>> steve is right most of the time. >> it's either south dakota -- >> it's south dakota. >> south dakota. >> really? you guys got it right. it is south dakota. i thought that was such a weird place to find the largest, most well preserved t-rex fossil. isn't it neat they were roaming around south dakota in the day? >> what would be weird is if they were roaming around today in south dakota. >> not today. very long ago. by the way, that was auctioned for $7.6 million in october 1997. >> excellent question. >> that was a great question. >> moral of the story. start digging. actually, let's head to brian for sports. >> all right. thank you very much. i got to tell you what's going on in sports. shocking video surfaced of richie incognito going off on a

being in south dakota and coming from south dakota my heros are not always older than me. i want to introduce and give him a round of applause to continue the fight in south dakota. kevin keller house of representatives. this young man 29 years old. 29 years old. there's hope. there's hope. kevin. with you well, i want to say to you for the wonderful introduction and and that's our traditional welcoming. and it's an honoring honor to be here and thank you to the drum group for having us. i found out that about this through one of my good forensics supervisor jane kim. she's the one i met hearing her and she said yeah. shop and i didn't think i was going to be speaking. i'm 0 glad to be a part of it. this shows the strength of our country i grew up in denver so coming from an ushering area and having that urban experience and public education as a forefravnt front is a crucial thing that's one of the competency i served on the education program and the understanding of our history is important and san francisco is at the forefront. whatever we see here will be passed into s

i am from rapid city, is south dakota. >> south dakota. [laughter] >> the power of the chair. >> i am here today on behalf of the federal forest resource coalition which represents 650 forest product companies and -- in 32 states. i would like to start by koppelman in each of you for your opening statements and your understanding of the issues and framing this hearing. the inadequacies of the current forest service fire funding model are well documented. exceedppression costs appropriated funding levels, the forest service is forced to withdraw funds from ongoing programs. this so-called fire borrowing diverse funding from current programs, increases for service cost, and distracts forest managers from their day-to-day business. is more significant issue that 82 million acres of the national forest are in poor health due to the combined effects of fire suppression and under management. as fire suppression costs have consumed an ever larger portion of the forest services budget over the past 20 years, the funding available to implement fore

south dakota. now there are three or four, and what it is is to be totally hospital, i grew up where we had to drive 60 miles to go to a movie. we chose to live there. we chose to live 60 miles away from a movie. some people in washington or oregon or indiana should not be subsidizing me because i had to drive so far to get to a movie. i feel the same way about the airline industry and transportation. if we had to drive to sioux falls to get on an airplane, so be it. that's the way it is. mitchell, south dakota, was much closer, but they had to subsidize north central to fly there, and then the subsidies wore out. we cannot be subsidies ing every small city. in air tran was dryin flying to mobile, alabama. when they don't make money on an airplane, they pull it. well, air tran decided to stop serving mobile, alabama. mobile, alabama, promised they will they would support the airline, gave them concrete promises of the amount of money they would spend. air tran backed off, continued to serve mobile.

south dakota. now there are three or four, and what it is is to be totally hospital, i grew up where we had to drive 60 miles to go to a movie. we chose to live there. we chose to live 60 miles away from a movie. some people in washington or oregon or indiana should not be subsidizing me because i had to drive so far to get to a movie. i feel the same way about the airline industry and transportation. if we had to drive to sioux falls to get on an airplane, so be it. that's the way it is. mitchell, south dakota, was much closer, but they had to subsidize north central to fly there, and then the subsidies wore out. we cannot be subsidiesing every small city. in air tran was dryin flying to mobile, alabama. when they don't make money on an airplane, they pull it. well, air tran decided to stop serving mobile, alabama. mobile, alabama, promised they will they would support the airline, gave them concrete promises of the amount of money they would spend. air tran backed off, continued to serve mobile.

