the catch as far as getting outside is just want to be ready for that. cool feel warnings have been coming along with this morning was no different. but temperatures are beginning to climb sunshine. certainly complementing what will be a very nice afternoon, especially at the coastline. i know a lot of people are maybe going to be heading up into the sierra or out to the coastline. just to enjoy this mid fall break from the wintery weather. we had been saying that winds were an issue for southern california yesterday has been breezy for the bay but not excessively so the good news for socal neighbors is that we

you know, the changes may also lead to higher prices for some of the services there for chip yost has the story from anaheim. >> a question that's on the minds of every cfo and management team of of companies out there. inflationary pressures are something we are all i'm looking at an earnings call with analysts wednesday disney cfo, christine mccarthy. >> talk about how the company is trying to keep its costs down. amid inflation rates the country hasn't seen in decades. well, the park already increased most of disneyland ticket prices in october. executives are still looking at ways to save or make more money in other areas. one idea cut down on portion sizes at its theme parks are lots of things that are worth talking about. you know, we can adjust suppliers. >> we confronted 2 we portion behind, which is probably good for some people's we can look at pricing where necessary. but we are going to go get it straight process increased prices. that comment was made on the same day the u.s. bureau of labor statistics released its october. consumer price index report. >> for all urban co

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i'm chip yost. >> all right. now to sports.e have the raiders beating the dallas cowboys on thanksgiving in overtime. yeah. a lot of people excited about that kron 4 sports director jason to last. >> has the highlights for us. >> football and thanksgiving goes together like peanut butter and jelly. they can to make salt pepper catch-up in fried onions on a cheese steak. all right. up probably lost everyone. they're that the philly thing. let's head to jerry's world. the raiders. they were taken on the dallas cowboys. trying to help the raiders snap a four-game losing streak end. this should help. 3rd play of the game for the raiders car to dish on jackson's we've seen that before, especially in jerry world, 56 yard, touchdown catch. he's still fast. all righty. then josh jacobs, he gets the touchdown 3rd quarter we go raiders up 17 13. look at marcus mariota get some runs. he scores on the keeper. the raiders looking good. but on the ensuing kickoff. you just can't lit this happened. tony pollard, 100 yard house call. 2719 afte

i'm chip yost. >> all right. coming up next with air travel returning close to prepandemic levels.epartment of justice is stepping up efforts to crack down on unruly. passengers will be back after the break. >> we are back in a 24 and issues with unruly passengers has been going up quite a bit here when it comes to air travel during the pandemic. you've probably seen some of these videos going viral online. but now the department of justice is calling on federal prosecutors. >> to prioritize cases of violence on airplanes. evan lambert with a closer look. >> we are seeing more of these unruly passenger incidents and more of them are turning to physically violent a reminder here breaking any kind of rule from a flight crew on board a plane is a violation of federal law. from flight attendants taking punches to passengers taped to their seats during wild in air rants. >> this holiday season. it's possible you'll witness a case of air rage on your flight. just this week, the department of justice announcing a crackdown in a memo. wednesday. attorney general merrick garland directing u

ohio attorney general dave yost joins us now.25 others in a lawsuit opposing the requirement for private employers. sir, thank you so much for taking part of your weekend to chat with us about this. let's get right to the core of the argument. so legal experts say that this is going to come down to how courts interpret the occupational safety and health act of 1970. they, the federal government, argues that it allows them to install rules that are necessary to protect workers from grave danger. so in the context of the biden rule, how does that violate the constitution? >> well, there's a separation of powers problem here first. the president doesn't get to write legislation. that's up to congress. he only gets to write rules where he has specifically delegated authority. we don't think that there is any reasonable argument, frankly, that congress intended to give him this authority. >> so i'm curious to get your perspective on the specifics of the rule, because it allows for private companies, for employees at private companies

i'm chip yost. >> well, one of my disappointments so far them going to change that.ees. there's nothing like down and yeah, when you stand next to him that one thing to i mean, it's just unbelievable how gigantic an these things are. yeah. amazing. so got to see him go on the guys around the bay area. we've been trying to get some rainfall in the bay area. but november has been very, very dry gangbusters of a start with all that rain early on october, those atmospheric rivers with things have quieted down. >> the focus now is moved up further to the north. so yes, dry out there right now, mostly clear a little bit hazy out there over the bay at this time. now things are going to begin to shift gears a little bit. we're watching this ridge of high pressure beginning to break down. you're starting to see some higher clouds filtering our skies tonight. but tomorrow looks like another beautiful day. you're going to see a mixture some sunshine and a few passing clouds, especially late today. i think tomorrow sunset should be really something else. temperatures, though. we

