what was it like being in south dakota at this time. in all fairness we have to say that there were people wearing masks of course on the streets there in sioux falls the biggest city in south dakota but of course a lot don't and you heard that in the report when i spoke to people there after that the restaurants and businesses remain open and you have a republican governor who is questioning the efficacy of the masts of course that is actually scientifically proven and you're right you know that the hospitals there are at capacity so everyone can see that a lot of people know people who have become sick or gotten sick themselves but then in contrast the independent than in individual freedom is very important as we heard the mayor explain when he referred to call boy country. slightly joking but the core of the message is there that people simply do not want to sacrifice their freedom i even spoke to one person who just had a kidney transplant and still believes that it's an individual decision it's absolutely right to not wear a mask

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this week on world stories south dakota the virus is out of control. number a silent christmas in lockdown but we start in battles following its controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested for flood into exile. but protests against president bush and gore continuing unabated. this much is coming out to march on sundays is this much a part of everyday life it's having breakfast with our neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized and only agreed to be filmed where in the mosques one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. was. back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. dollars and there. was. police emerge out of on mt benz scattering the marches in all directions

state of south dakota. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. . in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but some people balk at the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it very difficult for a lot of businesses like most of people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the a verum a cannon hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he an

time for revolution. >> host: fairfax, south dakota on the democrat line. >> caller: what biden needs to do is raise taxes on the rich. also take the social security. in south dakota, don't know if you've been around cattle or not but it reminds me a lot spring of the year when you turn able into new spring pastor, all the tall grass, that is how happy i am about this election. up here, talking marijuana, they did pass it on both deals. pennington is fighting it, the highway patrol fighting it. i don't know. they need to start paying the debt down. people live on credit so much anymore. food lines and all that, they need to help them but a lot of those people getting old like me, i am 66 years old and don't need a handout. 26,$000 per trillion dollars in the hole, we need to start paying that debt. i heard the other day a third of the people haven't paid for christmas last year, put it on a credit card. got to get that straightened out. >> host: darren on the independent line in alabama. >> caller: good morning. i want to make a comment on economic fallout. i think with the recent cnn

well, in a moment i'm going to speak to a republican councilmember from south dakota who was pushing for that mask mandate because so many of her friends were dying. unfortunately, the woman you just heard a moment ago in mitchell is not alone in saying this is fabricated. where does this come from? how can people still be saying this? well, it is because the president himself who just last night retweeted a post with a picture of a doctor in reno, nevada. this doctor took a selfie, this is in a makeshift covid unit in a parking garage. the president retweeted along with a picture a message from a conservative blog that read here is the fake nevada parking garage that our moron governor tweeted proving it's all a scam. no patients, folded up beds. they spent millions on this scam and have never seen a single patient in this fake hospital. so the president of the united states retweets this. that doctor who tweeted that picture after losing five patients in 32 hours came on this show and said this. >> we have since seen over 200 patients in a parking garage, a place i never thought i

south dakota look wide receivers are out of control. number asylum christmas in lockdown but we start in belarus following a controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested or fled into exile. but protests against president bush inc were continuing unabated. this much just coming out to march on sunday's is as much a part of everyday life as having breakfast a neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized and only agreed to be filmed wearing them asks one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. was to book she knew back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. dollars. was. police emerge out of on mock bans scattering the marches in all directions dozens o

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. it a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients we're not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating him on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a really big th

south dakota analyses the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like it a little harder every day people are coming in typically for acquiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients who are not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating him on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a really b

state of south dakota. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. . in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but some people ball get the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it a lot of businesses like most of the people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the a very i'm a kenyan hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colle

state of south dakota. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. . in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but some people ball get the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdown's are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it very difficult for a lot of businesses like muslim people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the a very mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody's recovering how we'd like. a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients were not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating them on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a really big thin

this is south dakota and things are decentralized. she may not actually have the authority to issue a mandate but she could stand up and say look, folks, we need to do this. and she hasn't said the word mask at all that i am aware of. >> she has a might bit of power as governor of your state, it is my understanding she could do that and she has not done that. i appreciate you for wearing a mask. i'm glad you and your husband are okay. we are thinking about you both, be well, rose mary. thank you for coming on with me. be well. >> thank you. >>> all eyes are on georgia's senate runoff races today with baseless attacks on the state's election process. one gop candidate refused to accept a biden win at last night's heated debate. try optum perks. it's a new way to save up to 80%. and everyone can do it. it's from optum, a health care company that's trusted by millions of people. you don't have to sign up for anything. just go to optumperks.com. and get a coupon to use at your pharmacy. that's it. i opted in. i opted in. you can, too. opt

