and the collective wisdom of the people of north dakota, and individualism of the individuals in north dakota, i learned something to not be taken for granted nor wasted. which is why in my service to the house, and here get in the senate, i spend so much time holding town halls of all types so that i would not rob myself of the value and benefits of the collective wisdom of the people that i serve. and so i am just so grateful to senator hoven, he is a skilled and accomplished leader. he works tirelessly and you all know that. you have to be when you're from north dakota. he has relentless in pursuit of things for north dakota. he's been a great friend and mentor. i am thankful for his partnership now, and his willingness to work with me into the future as you did when i was on the public service commission. as we go forward, i do have a couple of thoughts about some challenges. as i talked about this accessibility issue, this opportunity that we have particularly in small states to know the people we work for really well. and for them to know us really well. and to collect their wisd

in his pursuit of things for north dakota. he has been a great, great friend and a great mentor. i'm thankful for his partnership now and his willingness to work with me into the future as he did when i was on the public service commission. but as we go forward, i do have a couple of thoughts about some challenges. as i talked about this accessibility issue, this opportunity that we have, particularly in small states, to know the people we work for really well and for them to have the opportunity to know us really well and to collect their wisdom, i fear a little bit that the lessons learned from being so close to the people are lost in this town, in this town. not so much by members of congress, but i am a fervent advocate of the administration and their officials getting out to our small towns and into the towns of north dakota and other towns throughout our country. it's an area where i think the trump administration hasexcelled beyond anybody. in fact, i believe this president to be the most successful president since abra

agents fanned out around north dakota., in a little place called mandan, there he was. >> what was he doing? >> he was over at his girlfriend's friend's apartment. >> that is the apartment of a friend of peyton. the chief's daughter. >> we had guys stake out around it, doing surveillance on it. as we drove by, i recognized him. and i knew that was him. >> on the street. >> we hopped out, told him to show us his hands. >> he was surrounded by cops, guns drawn and pointed. so what happened then was very odd. >> he had his hands in his pockets. kept telling him to show me his hands. he had this stupid smirk on his face. we helped him to the ground. he's smiling up at me and asked me, you know, hey, how are you? he instantly went into like trying to charm us. >> trying to pull a con on the cop. >> yeah, like he was going to build rapport and we were going to be buddies? >> bizarre though the arrest was, james henrikson was in custody. sarah, no choice, had to stay in deep cover, hiding in a secret shelter. unable to call frien

the answer is, north dakota.tates with the best economic outlook. this is a series we're doing all week. number three, north dakota. lauren simonetti is here. why, what is so good about north dakota they're number three? >> they have a lot of jobs. in fact, oil, mining, manufacturing, even drone technology. they have a waiver from the faa to test beyond the line of sight drones. this all brought in workers. now they're having trouble finding people to fill those jobs. 3,000 job openings, second lowest unemployment rate in the u.s. so -- stuart: have you ever been in north dakota? >> minot, north dakota to the bakken shale area. stuart: that is why they are big on drones. it is dead flat, there is virtually no people there. you let your drone fly all over the place. >> but the population has grown for the past 10 years. when the company went into recession they started fracking. so they never really experienced the recession. quite the opposite. they encourage businesses by physical jobs, workers' compensation is

usmca is so important to north dakota. north dakota is a lot like iowa.e border canada and we do $6 billion of exports a year, 88% of which is with canada and mexico. mexico and canada are very important to north dakota. if perfection is the enemy of better, than we do not get good deals. people cannot negotiate a perfect deal. david: if this is something that is good for americans, why not get it into effect right away? time is wasting. you get more benefits, and as you know we have mitch mcconnell saying we cannot take it up until we are done with impeachment. we are into the new year, art we? sen. cramer: we do have this thing called the law we have to deal with. the calendar kicks into impeachment once we receive the articles of impeachment. we might be able to take christmas off. that is a complicated factor. however, speaking for me, i would stay through this weekend, next week, next weekend, up to christmas if that is what it took to get usmca done. it is that important to get that thangood it has more value $6 billion from north dakota. it is also

