i'm jessi tenure. we'll be right back after the break. stick with us. >> 9 of 44 here on this saturday morning. and many bay area families are going to begin celebrating lunar new year this weekend. the city of san francisco is ready to ring in the year of the tiger with statues all across the city. there are 6 life-sized tiger statues scattered across san francisco right now. they're going to be on display through february 19th. you can find them at the chase center at union square at portsmouth square outside the asian art museum at the stonestown galleria as well as outside the lucky supermarket on slow to near sf su. they all have different designs on them. according to the chinese chamber of commerce of san francisco, the statues spotlight, local artists and they reflect upon the culture, people and traditions surrounding chinese new year going to be nice to get out there and take some photos with those statues. meanwhile, lunar new year celebrations are underway across the pond as well. london's chinatown is getting ready for its bi

washington, dc correspondent jessi tenure has details. good evening. the president saw the damage firsthand as he made the case for states to take advantage of these federal funds as soon as possible. >> on the other side of the concrete, their president biden survey disastrous proof of the nation's need for the 1 trillion dollar infrastructure law. it's incredible. >> this pittsburgh bridge rated in poor condition for the past decade collapse friday morning wrecking a city bus and several cars. but resulting only in minor injuries it comes to president. really is the president went ahead with his planned visit to pittsburgh, which calls itself the city of bridges and claims to have more bridges than any other city in the world. and no idea. and we're going we're going to fix them all. thousands of bridges across the country will soon get billions of dollars from the new infrastructure law. the white house said about 5.5 billion will go out by summer. we donate headline saying that someone was killed when the next bridge collapse. the president said th

i'm jessi tenure. house speaker nancy pelosi revealed today how a quarter of a million dollars in federal funding will be used to upgrade sfo. >> she was joined by representatives jackie spear and anna eshoo during their visit. the congresswoman shared how 25 billion dollars allocated for airports nationwide as part of a bipartisan infrastructure bill could be used here as sofo will be getting up to 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from that bill. the money will go toward improvements to the harvey milk terminal and environmental upgrades for the airport. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spears said that she hopes some of the money will be used to help reduce noise for people living near the airport. now to russian president biden says he will move thousands of u.s. troops to eastern europe soon as tensions continue to rise with russia. >> the bipartisan group of house foreign affai

live in washington, i'm jessi tenure. thank you, jesse. well, house speaker nancy pelosi visited sfo today. she was talking about money for local infrastructure projects to she was joined by bay area representative jackie spear and issue. >> during their visit, the congresswoman will talk about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from that bill. that money will go to improvements at the harvey milk terminal and environmental upgrades. this big hole you see behind us. >> it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spear also said today that she hopes some of the money will go to reducing noise for the people who live near the airport. >> speaking of infrastructure, we have a traffic alert for you starting tonight. caltrans will be closing the sir francis drake boulevard exit on northbound highway one. 0 one in larkspur in marin county. the closure will last un

i'm jessi tenure. jesse, thank you for that. house speaker nancy pelosi visited sfo today. >> talk about money for bay area infrastructure projects. she was joined by representative jackie spear and anna eshoo during their visit. the congresswoman talked about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from the bill. that money will go to improvements at the harvey milk terminal and for environmental upgrades. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> congresswoman speer said today she hopes some of the money will go to reducing noise for people who live near sfo. >> a california lawmaker is proposing a four-day workweek. congressman mark takano for riverside is introducing a measure that would require employees to be paid overtime after working 32 hours in a single week. the connellsville has yet to be voted on in congress, but it

i'm jessi tenure. jesse, thank you for that. house speaker nancy pelosi visited sfo today. >> talk about money for bay area infrastructure projects. she was joined by representative jackie spear and anna eshoo during their visit. the congresswoman talked about thebi

i'm jessi tenure. house speaker nancy pelosi visited san francisco international airport today to talk about money for local infrastructure projects. she was joined by representative spear in nashua during their visit. the congresswoman talked about. >> the 25 billion dollars that's been allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 50 million dollars a year for the next 5 years from that bill, that money will go to improvements at harvey milk terminal and also environmental up greats. >> this big hole you see behind us, it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spear also said today she hopes some of the money will go to reducing noise for people who live near the airport and speaking of infrastructure, we do have a traffic alert to talk about now because starting tonight, caltrans will be closing the sir francis drake boulevard one in larkspur of its marine county. this closure will last