i'm chip yost. >> we'll take a break here at 5.23. coming up on the kron 4 morning news with air travel returning close to pre-pandemic levels. the department of justice now stepping up efforts to crack down on unruly past. >> full story straight ahead. mrs. claus the shopping boss here to help you merry savers decorate with the best bargains ever! ross has savings on everything you need to get the party started. because who waits for shipping anymore? or guests?! i love saying yes to more merry for less at ross! mrs. claus the shopping boss here to help you merry savers find the best bargains ever! when you have the world's longest list you go to ross so you can work that budget and get those savings. i love saying yes to more merry for less at ross. 5.25. is the time and issues with unruly passengers have become an increasingly common air travel occurrence since the pandemic began. now the department of justice is calling on federal prosecutors to prioritize cases of violence on airplanes. evan lambert. >> has that story. >> we are

they've created an innovative high-tech fabric that can let you pay for things with a high 5 chip yostt we did is we modified textile. so like shirts pan sunset row with these. the term is that induct the wave guys with some new wearable technology developed by researchers at uc irvine's henry some welly school of engineering. >> you might someday be able to pay your bills with a simple high-five. for example, if you want to make a payment, right. we had to take out our cell phone to look at our phone, then we have to kind of put a phone next to the thanks to the payments system will hear. for example. we just have our textile right. we just brush our shirt, bashar pants against this reader. >> and it can take a payment. the technology also has some medical and sports applications as it can act. >> as a wireless charger for medical devices like glucose sensors are pacemakers. so what happens now as each of these kind of need their own power supply. janine need their own battery. well, in this case our textile right. we just go to power them all at once that none of these devices need t

but as reporter chip yost tells us the future of these giants of the forest has been threatened in a way once thought to be unthinkable. this is just a giant sequoia tree and the black mountain grove. this auburn and the fear fire in 2017 in and around sequoia national forest in central california. >> experts are studying the changing relationship between sequoia trees and wild fires. the only place in the world where sequoias grow naturally is on the western slopes of the sierra nevada mountain range with most of them located and then narrow 60 mile stretch of forest. >> just east of fresno. the sequoia trees, you'll find there are considered the largest trees on earth. many are thousands of years old and have survived countless fires during their lifetimes. but recently their fire survival rate has taken a hit. >> it is getting scary, especially to see one of the most fired opted organisms on earth being burned up in fire. that's a very scary change. christy brigham is the chief of resources management and science. >> for sequoia and kings canyon national parks. she says the change

now chip yost explains. >> as huge flames started getting closer to giant sequoia groves in septemberers try to protect them taking special measures such as wrapping a protective foil around their bases. this here is the general grant, the second largest tree in the world. and one of the trees that firefighters and park workers used a very unique methods on in order to protect it during one of the recent fires, one of those methods involved setting up sprinklers next to the tree. firefighters were also taught what to do if the fire got inside the court say this heart was way up. top. >> this goes all the way up. they're going to get that hose, turn the pressure up and they actually stick the hose up into there. because really there's no other way you can get it from the top. can't get it with tools. so they're just they're out there think outside the box on some of these fires. the extraordinary measures put in place after thousands of remarkably fire resistant giant sequoias were lost to wildfires in recent years. such devastation. >> 10 to 14% of the entire giant sequoia population

i'm chip yost. >> plus a story i just learned a lot.rmative and i just so much sadness. those beautiful monuments here on right in our state. you know, at risk. but we'll see. part 2 tomorrow. it what's being done to try and save the meantime, let's check on our guys. it's going to be cold. that's really the big weather news tonight. >> in fact, temperatures are going to get near frigid because we're going to be seeing temperatures near freezing. so a lot of 30's on the board here. frost advisory issued for our north bay and east bay valleys. so i just take note tonight, bring the pets inside. make sure the to cover your plants. you can see the north bay completely covered in the 30's and then we're going to see those 30's continue in our east bay's own like concord, 38 degrees and overnight low of 37 in livermore and then pretty much 40's elsewhere. so no matter where you're going to be at tonight. it is going to be cold and that is frost advisory set to expire around 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. my tenants and forecasts. so pam and ken

i'm chip yost. >> as just mention in his next report. he will be looking at was cause the sequoia national forest a change and that is coming up tonight on kron, 4 news at 8. so we hope you join us then. >> thanksgiving dinner is in the dark for thousands of socal residents because power had been shut off because of the dangerous winds and fire risks on this holiday. the santa ana winds are so powerful this massive tree crashed down on to a home in north hollywood. in other areas of the valley. trees brought down power lines. the public safety power shut-offs, of course, are meant to prevent the electric system from sparking a wildfire at us and said that it will restore the power as soon as the weather conditions permit and crews have inspected the power lines. but for more on this fire danger in southern california. let's check in with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. yeah, we called the gold offshore flow here. they called the santa ana winds in southern california and they've been whipping. we had gusts. >> or 50 miles per hour a

