the gentleman from south dakota. mr. johnson: i would yield the honorable gentlewoman from missouri, mrs. hartzler, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized for three minutes. mrs. hartzler: thank you. thank you so much, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of a bill that i am a co-sponsor of h.r. and it's 5609, the cattle contract library act, and this legislation includes my optimizing the cattle market act which establishes a usda maintained library of cattle contracts, including information on the type of contract, length of the contract, pricing information, and delivery information. the increased transparency is long overdue. they face challenges as a result of market disruptions and the unprecedented effects of the covid-19 pandemic. it is essential accountle producers are equipped with the necessary resources and knowledge to increase their leverage during price negotiations for cattle. the cattle contract library act can provide a much-needed tool in helping catt

. >>> what started as a charity event for teachers in south dakota has turned into a pr disaster. ten educators got on their knees as a hockey crowd watched and grabbed as many dollar bills as they comment the money was to go for school supplies and classroom improvements. but critics called it demeaning to teachers and proof that south dakota's education system is broken. organizers said it was meant to help teachers after a couple of tough years. south dakota teachers are among the worst paid in the u.s. >>> coming up, our friend diane macedo is back with sleep hacks from a former insomniac. >>> and is blue light really the bad guy? why you're allowed to watch as much tv as you want before bed. that's great news. you're watching "world news now". young man: thanks for having us this weekend mrs. garcy young woman: yeah, thanks mom mother: of course and thank you guys for these gorgeous flowers, so thoughtful. young woman whispering: hey, did you bring the... the condoms? young man whispering: what's up? young woman whispering: condoms young man whispering: cond.. condor? young w

that being said, the point that you make, there are healthcare providers in south dakota, but they've done that on their own volition, it hasn't been a federal government mandate, and i respect the right of an individual employer, if they decide to do that at a business, i'm not saying you can't do that. it's a free country, if you want to do that. i just don't think the federal government ought to be mandating it, and i think we all want to encourage the maximum amount of people to get vaccinated, i think that makes us all safer, and we're seeing good success in our state of south dakota and across the country, but i think the mandate is something that -- and people in rural areas maybe are different this way, but, you know, i look at the vote we're going to have today is going to be a bipartisan vote. my neighbor from montana jon tester is going to be voting against the mandate as well, and i think it's partly the perception people in some states and a lot of people across the country have that when big government tells you do do something like this that steps on their personal righ

let us do what south dakota did. use personal responsibility to trust our people, to make the best decisions for themselves and their families that's why south dakota has the number one economy in the country. we're getting through this together. we've got historic revenues and businesses and people relocating to our state and it's because people respect the freedom that they can get here for their children and their grandchildren and know that it will be protected. lawrence: that's so true and that's why the folks of south dakota love you and i had an opportunity to visit with some of those folks. you're a new grandmother and you're a mom. we know the impact of this and pandemic on the kids but it seem s like we're prepared to shutdown schools again. can you talk about the impact, mental health, and just frankly being behind the rest of the world. >> we are, but not in south dakota, lawrence because our kids were in their classrooms. you came to south dakota months ago and our kids were in school then, they've been

the number of south dakota is 30% of workers would not be able to go to work if this vaccine mandate were put into place. i think the belief that a lot of us have and i'm pro-vaccine, i'm vaccinated. i encourage people to get vaccinated all the time, but i think it is really hard to have a federal government through a regulatory agency impose this kind of a mandate. i think the courts have determined they don't have the constitutional authority to do that. we are simply putting congress on the record and i think we will have a bipartisan vote in favor of overturning this mandate. judy: there is more evidence coming and that these vaccines are effective and there is more evidence today that with the booster they are very, very effective in preventing covid, why wouldn't you want to see everything possible done to see that people don't get this virus and save lives? >> well, i think that is why we should do everything we can to encourage, persuade, whatever it takes to get people in a voluntary way to exercise their individual freedom and responsibility to get that done. i think in som