here in sioux falls, south dakota, they have two freezers one for the fooifz and one for moderna. they have eight ultracold freezers strategically placed to reach the rural communities. each costs 10 to $15 million and can hold 75,000 doses. >> they're double doors. the other door with the latch on it, you can lock this and then inside here is where the actual shelves store it you see it's very cold >> reporter: how critical z having this technology >> it gives us a lot more control how we can distribute and vaccinate patients. >> reporter: dean webber is responsible for getting the vaccination. >> this is a considerable effort to distribute the vaccines our drivers put on 11,000 miles a day. that's something like 3 million a year long distances. >> reporter: but not all rural health systems can meet the challenge. worries about storage in kansas. >> there are only about 10 different hospitals in the entire state that have that capability. >> reporter: and distribution in wisconsin. >> there will be hubs around our state and we'll partner with our state and our county health depar

the protests in north and south dakota against the construction of oil pipelines became almost a daily occurrence in the meantime a 3rd pipeline is under construction which the native american people living here see as a threat you know. i don't have a choice. it is either i write these guys or my sugar we're in hell. when i was born. the latest project is called keystone x.l. pipeline said to be even bigger than the original keystone pipeline and fears of oil leaks that could poison the water proved to be founded by the end of 201918 half 1000000 leaders had already spilled into the ground. rules are not a matter of just a matter when and so we these are just these are risks that we. know we choose not to bear the wrists. you know then our children might have to drink water. oil to be pumped through north and south dakota comes from canada and the tar sands of alberta have been a major source of wealth for the koch brothers and also a highly toxic way of producing oil. and the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline was initially halted by then president obama in 2015 shortly after

south dakota no virus is out of control. number asylum christmas and marko but we start in delegates following its controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested for flood into exile. but protests against president bush and gore continuing unabated. coming out to march on sundays is as much a part of everyday life as having breakfast a neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. if you're sensitive for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized you know you agree to be filmed wearing them asks one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader xander. was. back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. dollars. police emerge out of on mark benz scattering the marches in all directions dozens of smaller dem

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with a personal toll would be a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody's recovering how we'd like. it's a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life i kind of see and understand his weekly press conference mayor paul 10 hakan of the republican party updates his community about the latest developments the mayor has been criticized over his handling of the pandemic in this part of the country i think there's a fierce independence a lot of people have made the mistake of calling a cowboy country at one point and people didn't appreciate that but the point of that term meaning we're independent we don't like people telling us what to do. christina bjorkman wishes for more government action again

. >> he would tell everybody that he had cattle in south dakota. that he was trading socks. he told me he had a bunch of cars in texas somewhere. that he owned a mansion down there. >> this soft-spoken man was looking for a country property for his somewhat new agy family commune just ground south dakota. a young married couple, their baby girl and a young woman from north dakota. jennifer found them just the right parcel. even after turning over the keys, there was something about that lou castro guy that emily's mom found irresistible. he had become more than a client. >> at first he was just somebody mom was doing business with. they would go to lunch often. >> as you look back, what do you think went on with your mother? >> i don't know. >> something was going on. >> something was. >> and something was going on with lou, too. no sooner had he settled down in greater kansas city than his family commune was on the move again. and guess who was going with them. jennifer, the realtor, and her two girl. >> what did your dad think? >> my dad was devastated. >> just like that,

state of south dakota. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. . in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but it but some people ball get the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shut downs are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it a lot of businesses like muslim people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleag

state of south dakota. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. . in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but some people ball get the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it a lot of businesses like most of the people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues

sending help to tribal lands from south dakota to nebraska. how does she describe the challenge today? it has been just... ..kind of overwhelming emotionally and very difficult to watch people that you love and are part of your family to become sick, to have people that you care about die. more native americans are going to become sick with covid and more native americans will die. they make up 9% of the south dakota population, the native americans do, and they are 19% of the death rate. jo, tell us more about what your network is doing to get some of the basics out there. we absolutely depend on our partnerships, our collaborations with the native peoples. they are our moccasins on the ground. without them, there would be no distribution, especially to those that are in more need. the ones that are more remote, the ones that don't have transportation. they are bringing food and face shields and right now, our sewing expansion is sewing a request for great plains, which covers all the tribes in south dakota, north dakota and nebraska and one

