grand rapids, minnesota, 1991. kalamazoo, michigan, 2010.w do you get people who say, we failed you then, but trust us now? >> yeah, so part of it is, you know, what did you do after the incident? right? and what we did is we spent $5 billion making sure that things were safe. we also cleaned up the site. it was a big wakeup call for us. as a company. >> reporter: and there have been issues during the construction of line 3. the critics say it's already damaged nearby wetlands. is it true that the company paid a $3 million fine for illegally piercing an aquifer during construction of line 3? >> so what has happened is, again, in this process, we were drilling. we found the problem. we took the problem to the state department of natural resources. they assessed a fine. and we're going to pay it. >> so the answer is yes? >> yes. >> we came here through prophecy to find the food that grows on water. >> reporter: for generations, indigenous people like tayshia martineau have harvested wild rice along lakes they say will be threatened by the pipe

the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. mrs.fischbach: i yield two minutes to the representative from oklahoma. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from oklahoma is recognized for two minutes. >> as explained prior if we defeat the prior question, we will move to bring up h.r. 5586. this bill prohibits the expansion of the internal revenue service's requirement for financial institutions to report bank account transactions. the biden administration is searching for ways to pay for their partisan $5.5 trillion social bill and this is to spy on taxpayers' bank accounts. this would require financial institutions to report data on accounts that withdraw $600 to $10,000 to make sure that americans are paying fair share in taxes. democrats claim that this regulatory expansion would only impact wealthy americans and businesses but in reality it targets virtually all working class people in our nation. this government overreach would be enormous violation of privacy, jeopardize the financial security of all americans and impose

reportedly becomes operational, which could double minnesota's greenhouse gas emissions. we will speak with winona laduke, longtime indigenous activist who has bn organizing for years to blocthe pipeline. >> this is a plea to president joe biden and the governor. this is a plea to senators tina smith and amy klobuchar, to do the right thing r the pele of minnesota, the waters of our great lake superior, for future generations. amy: finally, we look at one of the two journalists awarded the nobel peace prize friday, editor in chief of the russian newspaper which has lost four journal -- which has lost more journalists to murder than any other russian news outlet. >> this award is for -- fallen professionals who gave their lives for the profession. i am not the right beneficiary for this prize. amy: we will speak with katrina vanden heuvel, publisher of the nation magazine, who has been reporting on russia for the last 30 years. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the pharmaceutical company mer

weold the attoey general of minnesota that this was going to be a problem.ve had no action and ineadut we have is our rights continued to be violated. i've got charges in three counties with more coming soon. this is a nation problem becausehe minsota model being csidered national,hat coorationshould fince yos polic-- your pice. anyway you look at it, that is aiolati of pubc trt, thave corrations finance e polic amy:hat chges do y fa? wino: i've got tresssing, obstrucon, i'm prettyure i' got so public safet, causing blic sety probms becae cops cld have been dog somethg ee inead of mitoring ople on e pipeli. i've got charges in three counties so far. amy: best of luck to you today in court. winona laduke, longtime indigenous activist, speaking to us from northern minnesota. when we come back, we look at a russian journalist he was just awarded a bell peace prize on friday. stay with us. ♪ ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. two journalists were awarded the nobel peace prize friday in recognition for their ef

cloud, minnesota. we would drive to minneapolis to visit my grandmother and bring her seldom flight in 1927 did a lot to recall memories of viking explorers and viking adventures across the same atlantic ocean. the second andrew holstead. congressman who was the author -- joint actor of the holstead act. the legislation that impose prohibition on america with all of the unproceeded consequences that flow from that. maybe not so much as a gift from the scandinavians and the third one -- you can go to the next slide, max. came from i learned this evening, came from the same hometown as max's own father's family from norway and whose career at notre dame university as football college. he was track and field coach at the same time at the university. one of the heartbreaking moments for professor was when the administrators at the university had to tell him, this is not going time be teaching chemistry and running a football who is nationally engaged as yours is. he had to step down. he had to turn down bu