i'm jessi tenure. thank you very much. jessie. coming up next year on the kron, 4 morning news officers and deputies in southern california are sounding the alarm and asking for help. >> well, you what's causing law enforcement staffing shortages across la county ahead of the super bowl. we'll be right back. all right. we are back here for 45 getting another check of the weather with john here as we take a live look outside. let's see if there's any fog out there's one thing i did notice stepping outside this morning, john. >> it was really really cool. like we're talking mid 30's up my neighborhood. yeah. definitely 30's for some of our inland spots. james mid 30's out to the east bay. we've got some low 30's up in the north bay. >> for bass shore areas, mostly the 40's. regardless of where you're getting out, though, you definitely want to bundle up your east bay hills camera, looking down at a nice clear you space so far. so foggy hasn't been much of an issue. we do have a few high passing clouds sitting well above the area rig

washington correspondent jessi tenure reports. good evening. the 83 year-old departure from the high court won't change its conservative 6, 3, majority. >> but it will give president biden his first supreme court nominee. >> this is a complicated country. justice steven briar reflected on everything he's witnessed during his nearly 3 decades on the u.s. supreme court bench. people have come to accept this constitution and they've come to accept the importance of the rule of law. during his official retirement announcement thursday, pryor directed his remarks to younger generations saying although the country is divided, the high court helps unite it. it's a kind of miracle. when you sit there and see all those people in front of you, you had the people that are so different than what they think. >> and yet they've decided. to help. so there are major differences. >> under law as one of the liberal justices on the bench briar, a landmark opinions from reproductive rights to health care, to voting rights is a model public servant in a time of gre

i'm jessi tenure. >> political analysts said been having a field day, of course, today speculating on what might happen next. kron four's catherine heenan spoke to political science lecturer donna crane, kho says this whole process really is tite has it given by washington dc standards. she agrees the justice briar successor will not be able to do much to slow the supreme court's right word trajectory. but crane says that she likes the short list of potential nominees and underscores how high the stakes are right now. >> this term alone, we are seeing 3, 4, 5 giant issues come before the court. and it's it's still going to be a 63 conservative majority. there is a lot going on. there's a lot of state. a lot going on runs a lot of state for this particular seat. but everyone a list of that i'm aware of is really top of their game. they as judges or people and other senior legal positions that already are following these kinds of cases. there are aware of the nuances and what they get to the supreme court. of course, they will have clerks team of clerks. so i i think we will have a prob

i'm jessi tenure. >> well, political analysts have been having a field day trying to speculate on what might happen next. who's going to be picked in one of them? talk to kron 4 today. catherine heenan has more from our newsroom on that. catherine? yeah, political science lecturer donna crane, can she says the? >> whole thing is titanic. she puts it by washington, dc standards and i guess by political analyst standards, she agrees that justice briar successor will not be able to do much to slow the supreme court's rightward trajectory. but she says that she likes the short list of potential nominees and she underlines how high the stakes are right now. >> this term alone, we are seeing 3, 4, 5 giant issues come before the court. and it's it's still going to be a 63 conservative majority. there is a lot going on. there's a lot of state. a lot going on runs a lot of state for this particular seat. but everyone, a list of that i'm aware of is really top of their game. they as judges or people and other senior legal positions that already are following these kinds of cases. there are aware

washington correspondent jessi tenure reports. good evening. the 83 year-old departure from the high court won't change its conservative 6, 3, majority. >> but it will give president biden his first supreme court nominee. ip>> this is a complicated country. justice steven briar reflected on everything he's witnessed during his nearly 3 decades on the u.s. supreme court bench. people have come to accept this constitution and they've come to accept the importance of the rule of law. during his official retirement announcement thursday, pryor directed his remarks to younger generations saying although the country is divided, the high court helps unite it. it's a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all those people in front of you, you had the people that are so different than what they think. >> and yet they've decided. to help. so there are major differences. >> under law as one of the liberal justices on the bench right around landmark opinions from reproductive rights to health care to voting rights is a model

our washington correspondent jessi tenure joins us now live from washington with the latest. jesse? >> good evening, ken and pam. 83 year-old departure from the high court won't impact the 6, 3, conservative majority, but it will give president biden the chance to cement the seat as liberal for decades to come. >> this is a complicated country. justice steven briar reflected on everything he's witnessed during his nearly 3 decades on the u.s. supreme court bench. people have come to accept this constitution and they've come to accept the importance of the rule of law. during his official retirement announcement thursday, pryor directed his remarks to younger generations saying although the country is divided, the high court helps unite it. it's a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all those people in front of you, you had the people that are so different than what they think. >> and yet they've decided. to help. so there are major differences. >> under law as one of the liberal justices on the bench right around landmark opinions from reproductive rights to health care to vo