for example, north dakota. there aren't too many redder states than north dakota and they are 64% of likely voters, including 55% of republicans agree the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide should become the president. we also found that a majority of north dakota voters polled would vote yes in a ballot initiative that said thatter that electo t votes would go to the winner of the 2020 election, as long as a blue state with the same number of electoral votes also approved such a measure. think about that for a second. we know that the current system is not how we should approve our leaders, should choose our leaders. millions don't understand it and it deprives millions more of a meaningful vote. in fact, 100 million americans don't vote for a president at all. but can you blame them? when just a dozen or maybe just four or five will determine who that person will be. we choose all of our other elected officials the same way. whoever gets the most votes wins and every person has an equal vote. why do

the gentleman from north dakota. >> i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. bill rakus. >> thank you, madam speaker. i wanted to thank my republican colleagues that have defended the contusion, the rule of law under difficult circumstances, madam speaker. madam speaker, you know, it's a darn shame that we have found ourselves in this position today. every time i step in to this chamber, i'm humbled to be serving in the greatest legislative body in the history of the world. however, it's deeply disappointing that the hyper partisanship that have gripped this country has made its way into this chamber. i pride myself on being a consensus builder that works across the aisle too get things done for the american people. but when it comes to the matter of impeachment, i have no doubted that the entire process has been politically motivated. there's absolutely no evidence that president trump committed an impeachable offense, which is why i will vote no. this whole process has been a ploy to circumvent the will of the people by removing a duly-elected president of 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

. >> gentleman from north dakota. >> madam speaker, i yield one and a half minutes to my friend from texas, mr. herd. >> gentleman's recognized for one and a half minutes. >> throughout this process, the american people have learned of bungling foreign policy decisions. but we have not heard evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of bribery or extortion. allegations of these two crimes aren't even mentioned in the articles of impeachment being debated today. but today, we have seen a rushed process divide our country. today, accusations have been hurled at each other. questioning one another's integrity. today, a dangerous precedent will be set. impeachment becoming a weaponized political tool. we know how this partisan process will end this evening. but what happens tomorrow? can this chamber put down our swords and get back to work for the american people? this institution has a fabled history of passing legislation that has not only changed our country but has inspired the world. this feat has been possible because this experiment we call america has one perpetual goal. make a more pe

i represented a traditionally red state, north dakota. i was a democrat. i represented a red state for 30 years but i felt strongly about a lot of issues. i would speak out and i'll give you an example. i did not feel that we should write in the u.s. constitution a prohibition against desecrating the flag. i love the flag. love this country but i did not think that belonged in the constitution. the supreme court had ruled the desecration was a matter of speech. and so, i voted against that provision. and my constituents were upset about that. i went home and i spoke to the american legion and i said, here's. that was the big issue. here is how i voted in here is why. because i believe the constitution is a document that should not include that. and, even though i love the flag, the next up would be somebody burns a bible. should we not protect the bible? so it goes with respect to the first amendment. that putting something in the constitution that prohibits gay marriage. i didn't believe that belonged to the constitution. there's lots of things that were

we'll get insight from the white house and senator kevin cramer from north dakota. i want to get his read on the economic impact of usmca. >>> now you're talking their language. amazon, apple, google, they all want to streamline your devices so they can get along together in your home. is this move to help you the consumer or fatten their pockets? by the way, do you even trust them? this is not a gender wage gap, it's a crater, a woman would have to wait 250 years to wait as much as men. all that and so much more on making money. ♪. >> the senate exists for moments like this. that is why this body has the ultimate say in impeachments. >> i heard some of what mitch mcconnell said today, and it reminded me our founders when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i don't think they suspected we could have a rogue president and leader in the senate at the same time. neil: charles: house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell facing the nation less than 24 hours after democrats voted to impeach presiden

and i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electoral college said -- awfully close in terms of popular votes. then every vote would count, and candidates would have an incentive to try and maximize the turnout even in places like north dakota. you know, one of the things when we dissected hillary clinton's loss, one of the things that kept coming up was not whether she visited pennsylvania or michigan but that the analytics on the team said go to the places where your votes are. and instead of going to places where she lost 80/20 and might have moved it, they ignored those areas. if you're looking at a reality where the votes count as they do within states, the smart thing to do is go everywhere and make sure you can get votes even in places and counties and states that you would lose. so i think what we would see is television adds in places like north dakota which of course are very cheap. you'd see a ground campaign. because if you're going to lose by, as richard nixon did in 1960, one vote per precinct, and you know you could shift two, you're goin