dakota is now pushing for a bill to make it mandatory for all high schools in south dakota to have to recite the pledge every day. >> interesting. i remember telling you that at my son's school, you do the mental of allegiance every time. and then sing my country tis "my country tis of -- "my country tis of thee." >> right now, ed henry is asking questions of the president's spokesperson. >> tell you that the president is not focused on politics right now. the president is focused on implementing the affordable care act act in the what that maximizes the benefits of the law for millions of people, meaning providing access to healthcare coverage for millions of people that did nod have it previously, and reducing costs, certainly for the government, and also -- but also for businesses, and for families across the country. that's what we're focused on right now. as for the view of the president, and the senior folks in this administration who are working hard to get this right, if we can get this policy right and make the transition work for people, the politic will take care of itself.

we will see about 3 to 5 inches in parts of south dakota and into central and northern nebraska. and eventually even a wintry mix. the first winter weather advisory in minneapolis, but it will turnover to rain before it gets to chicago. so it is unsettled. we are starting to see more snowflakes showing up in the forecast. but again, in the plain states, they're used to going from snow one day to it all melt away when it's 60 the next day. >> all right. and it's november. >> of course. >>> coming up next, a student gets trapped between two buildings for hours. a major recall for honda owners. plus 20,000 people are evacuated when an nen exploded 4,000 poun bomb is found. [ tires screech ]

it is not quite that heavy in rapid city, south dakota. this is from fog there in wisconsin. now the computer forecast shows this snow continuing, this area of heavy snow moving into northwestern iowa by 4:00. later today minneapolis will get that snow for the evening rush. exactly how? it looks like just about 2 to 6 inches of snow. it really depends on the temperatures. now the winter weather advisory, no warnings in effect, justed a an visery throughout this whole area. snow today ending tomorrow, clearing out thursday and friday, but the temperatures are still into the 40s. the warmer air will be spreading east ahead of this rain and snow. 50s in chicago today and a little warmer across the southeast as well. dell? >>> thank you very much. sometimes there is hope amidst a lot of depair. this man has an animal sanctuary about 12 miles from the fukushima nuclear plant. he refused to leave because he refused to leave his pets. we are leaving, though. that's al jazeera america. "inside story" is next. ♪ doctors to help fortune detainees. that's in tonight's "inside story."

we'll have a warm rain changing over to snow, first for south dakota in the afternoon and then as that storm system moves fairly quickly where it's going to drop some snow parts of south dakota into southern minnesota and this will be the first big snow if you want to call anywhere from three to four inches for southern minnesota including minneapolis, we're going to call it the first snow of the season, first heavy snow of the season. we're going to see that band developing throughout the day tuesday so if you get your vote in early that's probably the best idea. tony. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> coming up one of wall street top investment houses suffers a blow, ali velshi explains. >>> and a drug company ordered to pay a big fine for promoting unsafe drugs. sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> a trial that has divided a nation has adjourned almost as quickly as it began. a defiant mohamed morsi appeared at his trial in egypt. the deposed president not only refuse

dakota, where at one time, there were nine airports served by airline in south dakota. there are three or four. and what it is, is to be totally honest, i grew up where i have -- we had to drive 60 miles to go to a movie. we chose to live there. we with chose to live 60 miles away from a movie. so some people in washington, or oregon, or indiana, should not be subsidizing me because i had to drive so far to get to a move i have. and i feel the same way about the airline industry. and transportation, that if i -- if we had to drive to sioux falls to get on an airplane, sobeit. that's the way it is. mitchell was much closer but they had to subsidize to fly there, and then eventually they wore out, and they quit serving it. we can't be serving every small city in america that wants it. what we have had happened and a good example is air tran. air tran was flied to mobile alabama, and they decided they were going to drop them because one thing about low cost carriers when they can't -- when they don't make money on an airplane, they pull it, and they pull it out and move it

dakota ranker in south dakota ranker in 1883. 1883. by then, the buffalo were by then, the buffalo were this close to extinction. this close to extinction. and one of the more and one of the more shameful episodes in shameful episodes in american history, a american history, a combination of greed, and combination of greed, and government policy nearly government policy nearly wiped out these wiped out these magnificent creatures. magnificent creatures. >> the nearby rapid city >> the nearby rapid city we found a museum, we found a museum, dedicated to tilling that dedicated to tilling that terrible tail. terrible tail. inside, inside, founders susanne founders susanne showed us a blown up showed us a blown up photograph, of buffalo photograph, of buffalo skulls piled several skulls piled several cities high. cities high. >> what are we seeing >> what are we seeing here? here? >> it is a stunning >> it is a stunning picture, that illustrates picture, that illustrates perfectly the massacre. perfectly the massacre. >> a massacre of mill