our washington correspondent jessi tenure has the latest. good evening. >> the 83 year-old departure from the high court won't change its conservative 6, 3, majority, but it will give president biden his first supreme court nominee. >> this is a complicated country. justice steven briar reflected on everything he's witnessed during his nearly 3 decades on the u.s. supreme court bench. people have come to accept this constitution and they've come to accept the importance of the rule of law. during his official retirement announcement thursday, pryor directed his remarks to younger generations saying although the country is divided, the high court helps unite it. it's a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all those people in front of you, you had the people that are so different than what they think. >> and yet they've decided. to help. so there are major differences. >> under law as one of the liberal justices on the bench briar, a landmark opinions from reproductive rights to health care, to voting rights is a model public servant in

washington correspondent jessi tenure has the latest. good evening. president biden said today he doesn't even think the russian people know exactly how president putin is going to respond. >> but he reiterated the u.s. stands ready. >> it would change the world if russia invades ukraine. the white house is still considering a wide range of options. but on tuesday, president biden made one thing clear. we have no intention of putting american are forces in ukraine. the pentagon announced monday it's preparing to send as many as 8500 troops to join the nato response force on the eastern flank in an effort to deter president putin. they're going to be serious economic consequences if you move to keep couldn't guessing. the biden administration is not disclosing exactly what financial punishments it has ready. well, they could cut russia off from u.s. dollars in international banking. president biden said they will also include personal sanctions against his russian counterpart. we see that the kremlin said the pentagon strip announcement shows the u.s.

i'm jessi tenure. thank you, jesse. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi officially running for reelection. the san francisco congresswoman made that announcement in this video posted to twitter speaker pelosi is the only woman in united states history to ever be elected speaker of the house. she has represented san francisco in congress for more than 30 years in the video announcement, pelosi did not say if she would run for speaker if the democrats retain the majority in the house. she had promised back in 2018 that this would be her last term in that position. but it's not clear if that is still her plan. a 16 year-old san jose boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 12 year-old san jose girl who fatally overdosed on fentanyl. >> according to santa clara county district attorney's office back in november of 2020, the 12 year-old girl died after purchasing and snorting what's called an and 30 pill, which is a counterfeit fentanyl-laced opioid pill from the suspect dealer. the boy was a

i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse, for that. meanwhile, citing an abundance of caution, the u.s. state department has ordered all family members of u.s. embassy personnel out of ukraine. evan lambert has the story of 2 americans who are now working to get themselves out. >> i'm definitely nervous americans in ukraine telling news nation the mood has changed quickly in the last few days. there. the movement of russian troops at the border leading to fears of an invasion, an american from california who asked us to call him ryan for his safety says he's been in ukraine with his dog bandit for more than a year. now he's making plans to leave temporarily. i have a plan to this. it's a neighboring and the next few days and >> that's sort of a you know, tested out kind of thing on sunday. the state department telling americans in ukraine they should not expect a u.s. sponsored evacuations and to leave while commercial flights are available. >> also reiterating a do not travel warning this time, quote, due to increased threat of russia

i'm jessi tenure. closed door meetings began in norway today between the taliban and western diplomats. those talks are aimed at easing afghanistan's humanitarian crisis. >> they are the first talk since the taliban took control of the country in august. discussions included a focus on a taliban restrictions. a lot of them directed at women. also the group's demand for the release of nearly 10 billion dollars us dollars frozen by the u.s. and other western countries. millions of afghans are facing the risk of starvation. >> authorities in beijing are testing 2 million people ahead of the winter olympics. and that's after. >> a few dozen covid cases were reported in neighboring districts. they will even test people who have been buying cold or flu medicine recently, chinese officials have been taking drastic measures to try to isolate every infection before the games begin. february 4th athletes must also be vaccinated or quarantine upon arrival in china and they have to undergo daily testing. the warri

i'm jessi tenure. >> now to our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look spread out across downtown san francisco. yeah. biggest roth standing by with a look at the week ahead. >> pam and ken, i promise the fog is on the way that you can really see it in. that's a gorgeous shot overlooking downtown. that nice and clear there. we're starting to see some fog. it's little bit dark and the shot. but san francisco international airport, we did see the marine layer up along the peninsula. he'll start to push through we're going to continue to see that throughout the evening hours tonight. right now, if you're going to be out about, we're tracking a lot of 50's on the board. a couple of 40's now that finally dropping into a 48 degrees in half moon bay. 52 in palo alto right now. 53 in downtown oakland. 57 in pittsburgh. 54 in currently. 48 degrees right now in petaluma and temperatures are only going to get chillier and chillier dropping into the 30's in some spots, especially in our north bay and our inland interior valleys in our east bay as well. so it is going to be quite chilly tonigh

