kate rooney is in cheyenne kate >> reporter: that's certainly the case here in cheyenne, wyoming, the state's capital it's looking to become the crypto capital of the united states one of the big things drawing new tech companies to cheyenne in particular, wyoming, the state has passed two dozen bills related to blockchain. cracken was the first to get approved for a special bank charter. david kovitsky says more regulation on a state level as a good thing and can weed out potential back actors. >> we want these bad actions to take place within the system with supervision and oversight we don't want it in a shadow system where there's no transparency to it that's the choice and the fundamental difference, people have the choice to operate outside the system or within it. let's make sure it happens within it. >> reporter: on top of that clear regulatory environment, there's no personal income tax here wyoming has a lot of cheap energy sources, that is key for crypto mining companies. some of the country's largest data centers are also located here in cheyenne microsoft is here, for exa

, wyoming where we are here in cheyenne, wyoming.ypto capital of the country. they're returning to their home towns trying to get in on what they are calling a tech renaissance driven by the cryptocurrency industry. 36-year-old eric trobridge grew up in cheyenne, wyoming. he left the town to take a job at apple and then to new york city he's running a co-working space and coding school in cheyenne and he's seen demand for young people looking for an alternative to silicon valley. >> it's not changing wyoming, it's going back to our dna being the digital pioneer. we're pioneers of open country in the west. what i'm excited about is now we're becoming thedigital pioneers and really pushing the boundaries. >> reporter: the state has looked to court the cryptocurrency industry with friendly regulation. wyoming has passed more than 2 dozen bills related to blockchain no personal income tax it has a lot of cheap energy sources and that is key for the energy intensive crypto mining industry senator cynthia lummus has been one of the biggest

the site of the massacre of more than 250 cheyenne and arapahoe nation peoples. on november 29, 1864 by the united states army contingent. the park with authorize in 2005 and 2007. and so we recognize this as a massacre sites. it was not until after the military of the united states government did an investigation of the military action that was perpetuated on the unarmed group and found that there is military reason for the peaceful people. they may come to the reckoning. what happens when a people are pushed to the limit during the time of racial oppression. how do we protect themselves. or how do they respond to the racial violence that is being perpetuated against. we talk about these moments of reckoning. the two i would like to highlight two is little big horn battlefield national monument. most of you probably know this this is custer's last stand this is also called the greasy grass just a few years after the massacre. the same massacre was perpetuated against indigenous people that had agreed to give up their claim to land and have settled and land that

cheyenne, i know you have twins, they're almost 5.ey call it hades and i think that's apropos and works for me. >> booboo, when cheyenne joined the cast of "descendants" did he make a big splash? >> oh, my gosh, when we knew cheyenne was coming on board our director loves him and so there were so many whispers throughout the set, everybody is like cheyenne is coming. that when he showed up everyone was like, this is right. >> love it. >> cheyenne, we'll put you on the spot and hear a new song in "the royal wedding" called "feeling the love." you willing to sing a few bars for us on national television. >> i mean, it's really early over here in l.a. but, sure. ♪ i'm feeling the love, love, love, you make me feel the love ♪ something like that. >> i'd like to hear you in the afternoon if that's your morning voice. amazing. >> i can barely talk in the morning. i'm amazed you can sing in the morning. as you guys knows this series has an incredible fan base, super fans out there. we have a question from one of your superfans so take a look

cavalry and an alliance of the lakota and the cheyenne and the arapahoe. this was a devastating defeat for the u.s. army. it resulted in the death of general george armstrong custer, who was a civil war hero and in the death of almost 300 u.s. cavalry men. this was the most shocking event in u.s. history of the late 19th century. but within a very short period after this event, within less than ten years, warriors who were reviled by americans become a symbol of the united states of america. so in this exhibition, we explore how it is that that the battle of little big horn remained immensely important in the consciousness of americans for over a century and explore exactly how it is that imagery of the warrior emerged as the stereotypical american indian and also as a symbol of the united states. all of this is to say we will be exploring how the image of the plains indian warrior was used to justify manifest destiny. so our gallery, which explores the battle of the little big horn is divided into two halves. in one-half, we look at concepts of warfare an