in south dakota 13 percent states children are in families. and 50 percent are infoster care. for the lakota people the issue is not just about custody it's about cultural survival. reporting for fault lines. that lakota culture family i every family is a foster home. bebernice is raising three of hr grandchildren. >> i clean them up and send them to school and i do this all by myself that is what keeps me going. >> grand parents have the same right to raise children as parents. >> the tribe has been able to honor this tradition by taking over child welfare from the state. they created l owel. la coat alala lakota people we always lived crowded. and we have four or five girls laying on the floor in the bode bedroom and as long as they were safe and protected that is acceptable dss would not allow that. using our tradition and culture we were able to find a lot of kids persona permanentsy. >> bernice's grandchildren have been able to stay together and go to school and retain the lakota culture. the best thing in life is that we will hav we love each other. we care for each othe

so we have a lot of work to do in sioux falls, south dakota, in buffalo, new york, in the bay area, across the country. we're doing just that. and the extent to which the profile of this issue has been raised in recent years i think is a remarkable trib bought to all of you in this room. it's a trib bought to this president. i had the privilege of going to the summit that the president held. he has put his skin in the game. he has used the bully pulpit of the presidency, he has used the good offices of secretary duncan and the attorney general to make sure we send a very clear message as a federal government that we are all in this together, that bullying is indeed not a rite of passage and as you said so correctly and so eloquently, superintendent, that kids can't learn if they don't feel safe. kids can't learn if they can't be themselves. kids can't learn if they are afraid to turn the corner for fear that somebody is going to hurt them. kids can't learn if they perceive that their teachers and administrators don't have their back when something happens. and that's why we're here. that's

now 87-year-old, she came to south dakota with star dust in her eyes. she came to work with a famous sculptor from her state, the man she would later mary because he would not take another man off from carving. >> once he started it he wasn't going to quit. that just wasn't in his way. he honestly believe, you can do anything in the world you want to do, absolutely nothing is impossible. response you are willing to work hard enough and stay with it. >> he had been a sculptor on mount rush moore only 17 miles away. they want add monument of their own to rival rushmore. so they asked him to carving a likeness of crazy horse. >> why has it taken so long? >> because it's so big. because it started with absolutely nothing, and we have had to make every bit of it ourselves. >> her husband spent 35 years blasting and chipping away at the mountain side. he died in 1982 at the age of 74, when the carving had barely begun to take shape. >> when your husband died, did he think that his dream was going to die with him? >> no. i don't think he did. he had made the s

host: an e-mail from greg in south dakota. guest: off the top of my head, i can tell you that the average annual consumption in california is 750 kilowatt hours per year. taking into account big-screen tvs, stereos, lights, and cooking. we have roughly -- we serve 140,000 homes. when helio stat serves one home. that is another way of thinking about it. is anms of solar, there installation going in every day in the country. on the concentrated solar side, roughly given the size of our heliostat, it is one for home. you can do the math that way. host: the project is called ivanpah. it is the largest solar project in the world. billion. washington journal continues. host: we are back talking about renewable energy here on "the washington journal." we are focusing now on wind energy. ruining us from denver is elizabeth salerno, the chief economist for the american wind energy association. let's begin with what is your organization and who belongs to it? guest: hi, thanks for having me. american wind energy association is the natio

thank you for having me. >> a state representative from sioux falls, south dakota, with me now. representative, good to see you. is that going to get it done? the school board's going to have a vote now on monday night and may revise this policy to mandate the pledge. does that satisfy you? >> that would take care of this particular issue. but it doesn't necessarily take care of the problem that i see that states different -- different school districts could do the same thing and might do what the sioux falls school board did. and i kind of feel like we need to make sure this is something they have time for. >> can you mandate the pledge by legislation? >> i can mandate they take the time to have -- or that they take time to have a pledge. i can't mandate that everybody say it. >> how important is that to you? and why? why do you think that's important to do? >> if you look at this country and where we came from. and you think about the freedoms we have and how it happened, it all resolvolves around the constitution we have and both the state for us and have for the u.s. constit