i'm jessi tenure. >> jessie, thank you for that report. well, let's take a live look outside here at the he can see very much because of the fall. we're going to show you the golden gate bridge, but is hiding somewhere. >> all of that fog, maybe somebody stolen are all just back a strong here. not talking about just the fog, but just how chilly it's going to get. yeah, guys going to get really chilly. and actually it's going to be a lot of fog years. we get to towards the latter part of tonight. and you can already start to see some of that fog. even in this shot, the marine layer starting to roll through here. san francisco international airport. it's clear here, far away the hills there. you can definitely see it start push through like it is right here in san francisco over the golden gate. and like i was mentioning, yes, that bay fog will start to develop. and those lows are going to get really chilly into the 30's and 40's, especially if we're going to be into when the interior valleys. we're going to see a very chilly 30's on the boa

i'm jessi tenure. all right, jesse, thank you for that. >> time to bring it back home. talk about our forecast. look at this. this is a live look outside san francisco and what would be the golden gate bridge if not for karl karl is back. he made his parents a little a few days ago and definitely back with a vengeance again this afternoon. kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr back with the details. david, we're going to see carl a lot more this week. >> looks like we into the bay area. we're seeing this along the east bay shoreline, some of the haze off towards the distance as well. now the temperature check, not bad inland. we're looking at 64 livermore lower to middle 60's up to the north bay. 58 for oakland, 64 san jose in lynn remains clear. however, it looks like for tonight going about. 44, so 10 o'clock, however, those and then temperatures will be quite chilly by tomorrow morning. now the fog across the bay will filter on through. we'll see a lot of that and central valley a little bit as well. good news is it will mix up very nicely in the late morning hours again,

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crowd force washington correspondent jessi tenure reports. >> on the president's announcement. >> this is something we did get on and normas consequence to the country as part of the new infrastructure law. president biden announced friday nearly 27 billion dollars to fix or rebuild thousands of smaller bridges across the country over the next 5 years. and about 5.5 billion of those funds will go out by summer. these investments our country has never fully made. now we are transportation secretary pete buttigieg visited the martin luther king bridge in philadelphia friday, which used to carry 25,000 vehicles every day when it gets bad enough, like we see here, bridges have to be closed entirely for safe. buttigieg said the funds will allow states to bypass future bridge closures that impact everything from deliveries to school and work commutes to emergency response times. the consequences are felt by every car pooling parent. >> every commuter and every truck drugged. and those delays at up to profound costs for america's families. >> and economy. and president biden said the money wi

washington correspondent jessi tenure reports on the president's announcement. >> good evening. after a rocky week here in washington for his priorities, president biden suggested he wanted it to end on something his administration was able to accomplish. >> this is something we did get down and normas consequence to the country as part of the new infrastructure law. president biden announced friday nearly 27 billion dollars to fix or rebuild thousands of smaller bridges across the country over the next 5 years. and about 5.5 billion of those funds will go out by summer. these investments our country has never fully made. now we are transportation secretary pete buttigieg visited the martin luther king bridge in philadelphia friday, which used to carry 25,000 vehicles every day when it gets bad enough, like we see here, bridges have to be closed entirely for safety. buttigieg said the funds will allow states to bypass future bridge closures that impact everything from deliveries to school and work commutes to emergency response times. the consequences are felt by every car pooli

i'm jessi tenure. jesse, the president's priority for this week was voting rights and that appears to be stalled. so you know where that legislation stands heading into this holiday weekend. >> yes, senate democratic leadership was hoping to get that done by martin luther king junior day on monday and even a personal visit from the % president to capitol hill couldn't seal the deal. so. >> senate majority chuck schumer is going to cancel recess for senators next week, at least for tuesday to bring them back then to vote on the voting rights legislation. and then since it is likely to fail since there's no republican support, then the filibuster debate starts and potentially changing. senate rules comes into play. >> jessi tenure live in washington, dc for us tonight. thank you, jesse. meanwhile, north bay congressman jared huffman announced the first round of investments and repairing california bridges under the infrastructure investment. nearly 850 million dollars will be used to fix state bridges th

i'm jessi tenure. >> well for your health, a new model by researchers at yale is supporting what many of us already knew covid vaccines are saving lives. researchers say the shot saved about 240,000 lives and prevent in nearly 1.2 million hospitalizations in the 1st half of 2021. but as the year progressed, the vaccines became less effective. overall, people stop getting vaccinated. and the study suggests that the u.s. covid vaccination program was associated with the reduction and as new variants continued vaccine push is going to be crucial to keeping those case numbers down. well, many pregnant women have been concerned about getting the vaccine because of the possible side effects it might have on their child. but now there's a new study that might put those fears to rest because researchers at the cdc looked at data from 8 organizations track the pregnancies and more than 10,000 women, they found no link between the vaccines and premature birth. they also say there was no difference in the rate of premature birth, regardless of which trimester pregnant women got their shots. the