south dakota has done that all along and proven it works. i hope president biden will back off and focus on what his job actually is. >> pete: now that joe biden acknowledged there is no federal solution, as a governor of a free state who has taken an approach of balancing science and freedom what is your advice to the governor of new york or new jersey or in california? how should they approach it similar to what you have done so residents can go about their lives in 2022? what should those governors do differently? >> first of all they should visit with their general counsel and talk with constitutional authorities and find out what authority they have. what is their job and go do their job and shut off the tv. stop picking up the phones and talking to the white house. walk the streets. talk to the people. visit with the small business owners and with the moms who want their kids in school and life to go back to normal. they will see the suffering all over their faces when they realize these kids have not learned like they should. their bu

south dakota has done that all along and proven it works. i hope president biden will back off and focus on what his joboc actually is. >> pete: now that joe biden acknowledged there is no federal solution, as a governor of a free state who has taken an approach of balancing science and freedom what is your advice to the governor of new york or new jersey or in california? how should they approach it similar to what you have done so residents can go about their lives in 2022? what should those governors do differently? >> first of all they should visit with their general counsel and talk with constitutional authorities and find out what authority they have. what is their job and go do their job and shut off the tv. stop picking up the phones and talking to the white house. walk the streets. talk to the people. visit withh t thehe the small bs owners and with the moms who want their kids in school and life to go back to normal. they will see the suffering all over their faces when they realize these kids have not learned like they should. the

dakota governor chris noem. >> south dakota teachers are among the lowest paid in the country, earning an average annual salary of $49,000, only ahead of mississippi. >> on average teachers are spending $750 out of their own pockets to give their students the supplies they need to learn. we have a statewide educator shortage, teacher shortage. >> reporter: the organizers apologizing for the event on monday, writing, although our intent was to provide a positive and fun event, we can see how it appears to be degrading and insulting towards the participating teachers. so in addition to apologizing, the hockey team and the company provided an additional 500 bucks. they say they promise to work with local educators to continue to support teachers in other ways in the future. jake. >> lucy kafanov, thank you so much. >>> nike just added another shoe brand to its lineup, but you can't actually put this one on your feet. stay with us. ♪ and if you try a little kindness ♪ >> man: what's my safelite story? i spend a lot of time in my truck. it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music ♪ >> man: so

dakota and the stewardship of our studying natural resources in addition to many other symbols a symbol of our optimism for the future. throughout the world their monumental events taking place in hundreds of millions of people are moving towards democratic rule towards liberty is on a scale unknown in previous years but it gives us great hope that the time in the spirit of christmas and hanukkah will -- and we can look to an end of human conflict. all the monumental events that are taking place with the season of family and friendship are personal relations and their personal pleasure. i hope you'll accept from me and all of us in the congress are best wishes to you for a merry christmas and a happy holiday season and now i'm going to ask my colleagues in the senate and the house to join me as we look at this christmas day is at a can of hope in the symbol of this holy season. [applause] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> hello everyone and welcome. i name is joy m. iguchi and i'm the coordinator at them national american museum and i want to thank you for joining us today virtually or from wherever you

now, a fund-raising event in south dakota has gone viral. it highlights some of the problem that teachers are facing. this fund-raiser at a hockey game in south dakota is igniting outrage and sparking the valuation we place on teachers. the so-called dash or cash event featured a pile of bills, and set teachers against each other, scooping enough cash they could for their classrooms. >> teachers should never have to grovel for money. >> reporter: the hockey team releasing a statement saying, although our intent was to provide a positive and fun experience, we can see how it appears to be degrading. we apologize for any embarrassment. >> teachers are spending $750 out of their own pockets to give their students the supplies they need to learn. >> reporter: out-of-pocket expenses for classroom supplies are far from the only challenge teachers face these days. they are quitting in droves, due to stress, safety concerns and wages that aren't keeping up with other industries. from september to october alone, 65,000 public education employees left

