we have much to be proud of and south dakota, but you know, as much as i am proud of south dakota, i am most proud of south dakota and's. your character and determination give me great confidence in our future. i am very lucky to be governor of this place, and i do believe our best days are yet ahead. thank you so much. [applause] ♪ c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, real clear politics white house correspondent will give a preview of the week ahead for the trump administration. then, american action form talks of the trump administration's effort to overhaul a federal rulemaking process and reduce the number of and cost of regulations. a new york times reporter discusses what faces the trump administration as it proposes fortifying the barrier along the southern border. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. on wednesday, the senate veterans affairs committee held a confirmation hearing for david shulkin

the exchange is a good deal for south dakota. it gives the state control of a beautiful area while allowing the federal government to round out some of its grasslands holdings. it also will increase annual earnings from the school and public lands fund to benefit our k-12 schools. i know there is some concern in the spearfish area about the long-term plans for this site. game, fish, and parks has been meeting with local groups to discuss next steps and will be holding public information meetings to gather feedback and continue the discussion. we want public input before any final decisions are made about management of the lands, including potential fee areas or infrastructure improvements. just down the road from spearfish canyon is another significant state investment, the sanford underground research facility at the former homestake gold mine. progress continues at the lab on the deep underground neutrino experiment, or dune. this experiment will fire a beam of neutrinos, tiny subatomic particles, from fermilab, just outside ch

we have much to be proud of in south dakota. but you know, as much as i'm proud of south dakota, i'm most proud of south dakotans. your care and confidence give me great confidence in our future. i do believe our best days are yet ahead. thank you so much. [ applause ] >>> the nebraska governor called for property and income tax reform during his state of the state address in lincoln. governor ricketts outlined his priorities for the state including investments in k-12 education. >> thank you. president foley, speaker

south dakota, driving families out. president obama visited standing rock in 2014. it was his first visit to a reservation as president. and it was the first time any sitting us president had visited the reservation. >> to build more economic opportunity in indian country, because every american including every native american deserves a chance to work hard and get ahead. >> reporter: following president obama's 2014 visit, the dakota access pipeline protests grew and energized the standing rock sioux. after the army corps announced last july, that most of the dakota access pipeline route had been approved, the tribe filed suit in federal court in washington d.c. claiming the consultation process was" fundamentally flawed." the tribe also argued the pipeline's impact on historic properties was not properly considered in the permitting process. federal law requires that, even if the affected property falls outside of reservation boundaries. the army corps disputed the tribe's claim. last september, the u.s. district judg

when she came out she heard from north dakota utilities, north dakota regulators and north dakota coal companies and saw how our operations differ and how my state is a national leader in reformation. based on the final rule it is apparent the rule was baked before her visit. the input of the folks back home in my state quite honestly was not taken seriously. north dakota coal stakeholders estimate it could cost in north dakota alone 50 million annually in additional compliance cost and take more than 600 million tons of otherwise minable, affordable coal. and i will tell you when you look at the landscape of north dakota and you are sitting there and explaining this and showing the rule requiring equipment move and drag lines move and nakt makes no sense in terms of the resource and difficulty of doing reclamation that needs to be done in that situation when you are standing out there and you are actually looking at it the only conclusion you can come to when you see the net result of this rule was intended to shutdown coal mining. i mean that is the only conclusion that i could come

it is not working in north dakota. fix a to have that one size fits all regulation that will cost $50 million and hundreds of jobs in bistate this is why people get frustrated and do not a understand why washington d.c. thinks they know little we want and we arery recognized to do the best reclamation in the country and that award and the of coal industry working with government on regulations to improve environmental safety and standards the we've never had been issued with updating this regulation they just asked the former administration listen to them when they see the work that is doing the deal was done in haste so they could check the mark if you want to believe it in the ground and have the courage to come here and say that they will not extract one fossil fuel i have great respect for senator marquis to was just here hell we have made process because of the conversion from coal mining to natural gas but while we talk about this would not have been made possible if not for industry practicing utilizing natural

