north dakota is not generally considered a bastion of liberalism.e are no jokes about the people's republic of north dakota, for instance. so north dakota residents rejecting this religious liberty measure and also rejecting the opportunity to abolish their state's property tax may give us some indication about how far is too far on the right these days. or maybe it doesn't. if you want to see how far can be too far, look no further than san diego, california, proved that in some areas there's actually no far as too far. san diego county is still counting the ballots tonight in their superior court judge race -- hey, the music again -- where voters have this close to sending a real-life birther to the state bench. gary kreep, who you may remember as the star of one of the greatest birther infomercials of all time, is holding a lead over garland peed in the race for that superior court judgeship. you might be saying, okay, mr. kreep appeared in a birther commercial a few years ago, that doesn't mean he's still a birther insistence president obama fur

north dakota has the lowest unemployment rate in the country.sh in cash thanks to the oil boom there. and voters were asked yesterday, do you want to get rid of your property tax? and by an overwhelming margin, north dakotan voters said, no. we do not want to get rid of our property tax. the eliminate the property tax ballot measure failed yesterday 77% to 23%. if it had been approved north dakota would become the first state in the country without a property tax. but north dakotans yesterday voted to keep paying property tax. also, on the ballot yesterday, north dakota was a very controversial measure to add a religious liberty amendment to the state's constitution. critics of the measure argued that would give essentially carte blanche for people to claim religious liberty in order for people to apply abortion rights or to discriminate against gays and lesbians solely on the basis that the gays and lesbians offended them for religious reasons. this is an issue that gained attention at the national level earlier this year as congressional repub

and they have found some more oil that goes down here along the north dakota/south dakota border, and they think that could be even bigger thanl the bakken shale. it's where harold hamm is making, i don't know, millions, billions, drilling oil, fracking. business week called him the man who bought north dakota. i didn't know that there was somebody out there buying a state, did you? now, harold hamm wants to make billions more by fracking for natural gas in this area. did you know that his company is one of the largest fracking companies in america? earlier this year, the obama administration, you know what they did? they tite tightened regulations on oil and gas industries requiring drillers to capture emissions of certain air pollutants. seems reasonable, doesn't it? harold hamm only cares about making more money. he didn't like that. >> a lot of the things the obama administration has done haven't been helpful to our industry. there are a lot of obstacles. our energy policy in america today is one of energy deprivation. how little energy we can use. that's what third world countrie

i think that the country can learn by what north dakota has done. >> that is why we tell congress, yous need to come see this, and come and talk to the people and see what kind of people are here, and see what made this country as great as it is, it's hard work and blue collar people, not the say that we need politicians. but they are not what made this country great. it's people on the ground that made this country great and north dakota is full of them. >> so we hope that communicates both the process of fracking and the great things that are happening there, and as johnnie said, please share it, it's on the foundry, we have been tweeting about it today, it's about been great to work on that project. concluding things today is our good friend, jenny beth martin, she is the cofounder of tea-party patriots, she has been someone active and involved in the tea party movement right from the start. first inspired by rick santelli and then organized a rally in georgia in which she brought together people and has been a champion for the values that we care about so dearly in heritage. >> tha

north dakota farmers reach $220 million. guest: we of the highest use of crop insurance in the country. more of our producers sign up and enroll in the program that almost any state in the country. we lead the nation in the production of 14 major crops. whether you're talking week or edible beans, we grow incredible potatoes. a whole variety of crops. host: what are they insuring against? natural disaster? bad year? what can they insure against? guest: it really goes to all of the above. premier li bad weather, disasters. that would be number one. crop disease and different things like that. host: from north dakota. 39.6 million. the average farm size is 1,200 acres. that sounds right. guest: we are a huge farm state and leave the production in many different areas. take of artificial safety net will drive hyperinflation and a plan market prices and state budgets. guest: the reality is good farm policy benefits every single american. we have the highest food costs in the country -- in the history of this country. this benefi

do what south dakota has: no income states.e states have no state income tax. no states have no property tax at the local level. that's probably not sustainable because people want local control. it is sustainable to go without a personal income tax because of all that lovely oil money they now have. >>neil: but that is it. the riches could be short-lived so they could be prematurely ripping their nose off to satisfy their face. >>guest: south dakota does not have a lot oil hundred and they do not need a state income tax. washington state don't have oil and they don't need a state income tax. state without income taxes without state income taxes grow much faster. have more population growth. have more wealth and income creation. >>neil: so it would not surprise you if this went down to defeat for those reasons and others, right? >>guest: but again we have been cutting the income tax, cutting taxes in north dakota. i focus on getting rid of the income tax. >>neil: while you are here, i wanted to see if you wanted to respond to t