. >>> now to the viral video from south dakota sparking a whole lot of outrage a. contest where teachers were scrambling on their hands and knees to get school supplies for young students >> reporter: the video at first glance a fun cash grab during intermission of a hockey game. but the people seen scrambling for these dollar bills, south dakota school teachers in an effort to help fund classroom supplies. >> it shows how broken our system is. >> reporter: that system, the public education are you in this every day, a teacher, yourself, what did you see when you saw this? >> i saw a well-intended gesture from our commute it highlights the meager funding structure that our teach verse to work through to provide that high skault our students deserve. >> reporter: so frantically reaching for every dollar possible some stuff their shirts >> teachers should never have to grovel for money for classrooms. >> teachers are spending on average $750 out of their own pockets to give the students the supplies they need to learn. every teacher's salary >> reporter: a localing h

for example, look at the state of south dakota. they're a beacon of hope in freedom in the fight against the never-ending covid rules and far left lunacy. here to explain more, kristi noem is here with us. governor, you said to the people, the citizens in your state, you said we'll give you all the information and i trust that you'll make the right decision for you. that has served your state well and other republican governors, many of them, followed suit. so many of them with high density populations as well. >> we did and it worked. people were given personal responsibility, took that seriously and made good decisions and our state is now thriving. where those undictaters and democratic governors that made very different decisions are still suffering today. listen, our economy is the best economy in the country. our people are thriving here. we have tripled the amount of revenue growth in one year that we typically do, what our average is. we're investing in long-term infrastructure projects, putting more money in to reserves th

second of all, what about the governor of south dakota -- south dakota is growing, she's done a pretty good job, kristi noem, why would she allow this? why would they be short of money in a prosperous state like that and also the federal government has literally thrown hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in education, probably for no good use but i'm just saying i hate to see these people on their hands and knees -- >> you're looking at the wrong way because it used to be the teacher would sit and he would throw baseball at the thing in the water and to donate. this is what teachers do. we are boots on the ground, we are entertaining -- our kids see this, this is how you bring them in. >> greg: dagen it's like -- can be demeaning at also fun, right? you know what i'm saying. >> i do. >> greg: i've done a lot of demeaning things that i really enjoyed. i can show you some pictures. >> this is not even in my top 50 of demeaning acts. the kids will think this is cool. they are like -- the teachers did a cash grab, this is the american way. who didn't, at age four like elbow to me

i've seen similar benefits in remote parts of south dakota. i pine ridge, i taught a smart emergency room that connects hundreds of miles away back to sioux falls. i can walk the generalists at pine ridge through complicated emergency procedures in cases where there's no time to transfer a patient to a more specialized facility. this important form of telehealth, connecting one facility to another, is vital. with rural hospitals closing, a shortage of specialists, and the challenges of traveling long distances for care, we must continue to support this mode of telehealth. at the same time, there's a complimentary trend emerging. whether you call it remote patient monitoring or connected care, patients are no longer limited to receiving care in person at a brick and mortar facility. i first learned about this new trend on a visit to the mississippi delta with senator wicker a few years back, and that's where i heard about an innovative program that sent diabetes patients home with a blood glucose monitor in a connected tablet. the constant moni

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where i'm from originally in kyle, south dakota, for example, if we want to purchase healthy food, it costs more than what you would spend in a city or a suburb because it's perishable that it costs money to bring the food out to some of the rural communities. so in public health, we call that a poverty tax. so it's not a tax per se where money is being collected by a government, but people have to pay more money for healthier options when they live in rural and underserved populations. so it also links them to the need for health education. and one of my challenges that i've seen when i was a full time clinician, i was also a certified diabetes educator. and what i recognize is all of this awareness, of education and theory is really not a value. if we can't implement it. if people don't have access to the things that we're recommending, then we're really not going to improve outcomes for diseases like diabetes. so when i look at the communities that i work with, there are so many challenges. we need to create opportunities and fundamentally rethink how we're doing this because we ne