the gentleman from north dakota. mr. armstrong: madam speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bilirakis: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank my republican colleagues who have toiled honorably in defense of the constitution, rule of law, under difficult circumstances, madam speaker. you know, madam speaker, it's a darn shame that we have found ourselves in this position today. every time i step into this chamber, i'm humbled to be serving in the greatest legislative body in the history of the world. however, it's deeply disappointing that the hyperpartisanship that has gripped this country has made its way into this chamber. i pride myself on being a consensus builder who works across the aisle who gets things done for the american people, but when it comes to the matter of impeachment, i have no doubt that the entire process has been politically motivated. there is absolutely no evidence that president trump committed an

coming up thursday morning, as part of authors week, former north dakota senator byron dorgan will join us. he will talk about challenges facing native americans today book.is new and white house correspondent john gizzy will be on to talk about impeachment and campaign 2020. be sure to watch live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. be sure to watch authors week all this week starting at 8:00 a.m. >> tonight on c-span journalist and author john miller on the history of journalism and fake news. hosted by the liberty forum in silicon valley. >> i am reminded of all the presidents men. terrific movie, great movie. also had a bad effect on journalism because it encouraged a lot of young people 0 go into journalism who thought the purpose of journalism was to bring down a government. you know, there's always been an adversarial side of journalism. you have to be willing to ask hard questions. that's all true, but it brought in a kind of crusader element to journalism. a lot of young people in that a swept away by woodward and bernstein portrayed on film by robert redford

in north dakota, vehicles skidding off the highways. white-out conditions making it difficult for drivers to see. snow plows struggling to keep roads clear. extreme blizzard conditions in south dakota. a plane carrying 12 people on a thanksgiving hunting trip crashing shortly after takeoff, killing nine people including two prominent idaho businessmen, two children and the pilot. this massive storm first hitting the west, a desperate search underway in arizona for a little girl. she and her family swept away in a vehicle friday by raging floodwaters. two other children died. more than 20 inches of snow burying parts of minnesota. stranded cars littering the streets and highways. this truck skidding dangerously on the road. airports across the country reporting more than 5,000 delays and nearly 1,000 cancellations. >> the drive to get here was absolutely crazy. i never saw the airport quite this bad. if you're coming to the airport, leave early. >> alex perez joins us now from chicago's o'hare. controlled chaos behind you. alex, airlines

the coldest spot anywhere tomorrow morning will be fargo, north dakota, where it's going to be feeling-- look at that one-- like 37 degrees below zero. those folks know how to bundle up, norah. >> o'donnell: oh, that's tough. lonnie, thank you. >> you bet. >> o'donnell: daybreak in new zealand came with grim news today. the death toll from monday's volcanic eruption rose to six. tonight we're learning more about the terribly burned victims, which include an american couple on their honeymoon. ramy inocencio is in new zealand. >> reporter: what was a rescue operation just a day ago is now a mission to recover the bodies of eight missing tourists on an adventure that ended in disaster. paramedic russell clark got the first ground-level look at the aftermath of the eruption. he found no survivors. >> it was like-- like i've seen the "chernobyl" mini series. there was just-- everybody was blanketed in ash. i can't imagine what it was like for people who were there at the time. >> reporter: 47 people, including nine americans, were touring the volcano when it erupted. dozens remain hospital

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. cramer: mr. president, before i give my comments about an upcoming nominee, i want to say in response to senator kennedy, i agree 100%. thank you. mr. president, later today the senate will have the opportunity to vote on president trump's second nomination to the u.s. district court for north dakota, my friend dan traynor. i've known dan a long time. that's why i was honored to recommend him to the president and was pleased when the president nominated him earlier this year. dan received his bachelor's degree from the university of north dakota and a juris doctorate from the school of law and clerked for the legendary chief justice vanderwahl, before returning home where he joined his family's law firm and where he works today. since that time, he has spent a couple of decades in various capacities of law practicing various tapes of law, including serving as city attorney for devil's lake. serving as both a prosecutor and defender in federal court are the main qualifications i think he brings to