i'm jessi tenure. president biden issued a statement praising the ruling on health care workers but criticized the ruling on business. >> we talked with uc hastings law professor rory little about today's rulings. he says the court did not see covid as being a work place. danger. >> but there's a difference between the employer adopting such a program as a condition of their own employment and an employer being forced to adopt the program by the federal government. and that is what the case turns on today. so the question is not can you impose such a thing? the question is who gets to decide that employees have to do this? the ruling affects about 17 million health care workers, although they still may decline the vaccination on medical. >> or religious grounds. new tonight at 10 president biden's push for new voting rights legislation was dealt a big blow today as well. but >> he says he's not giving up democratic sen kyrsten sinema of arizona defiantly said she will not support a change to senate rul

i'm jessi tenure. >> president biden issued a statement today praising the rulings on health care workers, but he criticized the ruling on businesses. as you might imagine. we talked with uc hastings law professor worry little about today's decisions. he said the majority of justices did not see covid as workplace danger, but there's a difference between the employer adopting such a program as a condition of their own employment and an employer being forced to adopt the program by the federal government. and that is what the case turns on today. so the question is not can you impose such a thing? the question is who gets to decide that employees have to do this? >> the ruling affects about 17 million health care workers, although they may still declined the vaccination on medical or religious grounds. >> now to a development in our drought emergency after weeks of winter storms, the entire state of california is now out of the exceptional drought category. the u.s. drought monitor releasing new data on the state's drought conditions. and what a difference 3 months makes. thank goodness fo

i'm jessi tenure. >> while everyone, of course, is talking about covid. the flu season is also still a matter of concern. and no. a cdc study finds that the flu shot does protect children from a serious case of the flu. even with the virus that infected them is different from the one in the vaccine. according to the study, vaccinations cut the risk of severe flu in children by 78%. it was also 76% effective in preventing a life-threatening case of the flu. so far this winter, the cdc has not provided estimates of the flu cases across the nation, although data suggests illnesses from the seasonal flu virus are down significantly. the pandemic is having a major effect on children's mental health cents. according to health care professionals. >> data coming in shows that there's been a large uptick in teen suicide during the pandemic. also, teens are experiencing higher levels of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and other mental health concerns. kron 4 talk to a psychologist, doctor brenda wade about what she's seeing and how she's counseling parents du

i'm jessi tenure, pam. ken. >> so jesse, are there other vaccine related cases that the high court may be considering soon? >> yeah, there is a similar vaccine mandate for federal contractors which is currently on hold. a lower court struck that down and the u.s. supreme court has yet to say whether it will consider that one. >> jessi tenure reporting live from washington. thank you. and coming up at 5.30, this evening, we're going to speak with uc hastings, professor of law rory, little to help break down how the u.s. supreme court arrived at his decision to block president biden's vaccine mandate for businesses. >> today president biden announced more teams of military medical personnel. we will be deployed to help hospitals hit hard by omicron. those teams are headed to 6 states across the country. new york, new jersey, ohio, rhode island, michigan, and new mexico all requested additional aid. fema administrator deanne criswell says there's an urgent need for staffing. she says teams are already on the m

i'm jessi tenure. justine. jesse, what other vaccine related cases could the high court consider in the coming weeks? yeah. there is a separate vaccine mandate for federal contractors that is currently on hold. lower courts blocked that from taking effect. and so the supreme court could decide to take that up. but it hasn't decided one way or another yet. let us know. thank you so much. and today the biden administration announced more military medical teams will be deployed to help hospitals that have been hit hard by omicron new york, new jersey, ohio, rhode island, michigan, and new mexico all requested this additional aid. the teams we put in place inside hospitals by the end of the month. besides staffing, the administration is also addressing needs for more. facility space and protective equipment and bay area. congressman roe conn is calling on the biden administration to do more to get needed supplies into the hands of americans. he has joined with 40 other members of congress to send a letter to the bi

i'm jessi tenure. thank you, jesse. >> health experts now say most people will get infected with covid because of the omicron variant. that is what the head of the fda told a senate panel yesterday. commissioner janet woodcock told senators at the priority for the country should be making sure hospitals and other essential services still function during this time. however, there could be relief on the horizon, at least a university of washington model is predicting that cases will hit their peak by next wednesday. after that cases should fall sharply because those who can be infected will have been infected. and speaking of that, one of the people who knows a lot about covid and is comfortable talking about it is the chair of the university of san francisco's department of medicine. but doctor bob wachter says it's very different thing to have the virus actually hit your family kron four's. catherine heenan joins us now from the newsroom to explain. katherine, very doctor. wachter is known for his long

