anchorage is a young city. 100,000 people call anchorage home. population has doubled in the last five years and maybe a quarter of a million by 1980. moderate winters and mild summers give the city like the northern great lakes region. and although it's as far left as hawaii and finland, anchorage .as one familiar household name alaska lays claim to the title flying estate in the union and backs it up with statistics like this. one ear plane for 150 people. one out of every citizen is a licensed pilot. combined air operations in the anchorage area, take-offs and landings reveal for air traffic than los angeles, new york, or miami. near-by lakehood is home base to 1/5th of the world's sea plane, the largest concentration of planes in the world. who are the alaskans? native born, foreign born from every state in the union. better educated than the average. men outnumber women. ordinary americans with a matter of fact knowledge of what the hand and spirit of man can accomplish. they share a heritage firsthand of leving ground and building where no

anchorage people felt one way certainly those may have had a very different response. because they were not affected that badly it changed the nature of the town so there were so many projects done of gathering information from survivors some of that was done immediately to figure out what we would do in the future if something similar happened and then psychological studies were done but really it is local. it is there quake in anchorage it is there quake. they are all fighting different things. so they lost their economy for a while but anchorage could still function that valdez which was fishing at the time the votes were inland from the tsunami wave but the support facilities were damaged so badly. there were too many factors to say the alaska response even though it affected so much of alaska. but it was created shortly before the anniversary which was a few years back that now they're constantly sharing memories in the photographs and would you be interested? it is still a regular topic of conversation hopefully not that big anytime soon. and it is a lifetime eve

join us from anchorage is teniaa pidgeon who works at gci. what is gci? >> gci is a telecommunications technology company that serves statewide in alaska and we have been serving the state since the late 70s. we are founded on the principles of using innovation and competition to deliver services as broadly and deeply as possible proud alaska. >> who are rob duncan and rob and how did they get started and what was her vision? >> ron duncan who is also our current ceo and bob are the founder of the company. ron and bob had a vision that they could deliver better services to alaska by investing in technology and at that tim time -- in the late 70s, long-distance services that customer experience especially in rural alaska were very expensive and not a particularly high quality. they believed they could improve the service and deliver rural alaskans a better experience and eventually serves statewide so they literally are the original entrepreneurs, two guys at a garage with a great idea making a difference for the people they invested into serve. >> host: g

and so parts of anchorage slid and subsided and collapses. what happened here is the land all sort of shifted that way. there's a hill to the left and kind of shift its down a hill. there was also a part of town called turnigan heights and i thought i'd read a little section of what handed in turnigan heights. if you have ever been to anchorage, out by the international airport, his still % still a neighborhood out there, but in the fifth -- late '50s, early '60s they built a pressie nice neighborhood called turnigan heights. the nicest neighborhood in town, a nice subdivision, and a lot of the town's movers and shakers lived there including a guy named robert atwood, who ran the local paper and actually much more than that. he was very involved in the statehood push in 1959, and knew everybody. he was also learning how to play the trumpet. and he was really bad at it. and so he would only play the trumpet, only practice when nobody was at his house. so on -- at 5:00 on march 27th , his wife went to go shopping because they were having people

anchorage had a particular problem. a lot of it is built, the soil underneath the soil as a layer of clay called bootlegger called clay. during this earthquake it liquefied essentially, came greece.ike part of anchorage slid and subsided and collapsed. what happened here is the land all sort of shifted that way. there is a hill to the left and the kind of shifted down a hill. there was also a part of town, and i thought i might read just a little -- is is my copy? a little section of what happened in tourniquet heights. if you've ever been to anchorage, public airport, the international airport is still,, you're still a neighborhood out there but indy early '60s they built a pretty nice n neighborhd called tourniquet heights it was the nicest neighborhood in town, nice subdivision.a a lot of accounts movers and shakers slid there including a guy by the name of robert applewood who ran thehe local paper, publisher of the local paper and he was much more than that. he was very involved in the state to push in 1959 and kne