my father got a phd from minnesota. his father got m.d. from the university of minnesota and my great-grandfather from the university ofminnesota . this was during class registration times when a couple of times when i was registering for classes i received notices from the registrar saying i would not be allowed to register until i paid the overdue fine for a textbook on symbols of ecology. that required me to go down to the registrar's office and explain to them that they were actually, they would have to get hold of my grandfather because hewas not with us . minnesota: minneapolis, the twin cities was part of my background. both my grandmothers lives including my grandmother who came from norway to the united states just before world war i as did her husband and you raise three children in minnesota. this book is in many ways the most personal of the books i have written because my family does inevitably surface in the course of my discussion which is not just about the vikings per se which is really what the first part of the book is a

a hundred and forty thousand jobs in minnesota are outdoor industry jobs, right? it's a huge regional economy, dependent on the boundary waters. the boundary waters has been protected in various ways for, it's been almost a hundred years. originally, people came here to work at the taconite mines. the iron range was crucial to the war effort in world war ii. back in the late '70s, early '80s, it was the primary producer of iron ore for the steel industry in this country. and that's really changed. today, we have a viable, outdoor, amenity-based economy because of the boundary waters. about four or five years ago, a mining company, twin metals minnesota, started buying up mineral leases from public land. so you can see here, like the red, these little red blocks, those represent mineral leases, so it's two of them. the spruce road deposit is right next to the edge of boundary water canoe area wilderness. they're looking develop an industrial-scale copper mine on the edge of the boundary waters. this type of mine has never been proven to be successful in a water-bas

i thank the gentlelady from minnesota. i was sitting in my office and couldn't help but hearing that this is kitchen table economics. so i just want to reduce it down to what kitchen table economics actually is. this is a country that pass an imcome of about $3.5 trillion a year. meaning if you are a regular family that means you make about $35,000 a year. let's redice it to kitchen table economics. we turn around and spend $6.5 trillion so that's telling the average family back home, mr. and mrs. america, understand something, you make $35,000 a year. you should be spending $65,000 a year and just increasing your total debt. mr. kelly: we are at, right now, between funded and unfunded liabilities america is on the hook for $130 trillion. this is the pathway to destruction. we are going to point fingers back and forth. you guys raised it and you should have raised it. you know what. there is no such thing as a debt ceiling here. there is no debt ceiling here. this is a sun roof. all we do is open it every time we want to i

>> i want to say a word of appreciation for what he did in minnesota. he did what we want all prosecutors to do which is to do an independent assessment of the evidence andor then decide if te charges are appropriate and if so, what charges. and as we would expect above approach and secure inappropriate conviction so thank you. what happens is it was a spark to really reckon with our history with race and being from north carolina and race issues and with the governor asked me and i was able to cochair with our north carolina supreme court a task force. it was a broad task force. we had public defenders, community leaders, mayors, policymakers and sheriffs and chiefs of police, prosecutors, we had the full array of perspective represented on the task force and we met an untold number of hours from december basically weekly and we came up with a report i'm very proud of. this wasn't about a report you stick up on a bookshelf. it was about identifying the recommendations and implementing them and that's what we have been doing this year. we just had a bil

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from north carolina, minnesota, massachusetts, and michigan. this is a really important time because we have 25 attorney general's that are part of our democratic attorneys general. we also have 30 races up in 2022. there are a lot of issues on the line and i want to make sure everyone has a little bit of background of what we're doing today and how we are able to frame the conversation. >> the world has witnessed how crucial the work of ag offices was during the prosecution of former police officer derek chauvin. ag ellison, could you describe the accountability and efforts for the family of george floyd last year? tragic incident last year and the broader lessons of carrying out a successful prosecution? >> where everyone wants to see is the investigation and prosecution be objective and independent. people feel does not always the case. when my office -- as opposed to some other -- prior relationship or other political issue. we stepped in to help. in minnesota, the governor asked to point us or the county has to ask us to come in. both occu

