intergenerational phenomena where you've got abuse, you've got sexual abuse, etc., but the american indian and alaska native communities point to historical trauma as something that needs to be addressed. and, without addressing it, then you wind up essentially blaming the whole community for some of the consequences but, in fact, the community wants to deal with violence against women, incest, these transgenerational traumatic experiences that almost guarantee the next generation is going to have similar experiences. and it goes from one to the other to the other. i want to get back, also getting back to, you've got children, miss cain. are they in a way, have they received treatment with you in terms of working out some of the issues that you've experienced? i have five kids. four of my kids were taken away from me because of the way that i dealt with my trauma, the substance abuse, the convictions, and all the things that were just symptoms of my trauma, the homelessness of 19 years. so, for four of my kids, as i was giving birth to them -and they were born as a result of rapes and prostitution- were tak

most deaths among non-hispanic whites, native americans and alaska natives.est rates among blacks and asians. doses have skyrocketed in the last decade not surprisingly by the same number as the prescriptions have increased in the past 10 years. where are these people getting drugs? pill mills, bogus pain clinics for $80 or so you come in and say my back hurts and they write you a prescription for powerful narcotic medications. some people go out doctor shopping with legitimate doctors until they get the prescription they are looking for. dr. tom freidman the director for the centers for disease control says the legitimate medical community bears some responsibility for getting people hooked in the first place. >> it's astonishing. when i went to medical school, we were inappropriately, incorrectly assured don't worry, if patients have short-term pain they won't get hooked. that was depletely wrong. and a generation of doctors and patients and families have learned that's a tragic mistake. narcotics are dangerous, highly addictive drugs. >> here is an interes

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as a member of this body was making sure that two dozen brave members of the alaska territory guard, all distinguished native-- alaska aifb elders, finally got the recognition they earned for their courageous service more than a half a century ago. you can see by this poster again a few of them here. long before alaska was a state and our country was engaged in world war ii, these alaska native heroes answered their nation's call on america's most remote front lines. in 2009, the senate approved an amendment to the national defense authorization act that i sponsored with my colleague, senator murkowski. when president obama signed that bill into law, 25 surviving territorial guardsmen finally received their retirement pay and recognition they earned so many years ago. i've done my level best to support our troops in other wa ways, including expanding services and programs for homeless veterans, including more support for women vets, expanding telehealth services for our rural veterans, supporting the post-9/11 g.i. bill. this provides tuition assistance for vets and also takes into consideration living expen

. >> reporter: green groups and alaska natives who oppose offshore drilling say bp, the bp spill in thenot tough enough and anything that erodes their ability to challenge drilling in the courts would be devastating for the environment. >> we're part of the ecosystem. once you mess up our ecosystem you will wipe us all out and we don't want that to happen. >> reporter: the closest village to where shell is propose posed to drill is 70 miles away and has a population of 245. how much oil are we talking about? how about 27 billion barrels. that is 2 1/2 times more than what has been produced in alaska on the north slope in the last 30 years. jon? jon: wow, dan springer. thanks, dan. jenna: plus new information on a case we've been following closely. a mysterious death in a mansion in san diego. rick folbaum is covering the story from our breaking news desk. rick, what are we learning? >> reporter: this is the case of rebecca zahau. in the world of high-profile autopsies you would be hard-pressed to find a bigger name than dr. cyril wecht. he took part in the autopsies of jonbenet ramsey a

and get back out. >> the natives here is like the buffer of the whites and the blacks. and the blacks was raised in alaskabbed off by the meek and modest natives, the quiet natives. >> tolerance within the prison population extends to other groups as well. >> a high percentage of child molesters and sex offenders. in most states those people have to be segregated or they're basically attacked by people that can't stand them. we're forced to accept them. because we do -- if we don't, you can get in a fist fight. in alaska, you can go in the hole for a year. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you want to check this out? >> yes. >> the open atmosphere at spring creek helps inmates like sam green williams survive their time in prison. >> yeah, i'm a homosexual. and you know, i have made a long-standing ground of who i am. and you know, i'm not afraid to be me. you know. and i've fought to be me. and being in prison, to me it's nothing different, you know. it's just -- i'm in prison. >> green-williams is serving six years for his third case of felony drunk driving. like a diary, his tattoos record his rocky

