on the navajo nation we're going through our second wave. not go through one of the waves this country has gone through and it's because of navajo leadership and the health care professionals doing the very best to push back on this virus. of course, we have a high percentage of those most vulnerable population in our lands, you know, people that have diabetes, cardio vascular disease, cancer and so we've lost over 750 of our navajo relatives here. our thoughts and prayers go out to them. but i think that we are doing our very best with the limited resources that we have to fight this virus. matter of fact, right now we are talking with dr. burla literally on the live stream the ceo of pfizer 3,900 doses of pfizer and all of it, much of it has been given out to our health care professionals and we're anticipating the entire shipment, 7,800 moderna shot to come into the navajo nation. some are here and some are still arriving. so, we are hopeful that we can start beginning to use the tier approach of the 1a, 1b and right now in 1a getting our

until recently, no navajo woman had ever been given a licence to run tours at the site.over there to meet the guide who is changing all that. my name is nikki cooley and i'm from the towering house clan born through the reed people the clan. my maternal grandparents are of the water that flows together and my paternal grandparents many goats clan, and i come from shonto and blue gap, arizona, and this is how i always introduce myself to anyone as a navajo woman. when commercial river guiding started in the grand canyon, it was primarily dominated by men, and women were only allowed to be helpers, or the cooks, or spouses of the male river guides, and so when i received this invitation from my friend, it was an invitation i took up very quickly. i grew up on the navajo reservation with my paternal grandparents, as my parents were out working. i grew up in shonto, arizona and blue gap, arizona, where i had no running water or electricity but i also grew up herding sheep, i grew up raising corn and squash and other crops with my grandparents. i rode horses, and really livin

they've sent for military medics, physicians and nurses to serve in the navajo community.is the co-founder jake ward. he's also the author of "once a warrior." jake, so good to talk to you about this. this is the second time this year that team rubicon has deployed to assist the navajo nation. what are your team members seeing there? >> unfortunately we're seeing everything we saw earlier in the year, except we're seeing it on a larger scale. the reality is we sent over 100 medical providers into the navajo nation early in the pandemic, we treated over 3,000 patients. we've been back only a month and already treated 1,200 patients. as we heard dr. fauci say, we're seeing a surge on top of a surge. >> i saw your video about this. some of your health care workers are working eight shifts in a row. the next focus for the whole nation is the vaccine rollout. how are you stepping in to help with that sfch? >> well, this vaccine rollout will be one of the largest logistical challenges in mankind. we have 135,000 volunteers, most military veteraveterans. these are people who unde

. >> they just hauled their first shipment of the visor vaccine delivering it to the remote navajo nationbecause this vaccine has limited shelf life, it needed to get there fast and could not sustain that time a traditional delivery route would take. >> the number of deliveries is exceedingly high, and you combine this with some logistical challenges, like the visor vaccine requires very cold storage. so you've got to make sure these vaccines get there on time. >> there is a pilot on board just in case but the cell flying technology allows for fully autonomous flight, takeoff and landing. this video is from a right along in august. >> i have to say, i think that was the smooth this right i've ever had on an airplane, commercial or not.>> it makes deliveries to places like the navajo nation a less risky venture. >> this is just the beginning, there are so many more vaccines to ship around, i would say it is a monumental effort. >> x wing transports all sorts of goods, not just vaccines and pp, but as the country fights its way out of a pandemic, it is certainly some very precious cargo.>>

i'm a descendant of the navajo.my father was with the fifth marine division, third battalion, 27th marines at evil jima. their role was to secure the airfields and send out the code. when the flag went up on mount suribachi, it was the 28 marines. the code went like this. [inaudible] that means suribachi, they say over and out. they say the rabbit went home. they came in during the second wave with the radios. i wanted to tell you that. you might have some information there at your museum and anniversary. thank you. >> stick around, larry. >> yes, the navajo code talkers, our native american brothers, they were able through their dialect, through their language, to provide us to pass information that could not be deciphered by the japanese intelligence. what an asset it proved to be. in addition to that, the native americans or some of the most r. in many ways, that whole native american philosophy of protecting your ground, standing your ground, fighting for the person to your left and right, it meshed so well with

. >> x wing just carried it's first shipment, bringing it to the navajo nation. it needed to get there fast, it couldn't sustain the time a normal delivery route would take. >> number of case loads in the united states is exceedingly high. frontline workers are needing some of these vaccines. you combine this with the pfizer vaccine that requires very cold storage. you have to mechanic sure the vaccines get there on time. this is a pilot on board in case but the technology allows for a fully technology take off and landing. >> that was probably the smoothest ride i have ever had on a plane. >> they say the technology make for safer landings which makes deliveries to places like the navajo nation a less risky venture. they are set to make more deliveries in the future also and also of ppe, making health in 2021 accessible to smaller locations nationwide. >> this is just the beginning. there's so many more vacant seems to ship around and it's a -- it's a huge effort. >> x wing transports all sorts of goods, not just vaccines and ppe. as the country fights its way o