and that is why that video of south dakota teachers is so, well, disgusting. charity stunts that purport to do something good just mask the reality of our societal failures. instead of reveling in a gladiator style scramble for cash for classroom supplies and the organizers for the hockey team and sponsor have since apologized, the haves could just pay their fair share and then we could properly fund public education and pay teachers a living wage. if teachers had appropriate paid leave or our health care system wasn't obscenely inaffordable we wouldn't get good news stories about teachers donating sick days for their cancer-stricken colleagues. there's nothing inspiring about citizens forced to go found me their way into a social safety net. and we need to recognize this poverty porn for what it is. because american inequality and our consistent refusal to address our broken system is the absolute worst. that's tonight's "reid out." "all in" with chris hayes starts now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> mr. meadows received numerous text messages which he has pro

now there is another kind of revenue that is come into south dakota this past year. and that is revenue that is not brought here in the traditional sense. it's a giant handout from washington, d.c. now that money isn't appearing out of thin air. those are taxpayer dollars, too. and it's money that is being borrowed from the future from our children, our grandchildren, and beyond. >> when that handout came, she didn't turn it away. she took the $1 billion slated for her state from the bill. "the new york times" says she plans to use that money to invest in local water projects and build new daycare centers. she highlighted the spending plans in the same address where she criticized the stimulus bill. she is just one of a slew of republican governors that attacked getting help from the government and step right up to take the federal money when offered to them. i ghaes is better than rejecting it. they even paraded it around. there is, of course, governor mike dewine of ohio who touted the plans to spend the stimulus cash on grant for first responders and water project

. >> the freedom plus libertarian convention in rapid city south dakota. what is the libertarian approach to improving, changing higher education? >> we go back to the proposal back in 1776. there needs to be a greater connection between the payers for higher education and the providers with the administration and faculty but if you connect the payment mechanism to the product is being preserved and presented to them you have a financial incentive of both parties to improve the educational system. higher ed is financed a third-party provider by the government or student goes or something is not much of a financial connection of the university itself. what it does is it creates bad incentives each of the different stakeholders the university system are seeking a very different thing from the other. there's no feedback mechanism whether faculty are delivering and what they promise. go back to adam smith with the payment system for the actual provision of content is between the students and professor trickle between students and administrators and can adjust

now there is another kind of revenue that has come into south dakota this past year. and that is revenue that is not brought here in the traditional sense. it is a giant handout from washington d.c.. now that money isn't appearing out of thin air. those are taxpayer dollars to. and it's money that is being barred from the future, from our children, our grandchildren and beyond. >> when that giant handed actually came to south dakota, she didn't turn it away. she opened her hand and took the million dollars slated for her state to invest in local water projects. making housing more affordable and to build new daycare centers. governor noem, highlighted those spending plants in the budget address where she criticize the same bill. she just wanted to attack. which i guess is better than rejecting. it she even paraded around. there was mike dewine who said, -- and the governor also publicized his plans of investing 100 million dollars to expand high speed broadband. the second paragraph of that really said that the funding came from the american rescue plan act. desantis

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. >> the libertarian convention is being held in rapid city south dakota. what's the approach to improving college education? >> if you go back to the proposal that adam smith made in 1776 there used to be a greater connection between the players and the buyers like the administration the faculty. the payment b mechanism is presented to them and you usher in a financial incentive of both parties to improve the educational system. right now what we have is higher edys is financed through provids whether that's the government or student loans or her parents paying for a student to go to college. there's not a collection between the student and the university itself. what that does it. bad incentives for these different stakeholders in the houniversity system and there's not any feedback mechanism to say whether faculty are delivered and what they promised and whether the school is delivering what the student actually wants. those incentives entered into the equation and they can adjust to what it's providing. >> the u.s. news and world group group -- in your