i represented a traditionally red state, north dakota. i was a democrat.30resented a red state f years but i felt strongly about a lot of issues. i would speak out and i -- i'll give you an example. i did not feel that we should write in the u.s. constitution a prohibition against desecrating the flag. i love the flag. love this country but i did not think that belonged in the constitution. the supreme court had ruled the desecration was a matter of speech. and so, i voted against that provision. and my constituents were upset about that. i went home and i spoke to the american legion and i said, here's. that was the big issue. here is how i voted in here is why. because i believe the constitution is a document that should not include that. and, even though i love the flag, the next up would be somebody burns a bible. should we not protect the bible? so it goes with respect to the first amendment. that putting something in the constitution that prohibits gay marriage. i didn't believe that belonged to the constitution. there's lots of things that were trou

. >> gentleman from north dakota. >> madam chair, it's nice to see you here, chairman schiff. it would've been nice to have either you or the whistle-blower present in either the judiciary or the oversight hearings. and i think we are continuing to neglect the four key facts of this. the transcript is out, everybody can read it. the american people can read it. there is no conditionality or aid discussed on that call. yes, ma'am? >> go ahead. >> the two principles on that call, president trump and president zelensky said there was no pressure. president zelensky has basically screamed from the rooftops on numerous occasions that there was no pressure, no bribery, no quid pro quo. the ukrainian government got the money and didn't know the aid was being paused, and no investigation was announced that a meeting with the president took place and it was released. with that i would yield -- >> reminded to address the remarks to the chair. >> and with that i would yield a minute and a half of my time for my friend from missouri, mr. smith. >> thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker,

plus, north dakota is a right-to-work state.s our third day of doing this, neil and we're seeing similar themes throughout. low taxes, business-friendly regulations. neil: you know it all comes together. it is a common theme like you say. lauren, thank you very, very much. the woman does not sleep. >>> while washington is consumed with impeachment, house minority whip steve scalise saying issues like health care, deficit, anything else not getting done. take a look. >> this is one of many things that congress is not getting done because of impeachment. we would have lower drug prices today because of impeachment. we have talked about usmca for months. it should have been signed into law six months ago but then you got impeachment. there are things we can do to get our deficit under control. neil: all right, but that is not getting done. democrats counter a lot of things are getting done. they have been busy as bees in the house. runs into opposition as brick wall in the senate. who knows what reality is. house judiciary committe

meanwhile, residents in north and south dakota are dealing with life threatening traveling conditionsr own shutting down parts of the internet to keep people safe it took a team effort in north dakota to get it van back on the road, while one adorable dog decided to forge its own path and brave the blizzard as more than 115 million expected travelers in the u.s. set records this holiday season, final preparations in new york city's time square are under way before new year's eve revellers around the world fill the streets and count down to a new decade there are flight delays and cancellations to get you up to date with. there have about nearly 6,000 delays over the last 24 hours and hundreds of cancellations. the three worst airports to fly into or out of, chicago, minneapolis and denver as you say, some good news, the sun is going to come out here in new york city soon it's going to be dry and probably above freezing on new year's eve i'll be out on 43rd street or so i'll have a spot saved for both of you. >> we'll see you about 48 hours from now, steph. we appreciate it. >> let's g

the pentagon launching a probe into the $400 million contract just awarded to a north dakota company.ob: the decision may have been political. >> reporter: it started with a request by democrats any thompson to look at, quote, inappropriate influence on the army court decision to issue contract citing the president's endorsement of that company. in signaling an upcoming audit the pentagon watchdog said yesterday it will look at the contract to ensure, quote, solicitation standards. the head of the north dakota company was on our show in april, said there will be nothing to find. >> i wanted to give him as an expert the exact cost to build these and the time it will take, these agent needed and need it now. as an american i want to do what we can do to protect every single american on both sides. >> reporter: a district court ruling in favor of the aclu, the judge saying the executive branch was trying to build the wall without congress. another court ruling in favor of el paso county which argued the wall would cause irreparable harm. the white house responding to both of these, the s