he is from cheyenne valley. he at one point owned a factory? hillsboro that was supposedly the largest manufacturer of barrel components in the west. and unfortunately, he -- he lost the factory during an economic panic in the 1890s. and was left with what seems like a fair amount of cash but probably just a sliver of what he had put into that factory. he turned it around, moved to oshkosh, and started another business which also appears to have been very successful. something we now call flipping houses. he bought old houses, flipped 'em up, fixed 'em up and sold 'em. and did that, you know, if you read the oshkosh northwestern, there's many weeks when he's got an entry in there for a house purchase or a house sold. he was a very -- he was a real entrepreneur. the other one i'll mention is john j. valentine who owned and operated a restaurant, and later a hotel in waukesha that was fairly, pretty well regarded. one other point i want to make with these veterans is about the grand army of the republic, which is the -- the big veterans organizat

. >> cheyenne, abc. >> you for taking my question. there were remarks that the administration does not have enough data to recommend boosters. i am wondering if you are confident they will be enough data by september 20? jeff: dr. walensky? dr. walensky: cdc reviewed data yesterday that looks at increased waning when it comes to vaccine effects is -- vaccine efficacy when it comes to infections. we did not review international data that had led us to even more concerned about increased risk of the vaccine effectiveness against severe disease and death. it is our data as well as international data that has led us to be concerned that the winning we are seen for infection will soon lead to a winning we will see for hospitalization, severe disease, and death. that is why it is so critical now to plan ahead to remain ahead of the virus. jeff: next question. >> we will go to jeannie at bloomberg. >> inc. you for taking my question. -- thank you for taking my question. i am wondering if you know how many unused doses there are in areas impa

and cheyenne, specifically, including microsoft.y climate is good for storing those super computers. one issue, though, has been finding tech talent. we sat down with eric trobridge, he went to high school here, he left to work for apple in san francisco and new york he now runs a tech co-working space and a coding school downtown he describes it as a renaissance here driven by crypto. he calls it the wild west but in a good way >> what's really exciting is it is not about changing wyoming, it is going back to our dna. being the digital pioneers, pioneers of open country in west and that's always part of our heritage what i'm excited about is now we're becoming these digital pioneers and really pushing the boundaries >> reporter: and, guys, while pioneering and innovation could be a good thing, it also might mean booms and busts we talked about that with people here as well they say, yes, crypto is big, bu they say yes crypto is big but as far as tech jobs they're trying to make sure there are other options in case we see another cr

heart mountain camp was infamous for the protesters right here is the court trial in cheyenne, wyoming 63 members of the heart mountain camp were got draft notices they resisted. they said unless you're free our family, then they will not served the uncle sam in the united states army, but the courts said no regardless of the family situation they have to report to the service they refused so they got federal. penitentiary service two to three years. so a total of 85 protested from heart mountain, wyoming a total about 300 protested from the 10 camps. when we were incarcerated into the camps, everyone got one of these. they told us to go to the haystack and fill it with. hay so this was our temporary mattress. the military is not prepared to house 120,000 people. so initially we had to make our own mattress. it didn't smell too good and sometimes i poked us but eventually we got standard distribution of mattresses. sometimes you see these tin can lids. nailed to the floors why because they had not holes in them. and the knot holds anytime you had any wind the dirt will come in through