in north dakota we have something that mergeded with the democratic party -- it did. what's so funny about that? we thought it was a pretty good thing at the time. so it became the democrat npl. non-partisan league. the old non-partisan league said we'll stick, we'll win, and it has a saying, the office seeks the man. so if ever that were the case, it seems to me, the job of interior secretary surely must have been seeking ken salazar. he has been an extraordinary secretary, and cabinet official. i had the opportunity, as did senator bennett, to work with ken salazar when he was in the united states senate and i know his background. it's extraordinary. he comes from colorado, a family that farmed and ranched. one of eight children. all eight kids went and got a college degree. i won't describe what the rest of them have done, but it's quite extraordinary what this family has produced, and secretary salazar went off to become a businessman, and a rancher and a farmer, and then attorney general for the state of colorado. then united states senator, and then secretary of

we have eight tribes in south dakota and they are both in the state of south dakota. so many of our children are in communities but there are many financial challenges. that's a nice way of saying being poor. and being poor has been multigenerational and mull being poor is ongoing. we have -- one of the things i want to be clear about is our educational systems which are funded not only by the united states government but by the state of south dakota is our children have access to pretty good education. they get on a school bus which is paid by the government. they come to a school paid for by the government and they go to a classroom paid for by the government. so when you have high rates of poverty, a lot of children go without. they go without other things that other children might benefit from. on the other side of that coin one thing i noticed about communities of poverty is everybody has a tv. everybody has a television set. everybody -- they can find a way to put all of their resources together to get some things that those children could benefit from watching

i think that the country can learn by what north dakota has done. >> that's what i would tell congressyou guys immediate to come and see this. come and talk to the people, see what kind of people are here. see what made this country as great as it is. it's hard working, you know, blue-collar people. not to say that we don't need politicians, but they're not what made this country great. they don't. it's people on the ground who made this country great. and north dakota's full of them. >> so we hope that communicates both the process of fracking, but also the great things that are happening there. and as johnny said, please, share it. it's on the foundry, we've been tweeting about it today. it's been great to work with irer on that project. now the cofounder of tea party patriots, someone who's been involved and active in the tea party movement right from the start. first inspired by rick santelli and shortly thereafter, organized a rally in georgia, in which she brought together people and really has been a champion for the values that we care about so dearly inherited. i'll let jenny

we've seen that in oklahoma, texas, north dakota, kansas, montana. you know, wherever oil and gas is. so what we're doing is estimated by api, we could 1.2 million jobs to the 9.3 million jobs that's currently in our industry today, by 2030. and in the american wealth creation, we're talking wealthy creation to our own federal government. $18 trillion value of oil and gas on federal lands. that's the estimate that's out there. we're not talking about creating other richer, we're talking about it at home. we're talking about 10 million right here. in the states, you know, north dakota doesn't have those deficit. montana doesn't have a deficit. the states doesn't have a deficit. but i think -- i think the big thing is psychological impact in america, the self-sufficient in america producing what we need right hear at home and saving american lives. so the unintended consequences, if we're not careful, but changing these rules could be devastating. we could stop this energy renaissance, we certainly do not want to do that. thank you very much. >> thank

nevada, north dakota, maine and virginia are all holding senate primaries.an a dozen candidates are competing for a seat in south carolina. we will have updates throughout the night right here on the fox news channel. well, watch your mouth next time you're in middle borough, massachusetts. the town just approved a $20 nine for swearing in public. supporters say they had to do something about teenagers yelling curses all over the place. opponents are asking what about free speech? but state law does let police arrest people who use profane or obscene language in public. well, president george h.w. bush is celebrating his 88th birthday with friends and family in ken bunk port maine today. the big party includes a clam bake. just hours ago they all sat down to watch a special screening of a new documentary about his life. >> what was t like to see your son elected president? >> very emotional for me. very proud father. first time it's happened, i guess, in the history of our country except for the adams, it was mind boggling. it was enormous. and a source of g