north dakota -- i have said it many times. north dakota has lost its mind. i am just a mom and a teacher, dog ratescan tell you that have attacked me. i know the difference between tear gas and pepper spray in the difference in the way those feel. i know how to spot infiltrators and agent provocateur's. i know these things. on standing rock working to protect her children. i know things that i never in my wildest imagination thought i would have to know. i understand the sort of panic and grief that people were going through. when they burned those structures, part of their hearts were ithat. yeah, it is just coming you know, it is a connued legacy of oppression by the united states government. amy: was anyone injured in the blaze? we heard two children, a 17-year-old and a seven-year-old. have you heard anything about that? >> so we know a 17-year-old girl was injured -- >> no seven-year-old. upn a propane canister blew that was inside one of the buildings. i will tell you that what had happened at the front lines when the people came in and they came in an

north dakota -- i have said it many times. north dakota has lost its mind. i am just a mom and a teacher, dog ratescan tell you that have attacked me. i know the difference between tear gas and pepper spray in the difference in the way those feel. i know how to spot infiltrators and agent provocateur's. i know these things. on standing rock working to protect her children. i know things that i never in my wildest imagination thought i would have to know. i understand the sort of panic and grief that people were going through. when they burned those structures, part of their hearts were in that. yeah, it is just coming you know, it is a continued legacy of oppression by the united states government. amy: was anyone injured in the blaze? we heard two children, a 17-year-old and a seven-year-old. have you heard anything about that? >> so we know a 17-year-old girl was injured -- >> no seven-year-old. upn a propane canister blew that was inside one of the buildings. i will tell you that what had happened at the front lines when the people came in and they came i

i'm hanging out with dakota johnson, right here! [ cheers and applause ] her new movie "fifty shades darker" is in theaters february 10th. now dakota i want to have -- try something fun with you. i thought we could act out a a dramatic scene together. >> okay. >> jimmy: but first we have to fill in the blank because it's time for "mad lib theater." here we go. ♪ mad lib theater ♪ >> jimmy: and here's how it works. >> okay. >> jimmy: it's going to be fun. i'm going to ask you for some silly words, nouns, verbs, adjectives et cetera, as we do that they'll be written onto cue cards and then we're going to act out a dramatic mad-libbed scene. >> okay. >> jimmy: here we go. okay. silly word. >> barf. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: sillier. >> barf. >> jimmy: barf barf? >> barf barf. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's pretty silly. barf, barf. amount of time. >> amount of time? >> jimmy: amount of time. >> two weeks. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh -- holiday! >> um -- independence day. >> jimmy: yeah. [ light laughter ] independence day. adjectiv

a fiery scene at the standing rock protest camp today in north dakota. demonstrators ceremoniously burning their tents before state and federal authorities started to clear the area. tonight we're hearing from sioux tribe members who say they're fighting not only for the purity of their water source, also for respect. a turning point at the standing rock standoff today in a storm of fire and snow. facing a 2:00 p.m. deadline to evacuate or face arrest, some protesters began ceremoniously setting fire to parts of their camp, preferring to burning rather than have it seized and destroyed. law enforcement arrested ten people within feet of the entrance. they allowed as many as 50 inside to remain after the deadline, for now. >> it's all done with the intent of getting this area cleaned up. this area here potentially could be facing a flood rather soon. >> reporter: protests have lasted nearly a year. intense and sometimes heated clashes with authorities. all to prevent a pipeline from being built next to the standing rock sioux tribe sacred land which they

dakota johnson, right here! [ cheers and applause ] her new movie "fifty shades darker" is in theaters february 10th. now dakota i want to have -- try something fun with you. i thought we could act out a a dramatic scene together. >> okay. >> jimmy: but first we have to fill in the blank because it's time for "mad lib theater." here we go. ♪ mad lib theater ♪ >> jimmy: and here's how it works. >> okay. >> jimmy: it's going to be fun. i'm going to ask you for some silly words, nouns, verbs, adjectives et cetera, as we do that they'll be written onto cue cards and then we're going to act out a dramatic mad-libbed scene. >> okay. >> jimmy: here we go. okay. silly word. >> barf. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: sillier. >> barf. >> jimmy: barf barf? >> barf barf. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's pretty silly. barf, barf. amount of time. >> amount of time? >> jimmy: amount of time. >> two weeks. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh -- holiday! >> um -- independence day. >> jimmy: yeah. [ light laughter ] independence day. adjectiv