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talking about this morning we start in south dakota. this blew up social media. >> yeah. >> people were angry. >> a hockey team's event drawing serious criticism. take a look. here's what's going on the sioux falls stampede hockey team held a dash for cash competition. these are ten teachers crawling around on the ice grabbing as much money as they can to buy class supplies. some thought it wrong to have teachers grab for money. some compared it to squid game. >> trevor: nothing like squid game. you don't need subtitles to realize how sad this is. if you win squid game, you keep the money. these teachers are debasing themselves to pay for textbooks that don't even teach slavery. this is is saddest thing. i get they were trying to help out the local teachers who need money for their classrooms but you realize they could have just given them the money. you didn't have to turn their need into our entertainment. can you imagine if lifeguards made you do, like, the dugy before they saved you? now you're there drowning and you're, like -- wou

. >> and libertarian convention at rapid city, south dakota, what's the libertarian approach to improving, changing higher education? >> i think go back to the proposal that adam smith made in 1776. there needs to be a greater connection between the payers and the administration and faculty. if you connect the payment mechanism to the product preserved and presented to them there might be a financial incentive of both parties to improve the educational system and right now we have higher he had financed through a lot of third party providers, whether that's the government or student loans or even something like your parents paying for a student to go to college, but there's really not much of a financial connection between the student and the provider either in the classroom or the university itself. and what that does, that creates bad incentives to where each of the different players, each of the different stake holders in the university system are seeking different things from the other and there's not really any feedback machine mechanism to say whether the students have the degrees t

. >> you were at freedom fest the libertarian convention in rapid city south dakota. once the libertarian approach toimproving , changing collegeeducation ? >> i say we go back to adam smith in 1776 and that is there needs to be a greater connection between higher education i.e. the students and the providers, that's the administration and faculty. if you connect the payment mechanism to the product presented you actually have a financial incentive by both parties to improve the educationalsystem . right now higher ed is financed through a lot of third-party providers whether it's the student government or student loans or something like their parents paying for a student to go to college but there's not much of a financial connection to the students and the provider in the classroom or the university itself. what it does is it creates bad incentives to where each of these different layers and stakeholders in theuniversity system are seeingvery different things than the other and there's hardly any feedback mechanism to say whether faculty are delivering on what they

for example, look at the state of south dakota. they're a beacon of hope in freedom in the fight against the never-ending covid rules and far left lunacy. here to explain more, kristi noem is here with us. governor, from the very beginning, you said to the people, the citizens in your state, you said we'll give you all the information and i trust that you'll make the right decision for you. that has served your state well and otherrti t republican gover, many of them, followed suit. so many of them with high density populations as well. >> we did and it worked. people were given personal responsibility, took that seriously and made good decisions and our state is now thriving. where those undictaters and democratic governors that made now we've overturned what the federal government's agenda is and these businesses are backing off. you've seen the news on some of these health care organizations like the cleveland clinic, other businesses saying we're not going to mandate anything. we recognize that we need people to van option, a c

brian: here to react south dakota governor kristi noem. so it's going to be a dark winter it looks like, governor. what do you plan on doing to your people? >> we plan on doing business as usual, and celebrating christmas. i think the president's outlook is focusing on the negatives. this country needs hope. they need to remember the promise of christmas, and the love they have for their families and friends and enjoy the season. brian: but the numbers are ris ing and he's concerned. are you? >> we're always concerned. we're doing the hard work of taking care of people, letting them use personal responsibility , to make the best decisions for themselves and their families, and then focusing on how we can get through challenging times together. south dakota has been an example to the country of how you do that with common sense, and protecting freedoms and i would encourage the president to consider taking some of the actions that we have. steve: for instance what? because to brian's point the numbers are rising, the number of hospitalizati