. >> first question, let's go to cheyenne at abc news. reporter: thank you for taking my question. we know boosters are under consideration but there is more openness to acting for immuno compromised people faster. can you tell us when they expect -- when they can expect boosters will be available, and are there any updates? >> dr. fauci? >> thank you for that question, immuno-compromised individual are vulnerable. the reason is it is clear now from the observational data that was made that they do not make, in general, with some exceptions, they do not make an adequate response that we feel would be adequately protected. so in this regard, it is extremely important for us to move to get those individuals there boosters. -- their boosters. we are now working on that and will make that be implemented as quickly as possible, because for us, for the individuals involved, it is a very high priority. >> next question. >> let's go to cbs. >> -- reporter: thank you so much for taking my question. dr. fauci and dr. wilensky have both warned the virus might mutate and perhaps into a string

right here is a court trial in cheyenne and wyoming. 63 members of the heart mountain camp were -- got draft notices. they resisted and said, unless you free our family, then they will not serve uncle sam in the united states army. what the court said, no, regardless of family situation, they have to report to the service. they refused, so they got federal penitentiary servitude, two to three years. so, a total of eight 85 in heart mountain wyoming. a total of about 300 protested from the tent camps. and when we were incarcerated in camps, everyone got one of these. they told us to go to the haystack and fill it with harry. so, this was our temporary mattress. the military was not prepared to house 120,000 people. so initially, we have to make our own mattress, it did not smell too good, and sometimes it -- but eventually we got the standard distribution of mattresses. sometimes, you see these tin can leads nail to the floors. why? because they had not holes in them. and the knot holes, anytime you had any wind, the dirt would come in through the floors, so to prevent that we would put

and many people were identifying the sue and the cheyenne and these other people that -- bloodthirsty, hostile and murderers. that's not the way that buffalo bills wild west wrote about sitting bull they said, and i will briefly quote this as and way of introducing ernie to you. tatanka iyotake, though sitting bull, was born on the reserve the river in 1830 this in early life he was known as a hunter and warrior, and an early middle age, he gained prestige as a medicine man, the sioux order of priesthood, and a counselor. by shrewdness, diplomacy, and force of character, he gained a lasting influence among his people, and became, by common consent, the consulting head of his nation and with those words, probably written by john m. buck in 1885, i'd like to introduce to you ernie lapointe, sitting bull slash surviving great grandson thank you. [applause] >> i appreciate and i'm humbled by the invitation i've had here. this is the third time, i guess. i said something that touched these guys, so they invite me back a couple of times. [laughs] in actuality, no one knows the truth -- i do

cheyenne mountain -- a lot of the cybersecurity infrastructure that's built. the air force academy in colorado springs -- there's a long history of the relationship and integration between space and science and our national defense and we can't overlook it. it's amazing when i go back to colorado and i talk to people and colorado's a relatively space literate state. and i begin to ask people about their -- did they have concerns that our satellite systems could be attacked, that there could be a cyber attack and in some way physically or through a cyber breach, render our satellite systems vulnerable or disable them in some way. it's as if they've never heard of this before. but space now is -- not just g.p.s. you go down the list of all the things that are essential to our economy, that are tied to space, and there is this dawning awareness that countries like china have the capability to wage an attack in space and we need to be prepared for it. space command, my biggest concern about space command, not obviously as a u.s. senator from colorado, i have a ves

[ applause ] >> i think cheyenne wants one and so does jonah. >> so, john, how does it feel to have thatk >> oh, my gosh i don't know i -- i never have thought that i would ever get one of these, and she did it she brought it home. i'm so, so proud of her. so surprised everything. good job. >> yang, i heard you were crying a lot of tears, that's what john said, but happy tears the past few weeks. what has it been like for mom watching your little one from afar just shine on this world stage under so much pressure >> it's like happy tears you know like, just thinking all of the hard work that she has done, you know, in the past four years, and every time when she has a bad day and comes home crying and then that kind of hurts me and so seeing her with the gold medal and winning these medals is just, it made me happy, and so i feel like, happy tears. you know >> john, all of those years ago, you built a balance beam in the backyard for your little girl. you couldn't afford to buy one, so you were going to build one back in those days, could you ever imagine here we'd be sitting, you'd a go