joining us from anchorage is tina pidgeon, senior vice president and general counsel of a company called gci. what is gci? >> gci has a telecommunications and technology company that serves statewide in alaska and we've been serving the state since the late 70s and we are founded on the principles of using innovation and competition to deliver services as broadly and deeply as possible throughout alaska. >> who are ron duncan and bob rall and what was their vision when they started? >> ron duncan who is also our current ceo and bob wolf are the founders of the company and ron and bob had a vision that they could deliver better services to alaska by investing in theology and time and this is the late 70s , so long distance services that customers experience, especially in rural alaska were very expensive and not a particularly high quality. they believe they could improve the service and deliver rural alaska in a much better experience and eventually her statewide they are literally the original entrepreneurs, two guys in a garage with a great idea making a difference for the people inves

from the more urban locations like anchorage to some of the most rural locations that i think exist in the united states, even beyond. peter: what are some of those innovations that gci has come up with? you mentioned, we have had to be very innovative in terms of meeting challenges that providing service in alaska really brings to us. really, most recently, overcoming those challenges has been necessary to deliver growth -- both broadband and wireless services as deeply and broadly throughout the status we could. i have examples, really, in both of those areas. the broadband side, in alaska, we have a low population. a little more than 700,000 who live in an area twice the size of the state of texas. to reach those communities, there's a lot of space not necessarily between the youvidual people, which often see in rural america and the lower 48 as we call the continental united states here, but there are communities dispersed were the people a located close together, but there's a lot of distance between those communities. to deliver a viable broadband service, we have had to innovate

. >> c-span bus stopped in anchorage, alaska, asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska? alaskarked with the engineering science program at the university of anchorage, and we feel the most important issue in alaska has to do with education and work horse development. we see a lot of students come into our university here who are underprepared for college, and we are also not doing a great job of providing the environment and the community to support them through the undergraduate degree program, so we are engaging children as young as six grade into the university to provide a string of longitudinal opportunities to support them academically, socially, and provided the inspiration and guidance for them to succeed at academic levels. >> i with rotary cares for kids. one of the issues i see that is important is nationwide, as well as in alaska, and that is getting children garbage bags when they are either move from their home by ocs. tod repairs for kids tries eliminate that issue by giving backpacks and duffel bags to children, who when they are being transitioned from

anchorage still function.these which was largely fishing at the time, a lot of the boats were far inland to the soon on the ways plus the port facility was damaged so badly so there's too many factors to say this is the alaska response even though affected much of alaska. there's actually a huge facebook group of people who lived through the earthquake. it was created at least shortly before the 50th anniversary which was a few years back but they are incredibly active even now and people are constantly sharing their memories and photographs. be periodically get a call from somebody says they have materials from this or i have my photos. so there's, it's the regular topic of conversation and part of that is because fairly seismic reactive place, we're hopefully not one that we would make any sense in. >> it was so life-changing event, it really is one of those lifetime events where it's where were you when and if somebody was through it, they could tell you every bit of it. it's permanently ingrained in their

they would like to see more tourists in anchorage via cruise ship. we are trying to improve the port so we can get mark dryships coming here. get we can get -- so we can cruise ships coming in here. >> pointed to convert energy sources over to something a little bit more sustainable. want to think about that, i notice here our diesel technology program has begun talking to native corporations in working with people in some of the villages to figure out who we can do to prepare for the future. a state thattely depends on oil and up will be true for a long time, but making the most efficient and effective use of those resources is really important. that the way we hope universities like ours we can train people for those jobs of the future. 22 whenus july 21 and we feature our visit to alaska. watch alaska weekend on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> in 1998, the academy award-winning world war ii fil "saving private ryan" was released in theaters. if our trade the d-day invasion of normandy and the mission to find a soldie