. —— navajo.d canyon, it was primarily dominated by men and women were only allowed to be helpers, or the cooks, or spouses of the mail river guides and so when i received this invitation from my friend, it was an invitation i took up very quickly. i grew up on the navajo reservation with my paternal grandparents, as my pa rents were paternal grandparents, as my parents were out working. i grew up in shanto and blue gap arizona we had no running water and electricity but i also grow up and electricity but i also grow up herding sheep, i grew up raising corn and squash and other crops of my grandparents. i rode horses and really, living off the land. i was very fortu nate to living off the land. i was very fortunate to grow up with my elders who taught me to respect and key earth. when i was a river guide, i would get a lot of people saying tribes are extinct, i didn't know that tribes still existed when, in fa ct, tribes still existed when, in fact, we are alive, we are prospering, wejust fact, we

going to bring in now jonathan knibb of the navajo nation and then politics actor for axios.good to see both of you. >> thanks for having us. >> wonderful. so margaret, you first. what is biden trying to say in this environmental team that he has assembled? >> fred, some of this is clearly diversity in sending a message about the diversification of cabinet and leadership team but it goes beyond just optics. it goes to the idea of the theme of the environmental justice. the idea that for minority communities often the most disproportionately impacted by pollution, asthma, cancer rates, property values, what happens to their land and when you have people to speak to those communities, there's more credibility and there's kind of more thoughtfulness in policy making but we're also seeing, look, representation of african-americans, of native americans, of women and of different regions of the country including really like the midwest, the manufacturing belt, the auto industry, the south, north carolina, it is a pretty comprehensive strategic approach. >> jonathan, i want to ask y

people, and that might be ok ona navajo people, and that might be ok on a regular basis, but with covid i cannot stand here and do nothing. i was looking for 40 masks, and now we can get thousands of people within just days. and also, like, face shields and gloves and hand sanitiser. it becomes life—saving when you don't have water. nine months on, joe's network is still active and 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 yourfamily, to become sick, to have people you ca re become sick, to have people you care about di. 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 officers on the ground, and right now our sewing expansion is covering tribes in north da kota, covering tribes in north dakota, south dakota, nebraska and one in iowa, or 60,000 cloth masks. this is a nonprofit

the first shipment was to the navajo nation. it's a limited shipment. strict storage and security requirements have to happen and the express cargo feeder operation has provides a critical piece of that as far as the logistics ensuring next day delivery to smaller locations. >> who knows what the future holds, right? this year has been a wild ride. yes we end up to be -- we end up being at the right place at the right time. this nationwide effort and then introducing a soon as the regular allows us to operate the air craft with in the network and -- the future is brighter than that -- in that sense. >>> of course this company ships things other than the vaccine. they are bigger -- this time the ceo and founder said it's important to be a part of helping, a part of the solution when 2 comes to the pandemic and spreading the vaccines and getting the vaccines to where they need to go to where they need them is a big part of that. reporting live. emily turner. >>> a trial that looked at the effects of blood thinners on patients and intensive care has been p

it was the honor of a lifetime to meet four navajo code talkers. to visit with world war ii vets like george cross while participating in the 75th anniversary of d-day and normandy. to encourage arizona sailors. to secure and pin on an overdue purple heart on an iraq veteran. to tour the border with hardworking ranchers who i never would have met had i not served in congress. over these last several challenging months, i have been so inspired to witness arizonians help each other to get through the pandemic. our universities and business owners found ways to make p.p.e. for front line health care workers. with we delivered meals. packed up food boxes with the national guard at the food banks. even in the midst of unprecedented challenges, i took to the beauty of our great landscapes by hiking sections of the arizona trail. on a day-long trek to the bottom of the grand canyon, we were joined by the park's new superintendent. we saw first hand the benefits the outdoors act would bring to the crowning jewel of our state, legislation we championed in t

i got my start in politics working with my father fighting alongside the navajo minors who were hurt or died and o hurt by the nation in the nuclear weapons program. my work as vice chair of the indian affairs committee and another area where this committee has achieved bipartisan progress. i think my chairman for their partnership and friendship. we work together for better health care and education and urgently needed resources especially as they battle this pandemic. the federal government's obligation to uphold its trust and treaty obligations is sacred. some of my proudest achievements are working with tribal leaders to advance priorities to support new mexico's 23 tribes. recently a bipartisan coalition passed legislation to strengthenas the principle of tribal self-governance. provide native entrepreneurs critical resources to secure investment with native language revitalization. for those we did together and those are the only kind of achievements that are possible take chemical century for the fact the landmark reform of the toxic substances control act the biggest reform i