army corps of engineers gives the green light to complete the dakota access oil pipeline. indigenous water protectors say the fight is not over. >> there radically, drilling underneath the missouri river .ould start any time this is an emergency situation. amy: we will speak with standing rock sioux activist chase iron eyes, dallas goldtooth of the indigenous environmental network. first, chair of the standing rock sioux tribe dave archambault. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. army corps of engineers has announced it will greenlight the final phase of construction for the dakota access pipeline, profiting indigenous water protectors and allies to call for a last stand against the $3.8 billion project. in a letter to congress, acting army secretary robert speer said the corps will cancel an environmental impact study of the dakota access pipeline and will grant an easement today, allowing energy transfer partners to drill under the missouri river. the corps also says it will sus

pipeline that would run from north dakota to illinois. they say the pipeline would disturb sacred native-american sites, and pollute rivers and water supplies. the pi will be safer and cheaper than trucks or trains. clashes between protesters and police have turned violent in the past. at its peak, the movement drew thousands. we saw many of the few hundred left packing up and moving out. >> i don't know what to do. i'm a mother. i'm not trying to get hurt, and i'm not trying to get arrested. and i'm not a criminal. >> once all the protests are removed from the campsite, then the massive clean-up effort will get under way. the company building the pipeline says it could be operational in as little as two weeks. phillip mena, abc news, cannonball, north dakota. >> it does not look warm there in cannonball, north dakota, whatsoever. >>> the teen who became the face of the transgender bathroom battle is speaking out about the change in federal guidelines on the issue. the white house has ended protections that allowed transgender students us

army corps of engineers gives the green light to complete the dakota access oil pipeline. indigenous waterer protectors sy the e fight is n notver. >> t there radically, drilling underneath the missoururi river .ould start a any time this is an emergency situation. amy: we will speak with standing rock sioux activist chase iron eyes, dallas goldtooth of the indigenous environmental network. first, chair of the standing rock sioux tribe dave archambault. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. army corps of engineers has announced it will greenlight the final phase of construction for the dakota access pipeline, profiting indigenous water protectotors and a allies to cal for a last stand against the $3.8 billion project. inin a letter to congress, actig army secretary robert speer said the corps will cancel an environmnmental impactct study f the dakota access pipeline and will gra an n easement today, allowing energrgy transfer partners to o drill under the missouri river. the corps a

a fiery scene at the standing rock protest camp today in north dakota. demonstrators ceremoniously burning their tents before state and federal authorities started to clear the area. tonight we're hearing from sioux tribe members who say they're fighting not only for the purity of their water source, also for respect. a turning point at the standing rock standoff today in a storm of fire and snow. facing a 2:00 p.m. deadline to evacuate or face arrest, some protesters began ceremoniously setting fire to parts of their camp, preferring to burning rather than have it seized and destroyed. law enforcement arrested ten people within feet of the entrance. they allowed as many as 50 inside to remain after the deadline, for now. >> it's all done with the intent of getting this area cleaned up this area here potentially could be facing a flood rather soon. >> reporter: protests have lasted nearly a year. intense and sometimes heated clashes with authorities. all to prevent a pipeline from being built next to the standing rock sioux tribe sacred land which they s

the dakota pipeline will move very rapidly. the standing rock sioux have said they will be a massive backlash and protest if the da kota massive backlash and protest if the dakota pipeline goes ahead full of do you think the trump administration is ready for that sort of public stand—off? administration is ready for that sort of public stand-off? we will have to see our have lots of experience with pipelines. we've have hundreds of thousands of miles of pipelines in this country, they