thank you for having me. >> a state representative from sioux falls, south dakota, with me now. representative, good to see you. is that going to get it done? the school board's going to have a vote now on monday night and may revise this policy to mandate the pledge. does that satisfy you?d take ca particular issue. but it doesn't necessarily take care of the problem that i see that states different -- different school districts could do the same thing and might do what the sioux falls school board did. and i kind of feel like we need to make sure this is something they have time for. >> can you mandate the pledge by legislation? >> i can mandate they take the time to have -- or that they take time to have a pledge. i can't mandate that everybody say it. >> how important is that to you? and why? why do you think that's important to do? >> if you look at this country and where we came from. and you think about the freedoms we have and how it happened, it all resolvolves around the constitution we have and both the state for us and have for the u.s. constitution. i think those th

in south dakota 13 percent states children are in families. and 50 percent are infoster care. for the lakota people the issue is not just about custody it's about cultural survival. reporting for fault lines. that lakota culture family i evy family is a foster home. bebernice is raising three of hr grandchildren. >> i clean them up and send them to school and i do this all by myself that is what keeps me going. >> grand parents have the same right to raise children as parents. >> the tribe has been able to honor this tradition by taking over child welfare from the state. they created lowel. la coat alala lakota people we d crowded. and we have four or five girls laying on the floor in the bode bedroom and as long as they were safe and protected that is acceptable dss would not allow that. using our tradition and culture we were able to find a lot of kids persona permanentsy. >> bernice's grandchildren have been able to stay together and go to school and retain the lakota culture. the best thing in life is that we will havwe love each other. we care for each other. it's a sacre

>> steve is right most of the time. >> it's either south dakota -- >> it's south dakota. >> south dakota. >> really? you guys got it right. it is south dakota. i thought that was such a weird place to find the largest, most well preserved t-rex fossil. isn't it neat they were roaming around south dakota in the day? >> what would be weird is if they were roaming around today in south dakota. >> not today. very long ago. by the way, that was auctioned for $7.6 million in october 1997. >> excellent question. >> that was a great question. >> moral of the story. start digging. actually, let's head to brian for sports. >> all right. thank you very much. i got to tell you what's going on in sports. shocking video surfaced of richie incognito going off on a shouting rampage inside a bar. listen. watch. >> (bleep) (bleep) who is the (bleep). >> this happened in florida earlier this year while he was out with his teammates. people appeared to watch as he shouted around the bar shirtless. this comes as our fox affiliate caught up with incognito in an exclusive interview asking him about the alleged

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: i come to the floor to discuss again how obamacare is negatively impacting american families. nbc news is reporting that 5 million americans have received cancellation notices from health insurers. in my own state of south dakota, the sioux falls leader is reporting that nearly 3,000 people have lost the plan that they had. yet this administration is merely pursuing political band-aids for the program created by the president's health care law. the president's trying to fix this problem of canceled plans but his solution is politically motivated band-aid in response to pressure from members of his own party who are nervous about the next election. the unfortunate reality of his band-aid is that it won't work. instead of taking responsibility for his failed policies and broken promises, he's changing his mind about how he wants his law to work at the 11th hour. he's kicking the can to state insurance regulators to determine whether, in 48 days, which is from the date of his anno

. >> fortunately for this group of hunters in this south dakota blizzard, there was help to get them out of it. they are covered in snow. >> you can't even tell what way is what. >> no. this big tractor comes up. they're going to tie the truck on to it to pull it on to the road. finally once the truck is hooked, they start pulling it slowly. >> come on baby, pull on up, get it out of there. >> sounds like eventually they feed to. >> luckily you're right. luckily that tractor was there. it's going to be a very long winter. >> it's heading into that cold season. >> i don't like it. >> if you think you have a useless talent. >> many, many. >> ours nothing compared to mr. darren drewin. observe. ♪ ♪ >> yeah! >> that's amazing actually. >> darren here is finger snapping. and he's snapping like you would regularly snap but like with his top three fingers. >> your three top fingers. so like that. and as well as things like hand clap, make your hand into sort of like a fist but you leave a gap for the air to go through. depending on how you position the hand, you. >> you put it together