thousands around the northern cheyenne indian reservation have been forced to evacuate.ia, the u.s. forest service said it was operating in crisis mode with operators operating in the state. the dixie fire, which destroyed the town of greeneville in 1000 homes and businesses is over 800 square miles, and remains less than a third contained. the california department of justice has closed an investigation into southern california edison without criminal charges for its role in the 2018 fire that killed three people and scorched almost 100,000 acres in los angeles and ventura county. the department said there was insufficient evidence to bring charges. another day of triple digit temperatures roasted the pacific northwest. in air quality alert was issue for north washington state due to smokerom nearby wildfires. meanwhile, july was reported to be earth's hottest month on record. in turkey, 38 have died in floods and mudslides that have battered the northern coast. dozens of people are msing after torrents of water collapsed buildings and tossed cars and debris over the st

-- less than ten years after little big horn and many people were identifying the sioux and the cheyenne and these people out here as savages and blood thirsty hostiles and martyrers. that's not the way that buffalo bill's wild west wrote about sitting bull. they said i will briefly wrote this as a means of then introducing ernie to you. sitting bull was born on the missouri river in 1830. in early life he was known as the hunter and warrior and in early middle age he gained prestige as a medicine man, the sioux order of priesthood and a counselor by shrewdness, diplomacy and force of character he gained a lasting influence among his people and became by common consent the consulting head of his nation. and with those words probably written by john m. buck in 1885 i would like to introduce to you ernie lapointe, sitting bull's last surviving great-grandson. thank you. [ applause ] >> i appreciate -- humbled by the invitation i have had here. this is the third time. i guess i said something that touched these guys so they invited me back a couple times, but in actuality nobody knows the t

the other one was cheyenne valley. this one was community was made up of multiracial group. they moved there in the 1850s and '60s. two other communities that i thought of very much contributed quite a few servicemen to the united states college and to the army and the civil war lacrosse and prescott. lacrosse is a river town at a number of african-americans who made it there either because they worked on the river or because they had escaped in the south and come up that far. also nearby be there was another small farming community that contributed several soldiers to the war. during the first two years of the war african-americans were not allowed to engist. so there were a number of men who wrote to the governor or other officials and protests to this. they wanted to volunteer. this continued for about a year. there was a time when the men were taken from the draft list and were put into wisconsin regiment because wisconsin couldn't put them into the college groups yet. this continued for the rest of the war. they started with 1864 early in the year. it was believed by a

. >> hey, morgan, good morning we are here in cheyenne, wyoming, the state's capital it's looking tothe united states one of the big reasons, a lot of these tech companies have been moving here, friendly regulation the state has passed more than two dozen bills related to blockchain, the biggest so far aimed at quick approval for new crypto banks >> what wyoming did was just create a welcoming legal environment just clarifying that this industry is lawful and does exist in a recognized manner most of the crypto industry in other states is just in a legal and regulatory gray area >> on top of that regulatory environment, guys, there is no personal income tax here wyoming also has abundant and cheap energy sources and that is key for the crypto mining companies. and it turns out the internet speed here it pretty good as well so country's largest data centers, including microsoft, are in cheyenne. wyoming's senator cynthia lummis, while, among thfighting for a crypto amendment the state is bringing in more revenue and tech jobs thanks to crypto and she says it could be a sandbox for act

brian: and cheyenne, 122000 people did get out that has a lot to do with your brother. guys can't thank you enough for sharing your story because we need to know about him. now we know more than just the name. we know about his future, we know the type of man he was, and the type of dad he was going to be, and that kid is lucky to have a support system like you guys around and please give our best to gianna. >> absolutely, thank you so much. brian: all right i hope to see you again soon. marine corps lance corporal rylee mccollum was 20 years old he made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, may he rest in peace. at this stage in my life to be able to be here as a part of newday usa, everything that we do is centered around how can we help that veteran? how can we help that veteran family? we'll help anyone we possibly can. we'll get them in that home. we'll help them do a refi. we'll help them to get cash out of their home. whatever it is that's going to help that individual. and if it's not going to help them, we don't do it. (man) my ex is dating a pisces. so i'm l