amendment to the north dakota constitution to end all together the property tax in that state. i've to tell you if i lived in north dakota i'd probably vote for it at the same time and on the other side of the atlantic there's that interesting news out of ireland this week kind of the opposite the irish are considering starting a property tax a tax on land is something brand new for the irish although it has a long history here in the united states a few years back i was invited to ireland to give a speech and on the way back to the airport a very chatty cab driver asked me if startlingly simple question how is it he asked the americans aren't allowed to own land as to what he was talking about at that time louise i owned a home in atlanta the mortgage was nearly paid off he said it's really simple here in ireland i own my home and the government can never take it away from me but in america you just rent your land from the government and if you don't pay your property taxes the government will take your land away and sell the right to pay rent taxes on it to somebody else at t

north dakota takes in over $800 million a year in property taxes.pporters of the failed measure say the lost revenue could help be replaced by taxes on north dakota's oil inustry. >>> and burger king is launching a summer menu tomorrow in hopes of luring new customers. and one of the new menu items is this bacon topped ice cream sundae. burger king is trying to regain its slipping market share before it goes public on wall street later this month. >>> terrell, the bacon sundae clocks in at 510 calories and 18 grams of fat. >> did i miss something? when did combining bacon and ice cream become a big thing? i'm saying it looked good. i'm not hating on it. i'm just saying, i didn't know that was a common combination. >> i didn't either. >> erica ferrari in new york. thank you very much. >>> up next, the wednesday morning weather forecast and kevin durant brings the thunder as oklahoma city takes on lebron james and the heat to kick off the nba championship series. lebron james . ♪ [ acoustic guitar: slow ] [ barks ] ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] beneful playf

thunderstorms in ne and the dakotas. a little drier out west. >> mostly 60s in the northwest. 70s from minnesota to maryland. >>> still to come this morning, the pop st admits she is battling a brain tumor. >>> and the major move by our bosses at disney. changing what your kids see on tv. >>> and the remarkable runner who came to the aid of an opponent. true sportsmanship that you've just got to see. stay with us. @ >>> welcome back, everybody. well, there is a big question about the economy this morning. will the fed ride to the rescue. the federal reserve reportedly may step in to stimulate the recovery. that's because recent disappointing reports suggest the economy may be stalling. "the wall street journal" says just the possibility could be enough to reassure the markets. >>> that speculation and a good growth report from australia boosted markets overnight. tokyo's nikkei average was up 152 points today. hong kong's hang seng adding 239. and in london, the ftse opening higher. on wall street, the dow gained 26 poin

from the dakotas to utah to texas, you see that wind energy is going up. we know for sure if the tax credit is not extended, the production lines and the project lines that are needed to continue this effort will shut down. that is 37,000 jobs that will be lost. that would not take that much political leadership to live in the real world of energy to extend those tax credits. the in order to make sure we continue on the right track of renewal energy for the u.s. those are simple things. i do not expect that we will have a robust energy bill the way that we had a robust energy -- that will not happen this year. it will happen next year, maybe. there will be many elements that have to be debated. one of those elements is how we move forward with the clean energy status. it is amazing to me that when you look at places like texas and iowa, you have those states saying this is the right thing for their state. i know there are regional differences but i know we have had many conversations about how to deal with those, on a renewable energy standard kind of prog

severe storms from the dakotas to denver and goodland, kansas. warming up in the midwest, with rain around minneapolis, omaha, des moines and kansas city. scattered showers and thunderstorms from houston to miami. >> mostly 90s along the gulf coast. 70s in the northeast. and 80s in detroit to boise. >>> also ahead on the show today, the staggering cost of being a parent. >> why are you looking at me? >> you got two. those smiles may be priceless. but everything else will cost you big-time. >>> and the high-wire act preparing for tonight's breathtaking walk over niagara falls. we're right back. >>> and welcome back, everybody. the nation's largest airlines are doing their best job ever at keeping to the schedule. in the first four months of this year, about 85% of flights were on time, believe it or not. they were helped by this year's better-than-usual weather. and the fact there are fewer flights these days. also, fewer mishandled bags are being reported. >>> well, coca-cola is about to enter a brand-new market. the company will soon sell its pr