in burly county, north dakota will vote on the move today, this comes months after president trump signedxecutive order given local governments the right to opt out, supporters say refugees could put a drain on social service programs, schools and police and critics argue that that will not happen since they only see a handful of refugees a year. well, to fox news alert for you, saudi national charged with killing 3 members, service members while training along side of them is now the focus of the terror investigation. >> our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone or was he a part of a larger network. heather: jim hanson says the military needs to rethink its vetting process for who they invite to train in the u.s. and he joins us up next. and switching gears completely, that banana duck taped to an art gallery wall, remember that? well, it is now 120,000 snack, the controversial new replacement after someone peeled it right off. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything w

just about the how to partition on the just 947 and the stunning 200-1000 via north dakota on another body should we stand with the muslim community of this country and our correspondent in the wall has more on where this citizenship bill is now headed. i thought that a recount didn't do a damn bit of interbred when they're behind me here in florida a little hard to imagine i'm going to see if it been found that i burst out of boredom with me but in the wrong that the wrong thing for the voter to migron from there will be any good go to heaven demography or better yet in addition that us the rules that are challenging the fact that as boom boom gone for the service on the basis of religion and wars against the secular principle this country was founded on analysts are already saying that if this will continue the sales will bottom line we will have to look to the green court of india to ensure that india secular fabric is preserved. in the philippines the government agency on population and development says the country is facing what it calls a national emergency when it comes to teen

visit ncicap.org] morning, up thursday former north dakota senator byron dorion will join us to talk about challenges facing native americans today, from his new book "the girl in the photograph." and talking about impeachment and campaign 2020. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. be sure to watch authors week all this week starting at 8:30 a.m. >> here's a look at some of our featured programming this holiday week, thursday at 5:45, a joint economic committee hearing on the high cost of raising a family. at 9:10, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. >> there are three types of constitutional abuses, with the former slaves and their allies, they would have their right to vote taken away, and the right to be self-sufficient taken away, you actually hear these horror stories of a freemen being forced to go back and work for former slaveowners because of occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to be self-sufficient. >> watch this h

they are home to north dakota's agriculture experiment center, the global institute of food security, and the center for regional climate studies. south dakota state has issued dozens of studies on climate change, including what it will mean for the state's groundwater supply, maze and wheat crops and precipitation levels. heading south, the university of mississippi and mississippi state are studying what climate change will mean for sediment flows, droughts, watersheds, and water quality. they are looking at what climate change will mean for mississippi's vitally important rice crop, a crop that supports hundreds of rice farms in the state. and they do good coastal climate work with the sea grant program. auburn, the university of alabama tuscaloosa, and the university of alabama-huntsville, produced 140 climate papers that are in the council's study here. you would never know that from the alabama delegation. auburn has an international center for climate and global change research, and university of alabama does climate change research at its earth system science center. iowa stat

chaos on the roads in north dakota, with interstate 29 closed from the south dakota state line all the way up to canada. i-94 shut down from fargo to bismarck. parts of the midwest and northeast, especially near the great lakes, could see up to a foot of additional snow. the northeast could also see more freezing rain, ice and sleet. meteorologist ivan cabrera has the latest for us. >> we have the ice storm across the northeast, that is developing into a huge event. we have a blizzard warning across the dakotas. there, it's all snow because it's all cold. it will be accumulating snowfall. we can handle that. the purpose until eastern new york and parts of central and western massachusetts, northwestern connecticut, all under an ice storm warning, for the potential, half an inch, three-quarters of an inch of ice. that's the kind of weight that you will bring down power lines all over the place. and any untreated surfaces will be a mess and impossible to travel through, as we head through the next several hours and the remainder of today. further north, it is know. the radar picking up o

are you guys in north dakota hurting? >> you know, we continue to grow.5 billion barrels of oil a day. that's a new record for us and it continues to go up. now, how much we can drill is dictated by the oil service industry and because of the workers that come in to complete the well. you've seen slowdown in some areas but we are a very low-cost producer so we are continuing to grow. stuart: the price of oil today is $60 a barrel. can you make a profit in north dakota at 60 bucks a barrel? >> oh, yeah. we certainly can. as a result of the technology development that we are doing, not only do you get better environmental stewardship as far as your last comment there in regard to goldman sachs, we are producing more oil and gas with better environmental stewardship and the price at the pump today for a gallon of gas is about $2.50. think what that would be if we had to rely on the middle east or other parts of the world instead of what we are doing here in america. stuart: do you think i went too far, mr. senator, by putting my hand on my heart and sort of