jones: i was a reporter at the anchorage daily news. but also covering business so i had covered oil even before the spill. >> can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska #how large was it during that time? in 1967s: it started with their was a huge oil strike . the pipeline began operating in 1973 and that's when the traffic again. about 15 years past before the spill. fromil industry in alaska the date oil was discovered had an enough -- enormous mind share in the state. it was recognized as the biggest source of running for state government. for long time it was the only source that matter. the oil industry produced money so fast it's a coffers that one of the jokes was, even the own less than -- alaska legislator could not waste it all. say --f it was spent and state services. besides generating all this money, they are always interested in politics and taxes and regulation. over time, their influence over the legislature became enormous. it was almost mandatory to be oil friendly to get elected to the legisla

places like juneau and anchorage i got up to the valley one of the most remote spots on the southerncoast of alaska with kyle we mentioned before. one of the things about alaska when you are in the small towns people on the far left in the far right who -- in new york city never cross paths they are forced together and the volunteer fire department and go to the school board meeting you run into each other in town. and for me with someone like kyle who is a registered firearms teacher and expert to carry a gigantic 44 on his event the whole time lives for camping out which i do not. but being forced into his company for three days you could get that deeper level of understanding and figure out why these people really came to alaska and why they stay. that is the most interesting part of visiting. >> you just mentioned that you write in your book alaska isn't the last frontier with climate change it is the first frontier. how much does climate change and questions over that factor into your journey and writing? >> more and more as the journey went on i went up there with a vague idea

so i decided to send it not only to him to the news minor, to the anchorage times , to the anchorage daily news and the tundra times. everybody printed but bob would. and then a few weeks later i got a call from claire, some of you know claire the artist, she said willie and she called the phone in the hallway at the door. she said really, i just met her. she said willie, send her to greening is going to be in town and he saw your letter. i said if you're serious about what you said, you want to talk to you. that worked up again and i said okay. sure. so we met in the nortel hotel . he was getting up in years ago and here he was, harvard graduate, former governor. former head of the oas, , author. and he a nobody but he took the time to listen to me and he said willie, you know, i saw your letter. i'm the one who got rid of the no dogs or natives. i'm the one who encouraged the natives to get into politics . some of them even ran as republicans. and he said on the land, he said i've been trying to get the secretary of the interior foryears to do something about this problem . and the

even history professors were telling me this in anchorage this small part of alaska the less than 1%that is kind of urban. they are constantly in the outdoors especially in the summer the three months you can actually get outside to enjoy the extremely long days. but at the same time conservation is a taboo subject. it is a very deeply red state and they are very suspicious of government intervention they worry about federal overreach which is a popular term there. and it's a weird set of framework they love the outdoors and then they assume that that may not be the case remake how long did you want to go before you took the trip? but the story is a story of failure. with my very first journalism job and in the fall of 1992 that i lied my way into the job thing you knew how to run a macintosh. people were just getting online with modems between 12 and 4400 bits per second. the third or fourth day the managing editor said to come from a writer in seattle i said go enjoy your cup of coffee i will take care of it so five hours later i am dripping in sweat and over the modem it turned ou

and that's where i was born and moved around in southeast alaska and became grew up and lived in anchorage and i've got good roots from the state. >> host: what's this difference between gnome and ketchichan? >> guest: probably a couple thousand miles. in terms of similarities you are both off the grid so to speak. ketchkhan is an island and gnome is up mainland but it may as well be an island in terms of its isolation. they are both communities that i think the pioneers look to as a place of opportunity. gnome for the gold rush and ketchikan was about the fisheries that drew not only people from the lower 48 but a strong filipino contingency and so, both pioneering towns in their own right that way. both are beautiful communities to the state, i love them. >> host: what does your chairmanship of the energy and natural resources committee bring to alaska? >> guest: i think it allows alaska to be in that national spotlight when it comes to our energy resources. we are a resource rich state. i will have 720,000 odd folks but we have more natural resources whether they be trees, fish, oil, mi