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is greater formation in north dakota than it is in montana. our oil and gas fuels are going through a renaissance. technology has unleashed its own gas potential and created thousands of jobs. in central montana, wind turbine blades harness the power of the chinook winds. wind farms in montana power 100,000 homes and three new wind farms are being built and in western montana, it adds electricity to the grid. montana also produces 4 million to 5 million tons of sulfur and we're leading the way on carbon capture and sequestration. national energy policy should replicate a lot of this mix. if we don't develop u.s. energy policy we'll continue the subject to the whims of foreign dictators in the sudden spikes of foreign oil. we'll be one hurricane or regime change away from $6 gasoline. that would be disastrous for our economy. the $1 increase in the price of gasoline cost americans $110 billion a year. we are all too aware of that in our state. the tax code is an important driver of energy policy. tax incentives, as i mentioned provide 85% of th

the gentlelady from wyoming, south dakota, excuse me. >> yes, thank you, mr. chairman. >> that's fine, that's fine. >> two lovely ladies. >> that's right, that's right, and congratulations to ranking member lujan. your leadership on this committee is very important and on a very important issue that we're dealing with today. miss tucker, i want to thank you for your testimony because i come from south dakota, and we have nine tribes that are already recognized by the federal government. they are treaty tribes, and your story is not one that i often get the chance to hear, so i want to thank you for that, and your testimony today was not in vain. it gave an education to somebody who has a different experience with tribes that are recognized in a much different american, so i appreciate that. it's tribes that are located in my state, it's important to recognize that they are being recognized in different manner and that these longtime treaty tribes do have a different status than you do today, and we need to make sure that in all of this processes we have the di

we started with coolly field and we sealed the deep end with the senator conrad's state over north dakota and one of the players. i will say that only here in america can a 13th child of a share cropper, of a one-man operation and one-truck operation to one of the largest oil companies and having discovered that field, at continental we've been able to do that. today i'll talk to you on perspective that has been in this business for about 45 years. i first started speaking on it about two years ago. at the time it's been severely disparaged and people are trying to get a share. i thought i'd start talking about that. it's a very important segment of our energy picture and nearly all transportation runs on it and there's hardly a jet plane that doesn't run on oil products. also here to talk about the federal tax preventions that allow us to continue the job of the american dream of energy dependence. there are 18,000 producers today that drill 95% of the wells in america and we produce 67% of the well and 86% of the natural gas has produced today. we typically invest all that we make or ab

. >> north dakota has it would have the top three cities when it comes to low unemployment.fargo have unemployment rates at 3%. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> here's a look at this hour's hot shots. in colorado, a firefighter saves a baby deer from a raging wildfire. in mexico students protest for transparency in the media. >> in madrid soccer fans react while watching the euro 2012 final match. and the memphis mayor is greeted with cheers at a musical ceremony. >> a new robot is putting a new twist on the age old game rock, paper scissors. chans are high if you challenge this gadget to a round, you're going to lose. jeans moos has a closer look at why. >> human lose to this machine 100% of the time. let slow it down so can you see paper losing to t

. >> one north dakota woman didn't want to wait around for mr. right to make her happy so she married herself. she says at one point in her life she was very unhappy until she discovered the love she craved had to come from within, from herself. so she chose to marry herself in a commitment ceremony in march. >> stephen: this comes as a serious blow to people from north dakota. your state finally gets a woman and she decides to marry herself. (laughter) i'm so sorry, rick. he's so lonely. and this woman is not alone in her love of aloneness. self-marriage ceremonies have also taken place in the netherlands and taiwan. wow! first you have the balls to marry yourself then you make it a destination wedding? (laughter) once self-marriage becomes the norm, imagine all the societal pressure. your friends will be like, hey, you've been with yourself for 48 years and you're still not entkwaeupblged? what is he/you waiting for? and then you'll have to go home, sit yourself down and ask "where is this going? you've met my entire family, they think of you a

and that was why didn't people in north dakota determine i don't disagree and again this this need to be a debate in eight hundred eighteen up until eight hundred eighteen there was no property tax anywhere the united states eight hundred eighteen second generation after the after the revolutionary war illinois became the first state by by the one thousand nine hundred there were thirty three states and property taxes and now it's all fifty now it's all all the states in the union and i mean it was in fifty states back in ninety nine i thought it was thirty three as i got new hampshire didn't have a property tax but i could be wrong it does but if i lived in new hampshire for four years yes there's a property taxes and what they don't have as a state income tax but but it's like it seems to me that we should do away with this or we should be encouraging states to do it where somehow we went into the room is that we have to reduce spending if we're going to get are going to get rid of that we have to find figure out a way to cut spending if we're going to get his romney's tax mostly pa