. >> reporter: on the navajo nation... >> make fire!aughter )na >> reporter: .ve women finish up a day of training with a traditional game. doulas, or people trained to support women through pregh.ncy and birt >> basically, they're helpers, we help each other inhow ceremonies. that's how we should help ch other during birth and pregnancy and parenting. t reporter: melissa brown knows just how importase helpers can be. >> my first birth that had when i was a teenage mother was very traumatic. i didn't understand how body worked, i didn't understand how labor and delivery worked. i was very scared, i didn't have very much support, a so, when i got pregnant with my second daughter, wh i had an indigenous midwife, it made all the difference. i had an unmedicat, beautiful birth. it completely changed my life. >> reporter: it's the first time they've had a training like this here, and workshop participantck jones says it's a community without a lot of the same resources afforded to urban or suburban areas. >> we're a desert for everything. fo

for instance, a navajo language interrupts in the fuel of english. how will the way can survive the squalid trauma of racial hate. how poetry can sing duty no matter that destruction. this is one of the finest first books. it is a great great pleasure and honor to bring the american book award to jake skeets and we welcome him this afternoon. to the 41st annual american bookawards . >> thank you. thank you jake. >>. [inaudible]. >> my name is jake and i'm coming to you from the nomination. my first, i first want to mention my parents douglas and melinda skeets. my successes of this book and of my careerso far along to them first . and it's really my way of honoring the sacrifices they made to make this book possible. so thanks to my american indian arts program and mentors john king, betty fraser, thank you to my publisher know we. they were able to walk me through this sort of strange publication process. my book also exists because of the long history of literature and navajo writers who have comebefore me , writers like lucy otto, blackhorse mitch

>> t navajo nion was having a lot of problems in june, i believe.ince then, they have managed strict lockdown's and were controlling the virus pretty well until about three weeks ago. they began having an increase in cases again. navajoing a lot of nation patients where i met particularly. amy: dr. gilman, your life story is astounding. you quit high school mainly because you are being bullied for your stutter and it was humiliating for you. you end up in the military. in start dealing with bodies a rack. tell us the story where you end up coming back to this country and going to some of the most elite institutions and becoming an emergency room doctor. talk about your time in iraq and how this compares to yuma. up, i was not really supposed to be anything in life, honestly. i would go on? interviews and would be this cremated against you because of how i dressed and my speech impediment, too. i went into the military and had an opportunity. iraq, i was 24 years old and i remember flying they don't teach you about the enemy. they dehumanize that. we

i got my start in politics working with my father, fighting alongside the navajo uranium miners who had been hurt, many had died and many have been hurt by this nation by our nuclear weapons program. my work as vice chair of the committee is has been the honor of mylifetime . and another area where this committee has achieved bipartisan progress. i think my chairman, senator holden and barrasso before him for their partnership. we've worked together as a committee for better healthcare, education, and urgently needed resources for our native communities, especially as they battle this pandemic. the federal government's obligation to uphold its trust and treaty obligations is sacred. some of my proudest achievements have been the result of working with tribal leaders to advance indian country's priorities to support new mexico's 23 tribes. recently a bipartisan coalition passed legislation to strengthen the principles of tribal self-governance. provide native entrepreneurs critical resources to secure investments in native language revitalization. the achievements i remember most fondly

today staff and residents at a navajo senior care facility were among those who got their shots. unfortunately not all the visuals this week were as hopeful. >> this time is the most crucial. it's been the entire year. in the spring, it was not that bad here. we had covid cases, about you it wasn't like you saw pictures of new york. today we have 140 covid patients in a 213-bed hospital. i think it's only going to get worse before it gets better. >> we're going to get her in. >> rosa? right here. >> what's going on with her? >> she has problems breathing. she's not eating. she has diabetes, severe diabetes, high blood pressure. >> rosa, how many days have been feeling this way? >> she's doing better already. okay? we're going to do everything we can. that's what i can promise you, okay? >> all right, rosa. i'm going to put this on. >> that's a constant battle. we're doing that all day long, 24 hours a day. i think if you didn't take it seriously before, now is the time to take it seriously. >> code blue, icu north at 18. code blue, icu north at 18. >> we had this built on friday

x wing just delivered its first shipment of the pfizer vaccine to the remote navajo nation. because the pfizer vaccine has a limited shelf life with strict sewerage requirements, it needed to get there fast. that's where x wing came in. the fleece self lang technology allows for a fully time his flight, takeoff and landing.>> companies have been under stress with the loads from both the holiday season, covid and now the vaccine deliveries. and so they are running at capacity and it's a very challenging time. it was actually a very timely approval from faa. >> the company says the technology makes for safer landings, which makes deliveries to remote places less risky. they are now planning vaccine shipments to other areas that do not have large airports. >>> up next, these bay area fire stations are all bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was s