white business communities and the indian tribes of the plains, the sioux, the crow, the apache, the cheyennebasically they had been backed up -- there was no place else for them to retreat to. so that's why they were forced, by mandate, to go onto reservations in montana, the dakotas, wyoming, for example. when we finished that book, to me there was always a lingering poignance about that. and also had us thinking, in a lot of ways, we talk about the end of the story. if we get a chance it would be interesting to go back to the beginning. where was the template first established, where was the blueprint created of the white settlers and military pushing their way west and the indigenous people who lived there already, the interlopers, the intruders were showing up, many times they were defeated in battle or bob referred to these, you know, smallpox infested blankets, a disease that the indians had no immunity to and ran rampant and killed, you know, probably millions over the course of the 300 years or so since the white men arrived. so many were killed or died off, but you also had many of

the other thing on the tour that was so interesting is that when she was in cheyenne, wyoming -- many times dunnigan -- she didn't have quite enough money. so she would have to figure out ways around eating scarce meals, whatever it took to do this. the porters, which are normally african-american, they refused to take tips from her. they would help her get food, whatever was necessary for this. anyway, when they got to wyoming, they were following the president motorcade by foot, the reporters. one of the guards came out from there and said to her, get back behind the ropes. get back behind the ropes. it was a reporter from -- lacy reynolds, he comes out and says, she has a reporter's badge, she's with the president. they shoved her. as a result of that, she was able to make a life long friendship with him. a day or so later, the president actually came to her door and told her, if you have any problems, let me know. that was a reassurance for her. it gave her confidence. it let her know that she was safe and sound on this trip. you can imagine, she was the only african-american woma

it started about 12:30 this afternoon with smoke pouring from a home on cheyenne drive as they douse the flames you could see the charred remains of a vehicle parked outside. nobody was hurt and no word yet on what started that fire. >>> police have arrested a drug driving suspect in san jose who allegedly took off after fatally striking a pedestrian. it happened last night on willow street near downtown san jose and the driver was arrested a short time later. but this time they have not yet released the victim's name and it is the 15th pedestrian death so far this year. >>> a busy weekend for police in san jose on several sideshows were broken up around the city overnight and in one instance dozens of people block the intersection at taylor and first streets around midnight last night and cars spun donuts on the intersection dangerously close to spectators while some people set off fireworks. the huge crowd dispersed as soon as officer showed up and police said they were able to cite 20 people and toe for vehicles. officers also recovered an illegal ghost gun after stopping a vehicl

answer in february that it was a natural event from a natural revolution, i think that's outside cheyennethesis seriously the bulk of evidence will be such that i personally think the answer will be unfortunately this virus emerged as a consequence of experiments in the laboratory. elizabeth: the big virus vaccine gain-of-function bureaucracy in the swamp in d.c. gets to dominate in the little guy gets shut out of the truth, really that's where were on this country is seems so unfair. >> let's be very honest the prior administration is the one that said this is a very likely scenario i was saying on april 2020, 1 month into the pandemic on this very network the infected lab workers that was patient zero many of us knew it was obvious, bob brumfield and others but what you saw was a systemic attempt to suppress that in every form of media, science, politics and every form and needless to say we got wrong. elizabeth: doctor brody were do. up next nancy mason on this fight, she is leaving the republican push that are enacting vaccine passports and she say listen, i have a bill was senator ke