in minnesota, the governor asked to point us or the county has to ask us to come in. both occurred in the floyd case. we don't have original jurisdiction, not offices are the same. we accepted and tried to do our duty. since then, a lot of counties have called us when they have police accountability -- officer involved deaths. we've declined some after receiving them. we have defined charge some officers because we thought the fact and law were not there. we have charged some as well. in the middle of the floyd case, there was a tragic situation where 20 year-old kid was shot and killed when the officer confuse the taser and a gun. that case is going to trial on november 30. we are working on that. all of us play one role or another, whether it is convening a conversation, which we can do, or playing that role of prosecutor as a last resort or just a boast -- ways for fairness and justice. we all have that role to play. all of us at one time or another have been considered in the course of a tragic situation where an officer use deadly force. i will let my colleagues

it's a little early for minnesota right, but that's the lighthouse.mph after challenging times. such a beautiful state. >> it is. >> it has been through a lot over the past year and a half and we're going to show you how folks there are looking to heal and move forward. >> we are moving all across the country. a lot of news to get to this morning as well and start with facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg responding to the whistle-blower's testimony on capitol hill. the former facebook employee claimed the giant knew its apps could cause harm to some of its younger users. back to terry moran in washington. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. this was a blockbuster hearing. facebook whistle-blower frances haugen painting a stark picture of a company that knows its products are harming people but consistently chooses profit over safety online. this morning, mark zuckerberg is breaking his silence issuing a statement on facebook that the claims brought by the company's former employee frances haugen don't make any sense adding, at the heart

maud borup is over 100-years-old and like me, it has deep ties to minnesota. i grew up a farmer's daughter working as a server at the american legion at the age of 13. i joined the army and attended basic training at the age of 17 and went on to serve almost ten years as a medic. i graduated from minnesota state university and cato and after working my way up the corporate ladder found myself in a unique position to acquire and lead to maud borup. today, as a certified woman and a veteran owned business, we are deeply committed to our community. with our corporate office located in plymouth and/or factory. i was asked to join today's hearing to share my perspective and experience navigating supply chain challenges. i begin by placing a spotlight on the workforce. my business faces a dire shortage of workers. i have 200 employees and we are downwn roughly 100 staff. since december of 2020, we've instituted a 36% hourly salary increase and we still have trouble recruiting workers.me some factories driving the situation are economic. general community maintains a

over 100 years old like me, it has deep ties to minnesota. i grew up a farmer's daughter working as a server in american legion of the age of 13. i joined the army and attended basic training at the age of 17 and went on to serve almost tenure as a medic. he graduated from at acetic state university and after working my way up the corporate ladder, found myself in a unique position to acquire this. we are deeply committed to our unity the corporate office located in factory in the center. i was asked to join the hearing to share my's perspective strength navigating supply chain charges. i begin by placing a spotlight in our workforce. business space is in dire shortage of workers. 200 employees wear down 100 staff. thus december of 2020, 36% hourly salary increase and we still have trouble recruiting workers. some factors in this situation are economic, general community maintains low unemployment rate, almost four percentage below the average of around 4%. other factors are geographic. we are located in proximity businesses competing in the

minnesota governor has to either point as for the county has to ask us to come in. both occurred in the floyd case. we don't have original jurisdiction. notof all offices are the same. some may. we stepped in and we tried to do our duty. since then a lot of the counties have called us when the police accountability, we have officer involved deaths and we decline some after receiving them and reviewing the cases we have declined to charge some offices because we thought the facts and the law were not there but we have charge others as well. in fact, in the middle of the floyd case there was a tragic situation worked a 20-year-old was shot and killed when the officer confused a taser as a gun. and so that case cases goil on november 30. we're working hard on that. but i think all of us play one role or another whether it's convening conversations which we can do, or play that role of prosecutors last resort, or are just a voice for fairness and justice. we all i think of that role to play and all of us one time or another havean been considered n the course of a tragi

over voting rights and the build back better act after headlines with congressmember ilhan omar of minnesotae food and drug administration wednesday granted emergency use authorization to booster shots of moderna and johnson & johnson covid vaccines. the fda also approved a mix and match strategy for people to get a booster shot that wasn't in their primary series. meanwhile, the white house on wednesday laid out its plan to vaccinate millions of children between 5 and 11 years old, once the pfizer-biontech vaccine is approved for emergency use in younger children. white house coronavirus response coordinator jeff zients said the biden administration is ready to move quickly to distribute smaller doses to children in pediatricians offices. >> we have more than enough vaccine for every child aged five to 11. that is 28 million total. as soon as the vaccine is authorized by the fda. amy: the white house anticipates younger children could receive their first shots of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine in early november. here in new york, mayor bill de blasio said wednesday that nearly all municipal work