anchorage could still function.es largely fishing lost their economy because a lot of boats were out because of the tsunami qeafs plus support facilities were damage sod badly so there's -- too many factors to really say this is the alaska response. even though it affected coven so much of alaska. there's a huge facebook group of people when live through the 1964 earthquake it it was created i believe shortly before the 50th anniversary which was a few years back. but they're incredibly active and people are are sharing their memories and their photograph we periodically get a call from somebody who says do you have material on this or i have my dad's photo would you be interested so still regular top pick of conversation and part that have is because -- we're a fairly seismically active place and hopefully not one that big any time soon general do without that. but it's -- it was so life changing of an event. it really is one of those lifetime events it is where were you then and if somebody lived there it they can

even like tenured history professors were telling me this in downtown anchorage, which is a small partof alaska, less than 1% that is kind of urban. alaskans love the outdoors. they are constantly outdoors, especially in the summer because that's the three much when you can get outside and enjoy those extremely long days and do everything that you're not able to do in january and february. at the same time, conservation is kind of a taboo subject in much of alaska. it's a very deep red state. they are deeply suspicious of government intervention. they worry about things like federal overreach, it's a very popular term there. i think senator murkowski has a whole section on federal overreach on her webpage. it's a weird sort of schizophrenia. they love the outdoors. they are always in the outdoors, and at the same time they assume the outdoors are always going to take care of themselves and that may not be the case. >> host: how long have you wanted to go to alaska before you took this trip and how long have you want to dig into the subject and write about it? >> guest: i, you know, the

anchorage,pped in alaska, asking folks, what is the most important issue in alaska? the alaska native science and engineering program at the university of alaska, anchorage. we feel the most important issue based in alaska has to do with education and workforce development. we see a lot of students coming into our university here who are under prepared for college. and then we are also not doing a great job of providing the environment and community on campus to support them through their undergraduate degree program. we are engaging students as young as six grade all the way through middle school, high school, and into the university to provide a string of longitude and opportunities that help support them academically, socially, i providing the inspiration and guidance and opportunities for them to provide -- for them to succeed. see that the issues i is important is nationwide. as well as in alaska. that is giving children garbage backs when they are removed from their homes by ocs. rotary cares for kids tries to eliminate that issue in the state of alaska by givi

i work here at the university of alaska, anchorage. the most important issue is education and workforce development. we see a lot of students coming in to our university underprepared for college and we are not doing a great job of providing an environment to support them through the undergraduate program. all thengaging students way to middle school to provide a string of longitudinal opportunities to support them academically, socially, to provide guidance to succeed at different academic levels. see isof the issues i nationwide and in alaska, giving children garbage bags when they are being removed from their home. we try to donate that issue. we give backpacks and apple backs to children being removed from their home, transition from one home to another or out of foster care. >> an issue important to me that seems to be coming to fruition's fisheries management. from a commercial standpoint, from a tourism standpoint. we have some problems that need to be dealt with. dealt with. be thoughts, based on my thatstanding, it was a way a

he's become kind of the spokesperson now and he said i would be happy to meet you for coffee in anchoragethat i haven't finished packing to go to school in the fall and also the bbc wants to interview me. so i thought maybe this is a bigger thing than i do and it just so happened the day we met as the day the village held their vote they were going to be supposedly the first town in alaska to become a diaspora and have to go through an entirely new location. once i started thinking about it and i actually got up there and spoke to some of the people, it becomes a lot less abstract. when you are standing on the shore looking at the various walls that the army corps of engineers put in over the years, when you see that they've buried old construction equipment and the beach and all of a sudden it's like a group of three year-old boys with bulldozers and such bu that have been burid along the beach to stop sending from a rotting away. it's something that sticks out and clicks in your mind as something ending here in the last chapter. >> host: take us back to the harriman expedition. men are