porcupine south dakota. pine ridge at south dakota. meanwhile here's what we look like today. we will wake up to sunshine tomorrow. you see clouds developing in the afternoon and some could sprinkle on us. with cool temperatures, highest moral in the 40's and look at tomorrow night with how widespread the chill is around the area. let's cycle through there. a storm goes through over the weekend and that makes us warm saturday bought one globe for the of cold air for the bears game sunday. then a way it develops at the south end of this high and another high drops in from canada and that little buckle with an income increase in wins is an inverted trough. the models, they show a corridor of snow coming through tuesday and tuesday evening. the european center model is less aggressive with the snow and much of it goes to the south but the point is, both had snow in their forecast. there may be a mix in the city. we will keep an eye on that. this is just something to flag and be sure to watch. tomorrow sunny and a sprinkle in the afternoon and partly sunny friday. partly sunny for

if you, you know, what's happening in the midwest you'll know what's happening no south dakota. this gentleman came all the way to celebrate with us tonight perhaps we can exchange lessons leeshd how to support community. i want to welcome state representative kevin keller from the 27 district. he's here somewhere (clapping) but he'll be joining us tonight. i know he'll be very proud of our community as we conduct this celebration. well, this celebration is in san francisco because we're a city that breaths and exists and works on sdpift we not only celebrate but incorporate it in everything we do. i know a good part of it is the good work myself and the board of supervisors you working to make sure this economy is strong and can take care of more people. i remember the days when all the talk was about lay offs and no programs for funding and good times getting cut here and there and people's employment getting cut. today there's a lot more resources to work with and that's why we use this opportunity to invest in job skills. you know when people come back from the military has

host: there is a publication from south dakota, an op-ed. tomcolumn says, "only daschle can save the affordable care act." president nominated me. there are some issues involving a car that i had used that i did not realize was a taxable source of income. in never occurred to me it was shared with a friend. i found out and i paid the taxes. it became a far more obligated political controversy then i thought was deserved. i decided i would remove myself from consideration. and an dear friend enormously successful journalist and pioneer in native american journalism. i am flattered and honored by his comments. it needs our country and our congress and the american people to be working together to come up with a better understanding of the implications for health going forward. i think the one thing most people agree with is that we know we have a cost problem. when i was born, health was 4% of gdp. if a monkey to have great grandchildren, it will be 32% of gdp -- if i am lucky to have great-grandchildren, it will be 32% of gdp. we can do bette

just a couple of showers early this morning in parts of south dakota. but a brand new storm system will be arriving into parts of the west. if you live across the rockies live in washington around the cascades you are going to notice significant snowfall coming up this weekend. heather and ainsley good news for the snow, but i think we are going to notice it more in the early morning hours in terms of a warm-up. >> we are awake in it the early morning hours. thank you very much maria. check back with you later. >> the chairman of the federal reserve janet yellen will face a field of questions on how she will handle the federal stimulus. her answer could impact the market. lauren simonetti has more on this news and other top business stories this morning. hi, lauren. >> hi ainsley. good morning everybody. federal reserve chair nominee janet yellen seeks the world stage today. but she isn't expected to rock the boat. her confirmation hearings before the senate expected at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. investors want to know the one thing yellen isn't expected

there was a case in south dakota that ran a comfort in. they were filipino that brought these people. they owed more because they had to pay for their room and board. they owed more than they made. they had to sign their pay checks over every friday. >> what happens to traffic persons when they are relieved of that status. do they get deported and what about the people who are in this country legally? >> an international victim of human trafficking that is option of returning home and they do. some don't because that's where their traffickers are because they are afraid for their own lives and their families. they can choose to stay here. there are a number of organizations that provide services, mental health, legal services, job training. >> if we google trafficking are we going to find enough information. do you have a website? >> i would suggest the poly polaris project. they are collecting data and resources and have contacts across the nation. no matter where you are in the country. it's a great place to say, how do i get some help a

navy vet dave saunders from sioux falls, south dakota. we asked him why the kids in that high school should say the pledge of allegiance each and every morning. >> a time to reflect on this great country, the foundation that we're built upon. to think of the men and women that are out there every day and going in harm's way, to think about the veterans that have given so much of their time. you know, i've heard it described as a veteran, a person who wrote a blank check for their life. some of them, they gave a full measure. >> they did. >> that was so well said and it means a lot. it just takes ten seconds. we were home yesterday and talking about it with the kids and it was one of the first things we taught them. so our youngest says, it doesn't take long. listen. >> all right. that was under ten seconds. >> he wanted to beat the record. but if you have your little one ready to say it, or your big student up in high school, send it to us on facebook and like us. >> we'll trio play it. >> it's just ten seconds or less. >> that was a good