in north dakota, interstate 29 closed from the south dakota state line all the way up to canada.4 shut down from fargo to bismarck. parts of the midwest and northeast, especially near the great lakes, could see up to a foot of additional snow. the northeast could also see more freezing rain, ice and sleet. >>> let's get a check of cnn business to start the week. looking at markets around the world. pretty mixed performance here. european shares look like they have opened slightly lower. on wall street, futures are leaning a tad higher here. stocks are ending the year strongly. the dow closed up 24 points friday. that's a record high. the s&p 500, just barely ended up. that was enough for a record high. a new year, higher wages. a record 72 jurisdictions, that's 24 states, 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages. most will kick in january 1st. new york's pay raise is set to begin december 31st. the federal minimum has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. earlier, the house passed the raise the wage act, to make a 15 bucks the national standard. the bill didn't mak

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listen to how republican congressman kelly armstrong of north dakota framed his defense of presidentto this. >> so here we are tonight on an ambiguous abuse of power charge. this began the day president trump was elected, and it's culminated here. but this never-ending march towards impeachment and overturning the results of the 2016 election has consequences. because you are telling 63 million voters that you don't respect or honor their vote. >> joining us now, congressman kelly armstrong of north dakota. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. and very briefly, give us your strategy. what is likely to happen over the next several hours? >> we are going to continue to make our case why these articles of impeachment are ill-advised, streamlined and moving forward on an artificial data but clock and a calendar. this has gone incredibly fast. it's -- the smallest record in history and we're going to do everything we can to supplement that record. >> are you planning personally on introducing an amendment? >> right now i'm not planning on doing it, but we'll see how the rest of the

the storm overturning semis from north dakota to connecticut. and in pennsylvania, one driver was killed when his suv spun out of control authorities urging drivers to be careful with more snow on the way. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, morristown, new jersey >>> this is tom costello in a snow-covered cornfield in south dakota, the tragic end to a thanksgiving weekend hunting trip of 12 family members aboard, only 3 survived the ntsb now inspecting the remains of the single-engine pc-12 near the small town of chamberlain. sources say the plane had been sitting for more t takeoff around 12:35 saturday on an icy runway the plane went down just a mile from the airport in tblthen turned to ice, which then turned to snow mixed with incredibly high wind conditions >> reporter: on board, a prominent idaho falls family returning home they had also worked to alleviate hunger overseas jim hansen jr. and kirk hansen, founders of the kyani nutritional supplement company, were killed along with their father, sons, sons-in-law and a grandson, including two minors

. >> high-yield back i now recognize the gentleman from north dakota. >> thank you misterchairman and i think the chairman does have a myspace account . >> doctor latham, you seem like you wanted to respond so i'll give you a little chance . >> .. what is driving the price is the quality much of the ad and how it's written and whether the landing page for the edge goes to his relative end so whether google is rewarding its quality of advertising. he makes an interesting case that a service once you create an ad that is also an issue of who amongst the plumbing industry will organize to invest in google. it could be there's also reflects the competition of the plumbing side and the other part is if you are the consumer you want to have the information in the ad format gives you a lot of things to look at. i only say that because it's not a fact that the highest top level as paid the most and in some fields like asbestos those keywords could be worth $5000 a click. they are clever around using that but there is many other areas that are not used at all and the clicks could be assent. it

two children the area was under a winter storm warning at the ime dangerous conditions also in north dakota, as heavy snow made for treacherous driving. out west, parts of northern california got feet of fresh powder on the slopes. >> only in tahoe you go from the lake to full on winter >> reporter: in the middle of the country, blizzard conditions and high waves lake superior shut down part of plus, bad weather in michigan, where heavy, wet snow cut off power to tens of thousands meantime, as the storm pushes east, it is slow going for millions making the journey home after the holiday. a plane landing in buffalo slid off the runway >> the weather and the icing is an issue for the airfield. it's one of the bigger challenges they have because it is hard to keep up with. >> reporter: later that afternoon, blanketed, snowy conditions slowed down drivers in the state. >> it was farther west and a few accidents there. >> reporter: metlife stadium got so much snow during the packers/giants game, shovels marked every five yards. the first day of december moving in strong. unloading a dangerous mi