when she came out, she heard directly from north dakota utilities, north dakota regulators, and north dakota coal companies, and she saw how our operations differ and how my state is a national leader in reclamation. based on the final rule, it's apparent the rule was already baked before her visit, and the input of the folks back home in my state, quite honestly, was not taken seriously. north dakota coal stakeholders estimate that the rule could cost coal producers in north dakota alone approximately $50 million annually in additional compliance costs and take more than600 million tons of otherwise mineable, affordable coal. and i will tell you when you look at the landscape of north dakota and you're sitting there and you're explaining this and you're showing how her rule would require equipment move, drag lines move and how all of that makes absolutely no sense in terms of the resource and in terms of the difficulty, the difficulty of actually doing reclamation that needs to be done in that situation, when you're standing out there and you actually look at it, the only conclusion

the dakota pipeline will move ahead very rapidly and the keystone pipeline in the next year or so. the standing rock sioux have said they will be a massive backlash and massive amount of protest if the dakota pipeline goes ahead. do you think the trump administration is ready for that sort of very public stand—off? we will have to see. i have lots of experience with pipelines. we have hundreds of thousands of miles of pipelines in this country, they never became politically... they never became a political matter until the environmental community said that we have to stop producing fossilfuels. the pipelines in themselves do not present a safety threat, in fact, they reduce the risks of oil spills because right now the oil in north dakota and in alberta, a lot of it, is being moved by rail cars and we have seen the kinds of disasters that can happen when you try to move liquid petroleum in a rail car and you have an accident. let's just end if we may with thoughts about the global stage upon which this drama is playing out. the paris climate agreement was a milestone recognized a

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north dakota time, we have reports that protesters at the dakota access pipeline are refusing to leave even though right now the 3:00 p.m. final deadline to vacate has passed. that video you saw is fire. there is a fire currently going on, and we're waiting to find you the what's going on there? what officials are going to do, and why negotiations broke down hours ago. william la jeunesse live on the scene to tell us who's burning the protest camps. >>> the trump administration dealing with deeper questions in the wake of yesterday's decision to vastly expand the president's crackdown on the illegal immigration. deporting criminals, he said, is the priority, but what about the so-called dreamers? it all comes as secretary of state rex tillerson is headed at this moment for his first meeting with the president of mexico. trump immigration adviser and kansas secretary of state chris kobac wrote many of the toughest immigration laws in the country. he'll be here live to tell us if the president has it right as he appears to be leaning toward letting dreamers stay. >>> on wall street, marc

pipeline that would run from north dakota to illinois. they say the pipeline would disturb sacred native-american sites, and pollute rivers and water supplies. the pipeline company says it will be safer and cheaper than trucks or trains. clashes between protesters and police have turned violent in the past. at its peak, the movement drew thousands. we saw many of the few hundred left packing up and moving out. >> i don't know what to do. i'm a mother. i'm not trying to get hurt, and i'm not trying to get arrested. and i'm not a criminal. >> once all the protests are removed from the campsite, then the massive clean-up effort will get under way. the company building the pipeline says it could be operational in as little as two weeks. phillip mena, abc news, cannonball, north dakota. >> it does not look warm there in cannonball, north dakota, whatsoever. >>> the teen who became the face of the transgender bathroom battle is speaking out about the change in federal guidelines on the issue. the white house has ended protections that allowed t

they moved to the oil patch in 2011, got married in minot, north dakota. and by 2013, he was the charismatic face of a major trucking operation called blackstone, and she was the blonde on his arm and a senior company official. sarah signed the checks. blackstone was the business doug first invested in before he got interested in the oil lease. it was a big operation, 100 trucks hauling water to and from oil fracking sites. very profitable. james let it be known that he was backed by a billion dollar trust fund. >> you know, i was like, this guy's a winner. >> a lot of money around? they were doing well? >> absolutely. >> was the company making money? >> it sure seemed like it. >> reporter: and james was tough. buff. all man. >> it'd be 20 degrees outside, and he'd be wearing a t-shirt. everyone else has got a little shiver, he's like, standing there shivering. but he's making sure his arms are pumped up. >> he's a buff guy. >> yes. he wants you to see his guns. he's showing them off, and then there's, you know, their perfectly white teeth and their tans.