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a band of snow from montana to south and central south dakota. that's the leading edge. look at the lake snow streamers off lake winnipeg approaching lake superior. for us we're ahead of all of this today. today will be the mild start to the week as we're looking at just a few clouds off to the south this morning. generally a sunny day. there's the front midday approaching detroit and chicago with some snow showers early afternoon. by late afternoon detroit turned over to snow showers in toledo but rain showers approaching pittsburgh. tonight we'll watch the front approach for tomorrow morning with some rain and/or snow showers scattered about the region. some mountain snows. they'll pick up a few inches at the higher elevations. by 9:00 cloudy, rain or snow shower or 234rurry. then in the afternoon -- flurry. then in the afternoon we'll see sunshine and a brisk northerly wind. it's going to be chilly around here. today mild, 58, if not 60 south. tonight upper 30s with the clouds thickening. tomorrow morning rain are a snow shower or flurry and some sun in the afternoon,

second letter from linda gardner from south dakota, i hope you and megyn go after the school board in sioux falls for say -- pledge of allegiance. military heros put their lives on the line every day so school board members. they should all be fired. dim wits inflicting beliefs on holidays. >> what's going on. >> sioux falls, south dakota, the school board voted down a proposal that would have required the pledge of allegiance to be said every day at high schools. they voted that down. veterans had been proposing this. >> why did they vote it down. >> they did support it at the middle school level. >> why did they vote it down. >> they said they didn't have time for it. they didn't have time to do it during the day. >> how many seconds 45 seconds. >> 8 seconds. they said it was too chaotic in the classrooms. this it is not a done deal. i spoke with someone who is speaking before the school board next monday. >> keep an eye on it third letter from deanna: heather knows why i haven't put her on. you get a lot of mail. >> i get a lot of mail. 7,000 letters a week. >> if not more. >> that

i was from south dakota and most of the people from south dakota were republicans and i was a republican. >> both of us conservatives feel that this is not a political or should not be a political issue. this we believe should not have to do with being a democrat or a republican. i think everyone in the united states would have to say that violence is not a good thing. >> i'm a former gangster, a former drug dealer. a former gun toter. i was at risk, high risk, and now i'm just trying to switch the game up, flip the script, and trying to get other people to do the same thing. this is the neighborhood where i kind of ran drugs and this is also the neighborhood i was shot three times with an ak-47. >> you were shot three times. >> yes. >> with an ak-47. >> about five feet away from the shooter. >> wow. was it a beef over drugs? >> so somewhat. it was a mixture of drugs and females. >> what gets people to a point of no hope? >> if you don't have one person that cares about you, if you don't feel like one person cares about you, there is no hope. i found someone to care about me because i wa

the wet weather will stretch in a band tuesday afternoon through tuesday night, south dakota, and nebraska, accumulations three to five inches anticipated and southern minnesota, you'll probably get your first snowfall of the season. again this is expected to be anywhere from a trace up to 3 inches, the air has to move in and shift your rain over to snow. that will take some time. we'll watch that story develop through the day, election day tomorrow afternoon and we'll have details of what others can expect when we have some warming coming up next, john. >> all right, rebecca, we're keeping an eye on the breaking news out of the paramus, new jersey, westfield garden state plaza. life pictures from the mall, heavy police presence. witnesses reported shots were fired shortly before the mall closed. many of the shoppers were escorted out by armed police, however some shoppers are still inside the mall. leo mcguire has been helping us with this. he is the former bergen county new jersey sheriff. give me a sense of what the situation is. do you practice for situations just like this tonight or