to the regional corporation, so to me, this is an issue of the rights of the native people, and as you know, we bought alaskafrom the russians, and part of the compact when we entered into that agreement was we agreed that we would not interfere with the rights of the native people. now, i'm not talking about energy or the supercommittee and maybe the chair rules me out of order, but that's what i'm concerned about. i want to know how, when you know, that we are talking about rights of native peoples that we, as a government, have given them the rights to the sub surface as well as the surface rights and what they look at here is really to execute on those rights. why is that something that you find to be such a travesty and something that's unacceptable? i know you're in a different position because you are relying on caribou, and relying on wheals and seals. this is an issue, to me, of native rights, and this is an agreement and contract that was entered into when we bought alaska, and now we're in this position. why do you think -- >> there was similar up in northern alaska in the 1950s and 1960s when edw

somebody in the military where they were funneling money to a contractor and these are alaska-based companies, nativemerican companies. their companies that congress set up for these native american communities where they could set up a defense company and get no- bid contracts. get a couple of native americans on the board and they will hire some washington company to run this and they will get the small dividend checks. these are not companies that are benefiting native americans. the fact that there automatically get in no-bid contract was a scandal. it turned out to be huge amounts of corruption. whose fault is that? let's give the defense department credit for fun and the corruption but congress set up a situation where it was ripe for an efficient activity and corruption. shame on congress. host: pennsylvania, democrats line. caller: we are in afghanistan for oil in the caspian region, trying to get a pipeline into china and we recently close our borders because hezbollah moved their military base in cuba. should cuting we spending on military but we should be closer to our borders. we are in a

native people. as you know, we've got alaska from the russians and part of the contract when we entered into that agreementwas we agreed we would not interfere with the rights of the native people. now i'm not talking about energy, i'm not talking about the super committee and maybe the chair will rule me out of order but that is what i am concerned about. i want to know how when you know we are talking about the rights of native people that we as a government have given them the right to the subsurface as well as the surface right and what they are looking at here is to really execute on those rights why is that something you find to be such a travesty and something that is unacceptable? i know that you are in a slightly different position because you are -- your tried relies on caribou and on wheels as they understand it. let's start with you mr. brinkley. this is an issue of native rights and this is an agreement in a contract that was entered into when we bought alaska and now we are in this position. so can you explain to me why you think that -- >> up in northern alaska in the 1950's and 1960's when

native people. as you know, we've got alaska from the russians and part of the contract when we entered into that agreementwas we agreed we would not interfere with the rights of the native people. now i'm not talking about energy, i'm not talking about the super committee and maybe the chair will rule me out of order but that is what i am concerned about. i want to know how when you know we are talking about the rights of native people that we as a government have given them the right to the subsurface as well as the surface right and what they are looking at here is to really execute on those rights why is that something you find to be such a travesty and something that is unacceptable? i know that you are in a slightly different position because you are -- your tried relies on caribou and on wheels as they understand it. let's start with you mr. brinkley. this is an issue of native rights and this is an agreement in a contract that was entered into when we bought alaska and now we are in this position. so can you explain to me why you think that -- >> up in northern alaska in the 1950's and 1960's when