abc's phillip mena is on the scene in north dakota. >> reporter: tonight, police moving in in north dakota. face a 2:00 p.m. deadline to evacuate or face arrest, some protesters began ceremonily setting fire preferring to burn it rather than have it seized and destroyed. >> that's all done with the intent of getting this area cleaned up. this area could be face a flood soon. >> reporter: this day was inevitable. after president trump signed executive actions last month moving the pipeline plan forward. undoing what president obama did, blocking it. protesters gathering here last april, opposing the construction of the 1,200-mile dakota access pipeline that would run from north dakota to illinois. they say it would disturb native american sites. and they say it would be cheaper than trucks or trains. police have turned violent in the past. at its peak, the movement drew thousands. today, we saw many of the few hundred left, packing up and moving out. >> i don't know what to do. i'm a mother. i'm not trying to get hurt, and i'm not trying to get arrested. and i'm not a criminal. >> reporter:

phillip mena, abc news, cannonball, north dakota. >> it doesn't look warm there in north dakota whatsoever. >>> the teen who became the face of the transgender bathroom battle is speaking out about the change in federal guidelines on the issue. the white house ended protections that allowed transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity. the issue is now left with individual states. 17-year-old griffin grim hopes it's just a temporary change. >> there will be setbacks. i mean, there's always going to be twists in the road. and the most important thing to remember is that thing are going to get better. they're going to improve. >> you may recall this young lady, jackie evancho, the teen opera singer who performed the national anthem last month at the inauguration. she says she is disappointed with the move. the 16-year-old has a transgender sister. and she asked the president by twitter here to meet with both her and her sister to discuss transgender rights. >>> congressional lawmakers are visiting their home districts this week and many republicans are running

north dakota to illinois. they say it would disturb native american sites. and they say it would be cheaper than trucks or trains. police have turned violent in the past. at its peak, the movement drew thousands. today, we saw many of the few hundred left, packing up and moving out. >> i don't know what to do. i'm a mother. i'm not trying to get hurt, and i'm not trying to get arrested. and i'm not a criminal. >> reporter: david, once all the protesters are removed from the campsite, the massive cleanup effort will then get under way. the company building the pipeline says it could be operational in as little as two weeks. david? >> phillip mena on the scene for us. thank you. >>> we move onto an unexpected moment today after the disturbing issue from st. louis. the knocked over jewish cemet y cemetery, and the fbi investigating the threats across the country. white house do more. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: vice president mike pence today making a surprise visit to that vandalized jewish cemetery

tonight -- dakota johnson. the anchor of nbc's "sunday today", willie geist. music from paper route. featuring the 8g band with kenny aronoff. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night," how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] in that case, let's get to the news. president trump referred to cnn as "fake news" during a black history month event, today. said cnn, "no, it really is black history month." it will be the first political memoir written entirely in all caps. [ laughter ] according to a recent report, u.s. bacon reserves have hit a 50 year low. "i can't talk now, chris," said trump, trying to get off the phone. [ laughter ] but fair warning, they will kick you out of ihop. [ laughter ] a team of researchers in the netherlands recently built a 46-foot-long bridge made with cannabis hemp, finally, a bridge everybody wants to burn. [ light laughter ] "uh, i think i downloaded that one." said everyone using regular tinder. [ laughter and applause ] orangutan, o

. >> north dakota has spent 33 million to protect the pipeline that president obama stopped. >> dakota access pipeline. >> president trump reverse the decision. >> i'm not sad. i'm not upset. i am just watching what's going on and trying my best to figure out how to move forward. >> police moved in declaring the camps as a potential health hazard has abandoned tents, stoves, kerosene tanks, cars and human waste could be underwater from spring flooding. to get protesters out, police offered a hotel voucher and a bus ticket to any city in the u.s. others were offered a ceremonial arrest so protesters could enjoy a photo op for their social media pages but none took the offer. >> it's a good deal and i think north dakota, we are doing the right thing. we are bending over backward a little bit but we can say we are taking the moral high ground. >> it's not the ending many hoped for, most do not regret the fight. >> i would like people might see this not to be apathetic. to feel that it mean something. these are real people. >> there are about 75 individuals left. police will not go in at n