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the very make cannon hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold but on a daily basis is putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. adam schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. it's a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients we're not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating him on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a real

sending help to tribal lands from south dakota to nebraska. how does she describe the challenge today? it has been just... ..kind of overwhelming emotionally and very difficult to watch people that you love and are part of your family to become sick, to have people that you care about diet. —— to — — to have —— to have people that you care about die. —— to have people that you care about die. more native americans are going to become sick with covid and more native americans will die. they make up 9% of the south dakota population, the native americans do, and they are 19% of the death rate. jo, tell us more about what your network is doing to get some of the basics out there. we absolutely depend on our partnerships, our collaborations with the native peoples. they are our moccasins on the ground. without them, there would be no distribution, especially to those that are in more need. the ones that are more remote, the ones that don't have transportation. they are bringing food and face shields and right now, our sewing expans

. >> he would tell everybody that he had cattle in south dakota, and that he was trading stocks he told me he had a bunch of cars in texas somewhere, and that he owned a mansion down there. >> reporter: this soft-spoken man was looking for a country property for his somewhat new age family commune just down from south dakota: a young married couple, trish and brian hughes their baby girl and a young wm woman from north dakota. jennifer found them just the right parcel, but even after turning over the keys, there was something about that lou castro guy, that emily's mom found irresistible. he'd become more than a client. >> well at first, he was just somebody that mom was doing business with. but they would go to lunch often. >> reporter: as you look back now emily what do you think went on with your mother? >> i don't know. >> reporter: but something was going on, huh? >> something was. >> reporter: and something was going on with lou too. no sooner had he settled down in greater kansas city, than his family commune was on the move again. and guess who was going with them? jennifer the

. >>> south dakota is experiencing dark days of this pandemic. more people have died in the past month there than have died the rest of the year from coronavirus. south dakota's governor, kristi noem, has long resisted and rejected a statewide mask mandate, along with many local elected leaders. and that has led to a major division in one small town after several well-known and beloved figures in the community became victims of the virus. joining us now is susan sharks. she's a city councilwoman in mitchell, south dakota. councilwoman, great to have you here. just tell us what happened. you believe there should be a mask mandate, and what was the reaction in mitchell and beyond to your feeling? >> well, you know, initially, it felt like it was met with quite a bit of resistance. but as it turned out, i think that once the idea of masking was introduced, i think that then people came forward and said, this is something that we need to do. the hospital system, the university, the school system, we had a lot of entities in our community who stepped

here in sioux falls, south dakota sanford medical center has two freezers, one for the pfizer vaccine and one for moderna. they have eight of the ultra cold freezers strategically placed so they can reach the more remote communities. each freezer costs $10,000 to $15,000 and can hold about 75,000 doses of the vaccine. >> they're actually double doored. so the outer door with the latch on it you can actually lock and then inside here is where the actual shelves for storage are. it's very cold. >> reporter: how critical is having this technology? >> it gives us a lot more control about how we can distribute and vaccinate our patients. >> reporter: dean webber is responsible for getting the vaccine to the people sanford serves. it is a population of about 1 million spread over an area the size of texas. >> this is a considerable effort to be able to distribute the vaccines. our drivers put on a lot of miles over 11,000 miles a day these couriers are driving, something like 3 million a year. long distances. >> reporter: not all rural health systems can meet the challenge. worries about st

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold but on a daily basis is putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. it a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients were not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating him on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a really

south dakota the virus is out of control. number a silent christmas in lockdown but we start in delegates following a controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested or fled into exile. but protests against president bush and co were continuing unabated. buskins the much just coming out to march on sundays is as much a part of everyday life as having breakfast a neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk but most people here don't want to be recognized and only agreed to be filmed where and i'm asked one person who is willing to take that risk is media at 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. was. back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. for months later we're not where we wanted to be. dollars. was. police emerge out of on mock bans scattering the marches in all directions

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis is putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody's recovering how we'd like. a little harder every day people are coming in typically for acquiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients who are not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating him on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a really b

henna my state of south dakota yesterday, front-line workers were getting vaccinated. which is a great story for south dakota. it's a great story for every state in the country. and it is great credit to the scientists, the trial volunteers, the companies themselves working with the senate and the house and the white house to make this happen in record time. truly remarkable achievement. one that hopefully will start to deliver meaningful relief to the american people. there are a few things left for us to do. always with the vaccine out there we have resources available and legislation that we are continuing to help distribute that vaccine and a quick and efficient way. that needs to be addressed in a covid package. as the leader pointed out the list of issues has narrowed significantly. there is a bipartisan buy-in and support for a proposal that does a few of the basic things we all agree on. it helps our hardest hit small businesses, it provides unemployment for those unemployed. provides money for just tradition and money for schools. those are all elements that w