the bus stopped in anchorage, alaska, asking people what is the most important issue in alaska? nativerk with the science and engineering program here in anchorage, and we feel the most important issue based in alaska has to do with education and workforce development. we see a lot of students coming into our university here who are under for college, and then are not -- we are not doing a good job to support them through the undergraduate degree program. we are engaging with students as young as six grade, middle school, high school, and the university to provide a string of longitudinal opportunities that help support them academically, socially to provide the inspiration and opportunities to exceed at all -- succeed all academic levels. one of the issues i feel is very important his nationwide as well as in alaska, and that is giving children garbage bags when they are being removed from by ocs.me >> another issue that is important to me this year seems to be coming to fruition is fisheries management. fisheries are extremely important to alaska from a commercial standpoint,

this is a follow-up to this question about people moving into anchorage.now to a -- maintain their identity but then there's a way to keep them in the villages? so whose responsibility is it to make sure that the villages of role alaska can survive and what does that look like? >> thank you. [laughter] sit down. [laughter] if there is message in the whole notion of spirit that what we began to realize 25 years ago was the most significant things of our identity are nonmaterial but if you don't have spirit then you are sort of dead. in music and dance and art. and we do have a very strong connection that you cannot live on the land. that is all we have experienced still after all these years doing battle. i love the country. and to pick the berries. and then to maintain a modern life so then you have to work at it. thank you very much. [applause] and i thank you for coming out to the official launch of tee5 extra credit for giving up some saturdays sleep

word filtered back from fairbanks and anchorage where teller and his entourage explained the project. it filtered back to the people who would've been most affect did buy it, the native people point hope. when they learned about it there and mediate reaction was resistance and they demanded a delegation come talk to them. that happened in march of 1960. half a dozen or so men from the atomic energy commission and some scientists they recruited went up there to explain the project to the eskimo people. they were not pleased. they said, we don't want it. and when we say it we mean it. and a little woman, four foot said we areup and pretty sure you don't want to bomb your place where you live. just gave them hell. they said they wanted one of the commissioners to come up. the asc five commissioners. they said, we want one of those guys to come up. that happened. they went up there. the people were very smart and they tape-recorded everything which was very i'm usual and very shocking to these guys when they came to the suits and went up to the head table, to tape recorders were running.

and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday, july 22 at 9 p.m. on afterwards, mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg, his expands retracing in 1899 exhibition of scientists, artists, conservationists, and writers. sunday, july 20 second at 2 p.m. tourrn, the c-span cities visits the alaskan state capital , the alaska native heritage center, and fort wainwright army base. watch for documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film alaska silver millions, the 1949 film eskimo northwestern alaska, the 1967 film alaska centennial. and the 1944 film alaska highway. alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22nd on the c-span network. or listen on the free c-span radio app. published by the u.s. capital historical society, the book create capitol hill, because of how the this -- how the district of columbia was chosen. and how the neighborhood and city developed in the early years of the republic. american history tv, a book launch and a discussion with the three co-authors, the editor, and the mapmaker of the book.

joining us from anchorage is tina, she is senior vice president and general counsel of a company calledmr. jen, what is gci? >> gci is a telecommunications and technology company that serve as a statewide in alaska and we been serving the state since the late 70s and were founded on the principles of using innovation and competition to deliver services as broadly and deeply as possible throughout alaska. >> who are ron duncan and bob walt and how did they get started and what was their vision when i got started. >> ron duncan who is also our current ceo and bob are the founders are the company. ron and bob had a vision that they could deliver better services to alaska by investing in technology. at that time, this is the late 70s, long-distance services that customers experienced, especially in rural alaska were very expensive and not of particularly high quality. they believe they could improve the experience and serve statewide. there are the original entrepreneurs, two guys in a garage with a great idea making a difference for the people they invested into serve. >> tina pigeon, gci

the bus stopped in anchorage, alaska, asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska? the college of health at the university of alaska, and one of the most important issues in alaska is access to health care, especially rural and the cost of health care is extremely high. >> the most important issue for alaska is job creation, and the university of alaska has done remarkably in terms of looking at collaborations and aligning resources to help support our businesses and communities. >> the most important thing going on in alaska right now i tourist season. we have millions of tourists that come to alaska every year. many of them come to see the nalley national park. we would like to see more -- we only get a few cruise ship s a year. >> i think one of the most important issues happening in alaska right now is the need for us to begin to convert our energy sources over to something a little bit more sustainable. when i think about that, i notice that -- our diesel technology program has begun talking to native corporations, and working with people in some of the village