>> blake mccoy in north dakota tonight. thank you. >>> hostile homecoming continues for republican members of congress. being confronted by angry constituents at town halls across the country. americans who are worried and venting their frustrations, at times, in pretty dramatic fashion. the white house, however, is accusing them of being infiltrated by so-called professional protesters. nbc's peter alexander has details. >> reporter: tonight, an uproar in arkansas. the latest in a series of fiery, in your face confrontations. >> obamacare. improve it. >> reporter: for many republican lawmakers, at townhalls nationwide, a hostile homecoming. constituents demanding answers on health care, taxes and immigration. >> it's not all a one-size-fits-all government solution. you ought to know better than that. >> reporter: senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell, dismissing the outcry. >> i always remind people, winners make policy and losers go home. >> before getting an earful of his own. >> these coal jobs are not coming back an

pipeline that would run from north dakota to illinois. they say the pipeline would disturb sacred native-american sites, and pollute rivers and wear supplies. the pipeline company says it will be safer and cheaper than trucks or trains. the clashes between protesters and police have turned violent in the past. at its peak, the movement drew thousands. today, we saw many of the few hundred left, packing up and moving out. >> i don't know what to do. i'm a mother. i'm not trying to get hurt, and i'm not trying to get arrested. and i'm not a criminal. >> reporter: david, once all the protesters are removed from the campsite, the massive cleanup effort will then get under way. the company building the pipeline says it could be operational in as little as two weeks. david? >> phillip mena on the scene for us. thank you. >>> we do move onto an unexpected moment today after the disturbing image from st. louis. so many headstones knocked over as a jewish cemetery, and the fbi investigating threats across this country. today, vice president pence

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tonight -- dakota johnson. the anchor of nbc's "sunday today", willie geist. music from paper route. featuring the 8g band with kenny aronoff. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night," how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] in that case, let's get to the news. president trump referred to cnn as "fake news" during a black history month event, today. said cnn, "no, it really is black history month." [ light laughter ] i don't believe you. [ light laughter ] hillary clinton will be the 2017 commencement speaker at wellesley college while joe biden is getting ready for freshman orientation at umass. [ laughter and applause ] back in the game! former president obama was spotted on vacation in the virgin islands yesterday, wearing a backwards baseball cap and flip-flops, and completely ignoring the bat signal. [ laughter and applause ] oh, oh. i'm done. i'm out of the game. i don't do that anymore. i have my flip-flops on. [ light laughter ] hat backwards. i don't do

in north dakota, 76 water protectors fighting the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline were arrested wednesday after militarized police raided a new protest camp set up on historic sioux treaty land. the last child camp was established on the west side of highway 1806 near the main oceti sakowin camp. the land is now owned by energy transfer partners, the company behind the pipeline. this is water protector and former north dakota congressional candidate chase iron eyes. >> we just established a new camp called the last child camp in honor of crazy horse, who created that warrior society in 1873. amy: chase iron eyes was among the dozens arrested wednesday. the army corps of engineers appears poised to grant the final permit required for energy transfer partners to finish construction. a group of military veterans, called veterans stand, has vowed to stop the construction of the pipeline. meanwhile, a jury in morton county has convicted eight water protectors of misdemeanor charges related to the resistance to the dakota access pipeline. in more dakota access news, a seattle city council commi

cal perry is standing by for us in north dakota. we want to go to you right now. what's happening now? >> reporter: the deadline is here. i'm standing behind the demarcation. anything behind me, is subject to arrest. authorities are moving in. we've seen mix of sheriff, state police and a number of national guard are behind. if you want to swing around. i want to show you behind us. this is the staging area for the authorities. and there is a strong presence here. we always talk about posture, what kind of posture are they in. well, they're in full battle gear. there's a lot of nonlethal weapons. that's what authorities said they would use, nonlethal weapons. in the next few minutes we'll probably see a number of protesters leaving voluntarily. this is their last chance to leave voluntarily. anyone who doesn't leave, the standing rock reservation in the next few minutes is going to be arrested. now, we know there's a small group of hardened be, as they call themselves, water protecters, a dozen or so. they say they'll get arrested and make their statement by getti