as hospitalizations spike across the country, why south dakota and indiana lead the nation, and why an e.r. doctor says the crisis is worse than ever. tonight, dr. anthony fauci says those record numbers could lead to a new lockdown. plus, a couple married for nearly half a century, dying of covid just seconds apart. breaking with president trump: the attorney general today says there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. plus, what the president plans to do with the reported $170 million he's raised since election day. biden's economic team. the president-elect's message to the american people: >> help is on the way. >> o'donnell: congress considers a last-ditch effort todu new dose of covid relief. so what's in the nearly $1 trillion bipartisan plan, and what will it mean for you? dangerous winter storm-- the driving snow that might have sent this freight train off the rails. an actor's journey: the oscar- nominated star of "juno" announces he is transgender, and speaks out about the violence their community faces. and, on this giving tuesday, we salute a 13-year-old determined t

south dakota the virus is out of control. number a silent christmas in lockdown but we start in delegates following its controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested or fled into exile. but protests against president bush and co were continuing. with the much missed only coming out to march on sunday's is as much a part of everyday life as having breakfast a neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors mr richardson says for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized you know you can reach be filmed wearing them asks one person who is willing to take that risk is media that 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. was to shoot him back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. and there we had never been kissed him was. police emerge out o

south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight here at the vera mccann in hospital the intensive care unit is at capacity patients are dying from cold on a daily basis putting a big strain on nurses and doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of patients they're seeing every day. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life you talk to their families we do that's one of the tougher things right now is especially for code patients were not allowing visitors so. talking with families on a daily basis updating them on what we're doing and how the patients doing that's a really big thing

south dakota the virus is out of control. nuremberg a silent christmas market. but we start in delaware it's following its controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested for flood into exile. but protests against president lukashenko. continuing to be. this much coming out to march on sundays is this much a part of everyday life as having breakfast our neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized and only agree to be filmed wearing their mosques one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. what. police emerge out of on mt benz scattering the marches in all directions dozens of smaller demonstrations in parallel across the capital means

south dakota was the most interesting. it went from having no marijuana laws at all, not even allowing marijuana for childhood seizures, which the majority of the countrytates in allow at least a small amount of medical marijuana for some medical purposes. south dakota was one of the three that had nothing and it went and legalized medical and recreational on the same day. host: you mentioned you have been covering federal marijuana policy for two years. what has changed on capitol hill? and has the trump administration made any executive orders or regulatory changes to federal regulations on marijuana? guest: yeah. the trump administration has done some pretty significant things, although they have not turned into actual changes on the ground. the trump administration, former attorney general jeff sessions, repealed what was called the cold memo, and obama era justice department memo that essentially said if states had created regulated cannabis systems, the justice department is not going to go after them. jeff sessions

oil to be pumped through north and south dakota comes from canada the tar sands of alberta have been a major source of wealth for the koch brothers and also a highly toxic way of producing oil. and the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline was initially halted by then president obama in 2015 shortly after taking office in 2017 trump revive the project. that is everybody had to be $100.00. 50. 811 koch industries denies having lobbied for the construction of the pipeline environmental organizations reject such claims given the amount of money donated by the coax to think tanks and door saying the pipelines construction the texas public policy foundation said in 2017 the pipeline would lead to thousands of new jobs across the u.s. and provide for the safe and affordable transfer of oil the safest way to move products and goods is through pipelines the keystone pipeline goes through the regulatory hurdles and believe me there are a lot of regulatory hurdles but we've got to stop all of the protests and the lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit that are just driving up the cost becaus

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oil to be pumped through north and south dakota comes from canada the tar sands of alberta have been a major source of wealth for the koch brothers and also a highly toxic way of producing oil. and the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline was initially halted by then president obama in 2015 shortly after taking office in 2017 trump revive the project. that is everybody knew a fugitive. was kind enough to candace trees denies having lobbied for the construction of the pipeline environmental organizations reject such claims given the amount of money donated by the coax to think tanks and during the pipelines construction the texas public policy foundation said in 2017 the pipeline would lead to thousands of new jobs across the u.s. and provide for the safe and affordable transfer of oil the safest way to move products and goods is through pipelines the keystone pipeline goes through the regulatory hurdles and believe me there are a lot of regulatory hurdles but we've got to stop all of the protests and the lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit that are just driving up the cost beca