. >> this is one of the native jewelry that you promote for women of the alaska, the people there. you say the arctic could become something for many of us that don't know that area or live there. what do you hope for the arctic? >> when it becomes developed, which it will be because of the melting artic ice cap, it's done with the values. >> no hotels and disney word? >> there will be hotels, but maybe hotels that don't ruin the imprint of the rest of the land around it. >> welcome back to washington. >> thank you. >> "crude awakening" is the name of the book. nice to see you. >> thank you. >>> 11:42 is the time, and still ahead new developments on the european debt crisis today. we will look at how the markets are >>> a whole foods market could be coming to prince georges county, but not everybody is happy to redevelop a heavy wooded area there. the proposal to build a town center includes a whole foods center on route 1. some people say the traffic would get worst if that comes to the area, and they are worried the property taxes will go up. and the mayor is looking at ways to e

somebody in the military where they were funneling money to a contractor and these are alaska- based companies, native-american companies. their companies that congress set up for these native american communities where they could set up a defense company and get no-bid contracts. these are small communities with people that do not know how run and. you'll get a couple of native americans on the board and they will hire some washington company to run this and they will get the small dividend checks. these are not companies that are benefiting native americans. the fact that there automatically get in no-bid contract was a scandal. shock and surprise, it turned out to be huge amounts of corruption. whose fault is that? let's give the defense department credit for fun and -- are finding the corruption but congress set up a situation where it was ripe for an efficient activity and -- for inefficient activity and corruption. shame on congress. host: pennsylvania democrats line. caller: we are in afghanistan for oil in the caspian region, trying to get a pipeline into china and we recently close our border

alaska epic. it is twice the size of texas pac hurricane force winds. over 40-foot wave surge and blizzard like conditions. it is the biggest front to hit the state since 1974. nativebeen evacuated but damage is expected everywhere. >>> developing entertainment news, oscar host eddie murphy drops out of this year's ceremony after brett ratner is forced to step down. let's get scoop from kim, the the senior editor of in touch weekly. brett resigned after some awful comments made publicly. >> exactly. brett ratner was the co-producer of the oscars. he made an anti-gay sure sunday night. very offensive to a lot of people. he did apologize but then also he went on the howard stern radio show and he apologize asked then made a lot of comments about his sex life that were very graphic. very out of line with what you think of as the oscars. so he resigned yesterday. everyone, of course, wondered if eddie murphy, the host would be the next to go. eddie murphy really signed on because of brett ratner. they had just worked together and everyone thought this would be the partnership. eddie murphy just said, according to the president of the academy, he is not going to be host

alaska. she is an outstanding nominee and i regard it as a privilege to speak in support of her nomination today. sharon gleason is a native bachelor's degree from washington university in st. louis. she received her law degree from the university of california-davis. upon graduation from davis, sharon was elected to the order of the coif, which is the national legal honor society, and then following her graduation, she clerked for edmund burke, who was the chief justice of the alaska supreme court. this was the beginning of an exceptional legal career in the state of alaska for sharon gleason. after 17 years in private practice, sharon was selected to serve on the alaska superior court for the third judicial district in anchorage. she came to the bench in 2001. and in 2009 sharon was elevated to the role of presiding judge for the third judicial district. this is the judicial district that is the busiest of our four judicial districts in the state of alaska. i think it's important to take just a moment here, mr. president, to explain how the process works in the state of alaska for appointment as a judge. sharon was selec

native village almost universally support the development. it would bring much-needed jobs and make them an oil hub. unemployment there right now is at 38%. it would keep oil flowing in the great alaskaeserve has an estimated 900 million barrels of oil. coneco-phillips says it would be able to produce up to 18,000 barrels a day you talk about remote, it took us eight hours and four flights to get there from seattle, the nearest city about 200 miles away. alaska's loan congressman says drilling there should be a no-brainer. >> we have to start listening to the logic. there is not much logic in this body or logic from the interest groups that don't want this country to progress and go forward. >> reporter: and congressman young may get his wish. the army core of engineers sent a letter to lawmakers in the state of alaska saying that it's going to reconsider its opposition to the bridge, so we may know in the come weeks if they are going to allow drilling in what is called the national petroleum reserve. jenna: it comes full circle, rile interesting, and a good reminder that you just don't get the permit and start drilling, there is a whole infrastructure that needs to be in place to st