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i rise today in support of s.894, the hire veterans health herees yost act of 2021. this bill was introduce bide senator mike braun of indiana and congressman latta of ohio hags a house companion bill. i thank them both for their efforts on this excellent piece of legislation. the hire veterans health heroes act would help accomplish three important goals. the first is supporting service members as they transition out of the military. the second, helping veterans find meaningful work in their civilian lives. the third, is ensuring that the v.a. medical facilities are well staffed to provide timely, high quality care to veterans. this bill would require the v.a. to work with d.o.d. to identify separating service members with backgrounds in health care. it would require v.a. to refer those service members interested in working in the v.a. health care system to recruiters for possible placement in v.a. medical facilities with open positions. and i am glad to support this bill today. i hope all of my colleagues will do the same on both sides of the aisle. with that, i re

chip yost has the details. >> inflationary pressures are something we are all i'm looking at and trying an earnings call with analysts wednesday disney cfo, christine mccarthy talked about how the company is trying to keep its costs down as inflation ticks up. >> one idea cut down on portion sizes at its theme. parks are lots of things that are worth talking about. you know, we can adjust suppliers. >> we can substitute products we can cut portion size, which is probably good for some people place we can look at pricing where necessary. but we are going to go just straight up cross increased prices. but how would that go over with disneyland visitors who already so most ticket prices go up. the last month. they've got to have some good teachers for the people who come and that was the one good value. people did say that even though the costs were expensive. you got it. >> decent serving don't think it's right. i think, you know, it's very expensive way try to hide inflation is instead of raising prices, which is something that's been consumers faces. as you actually make the size is a l

it's considering cutting back on food portions to keep costs in line with rising prices reporter chip yost has details now on this new plan. >> inflationary pressures are something we are all i'm looking at and trying to on an earnings call with analysts wednesday disney cfo, christine mccarthy talked about how the company is trying to keep its costs down as inflation ticks up. >> one idea cut down on portion sizes at its theme. parks are lots of things that are worth talking about. you know, we can adjust suppliers. >> we can substitute products we can cut portion size, which is probably good for some people laced we can look at pricing where necessary. but we are going to go just straight up cross increased prices. but how would that go over with disneyland visitors who already so most ticket prices go up. the last month. they've got to have some good teachers for the people who come and that was the one good value. people did say that even though the costs were expensive. you got it. >> decent serving think it's right. i think, you know, it's very expensive. only try to hide inflation i

reporter chip yost has more on the big decision. >> so we have a total of 14 yeses, 0 nose and so theuesday as cdc advisory committee gave its recommendation that children 5 to 11 years old, be allowed to get

reporter chip yost has more on the big decision. >> so we have a total of 14 yeses, 0 nose and so the motion passes in a unanimous vote tuesday as cdc advisory committee gave its recommendation that children 5 to 11 years old, be allowed to get pfizer's pediatric covid-19 vaccine the monumental day in the course of the pandemic and one that many of us have been very eager to see for almost 2 full years. >> we'll have been fundamentally changed. >> their children. the second grade who have never experienced a normal school year. we have watched education gap that exists in the country have widened as the virus has disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic minority communities. he entered vaccination has the power to help us change all of that. >> the cdc committee's recommendation comes days after the fda had approved emergency use authorization for the kid sized doses. this is video provided by pfizer showing children's vaccines already being prepared for shipment. the fda says the vaccine safety was studied in approximately 3100 children ages 5 to 11 and no serious side effects h

well, that was chip yost reporting for us. >> well, let's talk bay area basketball now, the warriorshome taking on the philadelphia 76 ers. and if you watch the game, you know the filly got out. quick to an early lead. in fact, they pretty much dominated the whole 1st half. but then steph curry caught fire in the second. so to the rest of the team that defense was on point. but staff led the way 25 points on the night. his brother seth for philadelphia had 24. but in the end it was wiggins. it was t it was tv and then the rest the bench, they really came through golden state with a final one. 16 to 96 warriors now 16 2 on the season to be taking on the portland trail blazers next will be tomorrow night at the chase center very nice. and the while the forty-niners are getting ready to take on the vikings this sunday. >> both teams are looking to stay in the playoff picture. san francisco's looking for its 3rd straight when it looks like the niners may have finally turned a corner after being the rams at home and then dominating the jaguars on the robot head coach kyle shanahan says th