just in north dakota in 2014 at 2015 they were flaring as much as 20%.ook at places like russia with flaring in the double digits. texas has a very low percentage of its gas that is flaring and the result is, if we produce more gas in texas, that a lower percentage of the gas that is flared. alix: what do you say to the company that says, i'm connecting to this pipeline and i pay this rate but you are allowing them to flare? what do you say to that pushback? ryan: when companies agree to pay a rate, they do that as the pipeline is being connected. they agreed that the rate before they ever get involved. it's very rare that you have the situation where the pipeline company was already connected then they were trying to do a new rate. it's because the company, the producer they had bought the wells from went bankrupt. this is a unique case that almost never happens. alix: that was my interview with the texas railroad commissioner. and it is the end of an era. a billionaire announcing he will step down as chief executive of continental resources. it is a sh

the 32-year-old mother of five vanished from the fort berthold indian reservation in new town, north dakota. she was last seen driving a pickup truck. lone bear says authorities were slow in launching their search after she was reported missing. >> you look at all these people that want to step in and they did not allow them to. soledad: he says it took months to have boats searched the nearby lake. by then, the seasons had changed. >> if they would have said yes to every agency that wanted to search the water and they worked with the family, we could have got that water searched six times already. but they don't want that. and now, we're sitting here with a frozen lake and wondering. look at all this effort we are throwing in to find this truck, and what if it's sitting under the water the whole time? tribal p.d. will have to answer for that. soledad: nine months after she disappeared, volunteers using sonar found the truck with olivia's body inside submerged in a lake less than a mile from her home. >> we want to make a protocol, that will help other families so they don't have to jump th

the mayor is setting examples in north dakota and georgia. races were customer owned utilities can work. that's what they want to do for pg&e. he said everyone has to go dig deep to get this utility back on solid footing. >> the reality will all have to accept is that we as payers as customers we are on the hook for this. and if we are going to be on the hook, we better on it. >> reporter: san jose mayor and nancy 140 other local leaders across most tng territories have signed on to a plan that would. seven guiding principles that would govern the purchase of the utility. >> at the root of all of this is that need for 10 sentences of billion dollars for this. i have suffered from years of lack of maintenance. >> reporter:, the seven principles, pg&e refers contracts will remain in place. the new company will operate as though it is a public agency for greater transparency and the customer owned utility will be able to invest more post bankruptcy dollars into infrastructure. >> it looks like serious efforts to address the problem. >> reporter:

whiteout conditions making it difficult for drivers in north dakota. in minnesota, more than 1 1/2 feet of snow buried parts of the state, leaving snow piles struggling to keep up as drivers abandoned their vehicles on the highway. cars buried underneath these huge drifts in duluth. the cleanup under way in deadwood, south dakota. after the storm dropped nearly a foot of snow there and the extreme blizzard conditions in the state turned deadly. a plane carrying 12 people crashed shortly after takeoff, killing nine people, including two prominent idaho businessmen, two children, and the pilot. now as the storm moves toward the east coast, cities from new york to boston could see a wintry mix of rain and sleet complicating monday's commute. >> drivers should use extreme caution if they need to be on the road, and they should avoid traveling if they can in areas of heavy snowfall. >> reporter: this as a new storm is building on the west coast already dumping snow on parts of washington state. so let's get the latest on these storms east and west. >> accuw

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: beg the indulgence of the senator from montana. i ask unanimous consent that senators graham, tester, and murray be allowed to complete their brief remarks before the vote previously scheduled for 5:00 p.m. i thought the senator from montana might agree to that. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from montana. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i will be brief and it's not just because of johnny isakson. every one of us could sit here on the floor and talk about him for ad nauseam. by the way, johnny, i've been watching this on tv. i appreciate you being on the floor listening to this stuff. it's great. you're a great man. mr. tester: it doesn't escape me we're standing in the united states senate, a senate where a body that has seen so many great senators over the years. we go back and can have a history lesson on clay and calhoun and murray and wheeler and mansfield