you can see how the snow moved from parts of nebraska up here towards south dakota as well as into minnesota. so you need to be very square full on the roads as you go out in the morning because we are looking at those terms still below freezing in many locations. >> up here towards the north not we see snow in idaho an parts of montana, but out here toward the coast it's going to be the rain and for seattle, that means we are going to be seeing rain through the next couple of days. >> let's take a look at the five-day forecast. >> rain on wednesday and a little harder on thursday, but on friday we expect to see pretty much the same thing it's not until we goat to the weekend do we start to see a break for you. >> a high temperature of 50 degrees. down towards the southwest. we are seeing los angeles with 845° this morning. for a high temperature today, but as we go towards friday and saturday it will dip down to the low 70s. texas we have rain here and that has been a problem over the last couple of days. the rain is going to be a major problem especially up towards the northeast and that

i was from south dakota. and most of the people from south dakota were republicans and i was a republican. >> both of us conservatives. feel that this is not a political or should not be a politicaler to. this we believe should not have anything to do with being a democrat or being a republican. i think everyone iven the united states would have to say that violence is not a good thing. >> i am a former gangster. a former drug dealer. a former gun toter. i was once that demographic, i was at risk, i was high risk. trying to switch the game up. flip the script. get other people to do the same thing. this is the neighborhood where i kind of ran drugs and what, this is also the neighborhood i was shot three times with an ak-47. >> you were shot three times. with an ak-47. >> five feet away from the shooter. >> wow. what happened? was it a beef over drugs? >> it was a mixture of drugs. >> what gets people to a point of no hope? >> if you don't have one person that cares about you, if you don't feel look one perso

add some snow in minneapolis, and nebraska, south dakota yet, but now it has all cleared out and it is just rain. still some rain moving through texas as this front moves south. a big impact will be the temperatures. big temperature drop as this front moves through and it could get cold enough where we could see freezing temperatures through west texas and parts of oklahoma. by tomorrow morning the temperature dropping down below the freezing mark. at 5:00 we're at 31, but then climbing into the 50s and 60s by noon tomorrow. into the upper 60s in dallas and into the 70s for the weekend. some of the warm air could spread east ahead of some rain in new york we'll expect to see that tomorrow. dell. >> dave, thank you very much. >>> i'm del walters, "inside story" is next. and check us out 24 hours a day on aljazeera.com. ♪ from washington. hello, i'm libby casey. it's gone on and on, and shows no clear end the war in syria between president bashar al-assad forces and a myriad of rebel groups and islamist fight whose want to see him out of power. there are talks while offering small help

host: an e-mail from greg in south dakota. guest: off the top of my head, i can tell you that the average annual consumption in california is 750 kilowatt hours per year. taking into account big-screen tvs, stereos, lights, and cooking. we have roughly -- we serve 140,000 homes. when helio stat serves one home. that is another way of thinking about it. is anms of solar, there installation going in every day in the country. on the concentrated solar side, roughly given the size of our heliostat, it is one for home. you can do the math that way. host: the project is called ivanpah. it is the largest solar project in the world. billion. thank you very much. i appreciate your time. coming up next, we will turn our attention to wind power and talk with elizabeth salerno of the american wind energy association. first, more news from c-span radio. >sorry. does the quick break and then we will be back -- just a quick break and then we will be back. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington eric lee to you, putting you

. >>> a story from south dakota getting national attention. a school district there decided there is no time in the day for students to recite the pledge of allegiance despite a desperate request from a local vets' group to keep the pledge. trace? >> reporter: francis bellamy 1892. he designed the pledge to be read in 15 seconds but it only takes ten which is too long for the sioux falls, south dakota, school board which has voted not to require students to recite the pledge. it's okay in elementary and middle schools but in high schools they say it's too much of a challenge. listen. >> the challenge of being able to find a period within the high school day, to say it consistently appears to be a challenge. >> a group of veterans who fought to defend the flag were also at the meeting requesting that the board put aside the ten seconds a day out of pure respect. listen. >> we had a wounded veteran. it took him longer to get up, to get his crutches and walk out of the room than it would have taken the students to say the pledge of allegiance to