cnn's omar jimenez looks at what health officials in south dakota are doing to make sure the vaccine's reach distant areas. >> when the backdrop is windmills and open fields, you can see how getting a covid-19 vaccine to actual people turns into a challenge. it involves literally loading cold packs into a minivan. eventually will be part of keeping this vital medicine cold as it travels tens, even hundreds of miles to clinics and hospitals that need them. >> each state will receive its own allocation of vaccine, and we planned accordingly and strategically placed freezers across our four region footprint. >> at sanford medical center in sioux falls, south dakota, they are ready for whatever amount of vaccine they get. m months ago they bought these ultra cold freezers, at least negative 70 degrees celsius or negative 103 degrees fahrenheit required for the pfizer vooacci. >> right now, the freezers are empty. >> reporter: the pfizer vaccine can only survive up to 5 days in typical. >> when we get orders to distribute the vaccine, we'll pack it in coolers on ice, and monitor the tempera

south dakota has had competitive races over a number of years. put their getting to say in and find some races that are competitive. host: loretta in brooklyn, new york. in brooklyn, new york. hello? caller: yes, my love? host: you are on. go ahead. caller: i am fairly happy the way the election went and i am also happy to know one thing for sure. -- want to be to mr. putin. i think a president should respect if he was voted in the first time and if he was not voted in the second time in office, he should respect the election process. host: we will hear from carol in richmond, indiana. your next. good morning or good evening. caller: good morning. there are two things i want to ask if i could about the process. candidates? ids the i had spoken with brookings institute when they were on c-span four years ago about being invited to testify before the doj -- i was -- on some fraud i found in indiana. what had happened is all the candidate id numbers -- every one of them, the id numbers, they were tied to illegal unverified prisoners in the arizona p

let's go to dasha burns at a hospital in south dakota now. she just got access to the ultra cold storage units that will hold the pfizer vaccine. what's it looking like there and how is this going to work? >> reporter: hey, chris. yeah. my team and i just got out of that facility. those ultra cold freezers we saw just became an even more precious kplodty aft tcommodity breaking news. something sanford has been talked about even before pfizer announced the temperature of the vaccine needed to be stored at but knew it could be coming and wanted to be prepared. this is an especially challenging situation for areas like this one with logistics of distribution, because sanford health serves mostly rural populations, and getting that vaccine out to those harder-to-reach areas could be difficult. that's why they purchased eight of these freezers and are not cheap. go for about $12,000 a pop but purchased eight of these, and placed strategically across their facilities in south dakota, north dakota, minnesota and iowa so that their couriers to get th

the protests in north and south dakota against the construction of oil pipelines became almost a daily occurrence in the meantime a 3rd pipeline is under construction which the native american people living here see as a threat you know it's. like i don't have a choice. it is either i write these guys or my sugar we're in hell squalor then i was born. the latest project is called keystone x.l. pipeline said to be even bigger than the original keystone pipeline and fears of oil leaks that could poison the water proved to be founded by the end of 2901 and a half 1000000 liters had already spilled into the ground. rules are not a matter of just a matter when and so we these are just these are risks that we. know we choose not to bear the wrists. you know then our children might have to drink water. to be pumped through north and south dakota comes from canada the tar sands of alberta have been a major source of wealth for the koch brothers and also a highly toxic way of producing oil. and the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline was initially halted by then president obama in 2015 s

people while in while in and from south dakota. dash that burns. we also have a bit of breaking news from bill barr we're working on. pete williams has come into the camera, so if this ends up having to be cut a little short, i do apologize. rehema, i to start with you. new york has been in this position before. what are they trying to do to head off any severe overload of the hospitals in this city? >> what they're trying to do is say places like this hospital behind me, which was inundated with cases back in the spring when new york really was epicenter of the pandemic and people were dying at an alarming rate here. this hospital was overwhelmed. the governor is now warning hospitals across the state that they have to cooperate, because while this hospital was overwhelmed, about 20 miles from here, they had free beds but there wasn't a system of cooperation to transfer those patients. and so to your point, they've been through this before. the governor sees this could be coming again and he wants to do something about it. the mayor is also soundi

i had a nurse from south dakota reach out to me saying she's seeing the same thing. and part of it too is that a lot of these areas have not been seeing these spikes until very recently. i've been traveling covering covid since april and i was in rural areas back during that time talking to farmers and at that point everything was shut down across the board. but areas like this were not seeing high rates. now i'm traveling and areas like this all hit so hard, and yet things are nowhere near shut down as they were earlier on in the pandemic. so there's this sort of contradiction here. one thing that's important to note about these kinds of hospitals too, in new york nurses are often treating strangers and it's so heartbreaking to see those folks suffer. but in the hospitals like where i was in appalachia these are small tight-knit communities. so the people that come in, the nurses often know them. their friend's dad or their high school english teacher. and if you can imagine how difficult it is to watch those people suffer, to watch those folks have to be intubated