. >> reporter: 2,400 miles away in anchorage, alaska, another foundling mystery one year before andrea. another runaway mother abandons her baby. it's a cool summer evening in 1986. at sundown, a newborn baby boy is found not in a hospital, but in a cardboard box next to a salvation army bin. >> it was september 4, 1986, two teenage boys were out riding their bikes. they heard crying from a box and were astonished to find a live baby in the box. these two teenage boys, scoop the baby up and i guess literally cycled home to their house with it in their arms. >> reporter: hours before, bystanders recall seeing a pregnant woman nearby. >> they'd seen a very pregnant young lady standing by the salvation army bin. hadn't given it much thought, but when they'd gotten home, they started watching the news, and heard that a baby had been abandoned there. >> reporter: like andrea, this >> reporter: a police sketch is published in the local newspaper. looking for the woman who abandoned the baby. and like andrea, this baby boy doe is also adopted into a loving home. he grows up in idaho, the stat

president, governor sheffield recently celebrated his 90th birthday with a party in anchorage. unfortunately, i was not able to attend, but i heard it was one for the ages. hundreds of people showing up. people from all walks of life, all political affiliations were there, all of them sharing deep affection for one of our state's giants, a man with a huge heart who's made life better for countless alaskans. so governor sheffield, from the senate happy 90th birthday. thanks for your great service to our great state and all you've done and congratulations on being our alaskan of the week. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk shall call the roll. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent take the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: if you're like me, a member of the senate in the hallways this week, i think the two questions that have come up over and over again were about the nato meeting that just transpired

. >> anchorage, alaska is the state's largest city, located in the central portion. it is known as the air crossroads of the world. contains more than 40% of the total population. up next, we continue our look at alaska with the visit to the smithsonian arctic studies center to learn about alaskan native culture. i think that i am a born again native. isng alaskan native embracing your heritage by choice. it is creating new dances and new songs. thee are carrying on go-betweens. we can talk things out. it is a work in progress. we lost it and we are to get it back and i think we can. i tell visitors if you went from the south end of the gallery to the north, you would be embarking on a 1000 mile hike across the cultural landscape of alaska. you would be meeting the different regions and seeing their masterworks of art and design that have been created over the centuries for life in the arctic. this is living our cultures and sharing our heritage, the first people of alaska. it is an exploration of culture through language and art of the 20 different cultures. there a

president of the heritage institute with her book on alaska nate is, and stan jones, author and former "anchorage daily news" reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwords, author mark adams talk bts about his book, "tip of the iceberg," his experience retracing an 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, and writers up the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital, the alaska native heritage center and we'll take a look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated at 4:30 on real america, watch four documentsries on alaska. the film "alaska silver millions," the film "eskimo hunters in northwest alaska," "alaska centennial" and the 1944 film "alaska high." watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday july 21 and 22 on the c-span networks. at c-span.org. or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> former prettyish foreign secretary boris johnson stepped down last week to protest prime minister theresa may's brexit plan but delivered his resignation speech yesterday. >>

seek that doesn't make sense to keep the capital in juneau when half of the population lives in the anchorage area? well, there's a lot of rich history throughout alaska. every area is unique and special. i am an opponent of the capital staying in juneau. it moved once. very as methods of communication that they can watch live throughout the state gavel-to-gavel. we've caught up with technology to allow people to access that way. alaska airlines has a contiguous there that is cheaper to come down during the sessions. has done a lotau of work in helping people be a part of this community. everyone feels welcome. as far as i'm concerned, it will stay this way. reporter: bill walker is the governor of alaska, running for reelection this year. he is an independent. thank you for joining us. we also want to thank our cable partners in announcer: this c-span but it's recently made the long journey to juneau, alaska, capital of the 49th street. this weekend we will feature our stops across alaska, showing you the state's natural beauty. we will delve into the natural and literature culture. the 2010