dakota and nebraska. here's where it is heaviest as this pulls the moye moisture upo the cold air. to the south it will be rain but to the north heavy snow, four to six inches of snow. we're looking at winter advisories and watches already being issued. the rain will turn to snow and wednesda.we'll keep a close eyee radar. clear skies and cold temperatures in washington, d.c. 4 in philadelphia, and it will be clear and getting warmer here each day. today was the coldest morning this week. >> it was cold. dave warren, thank you very much. that's it for this edition of al jazeera america. i'm del walters. "inside story" is next. "inside story." hello, i'm libby casey. the capitol has been buzzing with high profile congressional hearings on nsa surveillance and the problems with the dare's rollout. in the halls of congress there's a heavy weight lobbying campaign under way to push comprehensive immigration reform. it's week applied by the chamber of commerce is forward.u.s. among others. it's a group founded

. >> there's relief for cattle ranchers in south dakota, seeing thousands of cattle die. they don't get the relief. u.d the disaster relief from previous bills expired. they could face having to liquidate the remaining part of the herd and going out of business. regarding farm subsidies, do you agree some, particularly for wealthy farmers are to be cut. >> absolutely, that's why we are interested in making sewer the bill is passed. it contains reforms, but eliminates direct payment program providing checks to farmers. it substit utes it to programs that will provide health and assistance. >> the really wealthy farmers have less help than those who are struggling. >> certainly there is uncertainty as far as mother nature is concerned. what about the uncertainty of washington, and the possibility that cann yeses may not produce a -- congress may not produce a farm bill. what does that do? >> it puts everything on hold. people are not making decisions about purchasing equipment or expanding operations. if, at the end of the year the congress has not passed a bill, we at usda

in south dakota we've recently been reminded about why getting a farmville done is so important. just a few recent ranchers in my state faced an early blizzard i killed tens of thousands of livestock. it devastated family operations, killed horses, sheep. one of the ranchers was telling me that the storm hit so hard and so fast they found a rattlesnake curled up on top of the snowbank. they didn't even have time to take shelter. it was 17 hours of rain followed by dropping in freezing temperatures, 70-mile an hour winds that turn into a blizzard that lasted three days. cattle literally walked off of cliffs. they walked into creeks. they drown in rivers and they piled on top of each other and smothered which leaves them eligible for no insurance. that's why we of livestock disaster programs because they have no safety net and they are struggling today to stay in business. i've talked with the owner of rainbow bible camp who lost 90 head of forces in this storm. he'd write me a letter that he got from a little girl that comes to the camp every year. she's nine years old in which he

there's the snow this afternoon over nebraska, northeast colorado, portions of south dakota, had some snow. this moved to the northeast across portions of minnesota. south of it it's warmer and there's shower activity. some of that rain, not a whole lot, some of that rain will move in here on thursday as the front out to the west brings warmer air in ahead of it. so tomorrow looks like a mild day. right now not much in the way of cloud cover showing up but we have a thin layer of clouds around the area. during the day tomorrow, we'll be in the mild air. on thursday the front approaches, behind it cooler temperatures, rain on thursday. clearing out, sunshine returns for friday. temperatures go down but nothing frigid for this time of year. bay temp around 56, sunrise at 6:40, set 5 p.m. so tonight what's left of it, 43 and mild tonight. partly cloudy skies, tomorrow mild, 63 degrees. 64 on thursday, but shower activity, particularly in the morning, ending in the afternoon. down to 42. clearing out. sunshine 54, and 54, and 358. good deal of sunshine coming our way for the end of the we

he took his drive that year as far as deadwood, south dakota. by that time, from three to five million cattle had been driven to northern pastures to markets, and to markets along the route. from the beginning, cattle droving was largely the province of professional contractors and speculators. each spring, veteran drovers appeared on the texas ranges, these individuals were well known to con signers, strangers bearing letters of introduction occasionally appeared to purchase herds. some owners sold their animals outright. but more often, soelgd them on terms, frequently for half cash and the balance after the sale. droving during the precivil war period was not, however, confined to regular traders, there were a wide variety of business arrangements existing between friends and relatives, who engaged in intermittent cooperative marketing ventures. a single drove of 211 cattle delivered to a market in east texas drover in july of 1854 represented 15 different stockmen had cattle in that drive. the largest cattle owner owned 78 head and the fewes