paul, minnesota are reeling after a mass shooting. one killed and 14 injured after shots were fired inside a bar. megan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: frances, good morning. law enforcement agencies are assisting st. paul police in a very active and ongoing investigation. many neighbors say this is the worst trajdy that they seen in their city >> shots fired multiple callers three shots inside the bar >> reporter: a horrifying bar unfolding in a bar in st. paul, minnesota. >> at least four medics. >> i got one fading here >> reporter: police calling it one of the worst shootings the city has seen. >> i heard the gunshots and went to the ground and i could see four or five people that had been hit >> this is not the place to be right now. this is chaos. >> reporter: multiple suspects opening fire in this bar, cell phone video capturing some of the chaos unfolding inside >> there were victims lying in the street, outside the bar, on the sidewalk and there were victims lying on the floor inside the bar >> more people over here, too. p

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from minnesota yields. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, we are -- we are on the precipice of what economists have called financial armaggedon. financial armaggedon. mark zandi has said, and i quote, even if resolved quickly, americans will pay for this for generations, end quote. and their answer, according to virtually all americans, is to go home. really? if we defaulted, six million jobs will be lost. unemployment would skyrocket to 9%. and $15 trillion in household wealth will be wiped away. don't take my word for it, mr. speaker. that's according to the nonpartisan moody's analytics. and the only solution my republican friends can come up with is to leave town? senate republicans tried to filibuster this deal that mitch mcconnell developed to temporarily raise the debt limit. now house republicans have used the tools that they have here to unleash their own form of obstruction. this isn't about whether you like mitch mcconnell's compromise. i sure don't. i want

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minnesota's eighth district is better -- a better place because of their ongoing effort. mr.tauber: it is the honor of a lifetime to represent such hon honorable people in congress. congratulations to brad, piper, and the entire moose lake community on becoming a blue ribbon city. and i wish you all the best as you continue to support one another. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition nation? >> the great state of tennessee, mr. speaker. i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to pay tribute to john stewart who passed away in september at the age of 86 years. john led an accomplished public service career, mr. speaker. he was highlighted by his work on the civil rights act of 1964. and as an aide to then senator heubert humphrey. when he became vice president in 1965, john joined him in the -- and president lyndon johnson's administratio

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a law professor at the university of minnesota. thank you. the university of minnesota. thank you. thank you. australia's vaccination | thank you. thank you. i australia's vaccination bill that has been picking up a new south wales where more than 80% of adults are now fully vaccinated and pictorial hit that target soon, triggering and allowing national borders to open. elsewhere, especially remote and regional areas it is a different story. in a land so basket you leaders in arms can be logistically tricky and now one of the country was the coldest institutions is helping get those numbers up. the bbc�*s simon atkinson reports from north queensland. —— coldest institutions. 50, 40, 30, ten... you don't get many visitors at the ravenswood airstrip. but for years, the royal flying doctors service has brought medical care here. and now, there's an extra bit of cargo on board. ravenswood has two pubs, but the nearest doctor is 100 km away. so this is how locals are getting vaccinated against covid—19. i was wondering i would get the shot at all. it's just convenient and it

paul, minnesota. >> copy. starting at least four medics. >> i got one fading here. >> reporter: police calling it one of the worst shootings the city has seen >> i heard the gunshots and i went to ground and i could see four or five people had been hit. >> this is not the place to be right now. this is chaos. >> reporter: multiple suspects opening fire in this bar just after midnight. cell phone video capturing some of the chaos unfolding inside. >> there were gunshot wound victims lying in the street outside the bar. there were victims lying outside on the sidewalk and inside on the floor. >> people are laid out. >> reporter: good samaritans jumping in to help officers render aid. a total of 15 people shot. 14 rushed to the hospital. a 20-year-old woman tragically dying inside. >> this is nothing short of a tragedy. our hearts break for the young woman who died and her loved ones. >> reporter: a grieving family joined by an entire community the chief of police taking to twitter to say, hearts are broken. vict