our washington, dc correspondent jessi tenure joins us live from the nation's capital with the latest. jesse? >> good evening. despite ongoing challenges in schools because of the omicron variant white house officials say that more than 96% of k through 12 schools are still doing in person learning and they want to keep it that way. >> the president is clear the nation's schools can and should be open. >> with 1 million new covid-19 cases each day in the u.s. the biden administration is fighting to keep kids in classrooms by doubling testing efforts for k through 12 students, teachers and staff dot com variant is driving unprecedented demand for testing. so we need to ensure school leaders have the support they need to meet that demand. >> starting later this month, the white house will send 5 million free rapid test to schools every month along with 5 million lab-based pcr tests to tap into what covid response coordinator jeff zients calls an underused resource. there is significant lab capacity in this country. >> so we're working with schools to take advantage of the lab capacity t

our washington correspondent jessi tenure reports on why president biden is finally urging lawmakers to and the filibuster. >> the battle for the soul of america is not over in the heart of where the civil rights movement took place. president joe biden is making his strongest case yet for the biggest overhaul of u.s. elections in a generation. we want the people to rule the federal legislation would strike down state voting hurdles, reduce the influence of big money in politics and limit partisan influence over the drawing of congressional districts after previously defending senate rules. the president says he's willing to make an exception to pass these measures to protect our democracy. i support changing the senate rules. >> and they need to be changed to prevent. all right of center. some blocking action on voting rights. >> but not all democrats are on board with changing filibuster rules to pass voting reform with a simple majority. west virginia senator joe mansion. once republicans support filibuster is what makes the senate. >> hopefully work when it's supposed to work. th

i'm jessi tenure. jesse, thanks for that. a special tribute today on the house for washington. late nfl legend john madden was honored by congress. >> our catherine heenan joins us now live from our newsroom with more on how local they're paid his respects, catherine. yeah, it was a nice tribute in washington, dc today. it was led by congressman eric swalwell, his district includes pleasanton. that is where madden died december. 28. >> madam spent the majority of his life from the east bay. he was head coach of the raiders from 1969. to 1978. he then went on to become one of the most popular nfl commentators in history. but congressman swalwell says john madden was much more than a football icon. he was a fixture in the east bay community. >> john madden was simu%taneously a larger than life hall of fame coach and broadcaster, but also someone you can hang out with and have a cold miller light at the outback steakhouse in dublin after his grandsons football game. bump into at ace hardware on a saturday afternoon looking at power tools. or join for ham and eggs after mass on a s

i'm jessi tenure. >> let's take a look outside. it is twilight across the bay area. and here's a view of the bay bridge and the embarcadero such a pretty evening. and it was a lovely day to day to lawrence. it was pretty yeah. warm weather around the bay area. temperatures running above the average and beautiful skies this evening. the sun setting is to leave behind just gorgeous looking out west toward the sunset of the golden gate bridge. and yeah, it looks nice out there right now. no rain in the forecast. dry weather right now and that's running above average about that 66 degrees. 2 days in a row in san jose. 63 degrees in san francisco, 60 in 63 in lemore. 62 in concord and santa rosa and upper 60's along the coastline today with some offshore winds up, things are going to stay on hold right now. high pressure building in overhead that is in the jet stream. well to the north casually. see those high clouds come over head. that makes for the beautiful sunset. i think we'll see that again tomorrow, though. probably a little more cloud cover the next couple days.

i'm jessi tenure. >> all right. time to talk about the forecast as we take a live look at the san mateo bridge kron for meteorologists. john tribal is here with details. >> well, a beautiful tuesday. temperatures today have overall been pretty comfortable after what was gloomy and cool conditions last weekend. certainly rainy conditions last month. think that this is a welcome sight for a lot of the bay area. look at half moon bay, people walking around enjoying those sunshiny conditions right along our beaches. the beaches were the first spots to warm up earlier on today. the rest of us have since caught up and now we're all solidly hanging out in the 60's. high pressure. ridge built up will continue to keep us this way over the coming days, continuing to remain mild and dry. any chance of rain or snow sent well to the north across the pacific northwest. what that means for us is the rest of the day. today will come along with a few clouds from time to time. but those bright skies overall prevailing through the res