you're wondering what does a guy from the peris of south dakota care about maritime law? we have a lot of manufactured and agricultural goods. we've had the foreign flagged ocean carriers, many chinese owned and they've not been playing fair with american exports. 60% of the containers that they've been hauling back the asia have been hauling back empty. that is terrible. >> neil: so how do you resolve that? >> the ocean shipping reform act would do that. they passed it out of the house. it's headed to the senate. i think the senate will october on this. >> neil: what did you do? >> sure. it does a few things. it tells these for rip flagged ocean carriers they're not allowed to discriminate against american ag experts or any american cargo and makes it clear to these ocean carriers that they're not going to be allowed to hit american businesses with big fines and fees if those american businesses haven't done anything wrong with regard to the supply chain crunch. >> so if the issue is that we're not getting enough from areas in asia, china in particular, how would it addr

mandates in place and why south dakota and many other states and governors and attorney generals have challenged the federal government on this authority in court. it will be heard in january. and we'll win because this president has taken unprecedented action to impose on the liberties and freedoms of the american people and sometimes the only ones that are left to fight are the governors. >> either owe update the breaking news with steve harrigan. home of the cdc in atlanta. >> this white house covid response team meeting comes at a critical time when it comes to numbers. seven day average from the u.s. now according to john hopkins university setting a record at more than 265,000 cases per day. that's the seven day average. keep in mind hospitalizations and deaths are still climbing at a much slower rate. also just what you see around the country with the long lines for testing and a sense of desperation among many of those in line to try to get testing. the biden administration has really laid out the challenge and it is a basic one. they have shifted the isolation time for the cd

seven states, montana, north dakota, south dakota, oklahoma, delaware and vermont. hasn't shown up there yet. yesterday confirmed first cases there, and omicron not in san mateo, solano and contra costa counties. president biden expected to detail a new battle plan, speech set for tuesday as omicron is on track to become the dominant variant. white house says the president will announce new steps they're taking to respond to the challenges. new covid surge is once again causing chaos in sports. nfl had to reschedule three games because of covid-19 outbreaks and now changes coming to the safety protocols. among them, allowing high-risk players to opt out rest of the season and testing more targeted approach. fully vaccinated asymptomatic players won't be tested unless exposed or want test. before all were tested. >> way they live their lives, inside the practice facility and also outside, the critically important factor here. >> in three days, league has logged roughly00 case, despite vast majority being vaccinated. coronavirus coverage continues on our website, post

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. >> washington and in south dakota but you agree with the chance of the field trip spinning the natural resources i think that is true in addition to among many other symbols and also in the future and in the world today, events are taking place hundreds of millions of people and democratic rule, post livable and restore than in the previous years printed we still hope that there may be a time on the stairs of christmas and whee the 19 and so we could look forward to a future and. [inaudible]. in the family and friendships and treasure. [inaudible]. and through congress, and best wishes to you for a merry christmas and happy holiday season and now i'm going to ask my colleagues, to read christmas - is a beacon of hope and a symbol of our celebration of this holy season. [inaudible]. [cheering and applause]. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> history and the holidays holland, cspan.org/history, weakens on "c-span2" are an intellectual fees every saturday, american history tv tells america stories and on sunday, he brings you the latest nonfiction books and authors, funding for "c-span2"

it will be spent somewhere else other than south dakota. it will be incurred by the country and our people will still suffer the consequences of that spending. >> what do you make of all of this? we're seeing more of this, people announcing projects in their congressional district that was funded by the decision they voted against. >> a number of republicans in congress who have also touted the projects that have come out of the american rescue plan or sort of tried to reap the benefits even though it was passed by democrats. all republicans opposed it. you'll see the infrastructure bill as well. there were some republicans at the state level who did welcome this assistance and i think it goes back to the idea that the impact of the pandemic is still being felt very much across the country in terms of its economic impact, the -- what we've seen with the lingering issues with inflation, supply chain on schools, hospitals. i'm not surprised a lot of republicans still feel the need to try and express support or act like they are actually benef