idaho, north dakota, minnesota and manitoba are the hot spots.ording to bloomberg news, cold and wet weather this year has all but ruined the crop. at the same time french my demands are off the charts. there's a surplus on the east coast. >> what is the world coming to? >> i need fries. can i have that one thing? >> and hash browns and everything potato. >> in this political climate? in this economy? at least give us the one thing. >> let's go. a look at live doppler 7. let me put this into motion and show you it's moving due north. marin and sonoma county have the possibility, the best chance of wet weather while most of us are under a mostly cloudy and dry pattern for today. with temperatures and hints of sunshine coming up just a little bit from 57 in lake port to 59 in richmond. 60 to 63 degrees. tonight our next push moves in. the north will be a little clearer and cooler early. that's why you're in the mid-to upper 40s. here is how future radar stands out at 7:00 this morning. watch the wet weather fall apart along the coast. there's a spr

host: kelly armstrong serves north dakota.e is on the issue did -- judiciary, oversight and reforms committees. and now john mcardle. i just wanted to remind viewers where we are when it comes to articles of impeachment. we are goinginutes to get our first look at the articles. they will be unveiled by nancy, and several top committee chairs at a press conference on capitol hill. this is the reporting from the new york times, several officials said that those articles are focused on two charges. president trump violated his oath of office by putting political concerns over the national interest command that stonewalled he congress in attempts to investigate. this is the notice of the press conference. it is being called an announcement. bycy pelosi will be joined jerrold nadler, adam schiff, waters maloney, maxine and eliot engel. those are the chairs that have been leading democrat's investigations into the trump administration. the washington post, in their reporting, takes a look at the potential calendar going forward. art

so they're in fargo, north dakota.second one too. >> wow. >> as in a mail delivery truck there. >> there are whiteout conditions there, so amazing to have these people on the road, glad everybody's safe. >>> okay, remember, hurricane irma, it happened a couple of years ago. florida was really impacted. a lot of caribbean islands were impacted. well, a cat went missing. and christmas eve, this cat. >> no. >> look at little eva there. >> no. >> she was found outside a county sheriff's station in hillsborough county. >> that kitty said, not today, i'm coming home. >> my nine lives are still going strong. >> i love it so much. >> little eva was microchipped, already taken home. so congratulations. >> welcome home, eva, we're glad you're back. >>> finally, before we go this half hour, we'd like to take a moment to recognize the passing of a member of the abc family. >> mel jackson worked as a cameraman, boom operator, and technical director on a variety of shows including "world news now," "gma," "nightline," "world news to

parts of the midwest blasted by snow in north dakota, blizzard-like conditions forced officials to shut down parts of i-94. these pictures taken less than ten minutes after plows tried to clear roads. to the south, drivers faced a different dilemma. dangerous winds blowing cars right off the roads in arkansas. all part of a massive winter storm churning across the country since christmas eve. the system starting in california and slowly heading east winter weather alert stretched from the dakotas to maine, impacting more than 24 million people down south, at least 27 million more are bracing for severe weather that can bring damaging wind gusts and even tornados delays are piling up caused by snow and ice at debit nations in colorado and idaho where temperatures didn't drop, some took advantage. the weather in columbus, ohio, so warm and rainy, dedicated kayakers ran indian run falls, cruising the swollen winter currents despite having the heaviest days of holiday travel behind us, the road to 2020 is looking anything but smooth and here in miami, flights have been on schedule for the m

and in north dakota, snow and ice made for treacherous travel conditions for drivers. meteorologist jeff berardelli is here. jeff, how bad is this going to be, and when will we see it? >> so, it's happening right now. it's going to probably last onother two days, and the worst of it-- this will be a serious snowstorm for the upper midwest, northern plain states, dakotas. tae to two feet of snow, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. ur careful, folks. jet stream diving to the south, lifting all the warmth and movement from the gulf of mexico, and the collision zone between cold and warm is where is storm is taking shape. now, as you can see, imperatures tomorrow will rocket up into the 60s in places like chicago. 130 record warm temperatures across the country through monday are possible. let's take it hour by hour. e owers, thunderstorms, some of them severe, from kansas city east of dallas as well. north of that, it's all snow in the dakotas. again, this is going to be a serious snowstorm. mainly rain in chicago. that will help a little with flight delays, but still ra