i'm jessi tenure. >> a federal judge has to decide if former president trump can be held liable for the 2020 attack at the u.s. capitol. at least 3 lawsuits seek to hold trump and other republican figures accountable for their actions during and leading up to the insurrection. today, the judge pointed out that trump told a crowd to march to the capitol on january 6th, but did not issue a call to stop the attack for at least 2 hours as it was happening. a ruling is not expected any time soon. all right. switching gears here, it's time for the 4 zone forecast as we get a live look right now at co international airport taking a break from the rain. meteorologists lawrence karnow with us now. >> lawrence, this is yeah, we need the rain, but it's kind of a welcome change to see the sun. yeah, it's great to see that sunshine. kind of give us a break. was our chance to really >> see all the tributaries. the rivers kind a lower themselves just a bit from all that rain, then i think we'll get back into right now. it looks like a high pressure building in and it's going to be sticking around for

i'm jessi tenure. the world's 5th hottest year on record is driving the conversation at copernicus climate conference today. >> the average global temperature last year was 2.2 degrees fahrenheit above levels seen during the late 18, 100's when industrialization around the globe is just taking off during the recent climate conference, scientists discussed, you know how greenhouse gas emissions are creeping higher and higher, creating a warming effect and extreme weather events all over the globe. >> see more and more frequent. well, he traced all more intense heat waves and all say there is already upset observational evidence that in europe due to the roaming, the second place already in place have already become. but become more intense. >> europe summer last year was actually the warmest on record, though 2010 2018 were not far behind. meanwhile, the western side of north america fell off the charts. heat, drought and wildfires. as we know last summer. i let's get one last check of your forecast. th

i'm jessi tenure. >> for your money tonight, a new u.s. quite her featuring the late maya angelou's went into circulation today. congresswoman barbara lee made the announcement on twitter today. this makes the legendary poet and activist who spent much of her life here in the bay area. the first black woman ever to appear on the coin. it is the first in the american women quarters program, which will include coins featuring prominent women in american history. the mit says other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year through 2025. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 5 after helping the warriors get a win over the cavaliers were going play. thompson had to say about his performance. >> in his first game in more than 2 years and after being sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his friend, susan berman, real estate heir robert durst has died. the strange history of this convicted killer. >> just months after he was sentenced to life in prison for killing his friend, susan berman, robert durst has died. the 78 year-o

i'm jessi tenure. >> the white house is working with the u.s. postal service to distribute millions of covid home test kits to people who want them. the administration is purchasing 500 million of the kits. the according to the washington post, it is close to finalizing an agreement with the post office to achieve that asked the postal service is negotiating with the labor unions to expand the seasonal workforce. that's about 40,000 extra personnel hired as holiday. hello web site will be set up in the near future where people can request the government issued test kits. the fda has shorten the amount of time you have to wait before getting a moderna booster. those 18 and older can now get the booster shot. >> at least 5 months after initial vaccination. the decision comes amid a nationwide omicron surge. the fda has also shorten the wait time for those 12 and older who got the pfizer vaccines. also to 5 months, those who received johnson johnson can get a booster after at least 2 months. >> broadway san francisco is requiring a proof of covid b

i'm jessi tenure. i just meantime, president biden will deliver his first state of the union address on. >> march 1st, house speaker nancy pelosi sent the president the invitation to speak today. this is the first state of the union address to be delivered so late in the year >> have a jam and weekend ahead in oakland. yeah, they're ready to roll monster jam returns to the coliseum tomorrow. plenty of dirt, plenty of water to make it real messy and slippery will spin out the motor sports experience is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. for some, it's a visually intoxicating display. the tests, the participants skills and provides speed infused area wonders. these guys are staying on the ground. they're going to make it go to see them get up test, all their skilts. we caught up with the driver earlier today says he's ready to go. >> and this is the season opener for monster jam 2022. is going to be a big year, especially for our teams on me. we've got a veteran crew chief. we are sick and ready

live in washington, i'm jessi tenure. all right, jesse, thank you. meantime, the white house is working with u.s. postal service to distribute millions of covid home test kits to people who want them. >> the administration is purchasing 500 million kit. according to the washington post, it's close to finalizing an agreement with the post office to achieve the task. the postal service is negotiating with labor unions to extend it seasonal workforce. and that's about 40,000 extra personnel hired as holiday help. a web site will be established in the near future where people can request the government issued test kits. the fda has shorten the amount of time you have to wait before getting the moderna booster people 18 and older can now get the booster at least 5 months after their initial vaccination series. recently, the fda made the same change going 5 months for shot can get a booster after only 2 months. as flight cancellations continue to be a big problem all across the country. alaska airlines is cutting its schedule by 10% because so many people