if any of you are from north dakota or even new jersey or maryland up in this area, think what orange juice would cost if you had to grow the orange tree here. would you buy it? not a lot of people would rush to buy orange juice if it had to be grown locally in north dakota or maine or places like that, right? same with wind energy. wind energy makes a lot of sense in several states in our country, but then you have to bring the infrastructure to distribute that commodity or product which often is transmission. then you get into the 48 different countries, the federal government's role, the permitting, the logistics. the construction is the easy part. technology is known. it's understood. everybody knows what it's going to cost. it's the decades it takes to permit large infrastructure. moving electricity around the country is not the same as moving oil and gas. it's not a pressurized dynamic. the physics and the engineering behind it are very different and how we move natural gas and oil and other commodities or liquid-based commodities around this country. not like the interstate hig

belief it or not, that was rejected by the voters of north dakota.ey were. good. coming up. sister simone campbell one of those under attack by the vatican and bill burton from priorities u.s.a. but first: this is the full court with press. >> on this wednesday, other headlines making news, president obama reiterated yesterday that we will not see him on american idol or america has tall he want, a reporter in jacksonville asked if he shaz given a performance any time thought after singing al green and his comedy routine at the whitehouse correspond ent's dinner. the president responded, my wife and daughters find me embarrassing enough when i start performing at home. i am going to try to keep my singing to the shower most of the time. >> he could do that "just call me maybe". >> yes he could. >> travelers were buzzing as the newly joined southwest and airtran air wares fired up a three-day sale with airline tickets going for as low as $49 each way. that prompted other carriers to drop some prices as well. united airlines made headlines for a differ

any severe will be western north dakota, south dakota and nebraska.home i'm expecting flight arrival delays into sfo. when they let us know we'll let you know. abc7news.com. >>> 4:48. house speaker boehner is telling republicans not to gloat if the supreme court rules that the health care law passed by congress is unconstitutional. boehner and all republicans in congress voted against the legislation when it was passed in 2010. high court is expected to rule next week on the health care measure which the gop has terped obamacare. one of the major changes is it extended health insurance to millions who don't have coverage. congressional republicans plan to try to repeal any parts of it left standing after the court rule. >>> wall street investors will be watching closely this morning after moody's lowered ratings on more than a dozen of the world's biggest banks. >> reporter: the affected mega banks include the country's top five: bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase and more dan stanley. moody's believe -- the downgrade means it w

flooded streets from the dakotas to kansas city, omaha and the upper midwest.nd wet across east texas and south florida. slick at times from eastern pennsylvania to west virginia. >> if you're flying today, it should be a pretty smooth trip. weather-related airport delays only expected in minneapolis. >> two days-straight, maybe? >> keep it clean. >>> well, a florida woman is trying to clear her name after complaining about a tsa pat-down. >> surveillance video from southwest florida airport actually shows the passenger, carol price, doing the patting down. she grabs a tsa supervisor, trying to demonstrate how she, herself, was searched by an agent. price's attorney claims the agent had groped his client's genitals and her breasts. >> she did not touch the supervisor as intrusively as she was touched. >> price is actually a former tsa agent herself, who worked at the airport until just a few years ago. she says she knew the agent who allegedly gave her that inappropriate pat-down. >> you see her hugging one of the other agent, as well. >>> a story from wilmingt

so firefighters showed up to south dakota sfreet for a tree on a -- street for a tree on the house.utes later they had to come out here for the same exact emergency. good news is, nobody was hurt in either of these. >> i mean, the storm that came through here was -- it was awful. i thought it was a tornado. >> reporter: this tree in the 3900-block of south dakota toppled over two separate houses. a gentleman was found by rescuers and besides being shaken up, he wasn't hurt. 15 minutes later another call up the street where an almost identical situation. rescue crews responded to the 1600-block of lawrence street in northeast dc. once there, the search what neighbors described was a two story group home for women. thankfully everyone was accounted for, and there were no reports of injuries inside. >> the neighbors basically busted in a side door and got two of the ladies out. >> reporter: . [ no audio ]. >> obviously we're losing ken molestina there. we thank him for the report. >>> tonight a storm blew through an area bringing hail, driving rain and winds. it blew the roof off of a