now, state attorneys general from michigan, minnesota, north carolina and massachusetts talk about votinghts, police reform, abortion access and health care. it runs 45 minutes. >> political director for daca. we have our attorney generals on our panel here, a peacetime from north carolina, ag ellison from minnesota, ap healy -- ag healy from massachusetts and ag metal from michigan. this is an important time. we have 25 attorney generals that are part of our democratic general. we also have 30 --

much appreciated from the great state of minnesota.nk you. >> thank you. >>> so take it to the streets and to the courts, the renewed fight over roe v. wade intensifies. >>> and then at 1:00 p.m., omaros manigault newman is going to talk about her take on stephanie grisham's new book with some explosive claims in that one. that's in our next hour. but not every tomato ends in the same kind of heinz ketchup. because a bit of magic unfolds when there's a ketchup for everyone. at aetna, we take a total, becauconnected approach nfolds to your health and wellness to help you age actively. with medicare advantage plans designed for the whole you. we offer monthly plan premiums starting at $0. hospital, medical and prescription drug coverage, in one simple plan. plus dental, vision and hearing. aetna medicare advantage plans medicare annual enrollment ends december 7th. call today to learn more or visit us online at aetnamedicare.com/tv2 shingles? oh... you mean bill. he's been a real pain. again with the bill... what? it looks like a face. .

paul, minnesota. tonight the community is struggling to understand why deadly gunfire rang out in a popular restaurant and bar district. just after midnight, a barrage of bullets hit 15 people, turning a night on the town into complete chaos. st. paul police describe the crime scene as a, quote, hellish situation. one woman in her 20s is dead, 14 people are wounded. police have arrested several suspects but are still looking for others tonight. cnn's adrienne broaddus is with us tonight. adrienne, do police know is behind this? >> reporter: the motive remains unclear. three men are in custody, ranging from age 22 to 33. this after you mentioned 15 people were shot, including one woman in her 20s who didn't survive. she died at the scene. 14 others injured, and i spoke just moments ago with the deejay who was enjoying a night of fun with everyone inside of that venue. he describes what he saw. listen in. >> i'm kind of spinning on the stage having fun in my moment, and i hear it. pop, pop, pop, pop, po

first, what do we know about this minnesota shooting. any arrests?ree men were arrested. in the georgia shooting a man has been taken into custody and charged with murder. in georgia, 26-year-old dillon harrison was the police officer shot and killed during his very first shift on the job. police say he was ambushed outside the alamo police department, and about a mile away from where the shooting took place, damian ferguson was taken into custody, and he's now been charged with murder. the officer is survived by his wife and six month old son. in st. paul, minnesota, three men were arrested in connection with a shooting at a bar that killed 27-year-old markeisha wiley, and injured over a dozen others. take a listen to the dj at the time who described what was happening when those shots first rang out. >> i'm trying spinning on the stage, and having fun in the moment, and i hear a pop pop pop pop pop, everybody goes down. i'm like, okay, they're still shooting, but the music is plague. i reached up to turn the music off. i was like, okay, i look arou

the monitor took a protective position next to the uss minnesota which is a frigate. and the battle was certain to come the next day. on march 9 coming to to to to the virginia fired from a thousand yards out hitting the ship and causing an explosion. protecting minnesota the uss monitor intercepted for the next four hours the two ironclads circle one another shade -- trading shots and shelves of point brown -- pointblank range. each tried to ram the other. the commuter tried to find a weak spot in third all -- the battle that took place that day left neither the monitor or the virginia seriously damage a both sides claim victory. ultimately they would call the battle of draw. it was firebrand technology. the uss monitor sinks with less than a year afloat. on december 29 the meeting 62 the monitor joined the forces off north and south carolina. you can see the image in the background going to beaufort north carolina. december 30, 1862 it encounters is dorm off of cape hatteras and the next night the monitor battle the storm and it worsens and surely after midnight tha