>> reporter: 30-year-old darrell house identifies as oneida and navajo. in a phone interview with nbc station kob in albuquerque he says he was out on a hike to pray at the ancient petroglyphs. >> i go there regularly. i go there to pray i burn my sage >> reporter: at one point during the confrontation he tells the officer he briefly left the trail to avoid another group and observe social distancing >> i apologize for going off the trail. okay i apologize. >> reporter: after refusing to comply with the officer's demand several times he's eventually handcuffed and says he was issued three citations -- for interfering with agency function, giving false information and being off trail. but says praying on sacred land is a religious right. >> i didn't harm anyone i didn't cause any harm to anybody. this has been going on for years. i'm practicing my religious rights >> reporter: in a statement the national park service says in part, "this incident is under review and has been referred to the nps office of professional responsibility we take any allegation of

they just delivered the first shipment to the remote navajo nation. because the vaccine has a limited shelf life and strict storage requirements, it needed to get there fast and that's where x wing came in.>> companies have been crumbling under stress with loads from the holiday season and covid and now vaccine deliveries. >> so they are running at capacity. this is just the beginning, right.>>> new at 11, driverless smart cars will soon hit the road in the bay area. the company just got the green light from the dmv. the dmv permit allows them to deploy for deliveries only. the smart cars will only be available to operate in santa clara and san mateo counties to start. there is no word yet on when they might make it to your door. >>> but we do have an idea of when rain will make it to your roof, paul heggen has the details. >> rain falling on the roof just after saint nick's footsteps. the first of two waves that will be heading our way, this is just getting its act together and of the northern pacific right now. high pressure is in control right now,

there are some areas, especially on the navajo nation, where between so and 40 people, 40% of the peoplerunning water. it also means they have no electricity and no cell phone service because they live in a really remote area and that might be ok on a regular basis, but with covid, it means they cannot call for help, they cannot wash their hands. ijust said, i cannot stand here and do nothing. and so, i did something and it has grown and i have an amazing team of people who are incredibly caring and we are all working together to save lives. i was looking for 40 masks and now we can get thousands to people within just days. and also, face shields and gloves, hand sanitiser, it becomes life—saving when you don't have water. nine months on, jo's network is still active and growing. 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 ——

flown to berlin where a military lab can clued that he had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the navajo group western governments were quick to point out the finger at the kremlin which has denied any involvement moscow has also repeatedly asked for access to the lab results but to no avail president putin himself said all attempts to cooperate have gone unanswered. specialists are brady to go abroad to those specialists who claim that poisonous warheads have been found nobody invites us we invited them they don't come to us official materials and not given well political commentator ike hammer told us that when a story is based entirely on anonymous sources it raises more questions than answers. well this out and so ridiculous it's on somebody here from somebody you get something from a friend so it's nothing and whenever you are asked for a proof whenever you ask for a libel information they say sorry we can't handle it over that it is classified or it is it is not for you or whatever this is ridiculous when you make up stories nothing fits together is the russian secret service is no

also because of the concentration of people in the camp and we know that precisely 1642 are on the navajo basle on their way to the remote coastal i'm sure there is there are things all which could take 12 hours or more depending on the sea conditions what they're told us the living condition is good no doubt they've got to find considerable amount of money there cluster of the ledges and 920 of them and they have a room that can accommodate up to 4 people to hospital with 25 hospitals rather this police station there's a natural forward base and those who are there they don't those that were rescued from the boat told us they don't want to be there that they're used to being near their homeland which is wondering where they live and they have extended families all across the camp they can visit so the accommodation itself might be good that moving 100000 out of nearly 1000000 is not going to be a make major difference for the government. still ahead on al-jazeera i will tell you why some muslims in sri lanka are refusing to collect the remains that their loved ones who died have covered

i think about a case we recently brought in utah that went to an all-male voting system without navajo speaking voters many who need language assistance. i think the caller for his comment. host: for others who want to learn more about kristin clark and the lawyers committee fruit civil rights, you can go to >> c-span's washington journal every day we're taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and will discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, a discussion about the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and the $1.4 trillion government spending bill. we'll talk about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected budgets in america's cities with national league of cities director clarence anthony. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 theern morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> abbey goodman is joining thus morning from st. petersburg, florida. to talk about the republican party in a post trump washington.po t? the tale of the tape in the selection was actually how well