our washington correspondent jessi tenure reports now on the arguments. >> this is the first time the u.s. supreme court weighed in on administration vaccine policies and it appeared more skeptical of the employer role. a grocery guy. i'm not the vaccine. police brandon trost claire refuses to enforce requirements. that is 500 grocery store employees get vaccinated against covid-19. >> and is asking the u.s. supreme court to step in how groceries to the grocery store. >> have a grocery store stock more shells and how we can check people out. i think this is going to be a huge economic disaster. the biden administration wants trust claire and other large employers to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or tested weekly to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and deaths. >> justice elena kagan said the requirement is appropriate. there's nothing else. >> that will perform that function better. incentivizing people strongly to vaccinate themselves. but justice amy coney barrett suggested the employer role is too broad that the problem here is its scope and that there's no differen

i'm jessi tenure. >> the events that took place on january 6 started as a rally and then ended as an attack. we have been reflecting on that tragic day here at kron for joining us now with more insight tonight, our political analyst michael yaki. michael, thank you for being with us. i just watched a documentary looking back at that day and it's still chilling to see what happened in the nation's capital. how do you think president biden's remarks will be received today, especially in light of the fact that the nation is still so divided and those who would need to hear it really don't believe him. >> thank you, care. and for having me here tonight, you know that i think what the president said today. for a lot of americans was a little bit long overdue. the fact is that what happened a year ago was the culmination of weeks of education and i and in fact, planning by the former president and his allies to try and effectively overturn the will of of other voters and and a victory margin of 7 million, 7 million americans. so what were remembered with the president was trying to make us

i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. so imagine being among the lawmakers getting ready to certify the results of the presidential election. when word comes in that an outside protest had turned into a dangerous mob and they were getting inside the kron four's catherine hannah and her reflected today with 2 bay area. lawmakers who were there hiding terrified as it all unfold. >> in the midst of that day's incredible chaos to california. lawmakers agreed to talk to us by phone. both had just been hustled off by capitol police north bay congressman jared huffman to his office peninsula. congresswoman anna eshoo ended up in a locked room in a house office building. what they were seeing and hearing did not seem real. i agree, catherine, this is a does not feel like the country. we know. >> and as bad as it has these last 4 years. and even in the last few weeks, i don't think anyone saw it coming to this. well, i didn't have a good feeling when i came to the capital of the party because >> when i look at the cross walk there

tenure joins us live without the nation's top leaders today are remembering that attacked jesse.

i'm jessi tenure. >> most americans will be watching that closely. thank you for that live report. jesse. we do have continuing coverage of the one-year anniversary of the january 6th. the attacks coming up at 5.15, kron four's. catherine heenan speaks with representative jared huffman who reflects on what it was like for him being in the capitol that day. coming up at 5.30, what republican lawmakers are saying about the attack one year later. >> new tonight, kids age 12 to 15 in california can soon get a booster dose of pfizer's covid vaccine. the state announced it's expanding eligibility to younger kids this afternoon after the cdc signed off on the recommendations little earlier this morning. now, this means the children in that age group can get the booster at least 5 months after their second dose. the state's website is currently being updated to reflect the expanded eligibility. officials recommend scheduling a booster appointment through your children's doctor. >> still to come tonight, lawrence, is your forecast. is rain is coming. also hundreds of teachers and students a

there are a series of public hearings in the coming months. >> in washington, i'm jessi tenure. capitol rioters came looking for house speaker nancy pelosi wanting to kill her when they could not find her. they trashed her office instead. and pelosi says there was damage done. >> not only to the capitol building but also to democracy as well. but she says it is important to remember that the attempted insurrection failed. >> we won that night. won that night. these people because of the courageous work of the capitol police and metropolitan police and others of they were deterred and their action to stop the peaceful transfer of power they it was a failure for them. it was a victory for democracy as we return to the capitol that night. 2, again, ratify the peaceful transfer of power. >> pelosi added that while she is confident capitol police have made enough improvements to security to prevent anything like this from happening again, she said the mindset that brought thousands of people to the capital still needs to be addressed. >> we have to improve the attitude in the country

. >> our washington correspondent jessi tenure has more. good evening. capitol police board members held what they even called an unprecedented news conference today to show the gravity of the attack nearly one year ago and what they've done since then to make sure it can't happen again. >> police are monitoring several events scheduled on the first anniversary of the attack on the u.s. capitol, including one protested the dc jail where a number of the attack suspects are being held really nothing. that is of great concern to us at this point. but capitol police chief tom manger stresses his department is ready for anything stronger and better prepared to carry out its mission today. than it was before january 6 of last year. major says work began immediately after the 6 to fix failures in intelligence operational planning and leadership. now every officer has a cell phone. better training and an improved process to request assistance from other law enforcement agencies to make this campus as safe and secure is it can be democrats are largely controlling