and the indian tribes of the plains the sue the crow some of the the apache the cheyenne and and basically they had been backed up. there was no place else for them to retreat to so that's why they were forced by mandate to go on to reservations in montana. the dakote wyoming for example. and when we finish that book there to me. anyway, there was always a kind of lingering poignant about that. and also had had us thinking. well, we a lot of ways we've we've talked about the end of the story. if we get a chance, it would be interesting to go back to more like the beginning of the story. what where was that? template first established. where was that blueprint created? of of the white settlers and military pushing their way west and the indigenous people who live there already where the the interlopers the intruders were showing up. that they many times they were either defeated in battle or bob referred to these, you know, smallpox infested blankets disease that the indians had no immunity to ran rapid and killed, you know, probably millions over the course of the 300 years or so since the

and a massive new wildfire in montana forcing evacuations around the northern cheyenne indian reservationire, as they call it, is now about 160,000 acres. it more than doubled in size the past 24 hours. the evacuation order expanded last night it now includes the town of lame deer, population about 2,000 meanwhile, firefighters gaining ground on the bootleg fire in oregon it's 98% contained officials say they're still monitoring hot spots. >>> near the dixie fire, officials say a former college teacher went on an arson spree his name is gary maynard he's charged with setting a fire last week. prosecutors are also linking him to several others. according to court documents, they say that a tracking device in his car showed where he went, fires started. not just once, but over and over again. they also released this photo of a fire they say he started it's one of three fires they say he set just last week that could have trapped firefighters between those flames and the dixie fire crews say they were able to put out those fires before they caused any major damage. the guy, maynard, has deni

thousands of people around the northern cheyenne indian reservation have been forced to evacuate.hile, california's dixie fire-- which destroyed the town of greenville and some 550 homes-- remains less than a third contained. a red flag warning was issued for dry lightning that could spark new fires. another day of triple-digit temperatures roasted parts of the pacific northwest. an air quality alert was issued through saturday for northwestern washington state on account of drifting smoke from nearby wildfires. meanwhile, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration reported july was earth's hottest month on record. its director said that adds to the "disruptive path" of climate change. in turkey, at least 38 people have died in severe floods and mudslides that have battered the country's northern coast. dozens of people are still missing, after torrents of water collapsed buildings and tossed cars and debris all over the streets. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan visited the area today, and promised to rebuild. >> ( translated ): we are rolling up our sleeves so that

people under evacuation orders in montana as the richard spring fire advances toward the northern cheyenne indian reservation hundreds more and surrounding towns also given orders to leave after the fire expanded more than 200 square miles. miles crossing roads, creeks and fire lines. it's just been closing in quicker and quicker every day. meanwhile the dixie fire in california continues to threaten dozens of communities. the fire is currently the largest burning in the nation. everything that i own is now ashes or twisted metal. it's just all it is. you want to see people rebuild. um but the you know the style of the homes and the community and the ability of people to be able to come back and do that to have the resources to rebuild the way it was, um it's daunting. i mean, sure, i gotta cry. sure, i sure i mean, i'm heartbroken. yeah, but you know, that's not gonna that's not going to rebuild greenville. wildfires have burned more than 900,000 acres so far this year in california, making it the worst year on record in los angeles. marianne rafferty, ktvu fox two news. four firefighters

people under evacuation orders in montana as the richard spring fire advances toward the northern cheyenneian reservation hundreds more and surrounding towns also given orders to leave after the fire expanded more than 200 square miles. miles crossing roads, creeks and fire lines. she's been closing in quicker and quicker every day. meanwhile the dixie fire in california continues to threaten dozens of communities. the fire is currently the largest burning in the nation and has destroyed nearly 1000 acres 550 homes and sits at approximately 30% containment. everything that i own is now ashes are twisted metal. it's just all it is the fire almost completely destroying the town of greenville, people they're now trying to wrap their minds around the magnitude of loss and the long road ahead. you want to see people rebuild? um but the you know the style of the homes and the community and the ability of people to be able to come back and do that to have the resources to rebuild the way it was, um it's daunting. i mean, sure, i gotta cry. sure sure. i mean, i'm heartbroken. yeah, but. you know,