knew everything about my case then has now fully recovered other native american nations like the navajo have fared far worse and have lost many lives to cohabit how the turkey mission medical staff was excellent i think it was a plus care that sense of trust is key with us modeling those examples i think that's created a level of trust that's been able to get those things accomplished in a very easy manner chief hoskin wore a mask and stressed the need for social distancing even this statue of cherokee national hero sequoia was fitted with a mask meanwhile the governor of oklahoma tweeted a picture of himself and his kids dining masculists in a crowded restaurant the state of oklahoma still can't get its act together with a mass mandate we've been here since may with a mask mandate the cherokee people and their leaders have set an example for the nation it's about competence and caring and it works robert oulds al-jazeera. and growing number of countries that want us to flight some travelers from the u.k. more than 40 countries have imposed restrictions on growing concerns over a mutate

well i and your partner is just as navajo republicanism that is and i want to tell you something i think that there's nothing worse than fundraising i hate it i despise it everybody tells me i can t. so much more i've no desire to be the highest fundraiser i get when i have to do to get reelected i think i'll have people that feel like me and wish we could have a public option so that everybody had similar money and had to run in their record in who they are and what their prescriptions are you know this is negative you are every single day of the week i get nothing done but if you want to see change you start a fine print i work with many groups are trying on the ground to bring about their change and i think we will look at change at some point more than the literally dozens scores hundreds of occasions on which people have have come into power saying we're going to reform campaign finance we're going to reform the political action committees it's been said by so many of your politicians over the years 203040 years i remember hearing about this it never happens do you seriously think y

navajo speaking voters many who need language assistance. i think the caller for his comment. host: for others who want to learn more about kristin clark and the lawyers committee fruit civil rights, you can go to >> c-span's washington journal every day we're taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and will discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, a discussion about the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and the $1.4 trillion government spending bill. we'll talk about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected budgets in america's cities with national league of cities director clarence anthony. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 theern morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> abbey goodman is joining thus morning from st. petersburg, florida. to talk about the republican party in a post trump washington.po t? the tale of the tape in the selection was actually how well republicans did against all expectations. they made a gain of at least half a dozen se

her family and many students are part of the navajo nation which has been hit particularly hard by covid-19. her brother says she gave her heart to her students and wanted to make them each feel special. she is survived by her three children and one grandchild. we'll be right back. [♪] do you struggle with dull, dry skin, and find yourself reapplying moisturizer throughout the day? try olay ultra rich. olay's luxurious moisturizer melts into the skin. it's formulated with vitamin b3 plus peptides and shea butter, providing lasting hydration, for up to 24 hours. there's no need to reapply, and no greasy residue. and, for enhanced hydration, try olay serum. just 1 drop has the power to renew a million surface skincells. for deep, lasting hydration try olay. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. >>> welcome back. this is cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber. if you own a phone, you've dropped it. i've dropped mine like a thousand times

if you're out in the navajo nation spread out over three states where it could be a 100 mile drive to get to drugstore do you think they're going to have the vaccine to all the navajo nation by august? go guam, puerto rico, rural iowa and you can begin to get a sense of the scale what we're trying to accomplish. and here's another one, a curve ball to throw your way, nicolle. each time we have an outage whether it's due to weather or some other political machinations in the delivery of vaccine, we may interrupt the timetable for boosters. so individuals who are supposed to get their booster in 21 days might not get it until 40 days. well, does that work? we don't know. all we know is what's been done in clinical trials which was 21 days. and in the case of moderna, 28 days. so we're playing with fire. and each time we play with fire we have the potential of undermining public trust. >> dr. anderson, i want to give you the last word. these first doses, the ones that came in large undercounts for the states we're expecting were all four front line health care workers who have bore the b

in califora, governogavin neom has issued sweeping remain-at-home orders the navajo nation s requested major disaster declaration from the federal government, facing medical supply shortages and surging case numbers. here in new york city, the positive test rate is the highest it's been since may, with officials warning of a second wave. on thursday, president-elect joe biden told cnn he would ask americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office. i amiden: my first day inaugurated, i'm going as the public for 100 days to mask. just 100 days. not forever, 100 days. and i think we will see a thatficant reduction -- occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerably. amy: president-elect biden also announced dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, will play a key role in his administration's response to coronavirus. this comes as the race towards vaccination continues. earlier this week, the united kingdom became the first country to approve use of the pfizer-biontech coronavirus vaccine. authorities sa