dakota [ laughter ] well, this is encouraging. i read that despite supply chain issues, ups and the postal service have improved their on time deliveries compared to last year's holiday season that's right they now deliver that slip that says, "sorry we missed you right on time. [ laughter and applause "right on time i was here all day." i saw that lg has a new battery powered tv that you can wheel around on a stand to watch anywhere yeah, a tv on wheels it is perfect if you've ever dreamt of being a substitute teacher from 1997. [ laughter ] and get this, uber eats just made its first-ever delivery to space after a japanese billionaire bought food from the app to astronauts on the international space station. yeah that's how tough the economy is right now. a billionaire is working for uber eats. [ laughter ] well, this is interesting. a new study found that rocket scientists and brain surgeons are not any smarter than the general population that's gotta be a great study to read right before you're wheeled in for brain surgery rig

montana, north dakota, south dakota, oklahoma, indiana, delaware and vermont. omicron variant continues to make its way across the bay area. yesterday, officials confirmed the first case of the variant. so far, omicron is not found in san mateo. president biden is expected to deliver a major speech on tuesday focused on the new phase of the pandemic. the president will announce steps the administration is taking to help struggling communities and how the team plans to respond to the challenges. he is also expected to issue another strong warning to the unvaccinated. he warned them of severe illness and death this winter. our coronavirus coverage continues on our web site. we have latest on the omicron variant and covid testing and mask mandates. all in one place at nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. >>> snl is scaling back the show. that news coming hours before show time. "saturday night live" will not fans allowed inside to watch the taping. snl is making the move because of the rise in covid cases. the show will limit in-person cast and crew. musical guests charlie

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calling my boys up in south dakota, telling them i'm coming home. that was a wonderful call to make. >> reporter: but while that was going on, across the courtroom -- do you remember that moment? >> i do. >> reporter: yeah. almost like you lost him all over again? >> i remember walking out of there and thinking, and it turned out exactly the way i thought it would. why did you waste our time? >> reporter: did he? ken thompson didn't think so, of course. but -- >> of course, i was disappointed. my heart fell, but i truly was more at peace that people got to hear it all. because a jury said he was not guilty, i don't think that changes things. for most people they either believed he did or believed he didn't. >> reporter: what do you believe? >> he got away with murder. >> reporter: clearly not what the jury believed. we ask judge greg pinski. who spoke to the jurors after the trial. >> this was an incredibly tough case to prove. it was a tough case to prove in 1998. it became an incredibly tough case to prove in 2015. >> reporter: what did the jury t

south dakota. senator john thune says while he still encourages americans to get their shots. and i say that as somebody who like some of my colleagues. >> his pro vaccine. he calls the mandate federal overreach something that the federal government should be interfering with indiana republican senator mike braun spearheaded the effort at a wednesday press are he said the mandate would hurt not help the economy. when you put it in these terms either get it or you lose your job. you're on the wrong side of the issue. but democrats say it's republicans on the wrong side. my friends, america. we're in the middle of a public health crisis. senate majority leader chuck schumer slammed the effort wednesday. it's crazy. he says republicans are ignoring science to score political points. and what is the science show. the more people get vaccinated. the greater chance. we have to eliminate or and certainly greatly reduce the virulence. >> and widespread of this of this disease. the wednesday vote is largely symbolic and the white house has already vowed to push back if it comes to the

dakota. former senator heidi heitkamp is with us to talk about rural voters in the 2022 election. good morning, senator. guest: good morning, how are you? host: good morning. your one country project is to look at issues important to rural voters. you are the founder. talk about it and what your mission is doing. guest: i want to start out by giving people a history lesson of the politics of the great plains. 20 years ago you had tom daschle, tim johnson, senators from south dakota. you at max baucus. you had a good list in the great plains in terms of united states senators. that is all but evaporated. there's only one left in the great plains, and that is john castor -- that is john kester, and he is fortunate enough to have the mountain region in montana he needs to get over the finish line electoral relate. -- electorally. you have to ask is a democrat and as an american what has happened in the great plains and what has happened in rural america, whether it is the rural south or the mid-