>> blake mccoy in north dakota tonight. thank you. >>> hostile homecoming continues for republican members of congress. being confronted by angry constituents at town halls across the country. americans who are worried and venting their frustrations, at times, in pretty dramatic fashion. the white house, however, is accusing them of being infiltrated by so-called professional protesters. peter alexander has details. >> reporter: tonight, the bayou at a boiling point. the latest in a series of fiery, in your face confrontations. >> obamacare. improve it. >> reporter: for many republican lawmakers, a hostile homecoming, constituents demanding answers on health care, taxes and immigration. >> it's not all a one-size fits all solution. you ought to know better than that. >> reporter: senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell, dismissing the outcry. >> i always remind people, winners make policy and losers go home. >> before getting an earful of his own. >> these coal jobs are not coming back and now people don't have the insuran

dakota, minnesota, iowa and nebraska. >> all right, young lady. so i have patients who have traveled hundreds of miles to come see me. and there are many patients who i travel to go see. >> we also use airplanes to get physicians out into those rural communities when the distance is significant. >> reporter: but there's one place al nafal is hesitant to fly to. out of the u.s. to see relatives. president trump's executive order bars citizens of seven muslim maurgeity countries, including syria, from entering into the united states. with that order in legal limbo, he is afraid he may be forced to leave his patients behind if he travels abroad and can't get back into the u.s. that's because he's not a u.s. citizen. he is here on a special j-1 visa waiver. a specific but important program that allows about 1500 international physicians each year to temporarily work in underserved areas of the country. >> he is significant to this part of the country because he treats a lot of children who have type 1 diabetes, and he is one of only five full-time ped

about 100 people protested the dakota pipeline. some burned their camp sites before walking away. police arrested nine protesters in a confrontation nearby. they say the camp is now closed, but a few dozen people remain inside. the army corp. of engineer is set today as the deadline to close the camp as plans are now underway to complete the controversial pipeline. >>> a number of americans or the number of americans who disapproved the job president trump is going up. the poll done on january 26 found 55% of the public disapproved of president trump's performance while 38% approved. the president's disapproval rating is up 11 points since taking office from 44% just one month ago. today president trump resended protection from transgender students that were put in place by the obama administration. here in california lawmakers passed a discrimination law in 2014 that allows transgender students to use the bathroom on the gender they identify with. the white house says the president feels this is an issue left up to the states. >>>

lets move from afghanistan to north dakota... the final stage of a controversial oil pipeline in north dakota has been given the go—ahead. these are pictures from today and also from protests in the past. opponents of the pipeline have called for worldwide protests about the decision. there have been protests before. these pictures are from today but the rest are from the last few months. the protestors are mainly made up of the standing rock sioux tribe and their supporters. this is the background to this story. the pipeline is supposed to cross four states, to transport crude oil to a terminal in illinois. it's costing $3.8 billion to build. that is the estimated cost. most of it is already built, except for this bit — the section closest to the standing rock sioux reservation. members of the tribe say the construction will damage their water supplies and ancestral cultural sites. these protests helped lead to the suspension of construction. that decision has been reversed by donald trump. the bbc‘s peter bowes is coverin

dakota. the army also announced that it will not be preparing an environmental impact statement that would evaluate the potential effects of the pipeline. the project has been net with monlgts of p-- months of protess arguing over the potential contamination of drinking water for the indigenous people living there. the cheyenne river sioux tribe released a statement saying, quote, while the federal government choodsed to disregar the laws made to govern themselves be, we will dismiss those made between law and culture. >>> and police say 44-year-old william boyette and 37-year-old mary rice were found hiding in a hotel in west point, georgia, yesterday after someone noticed a stolen vehicle they were seen driving. they were wanted in connection with four killings of women in florida and alabama. shortly after being discovered, boyette led rice out of their hotel room where she was quickly taken into custody. they heard a single shot and found boyette inside and dead from a self-inflicted guns