visit ncicap.org] anchorage is the largest city in alaska. marsh,ted potter thunderbird falls, and the glacier. [birds chirping] blowing] [waterfall rushing] [airplane overhead] as part of our year-long 50 capitals tour, the c-span bus recently made the long journey to juneau, alaska, capital of the 49th state. featurekend, we will our stops across alaska, showing you its natural beauty and we will delve into alaska's unique history and literary culture. chair federal reserve ro

also, stan jones, author and former anchorage news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. talksuthor mark adams about his book "tip of the an expeditioning of scientists, artists, conservationists, and writers up the alaskan coast. sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the tour- the c-span cities visits several facilities. at 4:00, watch documentaries on alaska. a 1936 film, 1949 film about eskimo hunters, a 1967 film about the alaskan centennial and a 1944 film "alaska highway." watch saturday and sunday on the c-span network, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. warner, theark intelligence committee's vice rubioand senator marco lead member of the community, took part in a discussion earlier today on russia's interference in that 2016 election. they were followed by a panel about broader efforts. posted by the atlantic council, this one's about one hour and 50 minutes. [indiscernible]

it stopped in anchorage alaska asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska? >> we feel that the most important issue in alaska has to do with education and workforce development. we see students come into our university here who are underprepared for college. and who are also doing -- not doing a great job of providing an environment on campus to support them. what we are doing is engaging students as young as straight all the way through middle school, high school, and universities. they have a string of longitudinal off the -- opportunities that help support them by providing the asone of the issues i see important is nationwide as well as in alaska and that is giving children garbage bags when they are being removed from their homes. to give backpacks and duffel bags to children when they are being removed from their homes are being transitioned or transitioning out of foster care. >> another issue that is is fisheriesme management. fisheries are extremely important to alaska. from a commercial standpoint and from a sport fishing standpoint and a tourism s

the bus stopped in anchorage, alaska, asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska? of the just jesse, dean college of health at the university of alaska. one of the most important issues of alaska is accessed to health ,are, especially rural alaska and the cost of health care is extremely high. >> the most important issue for alaska from my perspective is job creation. the university of alaska has done remarkably in terms of looking at collaborations and linking them to help support our businesses and communities. >> the most important thing going on in alaska right now is it is tourist season. millions of tourists come to alaska every year. some come by cruise ship, some drive, some fly out. many come to see tonelli national park. we would like to see -- did nalley national park. national park. we would like to see more cruise ships. >> the need for us to begin to convert our energy sources over to something a little more sustainable. when i think about that, i noticed that here at usaa, our diesel technology program has begun talking to native corporations and wor

announcer: anchorage, alaska, is the state's largest city.ated in the south-central portion of the state, it is known as the air across roads of the world. with nearly 300 thousand residents, the city contains more than 40% of alaska's total population. up next, we continue our special look at alaska with a visit to the smithsonian are extremities -- study center to learn about the culture. i am a born-again native. being in an -- and alaskan sative for my generation, i embracing your heritage by choice. our dancers are creating new dances and creating new songs. we are still carrying on the go-betweens. we can get people together. talk things out. in progress.rk if we lost it all before, we're starting to get it back more -- now. i think we can. i often tell visitors that if you went from the south end of the gallery to the north, you a 1000e embarking on mile hike across the cultural landscape of alaska. along the way, you would be meeting the people in all the different regions. and seeing many of their masterworks of art and design that h