so you'll be hungry or chip yost has the details. >> inflationary pressures are sometling we are all i'm looking at and trying to on an earnings call with analysts wednesday disney cfo, christine mccarthy talked about how the company is trying to keep its costs down as inflation ticks up. >> one idea cut down on portion sizes at its theme. parks are lots of things that are worth talking about. you know, we can adjust suppliers. >> we can substitute products we can cut portion size, which is probably good for some people place we can look at pricing where necessary. but we are going to go just straight up cross increased prices. but how would that go over with disneyland visitors who already so most ticket prices go up. the last month. they've got to have some good teachers for the people who come and that was the one good value. people did say that even though the costs were expensive. you got >> decent serving don't think it's right. i think, you know, it's very expensive and try to hide inflation is instead of raising prices, which is something that's been consumers faces. as you a

. >> chip yost has more. >> inflationary pressures are something we are all i'm looking at and tryingrnings call with analysts wednesday disney cfo, christine mccarthy talked about how the company is trying to keep its costs down as inflation ticks up. >> one idea cut down on portion sizes at its theme. parks are lots of things that are worth talking about. you know, we can adjust suppliers. >> we can substitute products we can cut portion size, which is probably good for some people laced we can look at pricing where necessary. but we are going to go just straight up cross increased prices. but how would that go over with disneyland visitors who already so most ticket prices go up. the last month. they've got to have some good teachers for the people who come and that was the one good value. people did say that even though the costs were expensive. you got >> decent serving don't think it's right. i think, you know, it's very expensive and try to hide inflation is instead of raising prices, which is something that's been consumers faces. you actually make the size is a little bit sma

but as chip yost tells us, they don't think that anymore. >> as huge flames started getting closer to september. special teams of firefighters try to protect them taking special measures such as wrapping up protective foil around their bases. this here is the general grant, the second largest tree in the world. and one of the trees that firefighters and park workers used a very unique methods on in order to protect it during one of the recent fires, one of those methods involved setting up sprinklers next to the tree. firefighters were also taught what to do if the fire got inside the court say this heart was way up. top. >> this goes all the way up. they're going to get that hose, turn the pressure up and they actually stick the hose up into there. because really there's no other way you can get it from the top. can't get it with tools. so ehey're just they're out there think outside the box on some of these fires. the extraordinary measures put in place after thousands of remarkably fire resistant giant sequoias were lost to wildfires in recent years. such devastation. >> 10 to 14%

this one from ohio attorney general yost. >> without objection, senator coons. >> thank you. as you well know oversight of the executive branch is important part of the duties of this body so i just want to commend the chair and ranking for prioritizing this and you for your time here. -- >>> live to capitol hill and the senate commerce committee for a hearing of several biden administration nominees, including democratic jessica rosenworcel to lead the sec. live coverage on c-span3.

and with no other options, i supported attorney general yost's lawsuit against the census bureau to gete data. without the data we can't draw the lines and literally, we don't know what districts, the constituents don't no what districts they're going to be in. and the lawsuit ended up with the bureau agreeing to provide this data and september 1st is the deadline and august 1st is not much time to put together the plan and that cannot slip. can i ask you today, if confirmed today. there will be no delay for the census data? >> thank you for that question, senator. i very much sympathize with the concerns of the state of ohio in advancing democracy by-- with redistricting. i understand the urgency. i also understand the importance of having accurate information in order to make the critical decisions that drive our democracy. i also understand the timeliness. timeliness is an element of data quality that has only relatively recently been recognized as something that is crucial and that we need to take into account when we're developing data products. so, i am with you in terms of wantin

letter from another attorney general on rescinding the memorandum, this one from ohio, attorney general yost. >> without objection. senator coons. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, attorney general garland. as you know, oversight of the executive branch is an important part of the duties of this body. i want to commend the chair and ranking for prioritizing this and you for your time here. while at times challenging, this process is key to fulfilling our constitutional responsibilities. and we know that we have substantial work to do to restore confidence in our democratic institutions. and i think your engagement here today is a key part of that. so thank you for your diligent and thorough answers to the questions being presented today. let me just start with a question about some characterizations that are being made here and in other settings about the trajectory of the biden administration in terms of responding to violent crimes. some are asserting that the department of justice is focused on defunding the police or hamstringing or undermining law enforcement. instead, the presiden