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when i think about respect for culture, i think about how anchorage is the most diverse city in the wholeation. people why i should respect their culture and why they should respect mine, and my reason behind that is because the human race lives together in such places that the itlages, towns, and cities, is important to respect each other. , it isere, the last post respect for the environment. notice the eyebrows on the bird, respect the sky. the drum is the wolf, respect the land, and then the killer whale, respect the ocean. what we hope for people to take away from the alaskan native heritage center is a better culturending of alaskan and traditions. we teach our traditions because knowledge has to be passed down through generations. if we don't pass it down, it gets lost forever. that our traditions are being passed on, because the next generation will, in and take over, so we want to make sure it is being passed down. ♪ [applause] our cities to her staff recently traveled to alaska to learn about its rich history. learn more about alaska and other stops on our to her on stour..org/c

the bus stopped in anchorage alaska asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska? >> i'm dean of the college of health here at the university of alaska. one of the most important issues in alaska is access to health in world alaska and the cost of health care is extremely high. >> the most important issue for alaska from my perspective is job creation. the university of alaska has done remarkably in terms of looking at collaboration and linking and aligning resources to help support our businesses and communities. >> the most important thing in alaska right now is tourist season. we have millions of tourists that come to alaska every year. they come by cruise ship or by driving. some fly up. many come to see tonala national park. we would like to see more tourists come to anchorage. we only get a few cruise ships every year. we are trying to improve our ports so we can get more cruise ships. >> i think one of the most important issues in alaska is a need for us to begin to convert our energy sources over to something a little more sustainable. when i think about th

we continue our special look at alaska with a special visit to an anchorage museum.

they have now -- they have avian malaria they've discovered in alaska, it's gotten so warm in anchoragee next century is anybody's guess what's going to happen. but it's a beautiful, wonderful place. and we just saw it as sort of a test kitchen for this fight we have, as 7 billion people on the planet decide, what's more important? what do we need? what do we need to save. >> oh, my gosh, well, thanks so much for explaining the debate and bringing us all of those beautiful pictures. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> great to talk to you. >>> time now for five things to know for your new day. the trump administration refusing to reveal details of the president's secret meeting with vladimir putin last week. secretary of state mike pompeo stonewalled senators, as the white house postpones that second trump/putin summit at the white house until next year. >>> an investigation is underway following a small explosion outside the embassy in beijing. police tell cnn that a 26-year-old man set off an explosive device, injured just his own hand. no one else, luckily, was hurt. >>> in ariz

next, we visit the anchorage museum.his place is only found in the arctic. >> this is an installation by a seattle-based artist called "murmur." it is a representation of an archaige

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alaska,ed in anchorage, asking folks what's the most important issue in alaska. >> the economy is really the heart of all of the struggles we are having. the state of alaska has been in a hole for several years. we experience, just like most of the west coast, a homelessness issue like has not been seen before. we have poverty reaching out, people camping in our parks, people struggling. neighbors trying to figure out to coexist. are note and the feds investing in a critical public resources we need to ensure those among us are taken care of. >> the most important issue to me is protecting the arctic national wildlife refuge. i was there last week with friends. it is an unbelievably beautiful place that is iconic in the same way that yellowstone national park and the grand canyon are. ofortunately, the tax law 2017 snuck in a position to allow drilling on the coastal plain of the refuge. we are doing everything we can to stop that drilling. s are also working to stop that. we have a lot more than just oil and gas. those who live on the land and embrace the fact that the caribou help them

. >> there are 69 riders this year and split up in three different groups from austin, texas, to anchoraged of 70 days. >> it's nothing compared to what a cancer treatment goes through and a lot of us focus on that when things start to get rough. >> texas 4,000 has raised more than $8 million for cancer research since the organization was started in 1984. >> great. >> don't you love the way it's associated with the golden great bridge? >> for all of us here, we appreciate your time and we'll see you again at 6:00. >>> tonight, the miracle in the cave. the moment a boy's soccer team is found alive, ten days after vanishing inside a maze of dark tunnels. >> we've just got the news that the boys have been found. >> families rejoicing. but now, the new race against time to rescue those children. >>> cohen's warning shot. the president's former personal attorney and fixer breaking his silence in an abc news exclusive. telling george stephanopoulos his first loyalty is now to his family. after once saying he would take a bullet for the president. >>> the deadly vacation horror. a tour boat explo